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| Adam Messinger / Twitter Blog: |
Introducing the Innovator's Patent Agreement — One of the great things about Twitter is working with so many talented folks who dream up and build incredible products day in and day out. Like many companies, we apply for patents on a bunch of these inventions.
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Tweets: @lorenb, @waxpancake, @ginatrapani, @rsarver, @timhaines, @dwaldron, @swiftstories, @gotwalt, @brady, @parislemon and @erickschonfeld
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
European carriers: Lumia phones are ‘not good enough’ to compete with iPhone and Android — They say everyone's a critic these days, but here's a group whose critique matters: European carriers. Reuters has been asking questions at four major European telecom operators and reports that they're …
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Examiner, Computerworld, Reuters, My Nokia Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Business Insider, CNET, Android News, Rumours …, Hardware 2.0 Blog, FierceWireless, Pulse2 Technology …, iClarified, 9to5Mac, WMPoweruser, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, Fudzilla, Android Phone Fans, IntoMobile, MacDailyNews, Engadget and The Next Web
| Daniel Rubino / wpcentral: |
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| New York Times: |
Hulu, the Online TV Site, Adds Original Programming — Five years ago, some of the most powerful players in television banded together to introduce Hulu, a streaming service intended to revolutionize the TV industry. — This week, Hulu will look more like a traditional network than an Internet pioneer.| Michael Learmonth / AdAge: |
| Mark Milian / Bloomberg: |
Oakley Tests Technology That Would Rival Google's Project Glass — Oakley Inc. is developing technology that can project information directly onto lenses, putting the sunglass maker into potential competition with Google Inc. (GOOG) — The technology would let Oakley … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
Going With the Flow: Google's Secret Switch to the Next Wave of Networking — In early 1999, an associate computer science professor at UC Santa Barbara climbed the steps to the second floor headquarters of a small startup in Palo Alto, and wound up surprising himself by accepting a job offer.
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| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
Announcing the Windows 8 Editions — Today I would like to share information with you on the editions that will be available for “Windows 8” when it is released to market. We have talked about Windows 8 as Windows reimagined, from the chipset to the user experience.
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Computerworld, PC World, BetaNews, LAPTOP Magazine, AllThingsD, TechFlash, All about Microsoft Blog, The Register, Digital Trends, The Tech Trade, Hardware 2.0 Blog, The Verge, Network World, MobileSyrup.com, eWeek, Mashable, Softpedia News, Pulse2 Technology …, CNET, The H Security, Fast Company, dailywireless.org, DailyTech, InfoWorld, Teching It Easy, WebProNews, Dice Blog Network, Telegraph, USA Today, BGR, ITProPortal, blog.chron.com, Fudzilla, Geek.com, fiercecio.com, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, Geekosystem, Inquirer, PC Pro and Pocket-lint
| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Watch Out, Best Buy, Ikea Will Soon Sell Their Own HDTV System And It's Awesome — Ikea is entering a brave new world: home entertainment systems. The company unveiled its UPPLEVA line today with a smart YouTube ad (embedded after the jump). The video spot quickly explains that the UPPLEVA line …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg: |
Zynga Flashes $1.8 Billion Searching for the New FarmVille: Tech — Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) merger chief Barry Cottle plans to step up the pace of acquisitions, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in search of a new social-gaming blockbuster on par with hits “FarmVille” and “CityVille.”| @gmail: |
#Gmail should be back for some of you already, and will be back for everyone soon. Thanks for your patience. http://www.google.com/...
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
New “Listen” Button On Facebook Musician Pages Instantly Plays Their Songs In Your Favorite Streaming App — Today Facebook co-opts the best thing about Myspace pages — rapid music discovery — by prominently adding a “Listen” button to musician Pages right next to the Like button.
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| Zee / The Next Web: |
Read It Later rebrands as “Pocket”, goes free. Lets its 4.5m users save articles, videos, images & more. — I recently met up with the team behind Read It Later over a drink in San Francisco. The product lets you quickly bookmark any page of text on the web, quite often articles, to read later.
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Pocket Blog, TUAW, VentureBeat, PC World, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, The Verge, paidContent and MacStories. Tweets: @marcoarment. See also Mediagazer
| Mike Swift / Mercury News: |
Google target of new federal privacy probe — Hard on the heels of being fined $25,000 for allegedly blocking a federal privacy investigation, Google (GOOG) is enmeshed in a second federal probe into its privacy practices that could soon bring a more painful hit to the search giant's pocketbook, this newspaper has learned.
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Marketing Land, Gizmodo, The Register, AllThingsD, InvestorPlaceGadgets …, WebProNews, 9to5Google and iDownloadBlog.com. Thanks:@obrien
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Pebble smartwatch breaks Kickstarter's $3.3 million record...with a full month still to go — Not content with hitting $1 million of funding in just over one day, Kickstarter project Pebble has broken the record for funding on the crowdsourced site with a whole month still to go.
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| Rachel King / Between the Lines Blog: |
Oracle's Larry Ellison takes the stand in Android IP trial — Summary: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison described on the stand the different licenses available for Java, citing that Google is the only company that hasn't signed up for any of them. — SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle CEO Larry Ellison defended …
| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Megaupload Worked on a Multi-Billion Dollar IPO — According to a US indictment, Kim Dotcom and the rest of the “Mega Conspiracy” were running a criminal operation. — They are accused of engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement …
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| Clare Jim / Reuters: |
HTC's shares tumble; CFO change, Samsung launch weigh — (Reuters) - Shares of HTC Corp fell as much as 6 percent on Tuesday after a change in its chief financial officer and the imminent launch of a new phone by arch rival Samsung Electronics raised concerns over the Taiwanese firm's recovery.
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| Cameron Scott / Computerworld: |
Paying with smartphones to outpace credit cards by 2020, experts say — More than two-thirds of technology insiders believe that paying with smartphones will overtake cash and credit card payments by 2020, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project …
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| Brad McCarty / The Next Web: |
Gnip unlocks real-time social data from Tumblr's 50 million blogs — It was only a few days ago that we wrote about Boulder-based Gnip pulling in social data from China's Sina Weibo. While those 300 million users do account for a huge amount of information, the growth of Tumblr makes Sina Weibo look like child's play.
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BetaKit, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and BetaKit
| Yoree Koh / Japan Real Time: |
Facebook's Instagram Buy Won't Alter Twitter Strategy — Twitter last year looked into buying Instagram, the hot photo-sharing app snapped up last week by Facebook for $1 billion. But Twitter's chief executive said during a Tokyo visit Monday that Facebook's move won't push his company …
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Android Developers Can Now Charge More Than $20 For In-App Purchases — Amazon is now letting developers charge higher prices for in-app purchases thanks to new parental controls it just strengthened. — The company sent out an e-mail to developers today that said:| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Samuel L. Jackson and Siri Star in New iPhone 4S Commercial (Update: Zooey Deschanel Too) — As noted by The Next Web, U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless aired a new iPhone 4S commercial featuring actor Samuel L. Jackson and Siri, the company's virtual assistant for the iPhone 4S.
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The Next Web, The Verge, Pulse2 Technology …, CNET, Betabeat, Mashable, SlashGear and 9to5Mac
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Shasta Ventures, Founders Fund Put $4.5 Million In The Uber For Carwashes, Cherry — Cherry, a recently launched startup that brings on-demand car washes to you and your car, has raised $4.5 million in new funding from Shasta Ventures, Founders Fund, Shervin Pishevar and Bill Lee.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Mavericks Invent Future Internet Where Cisco Is Meaningless — PALO ALTO, California — Martin Casado stands up, reaches across the table, and tears a sheet of paper from a notebook. The notebook belongs to Alan Cohen, who works alongside Casado at Nicira, the most intriguing startup in Silicon Valley …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Verizon's 4G LTE blankets two-thirds of U.S. population — Verizon's wasn't shy about trumpeting its strengths at CES 2012. — (Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) — Verizon Wireless continues to put its foot on the pedal when it comes to its 4G LTE deployment.Sponsor Posts
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