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| Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog: |
Introducing Google Drive... yes, really — Just like the Loch Ness Monster, you may have heard the rumors about Google Drive. It turns out, one of the two actually does exist. — Today, we're introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff.
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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Google Drive officially launches with 5GB free storage, Google Docs integration — Google has just made Google Drive official. As expected, the service will offer 5GB of storage space for documents, videos, photos, PDFs and other files, and Google Docs is built-in to the service.
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Google Drive vs. the competition: pricing plans and perks, compared — Sometimes a table says a thousand words. Now that Google has finally announced its cloud service, Google Drive, we're sure more than a few of you are crunching the numbers in your head in an attempt to figure which is the best deal.| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Google Stores, Syncs, Edits in the Cloud — For years, some people who wanted to store files on remote servers in the cloud have been emailing the files to their Gmail accounts, or uploading them to Google's lightly used Google Docs online productivity suite, even if they had no intention of editing them there.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Thanks Google, It Only Took You Six Years — Today's launch of Google Drive, official at last, is kind of a relief. Internet rumors and reports have seen the industry discussing the possibility of a consumer-facing cloud storage service called “GDrive,” since as far back as 2006.
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Gmail bumps free storage to 10GB — Along with the launch of Google Drive today, the company is tossing a bonus to Gmail customers as well: they'll now get 10GB of email storage at no cost. That's up from the 7.5GB that users were getting before — and as always, that number will slowly creep up over time.| Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb: |
| Kate Kelly / CNBC: |
Facebook IPO Could Be Delayed by Deals, Distractions — Less than two weeks before the potential launch of Facebook's initial public offering roadshow, a string of acquisitions and other business distractions are threatening to delay the sale, say people familiar with the matter.
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| Apple: |
Apple Reports Second Quarter Result — Record March Quarter Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs Net Profit Increases 94% Year-over-Year CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012.
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Apple Found to Violate One Patent on Android Phones — Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) won a partial U.S. International Trade Commission judge's ruling in its bid to block imports of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s devices including the iPhone and iPad tablet computer.| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight review — An ebook reader you can read in the sun — and in the dark Odds are, if I'm reading a book I'm doing it in bed. At night. In the dark. That's not so great for ebook readers, which (like a paper book) require a light in order to be seen.
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| Reuters: |
Proview owns iPad trademark in China -govt official — (Reuters) - Proview Technology (Shenzhen), which is battling Apple Inc in a Chinese court over the iPad trademark, is the rightful owner of that mark, a senior official with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said on Tuesday.
| Myriam Joire / Engadget: |
Google back in the smartphone sales game: unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ (GSM) available for $399 — Hang on to your kneecaps, folks. Google's just announced that its making the Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ available in its Play web store for $399 contract-free. That's right: the unlocked, unbranded …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources to launch first ‘Arkyd’ spaceship within 24 months — After releasing some details this morning, Planetary Resources is outlining its plan to open up deep space exploration by mining near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for water and precious metals.
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| Jamie Keene / The Verge: |
Samsung's US Android 4.0 upgrade plans revealed, Galaxy S still excluded — A list of phones on US carriers set to receive an upgrade to Android 4.0 is now available on Samsung's support pages, providing confirmation for a number of devices. It's not the first time the manufacturer's update plans … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
iPhone Activations Drop 43% at AT&T, But Represent 60% of Total Postpaid Phone Sales — AT&T today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2012, revealing that it activated 4.3 million iPhones during the quarter. The number marks a substantial drop from the 7.6 million iPhones activated …
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| Scott Moritz / Bloomberg: |
| Frank Gillett / Forrester Blogs: |
Why Tablets Will Become Our Primary Computing Device — Tablets aren't the most powerful computing gadgets. But they are the most convenient. — They're bigger than the tiny screen of a smartphone, even the big ones sporting nearly five inch screens. — They have longer battery life …
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| Donald Melanson / Engadget: |
Firefox 12 now available for download, Windows users get silent updates — It doesn't yet include the opt-in system for plug-ins that Mozilla is working on, but Firefox users can now download an update that adds a few other new features and new tools for developers.
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| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
Firefox kills off favicon in URL bar — According to the blog of Mozilla Software Engineer Jared Wein, M.Sc, the Firefox team has just killed off the age-old favicon in yesterday's nightly build. Wein states that the changes are set to arrive in the release channel in mid-July …
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| Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
HuffPo Cofounder Ken Lerer's Stealth Video Startup, Planet Daily, Raises $5 M. — Planet Daily, the new video startup announced a few weeks ago by ex-HuffPo execs Ken Lerer and Eric Hippeau, has raised $5 million from undisclosed investors, according to a Form D filed today with the SEC.
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
With 5M corporate users, Yammer adds more third-party integration, Universal Search, & more — Business-focused social network Yammer is making good on its promise to all aspects of work software more social. Today the startup announced a slew of new features, including a new Universal Search tool …
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