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| Leigh Beadon / Techdirt: |
Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote — Up until this afternoon, the final vote on CISPA was supposed to be tomorrow. Then, abruptly, it was moved up today—and the House voted in favor of its passage with a vote of 248-168. But that's not even the worst part.| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
The House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168 — CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, has just passed the House by a vote of 248 to 168. The vote was largely along partisan lines, with some leaking. — The bill attracted several amendements along the way to passage today …
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| Dan Farber / CNET: |
Former Sun CEO says Google's Android didn't need license for Java APIs — Jonathan Schwartz (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) — SAN FRANCISCO — Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand here today as a witness for the defense, and disputed Oracle's claim that Java APIs were proprietary code from Sun.
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's Q1 2012: Revenue Up 34 Percent To $13.2B, Net Income Down 35 Percent — Amazon just reported earnings for the first quarter of 2012. Net sales increased 34% to $13.18 billion in the first quarter, compared with $9.86 billion in first quarter 2011.| AJ Glasser / Inside Social Games: |
Zynga reports highest ever bookings for Q1 at $329M — Zynga's made $329 million in bookings and $321 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 15 percent and 32 percent year-on-year, respectively. The developer reported a net loss at $85.4 million, compared to a net income of $16.8 million for Q1 2011.
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| Tony Romm / Politico: |
Google rebuffs FCC over ‘Wi-Spy’ flap — Google rejected the FCC's argument that the company obstructed an investigation of the so-called Wi-Spy privacy flap — blaming the FCC in part for the delay — in a stinging rebuke filed with the agency Thursday. — At the same time … | Electronista: |
comScore: Amazon Kindle Fire is 54.4% of US Android tablets — comScore shows Kindle Fire propping up Android — Amazon's Kindle Fire now makes up the absolute majority of the Android tablet platform in the US, comScore found in a fresh study. The e-reader and tablet crossover represented 54.4 percent … | Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Viddy Is Raising $30M At A $370M Valuation — Someone wise once said “If Instagram for video were to happen it would look nothing like Instagram” but, because it was on Twitter, I briefly saw that tweet before it got lost in the ether and now I can't find it, dammit.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Apple planning to build private off-campus restaurant to stop competitors from overhearing staff conversations — Apple has had a planning request approved for a new off-campus restaurant by the Cupertino Planning Commission, providing employees with a place to eat and discuss company plans …
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| Joseph Ax / Thomson Reuters News and Insight Legal: |
Occupy protester's tweets fair game for prosecutors: judge — An Occupy Wall Street protester has lost his bid to quash a subpoena seeking his Twitter records from last fall, when he was arrested during a mass protest on the Brooklyn Bridge. — Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. …
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Best Buy Connect no longer accepting new activations, service to end June 1st (update: confirmed) — Remember Best Buy Connect? If so, you'll soon have a few more megabytes of humanized DDR3 freed up, as it appears that the retail giant is ready to put the kibosh on its own branded mobile …
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| Ryan Paul / Ars Technica: |
Precise Pangolin rolls out: Ubuntu 12.04 released, introduces Unity HUD — The developers behind the Ubuntu project have announced the availability of Ubuntu 12.04, codenamed Precise Pangolin. The new version of the popular Linux distribution brings updated software, several major user …
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Apple: $1,111 Per Share and a $1 Trillion Market Cap in the Next Year — The blowout earnings Apple reported Tuesday inspired a number of big upgrades on the company's stock, but none so bullish as that of Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White. — White, who made headlines back in April …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google X founder takes Charlie Rose's picture from Project Glass headset — Google's Project Glass heads-up display was announced weeks ago, but nobody is sure whether the glasses are actually functional or if, as Sergey Brin has said, “you really just see [them] reboot.”| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox adds automated photo uploading from PCs and Macs, new Photos page — While the week has been dominated by cloud storage news in the wake of Google Drive's launch, Dropbox has dropped in with its second new feature of the week: automated photo uploading from its PC and Mac clients and a new Photos page.
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| Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat: |
Revealed: How Twitter's secret offer for Instagram made Facebook pay $1B — The secret details of the $1 billion deal between Facebook and Instagram are more convoluted than anyone thought. VentureBeat has learned that Instagram chief executive and co-founder Kevin Systrom first got an offer … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Users Shun Prepaid Carriers — Customer Growth Plunges at Pay-as-You-Go Carriers MetroPCS, Leap Wireless — MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. reported an abrupt slowdown in customer growth during what is traditionally their strongest quarter … | Jason Del Rey / AdAge: |
New York Times R&D Group Launches First Commercial Product (and It's for Brands) — Ricochet Helps Brands Drive Traffic to Relevant Articles, Surrounded by the Right Ads — The New York Times R&D Lab has spent the last six and a half years building what its chief calls the equivalent of “concept cars” for the media world.| Bloomberg: |
Providence Said Selling Hulu Stake at $2 Billion Value — Hulu.com owners Walt Disney Co. (DIS), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and News Corp. (NWSA) are close to buying out Providence Equity Partners Inc.'s stake at a price that values the company at $2 billion, said two people with knowledge of the matter.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Samsung sends protesting flashmob to Sydney Apple Store, tells customers to ‘Wake Up’ — Samsung's marketing machine appears to have gone into overdrive with reports that advertising agencies working on its behalf sent a bus full of protesters to the Apple Store in Sydney, Australia to tell customers to ‘Wake Up’.| Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat: |
YC startup SendHub secures $2M for serious SMS (exclusive) — SMS messages sent for practical, group communication rather than just LOLs is serious enough business that investors have handed SendHub a $2 million check. — Recent Y Combinator graduate SendHub, which bills itself as SMS for organizations …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Samsung reports record $4.46b profit for Q1 2012, thanks to smartphones and tablet panels — If you wanted to know how much cash Samsung made last quarter, you didn't have to wait until today. Just like in the fourth quarter of last year, the company's early guidance was right on the money …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Steve Jobs' Plan for a Willy Wonka-Style Celebration of the Millionth iMac — Among the many anecdotes about Steve Jobs included in Ken Segall's new book, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success, one in particular stands out for its glimpse into Jobs' character …
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