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May 2, 2012, 2:30 PM
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Exclusive: $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle launching next week with two-year subscription — Microsoft is planning to launch a $99 Xbox console package with a monthly subscription as early as next week, according to our sources. The software giant will offer the 4GB console with a Kinect sensor … | Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
An Apple CEO-in-waiting sells 95% of his company shares — The head of iPhone and iPad software sold 64,151 shares Friday worth $38.7 million FORTUNE — Scott Forstall took home a chunk of change Friday. Taking advantage of Apple's (AAPL) relatively high (but not record) share price … | Ross Miller / The Verge: |
It's official: Target will phase out all Kindle-branded products this spring — Last night we reported on Target's plans to discontinue sale of the Kindle due to “conflict of interest,” and now the company has confirmed to us that it will, indeed, discontinue sale.| Paul Sloan / CNET: |
Frustrated advertisers to Facebook: Take our money — please! — With the social network's huge IPO getting nearer, this is the sort of news that Mark Zuckerberg doesn't need to hear just now. With a reach approaching 15 percent of the world's population, Facebook is a thriving media business.
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TechCrunch, GigaOM, Guardian, ReadWriteWeb and BGR
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
FRAND abuse: German court hands Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox 360 — This morning, Judge Dr. Holger Kircher of the Landgericht Mannheim (Mannheim Regional Court) handed down his postponed ruling on a set of four closely-related Motorola lawsuits against Microsoft.
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PC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, GigaOM, BBC, Seattle Times, Computerworld, Reuters, Bloomberg, ZDNet, Softpedia News, Telegraph and Ubergizmo
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Spotify (Finally) Shows Up on the iPad — You wanted a Spotify iPad app? You've got a Spotify iPad app. — It's pretty, and it takes advantage of the tablet's bigger screen to showcase artist artwork and other cool stuff. Just like you'd expect from an iPad app. — Demo video is at the bottom of this post.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Bing Strips Down Results Page To Make Google Look Like “Search Overload” — While Google keeps cramming its search results pages full of tools and social content, today Bing confirmed with me the full roll out a redesigned search results page that completely clears the left sidebar … | Wil Wheaton / WWdN: In Exile: |
Google is making a huge and annoying mistake. — I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I've ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. — But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and it's pissing me off. — Yesterday, I tried to like a video on YouTube.| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Amazon Gets Into the Sitcom Business — Amazon has been stocking up its Web-video offering with lots of old TV shows. Now it's going to start making some of its own. — The company is pulling back the covers (a bit) on its plans to produce kids' shows and sitcoms via its “Amazon Studios” …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Revealed: Facebook Messenger for iPad, iPhone app with video chat in the works — While Facebook has focused on smartphones for its standalone Facebook Messenger app, the company is currently developing a version for the Apple iPad. A reliable source has provided an in-depth look … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
OS X Mountain Lion update adds helpful ‘Do Not Disturb’ option for notifications — Apple's update to OS X Lion Preview 3 adds a very helpful new “Do Not Disturb” feature for notifications. The feature is a toggle accessible at the top of Notification Center that allows users to block incoming alerts and banners.
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Computerworld, Ars Technica, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, Macgasm, Softpedia News and The Verge. Thanks:@markgurman
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Down, Not Out: Nokia Goes On The Offensive With 11 Lawsuits Against HTC, RIM And ViewSonic Covering 45 Patents — As Nokia continues to try to turn itself around as a mobile phone business, it is also playing on the offense in the legal game: today it announced that it has filed fresh round … | Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
Mozilla Slams CISPA, Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence On Cybersecurity Bill — While the Internet has been bristling with anger over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the Internet industry has been either silent or quietly supportive of the controversial bill. With one exception.
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PC World, CNET, TechSpot, Web Browser, The H Security, Daily Dot, Coyote Tracks, The Verge, The Raw Story and WebProNews. Thanks:@forbestech
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Google introduces ‘VC Office Hours’, Google+ hangouts with top Silicon Valley figures — Google+ is often lamented for failing to capture the attention of mainstream social network users and, almost in response to that accusation, Google is launching an interesting initiative that will see top figures … | Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
After Testifying in Oracle-Google Trial, Scott McNealy Speaks Out — Having testified in the Oracle-Google trial with a decidedly different viewpoint from that of his successor, former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy took to Bloomberg TV yesterday to talk a little about Java, and licensing of its APIs, and other matters yesterday.
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| Tamar Lewin / New York Times: |
Harvard and M.I.T. Team Up to Offer Free Online Courses — In what is shaping up as an academic Battle of the Titans — one that offers vast new learning opportunities for students around the world — Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday announced …
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CNET, Research News, OStatic blogs, Boston Globe, Xconomy, TechCrunch, MIT, Technology Review and The Next Web
| Josh Ong / AppleInsider: |
Dropbox working with Apple to resolve app rejection issue — After a number of developers using the Dropbox SDK reported that Apple was rejecting their iOS apps from the App Store because of links to an external purchase option, the cloud storage provider has confirmed that is working with Apple to address the issue.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Facebook Opens Up Hardware World With Magic Hinge — Imagine that your laptop display weighs 800 pounds. But you can still open it and close it and re-open it as you like, gently pushing it to just the right angle. And when you let go, it stays exactly where you put it.| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Early Foursquare Employee Tristan Walker Heads To Andreessen Horowitz As An EIR — After 2.5 years at Foursquare, one of its earliest employees, Tristan Walker, is heading to the venture side. — Here's the farewell post on his blog: — Once in a lifetime, if you're lucky, you nail your dream job.
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| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
Apple-Targeting Flashback Botnet Still Kicking, But Shrinking By 100,000 Macs Per Week — Dr. Web's count of Macs actively infected with Flashback over time. The “A” marks Apple's release of its Flashback removal tool, and the “B” marks Dr. Web's discovery of another variant of Flashback …
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ZDNet, Inquirer, The Register and WebProNews
| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Birst Lands $26M From Sequoia, Hummer Winblad To Bring Big Data Analytics To The Masses — Birst, a San Francisco-based startup that offers on-demand business intelligence and analytics solutions for companies big and small, has raised $26 million in series D financing, led by Sequoia Capital.
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VentureBeat and GigaOM
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twilio Rising: Microsoft Inks Deal To Offer Voice, Messaging APIs To ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Azure Developers — A potentially big move forward for cloud-based telephony API startup Twilio — and an intriguing development for Microsoft, given its would-be ownership of Skype … | Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Amazon outs Cloud Drive desktop app for Windows and Mac, allows easy access to your digital wares — If you've been storing part of your digital library on Amazon's Cloud Drive, access to your goods just got easier. The outfit has released a desktop app for both Mac and Windows machines enabling uploads …
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The Verge, MacRumors, ReadWriteWeb, Forbes, 9to5Mac and Liliputing
| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
DataSift raises $7.2m inside round to help make sense of ‘big data’ beyond social interactions — DataSift, a rising star in the world of ‘big data’ collection and analysis, has raised $7.2 million from existing backers GRP Partners and IA Ventures to help accelerate growth as worldwide demand for its services continues to soar.
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AllThingsD and VentureBeat
| Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times: |
European Regulators May Reopen Street View Inquiries — BERLIN — Privacy regulators in Britain, Germany and France said Wednesday that they may reopen or expand their investigations into Google's illegal collection of Internet data for its Street View service following revelations …
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Ars Technica, eWeek, Naked Security and ZDNet
| Kathleen De Vere / Inside Mobile Apps: |
Google Play doesn't monetize? It does for free-to-play games that use carrier billing — Google Play has an undeserved reputation as platform that doesn't monetize — at least according to several developers with free-to-play games. Companies as diverse as TinyCo, Spry Fox and Robot Invader …
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The Verge, Engadget and PhoneArena
| Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Flingo Marries Up, Gets Hitched to Mark Cuban — In a courtship that began at CES earlier this year, smart TV app company Flingo is now getting hitched to billionaire technology and digital media expert Mark Cuban. — Flingo announced $1 million of additional financing by Cuban and Gary Lauder … | Ryan Kim / GigaOM: |
Pebble smartwatch gets its first app partner: RunKeeper — When I talked to the man behind the Pebble smartwatch, which has become the biggest Kickstarter project ever, he said what excited him about all the success was the ability to turn Pebble into an app platform.
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PC Magazine, Mashable!, Betabeat, VentureBeat, Business Insider, RunKeeper, BostInno, Pocket-lint and The Next Web
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Sony reveals VAIO T ultrabook: 11 and 13-inch models, Sandy Bridge processors, out this month — Sony has announced its first true ultrabook, the VAIO T. The design looks much the same as the prototype we saw all the way back at CES, with a 17.8mm-thick brushed metal body that pushes right up against the 18mm limit specified by Intel.
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LAPTOP Magazine, InfoWorld, Engadget, Sony, Inquirer, DailyTech, Liliputing, Gizmodo and I4U News
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Jive Debuts New App Integrations, Universal Web Access For Social Network For Businesses — Social enterprise company Jive is debuting a number of new features for its social network for businesses today. The company is also announcing its Try Jive, a free 30-day trial for customers.
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