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Apple reportedly to release US$799 MacBook Air in 3Q12 — Apple is reportedly considering responding to the upcoming second-generation ultrabooks by launching a US$799 MacBook Air in the third quarter of 2012, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.| Erica Ogg / GigaOM: |
Apple making a $799 Air in fear of ultrabooks? Nope. — With the next iPad model at least a year away and the next iPhone a few months off, the Apple rumor mill is pondering a new Apple product line: the MacBook Air. On Monday, Digitimes reports that Apple is considering selling a MacBook Air for $799 …
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Google+ Hangouts On Air: broadcast your conversation to the world — Last year we introduced Hangouts On Air to a limited number of broadcasters, enabling them to go live with friends and fans, for all the world to see. Since then, this small community has grown the feature in lots of creative ways.| Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac: |
Our Source Has Seen The Apple HDTV, Here's What It Looks Like — We have a source who claims to have seen a prototype Apple high-definition television set in action, indicating that Apple is readying the long-awaited device for market. — According to our source, who has asked …
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| Jason Pontin / Technology Review: |
Why Publishers Don't Like Apps — The future of media on mobile devices isn't with applications but with the Web. — By the time Apple released the iPad in April of 2010, just four months after Steve Jobs first announced his “magical and revolutionary” new machines in San Francisco …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Loeb Lobs Lawsuit, As Expected, at Yahoo's Borked Bio Mess — Botched CEO bio. Activist shareholder. Screwy board of directors. Mix it all together and what do you get? — More legal filings, natch! — This — as I reported this weekend would happen today — from Dan Loeb of Third Point … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
As Yahoo CEO Reaches Out to Top Staff, Board Meets to Weigh “Options” (I.E., Deciding Who Gets to Take the Borked Bio Blame) — Even as Yahoo's board was kibitzing all weekend about how to handle the continuing resume-padding controversy around its recently hired CEO Scott Thompson … | Alexander Sliwinski / Joystiq: |
Microsoft Stores offering $99 Xbox 360 with contract now — The rumored $99 Xbox 360 with two-year $15 a month contract is official. It includes a Kinect, Xbox Live Gold service and a two-year warranty. The offer is now available on the Microsoft Store site.| Satya Patel / Twitter Blog: |
A new standard for the mobile web — Today we're updating Twitter for mobile web (mobile.Twitter.com) in an effort to give every person on the planet a consistent Twitter experience. People who access Twitter from feature phones, low-bandwidth networks or older browsers can now enjoy …
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LG Electronics to launch Google TV in U.S. in late May: executive — (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No.2 TV maker, plans to launch Internet-enabled TV based on Google's platform in the United States in the week of May 21, as the South Korean firm seeks to gain a larger share …
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| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Desperate To Reverse Negative Momentum, Andrew Mason Explains His ‘Multi-Trillion-Dollar’ Vision For Groupon — Groupon CEO and cofounder Andrew Mason just released a letter to shareholders outlining a long-term vision for the company that goes well beyond the daily emails it is known for.
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| Brandon Bailey / Mercury News: |
Google infringed on Oracle copyrights, jury finds — SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury on Monday found that Google's (GOOG) popular Android mobile software infringes on copyrights held by tech rival Oracle (ORCL), in a closely watched case that may have broad implications for Silicon Valley …
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Google Gets Deeper Into the Content Business, by Putting Money Into Machinima — Google has been handing out money to video makers so they'll make more stuff for YouTube. Now it's putting money into a video maker itself. — The search giant is set to invest in Machinima … | Nick Bilton / Bits: |
Disruptions: Indiscreet Photos, Glimpsed Then Gone — People once took photographs so they could capture a moment for themselves and keep it forever. Then digital cameras and cellphones turned photos into something more ephemeral and more easily shared. But as the case of Anthony Weiner demonstrated …
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| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Gumroad Gets $7 Million Series A From Kleiner Perkins For Indie E-Payment Platform — Gumroad, the startup that lets individuals receive e-payments through a simple URL link, has received $7 million in new funding led by Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers.
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| Matt Rosoff / Business Insider: |
Payment Processing Giant Verifone Strikes Back Against Square — Tomorrow, Verifone will introduce a mobile credit card reader, the SAIL, that plugs into the iPhone and iPad to let very small businesses and sole proprietors take credit card payments. — If that sounds familiar, it should.
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| Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: |
Apple improves AirPlay playback, iPad network switching, HDR with iOS 5.1.1 — Apple has released an update to iOS that fixes a number of minor (but annoying) bugs within the operating system. The update was just released on Monday afternoon (at least for those of us on the eastern half of the US) …
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Exclusive: Publisher sues Tumblr over porn pics (Update) — It's finally happened. In a case with big implications for the booming market in photo-sharing, a publisher is suing popular blogging site Tumblr for copyright infringement. (Updates with quotes, details)| John Pletz / Chicago Business: |
Google makes plans to move Motorola Mobility to Chicago — (Crain's) — Google Inc. is shopping for more than 500,000 square feet of office space downtown for Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. once it completes its $12.5 billion takeover of the mobile phone maker.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg kicks off investor show in NY — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc kicked off its IPO roadshow in New York on Monday, attracting hundreds of investors who formed a snaking line around the block keen on hearing CEO Mark Zuckerberg tout Silicon Valley's record $10 billion initial public offering.| Wall Street Journal: |
India Launches Antitrust Probe of Google — NEW DELHI—India has launched an antitrust probe of Google Inc.'s online advertising business to investigate potential anti-competitive practices, according to government officials familiar with the matter. — The probe, which could take several months …
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SiliconANGLE, TechEye, Marketing Land, SlashGear, Times of India, The Next Web and MediaNama
| John Cook / GeekWire: |
The venture capital model is broken, and this damning report explains why — Industry watchers have been talking for a long while now about how the venture capital industry is broken, highlighted by poor returns that in many cases don't even exceed that of the major stock indices.| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Evernote acquires iPad app Penultimate to boost its handwriting recognition capabilities — Fresh from its $70m funding round last week, note-taking service Evernote is looking to expand its handwriting recognition capabilities with the announcement today that it has acquired San Francisco … Sponsor Posts
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