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May 24, 2012, 2:00 PM
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Facebook exec ducks questions about IPO debacle — (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg spoke to Harvard University students in her first public appearance since the company's disappointing initial public offering, but refrained from addressing the controversy around its messy, glitch-plagued debut.
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| Sam Ro / Business Insider: |
WSJ Names Two Big Facebook Investors Who Got Selectively Disclosed Information — Business Insider's Henry Blodget first reported that large institutional investors may have had an information advantage over individual investors ahead of the Facebook IPO. — Specifically, a Facebook …
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| Mark Cuban / blog maverick: |
Facebook IPO Post Mortem - Killer - but not for the reasons you think ! — 1. Say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street. Whatever positive impression they had of the IPO market and the stock market in general was just torched to the ground. When everyone you know associated …
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
How Tim Cook is changing Apple — Steve Jobs' successor is making his mark and trying to keep the Apple magic going. — FORTUNE — In February of this year, a group of investors visited Apple as part of a “bus tour” led by a research analyst for Citibank.| Dirk Stoop / Facebook Newsroom: |
Introducing Facebook Camera — Today, we're introducing Camera, a new mobile app that makes using Facebook photos faster and easier. — See friends' photos all in one place — When you launch the app, you'll see a feed of just great photos from the people you care about.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
As Facebook Launches a Standalone Camera App, the Instagram Buy Comes Into Focus — We've known that Facebook is serious about photos: Heck, it dropped a cool $1 billion on Instagram, the immensely popular mobile photo-sharing app. — What we didn't know, however, is that Facebook …
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| IDC: |
Android- and iOS-Powered Smartphones Expand Their Share of the Market in the First Quarter, According to IDC — Smartphones powered by the Android and iOS mobile operating systems accounted for more than eight out of ten smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12).
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| Rafe Needleman / CNET: |
Here comes Yahoo's own Web browser — Axis — Yahoo is announcing tonight that it's getting into the browser business with its new Axis browser. There are versions for iPad and iPhone, and plug-ins for the desktop browsers Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari.
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| Ibrahim Elbouchikhi / Android Developers Blog: |
In-app Subscriptions in Google Play — We launched In-app Billing on Google Play a year ago to give developers more ways to sell and engage users over the lifetime of their apps. Since the launch, In-app Billing has been extremely successful in helping developers monetize their apps through try-and-buy … | Ian Sherr / Wall Street Journal: |
Zynga Defends Acquisition — Amid Criticism of Deal for OMGPOP, Game Maker Points to Revenue Streams Zynga Inc. has faced plenty of questions after buying the maker of “Draw Something,” a mobile game that was released only six weeks earlier and has since lost popularity.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Microsoft legal win over Google may signal ceasefire — So much for the power of Motorola's patents. — Google, which spent $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola and its patents in a deal that closed Tuesday, has suffered a major legal defeat at the hands of Microsoft, which successfully argued …
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InfoWorld, PC World, Ars Technica, Open Source Subnet … and GigaOM
| James McQuivey / Forrester Blogs: |
Apple's Coming Plan To Take Over The TV Business — Last week we released our newest report about the future of TV and argued in it and the accompanying blog post that the battle for the TV is not really about TV. It's about the future of the platform giants like Apple, Google …
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BGR, VentureBeat, Fortune, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, App Advice and Know Your Mobile
| Greg Sandoval / CNET: |
AOL takes heavy fire from Starboard side — AOL CEO Tim Armstrong (right) has made poor investments and is operating the company inefficiently, says Starboard Value, a hedge fund and AOL investor. — (Credit: CNET) — Starboard Value, a $1 billion hedge fund with a 5-percent stake in AOL …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google+ for Android update brings new look, now lets you start Hangouts from a phone — Google updated the Google+ iOS app recently with a complete visual overhaul, and now the company's brought the new look to Android as well - plus a few unique tricks. For one, Google+ for Android … | Will Connors / Wall Street Journal: |
Fate of BlackBerry's Popular Messaging Tool in Doubt — As the Smartphone's Sales Shrink, So Too Do Users' Contact Lists; Research In Motion Curtails Effort to License Service — Research In Motion Ltd. may have lost its dominance in the global smartphone market, but its instant-messaging service …
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VentureBeat, CNET, IntoMobile, Phones Review, Gizmodo UK and Electricpig.co.uk
| Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
Apple Sheds More Light on their iPen & Graphics Program — On May 24, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that sheds more light on their future iPen and related graphics program. Apple continues to spend time and R&D funding on a future iPen device that's …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU court to rule on $1.1 billion Microsoft fine on June 27 — (Reuters) - Europe's second-highest court will rule on June 27 whether EU regulators were justified in fining Microsoft 899 million euros ($1.1 billion) four years ago for failing to comply with an antitrust ruling intended to make business easier for its rivals.
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| Joseph de Weck / Bloomberg: |
Deutsche Telekom Says Complete Sale Of T-Mobile USA Unlikely — Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) said a complete sale of its T-Mobile USA unit is unlikely after Europe's second- largest telephone company failed to sell the business to AT&T Inc. (T) last year for $39 billion.
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9to5Google, The Verge, GeekWire, PhoneArena, TmoNews, CNET, IntoMobile and FierceWireless
| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Huawei Files Antitrust Complaint With EU Over InterDigital — Huawei Technologies Co., China's largest phone-equipment maker, filed an antitrust complaint with European Union regulators that accuses InterDigital Inc. (IDCC) (IDCC) of refusing to license key wireless patents.
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Oracle v. Google jury foreman reveals: Oracle wasn't even close — Some jurors felt Oracle's IP claims might not be in the public's best interest. — A few minutes after the Oracle v. Google verdict, the ten jurors filed out to the elevator. A group of several reporters, including me …
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| John Brownlee / Cult of Mac: |
You Won't Believe How Much Crazy Science & Microscopic Tech Is Crammed Into Your iPhone's Accelerometer [Video] … Have you ever wondered how your iPhone knows up from down, or when you're shaking it? It's all because of the tiny accelerometer chip inside the device, but how does it work?
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| Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS: |
Bump App Update: Transfer Photos From Your Phone to Computer With Just a Tap — Bump, an app for Android phones and the iPhone, has made it very easy for people to transfer photos or money from one phone to another. It's now set its sights on transfers from a phone to a computer.
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CNET, The Next Web and VentureBeat
| Paul Carr / PandoDaily: |
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