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| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
Beneath contempt: The Apple TV business model — Last year we sold ... 2.8 million Apple TVs. This year, just in the first six months of our year we've sold 2.7. Tim Cook at D10 1:45. I note the “our” in “our year”. This implies fiscal year (that and the fact that he spoke in the past tense …
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| Dan Frommer / ReadWriteWeb: |
Tim Cook at the D Conference: Between the Lines — Apple boss Tim Cook spoke Tuesday night at the D10 conference, his first major public interview since becoming CEO of Apple last year. His chat touched on everything from what he learned from Steve Jobs to his big-picture goal for Apple: to build great products, of course.
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Kevin Rose's Next Move: Partner at Google Ventures — Kevin Rose, who joined Google in March to work on Google+ along with some of his team from mobile app incubator Milk, has moved to Google Ventures. — Rose is now a venture partner at the firm focused on making new investments, and he has already moved internally.| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Let's Have Some Fun Reading Way Too Much Into the Preliminary Schedule for WWDC 2012 — “We're going to double down on secrecy on products.” —Tim Cook, yesterday at the D10 conference — I've long compared Apple punditry to Cold War-era Kremlinology — to predict or analyze an opaque …
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| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Once Deemed Evil, Google Now Embraces “Paid Inclusion” — Back when Google was an upstart search engine, one way it distinguished itself was to fight against a pay-to-play business model called “paid inclusion.” Indeed, paid inclusion was one of the original sins Google listed as part of its “Don't Be Evil” creed.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel formally launches Ivy Bridge laptop chips, slightly revises ultrabook requirements — Intel's third-generation Core processors launched over a month ago, but only the most powerful ones: today, Chipzilla's dual-core and ultra-low voltage (ULV) chips are official, meaning we'll soon start …
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| AllThingsD: |
Collected Videos of Late Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs at D, Now Free on iTunes — There's lots of video of the late Steve Jobs, primarily from his famous introductions of Apple products over the years and from his oft-quoted Stanford commencement address. — But by far the largest trove … | Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Microsoft accidentally announces Windows 8 Release Preview for May 31st — a day early — then pulls blog post — In a post today on a Microsoft blog, Vice President on the Windows Development team, Chuck Chan, touted the release of the Windows 8 Release Preview to the Windows Dev Center.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
That's Amore: Has Apple Bought Italian Music Editing Startup Redmatica? — Everyone is focused on what hardware product Apple might launch next, but out of Italy comes reported news of a software development: the company has bought Redmatica, a small startup that specializes in digital music-editing apps.| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Aaron Sorkin talks about future Steve Jobs movie, impact of technology on his writing — You don't have to look far to get a grasp on who Aaron Sorkin is — he wrote A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network, for starters …
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| Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Inside Google X's Project Glass, Part I — Google's Project Glass product lead Steve Lee walks us through his experience with the development of the company's sci-fi-inspired eyewear—from his team's “hundreds of variations and dozens of early prototypes” to his vision of the future.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Korea Fair Trade Commission Raids Google. Again. — Google is in hot water in South Korea again. — The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) raided Google's offices in Seoul on Monday, people familiar with the matter say. This is the second time the agency has busted …
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| Greg Finn / Search Engine Land: |
Are Facebook Pages Getting Less Traffic From Google & Bing? — This January Google launched “Search Plus Your World (SPYW),” a service that drastically customized search results based on social connections while bolstering visibility of Google+ products. While the new changes absolutely … | Greg Sandoval / CNET: |
MegaUpload asks U.S. court to dismiss piracy charges — The cloud-storage service accused of piracy says the U.S. lacked jurisdiction and “should have known” that before taking down the service and throwing its founder in jail. — Follow @sandoCNET — MegaUpload's attorneys have asked … | Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Sean Parker: Why Did Spotify Take So Long to Get Stateside? It Could Have Been Apple. — Before Spotify finally hit the U.S. less than a year ago, streaming-music proponents the world around lauded the company. But while the app was available in Europe and other countries since 2010 …
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Sony Considers—but Rejects—Online-Only Game Console — Sony is looking to the next generation of its gaming consoles. Above, a 2009 poster of the Sony Playstation logo. — Sony Corp. considered but ultimately rejected a download-only plan for its next videogame console …
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| Scott Lowe / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates SkyDrive for Windows and Mac with new photo sharing function, increased file limit — Just over a month since launching its SkyDrive for Windows and OS X Lion app preview, Microsoft has announced new feature updates and improvements for the cloud storage client.
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Google Places Is Over, Company Makes Google+ The Center Of Gravity For Local Search — When Google+ and Google+ Pages for business were introduced a little less than a year ago many people in the local search arena began anticipating the day when Google would merge or integrate Google Places and Google+ Pages.| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Kleiner Perkins Partner John Doerr Speaks Out On Lawsuit: “Our Firm Does Not Discriminate Based On Gender” — John Doerr, the longtime partner at Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who is perhaps the firm's most recognizable public face …
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| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
iPad Only No More: Inkling Debuts HTML5-Powered E-Book App For The Web — Inkling, the San Francisco-based startup that's known for making super slick interactive digital versions of college textbooks and other educational titles for the iPad, has debuted its first ever platform for the web browser.| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg: |
Kayak Said To Postpone IPO Following Facebook'S Tumble — Kayak Software Corp. is delaying its initial public offering following Facebook Inc. (FB)'s post-IPO tumble, according to a person close to the situation. — The Norwalk, Connecticut-based online-travel service has postponed …
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| AP Member Choice Limited / Associated Press: |
Registered sex offenders fight for access to Facebook — (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images / May 30, 2012) — Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in state courts. — Sex offenders have successfully challenged many of the restrictions …
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| Jake Smith / 9to5Google: |
Google Play begins selling Galaxy Nexus accessories — Last month, Google began selling its popular Galaxy Nexus (HSPA version) directly on the Google Play website for a cool $399. Fast forward to today, Google has announced that accessories for the Galaxy Nexus are now available on the Play store as well.| Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times: |
D10: Oracle's Ellison on cloud computing, sailing and more — RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. _ Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison's appearance at the All Things D conference opened, appropriately, with a video ad depicting Oracle catamarans charging through rough water off San Francisco.
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| Kimber Streams / The Verge: |
Politwoops preserves deleted tweets from US politicians — Not everyone thinks before they tweet, and US politicians are certainly no exception - enter Politwoops, a website set up by The Sunlight Foundation to archive deleted tweets from politicians. Politwoops scrapes the Twitter accounts … | Oliver Reichenstein / Information Architects: |
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