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Done deal: Salesforce.com buys Buddy Media for $689m in cash and shares — Salesforce.com has finally confirmed that it has acquired social media marketing company Buddy Media for nearly $700 million in cash and shares ($689 million to be exact). — Early rumors about the purchase …
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| Michael Lazerow / Buddy Media: |
New Beginnings — Mary Dedinsky, my newswriting professor at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, taught me early on to not bury the lead. So here I go: — Kass and I have agreed to sell Buddy Media to salesforce.com. — Now that that's over, let me tell you a story … | Zach Honig / Engadget: |
Acer unveils 11.6-inch Iconia W700, 10.1-inch W510 Windows 8 tablets (update: hands-on pictures and video) — And the flood of Windows tablets begins! With only four months or so to go before Microsoft finalizes the OS, we had a feeling Computex 2012 would bring lots of Win8 devices, and it looks like we won't be disappointed.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S III to hit five US carriers ‘beginning’ in June, starting at $199 on contract — Samsung has just announced that AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular will all get the Galaxy S III in June, though “Exact pricing and retail availability will be announced by each … | Zach Epstein / BGR: |
Verizon's Galaxy S III preorders begin June 6th, start at $199.99 — Verizon Wireless on Monday became the first wireless carrier in the United States to announced launch details for Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. The nation's No.1 carrier has confirmed …
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Asus announces Tablet 600: transforming Windows RT device with Tegra 3 and 2GB RAM — Ahead of its Computex press conference, Asus is showing off the Tablet 600, a Windows RT device that takes the detachable keyboard form factor made popular by its Transformer Android series.
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Facebook Explores Giving Kids Access — Facebook Inc. is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the social-networking site under parental supervision, a step that could help the company tap a new pool of users for revenue but also inflame privacy concerns.
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| Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But The TV Business May Be Starting To Collapse — In the first decade of the commercial Internet—the 1990s and early 2000s—there were frequent murmurings that newspapers were screwed. — The digital audience didn't read newspapers, people pointed out. They visited web sites.| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Exclusive: Instapaper for Android launches (hands-on) — While there are several places where Instapaper for Android falls short, there are a few places where Android really lets Marco Arment's concept spread its wings. While Arment has done his best on iOS to incorporate sharing articles …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
The Oracle v. Google aftermath — Two Google lawyers reflect on the case: APIs stay free, cost of business soars. — The Oracle v. Google patent and copyright trial is over, resulting in definitive wins for Google on both fronts. Ars interviewed two Google attorneys—general counsel Kent Walker … | Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
Microsoft Certificate Was Used to Sign “Flame” Malware — Microsoft: Techniques Used By Flame Could Be Used By Less Sophisticated Attackers to Launch Widespread Attacks — On Sunday, Microsoft reached out to customers and notified the public that it had discovered unauthorized digital certificates that …
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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Nintendo Wii U Gamepad officially unveiled — Today during a streaming video conference, Nintendo detailed the final version of the Wii U controller, which it is calling the Wii U Gamepad. Nintendo has made some notable tweaks and revisions to the prototype version detailed last year at E3 …
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