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Exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs in talks on patent issues — (Reuters) - Google Inc CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes conversations about a range of intellectual property matters, including the ongoing mobile patent disputes between the companies, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
This is the new Amazon Kindle Fire — We've just been sent a purported shot of the next Kindle Fire, Amazon's Android-based tablet that's expected to be announced next week after the current model “sold out” earlier today. We're being told that a “pair” of Fires is likely — a 7- and a 10-incher …
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| Alistair Barr / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps - sources — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's new Kindle Fire will have mapping services via a tie-up with Nokia Oyj, according to two people familiar with the situation, filling a gap in the tablet's capabilities while snubbing Google Inc's popular service.
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HBO cuts the cord for international launch — Nordic region won't need pay-TV subscription to get net — HBO will make the Nordic region the first market where its programming will be available to consumers without requiring that they have a pay-TV subscription.
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Poof! $1 Billion Slashed From 2012 Facebook Revenue Forecast — Facebook's revenues, particularly from advertising, won't grow as fast as expected this year, according to a revised forecast from market researcher eMarketer. — EMarketer today said the No. 1 social network … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Wolfram Alpha launches Facebook personal analytics reports — Wolfram Alpha is continuing to expand into the data analytics space with a feature that will likely be more popular amongst regular users than its professional data analysis service: personal analytics reports based on Facebook.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Lenovo's new S-series laptops bridge the ultrabook-netbook gap, starting at $499 (hands-on pictures) — Not so long ago, Lenovo's S-series stood for inexpensive, underpowered netbooks. That seems to have changed: Lenovo's new IdeaPad S300, S400 and S405 are still fairly budget-friendly machines …
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| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Oracle Quietly Releases Fix For Serious Java Security Bug—Months After It Was Reported — Oracle just scored points with the security community for rushing out an early patch for a critical security flaw in Java that was already being widely exploited by the cybercriminal underground.
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| Wired: |
Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes — It seemed like a simple enough idea for an iPhone app: Send users a pop-up notice whenever a flying robots kills someone in one of America's many undeclared wars. But Apple keeps blocking the Drones+ program from its App Store — and therefore, from iPhones everywhere.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
The myth of pinch-to-zoom: how a confused media gave Apple something it doesn't own — In 2007, Steve Jobs stood on stage, listing the benefits of Apple's then-new iPhone touchscreen. “You can do multi-finger gestures on it,” he said, moving his hands back and forth in the now-familiar pinch-to-zoom motion.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple may now be rejecting some App Store submissions if they clone icons of popular apps — Apple has issued at least one App Store rejection note that cites a cloned icon as its reason reports developer Benjamin Mayo. The notice was not received in response to one of his apps … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Bing Now Lets You Search And Browse Your Friends' Facebook Photos — Microsoft just launched a new search feature for Bing that lets you search your friends' photos on Facebook. This new tool, says Microsoft, is essentially an expansion of the photo experience Bing introduced as part of Bing's redesign earlier this year.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In Battle With Amazon, Walmart Unveils Polaris, A Semantic Search Engine For Products — Walmart is today unveiling a new search engine named “Polaris” which now powers Walmart.com, as well as the company's mobile web and mobile apps, and offers a 10%-15% increased likelihood that a customer … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Bing Maps high-resolution imagery project now complete in the US — Microsoft has been collecting detailed maps of the United States over the past two years and the project is reaching its conclusion this week. The Global Ortho Project kicked off in the Spring of 2010 with an ambitious promise … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Facebook's Sandberg Has Penned “Lean In” — A Book on Women and Leadership — Set for 2013 Publication — Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has written a book on challenges facing women in the workplace that is expected to be published next year by Knopf. — Titled “Lean In,” the book is not a memoir …
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HR Software Maker Workday Files For $400M IPO — Workday, a company offering online tools for enterprises to manage human resources, payroll, and finances, just filed an S-1 form declaring its intention to raise up to $400 million in an IPO. — Reuters reported in July that the company …
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| Jim Edwards / Business Insider: |
Google Will Kill Its TV Advertising Business — Google has decided to pull the plug on Google TV Ads, its five-year attempt to convert the cable and broadcast TV industry into selling its available ad inventory on an online ad exchange. — The news comes on the same day that Google …
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| Victor H. / PhoneArena: |
Samsung will sue Apple immediately if it releases an LTE device, allegedly partnering with Microsoft to cut dependency on Android — Samsung's recent loss in court might have triggered some interesting processes inside the company pushing it to develop closer ties with Microsoft to cut its dependency on Android.
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