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October 17, 2012, 7:35 PM
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
With Surface looming, Microsoft fails to explain Windows 8 vs. Windows RT to consumers — If Microsoft Store reps don't know the difference, how will Surface buyers? — With only nine days remaining before an October 26th launch, Microsoft's Windows 8 marketing campaign is approaching full force.
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center — If you're looking for the beating heart of the digital age — a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest—you could do a lot worse than Lenoir, North Carolina.
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The Official Google Blog, Computerworld, BGR, Android and Me, The Next Web, Data Center Knowledge, The Verge, Associated Press, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Engadget, ExtremeTech, Gizmodo, SlashGear, PetaPixel, TechSpot, Mashable!, Android Community, GigaOM, BetaNews, Laughing Squid, Rough Type, Data Center Knowledge, memeburn, Softpedia News, 9to5Google and Betabeat
| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Color: We Are Not Shutting Down — Color, the photo-sharing website which became well-known for securing $40 million in venture capital but has since had a bumpy road with lagging user numbers and turmoil at the executive levels, is not winding down operations, contrary to an anonymously-sourced report …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud, Becomes Raid-Proof — The Pirate Bay is loved by millions of file-sharers but is also a thorn in the side of the entertainment industries. — The latter group continues to push authorities to take action against the site. The Pirate Bay was raided back in 2006 … | John Letzing / Digits: |
Google Stays Ahead of Silicon Valley Pack on Engineer Salaries — Google Inc. is staying well armed in at least one aspect of the ongoing battle for Silicon Valley talent. — The Mountain View, Calif., Internet company has faced a wave of competition in hiring in recent years thanks …
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| David Talbot / Technology Review: |
Computer Viruses Are “Rampant” on Medical Devices in Hospitals — A meeting of government officials reveals that medical equipment is becoming riddled with malware. — Computerized hospital equipment is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, according to participants in a recent government panel.
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| Jack Dorsey: |
Let's reconsider our “users” … During a Square Board meeting, our newest Director Howard Schultz, pulled me aside and asked a simple question. — “Why do you all call your customers ‘users’?” — “I don't know. We've always called them that.” — It wasn't something I've thought about for some time.
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
How Obama or Romney Should Have Answered the iPad Question — Toward the end of last night's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney, the moderator, CNN's Candy Crowley, asked a perfectly legitimate question, one that Obama himself is once reported to have asked …
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Exclusive: White House review finds no evidence of spying by Huawei - sources — (Reuters) - A White House-ordered review of security risks posed by suppliers to U.S. telecommunications companies found no clear evidence that Huawei Technologies Ltd had spied for China, two people familiar with the probe told Reuters.
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| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
BuzzFeed lawsuit over celeb snaps raises copyright questions — A photo agency is demanding $1.3 million from BuzzFeed after the viral news site published photos of singer Katy Perry and actress Kathy Griffin. The case comes at a time when online media is increasingly image-based …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Source: Apple Accessory Partner Seminar Coming November 7-8, Will Cover Lightning Guidelines — We're now hearing from a source close to Apple's accessory manufacturing partner that the company plans to hold a conference in Shenzen, China for its Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad (MFI) …
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| Ari Levy / Bloomberg: |
Violin Memory Said to File IPO With $2 Billion Valuation — Violin Memory Inc., a maker of flash memory for data centers, filed to go public last month under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, said two people familiar with the matter. — The deal is being led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. …
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| Élyse Betters / 9to5Mac: |
Foxconn official says iPhone 5 supply shortages caused by complicated design, productivity improving — The Wall Street Journal spoke with an unnamed Hon Hai executive today about why the iPhone 5 is experiencing supply shortages, and the Taiwanese manufacturer, also known as Foxconn …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Thanks To Marketplace And PayPal Growth, eBay's Q3 Revenue Up 15 Percent To $3.4B, Net Income Up 22 Percent — eBay just released Q3 earnings this afternoon, reporting earnings per share of $0.55 on revenue of $3.4 billion. Analysts expected EPS of $0.54 and revenue of $3.4 billion for Q3 2012.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
HTC J Butterfly preview: a stunning 5-inch 1080p phone for Japan (video) — 440ppi Super LCD 3 sets the new standard in smartphone displays — The rumors were true: HTC has been working on a new flagship phone with a 5-inch 1080p display, and we got to see it in Tokyo today.| Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |
MasterCard Is Selling Your Data Just in Time for the Holidays — Credit card companies make money by taking a cut every time you swipe your plastic at the checkout counter. Now MasterCard has found a way to make those swipes pay over and over again. — As the Financial Times first reported …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Wants To Dominate Paid Discovery By Now Letting Any Developer Buy Mobile App Install Ads — App developers pay huge sums for ads that gets them installs, and Facebook wants to gobble up that spend. So today Facebook begins allowing all developers to buy its recently announced app install ads … | Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Apple snaps up celebrity-backed Web app firm Particle — Apple has bought a San Francisco-based HTML5 Web and Web app design firm backed by Justin Timberlake. — Call it an “acqui-hire.” — Apple has snapped up Particle, a San Francisco-based creative consulting company that specializes … | Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
A $99 Nexus tablet could spawn a new race to the bottom, but is it possible yet? — Yes, but not without compromises — Earlier today, perpetual rumor-mill DigiTimes reported that Google was readying a $99 Nexus tablet for release by the end of the year.| Sayantani Ghosh / Reuters: |
Fast-growing Jumptap looks to possible IPO, sale — (Reuters) - Jumptap, a seven-year old mobile advertising startup, said it is considering either listing its shares or selling itself, as it looks to snatch a bigger slice of a market estimated to grow to more than $20 billion over the next three years.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
From Zero To Talktime Hero: Facebook Tests A New Way To Sign Up Users In India, Offering $1 Mobile Voice Credits — Facebook is testing out a new way of picking up mobile users in international markets — a crucial part of its strategy to continue building out its user base as subscriber growth slows …
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Inside Facebook, AllFacebook, MachineHappy, The Next Web, Pluggd.in and MediaNama. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Klout Updates iPhone App With Passbook Integration, Wants You To “Show Off” With Klout Card — Online social influence is something that can really rub people the wrong way. Klout obviously believes in it wholeheartedly; others, not so much. Now, in a move that's sure to generate … | Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley: |
Internet providers set to crack down on illegal file-sharing — AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other major Internet service providers are set to implement a copyright alert system aimed at cutting down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted material “over the next several weeks,” …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Rumors and Speculation of November 2 ‘iPad Mini’ Launch Building — Earlier today, Geeky Gadgets reported that it has received word from a retailer in the United Kingdom indicating that the “iPad mini” will be launching on November 2 in at least the United States and UK …
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Examiner, iPhone Alley, Life On My Mobile, CITEworld, Geeky-Gadgets, Gotta Be Mobile, everythingiCafe, Macgasm, Business Insider, PadGadget, App Advice, onliner.by, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com and Pocketnow. Tweets: @9to5mac
| Erin Bury / BetaKit: |
Shopkick Redesigns Rewards App to Bridge At-Home Browsing With In-Store Buys — Today Palo Alto, CA-based shopkick, a mobile rewards and loyalty app for brick-and-mortar retailers, announced a redesign of its app to focus on tying at-home browsing to in-store purchases.
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| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
4G spectrum spat settled: Sirius and AT&T can coexist after all — The Federal Communications Commission gives its blessing to a plan that paves the way for AT&T to use the WCS spectrum band to add capacity to its 4G LTE network. — The Federal Communications Commission has paved … Sponsor Posts
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