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Groupon Announces Leadership Change — Board Appoints Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis to the Office of the Chief Executive — CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), the global leader in local commerce, today announced a leadership change in which Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky …
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Andrew Mason is out as CEO of Groupon, here's his sendoff letter — Today it was announced that Groupon will move to replace Andrew Mason as its CEO. The decision comes the day following the reporting of its painful fourth quarter financial performance, that included a surprise loss, and lukewarm revenues.
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| Brian Boland / Facebook Newsroom: |
Facebook to Acquire Atlas from Microsoft — We're pleased to announce that we have agreed to acquire the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. Atlas is a leader in campaign management and measurement for marketers and agencies. We believe this acquisition will benefit both marketers and users, and we'd like to explain why.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Confirms It Will Acquire Atlas Advertiser Suite From Microsoft To Close The Ad Spend Loop — After weeks of speculation and leaks, Facebook today announced it will buy the Atlas Advertiser Suite away from Microsoft. The Seattle-based Atlas team will stay put …
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Apple Supplier Corning Sees Three-Year Wait for Flexible Display — Corning Inc. (GLW), the maker of glass for Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones, said it will probably take at least three years before companies start making flexible displays using its new Willow material.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Exclusive: EU regulators likely to fine Microsoft by end-March - sources — (Reuters) - EU competition regulators plan to fine Microsoft before the end of March in a case tied to the U.S. software giant's antitrust battle in Europe more than a decade ago, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
UK judge who issued extreme ruling for Samsung against Apple hired by... Samsung! — By far and away the weirdest ruling in the worldwide smartphone and tablet wars came down last year in the UK, where a publicity order forcing Apple to promote Samsung's products and to make itself ridiculous … | Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Required Executives to Hold Triple Their Salary in Stock — Apple Inc. earlier this month reversed its stance on a corporate-governance measure related to executive compensation, implementing a new rule that executives must hold triple their base salary in company stock.
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Koozoo turns every old iPhone into a 24/7 spycam — Rick's American Cafe is the most popular bar where I went to school in Ann Arbor, MI. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, rain or shine, the line to get into Rick's wraps around the block. One entrepreneurial student with a great view …
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| Apple: |
iTunes U Content Tops One Billion Downloads — Apple today announced that iTunes U® content downloads have topped one billion. iTunes U features the world's largest online catalog of free educational content from top schools and prominent libraries, museums and organizations helping …
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| Tim Carmody / The Verge: |
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies ‘aiding the enemy’ — Manning will read an extended personal statement detailing his actions and his motives, describing ‘moral outrage’ at the US Army's actions in Iraq — US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning … | Macworld: |
Silent email filtering makes iCloud an unreliable option — These days, so much important communication is conducted by email that we expect it to be rock solid. So when emails don't arrive—or even worse, we don't know that they didn't arrive—it can be worrisome.| Brian Womack / Businessweek: |
Facebook Ads Based on Browsing Challenge Google — Facebook Ads Based on Browsing Challenge Google — Facebook Inc. (FB), under pressure to expand sales from its 1.1 billion users, is pushing into a business that lets marketers buy advertisements in real time on the basis of a member's Web-browsing habits.
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| Bloomberg: |
Google Helped Honor FTC Chairman During Agency Inquiry — Google Inc. (GOOG) contributed $25,000 to honor the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission while under investigation by the agency for antitrust violations, Senate records show. — The company donated the money to Common Sense Media Inc. …
| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
Measuring the iBook market — In June of 2011 Apple announced that 130 million ebooks were sold through iTunes. In October of 2012 it announced that 400 million sold. — That means 270 million ebooks were sold in 16 months. Or about 17 million units per month, on average.
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Microsoft expands Surface RT and Pro market reach, adding Japan and the UK among other countries — This morning Microsoft announced a number of new markets for the Surface RT and Surface Pro tablet hybrids. The expansions were expected, and fit former leaks.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
YouTube for iOS gets AirPlay-like video ‘beaming’ for smart TVs, Xbox 360 and PS3, Capture support — Google has today updated the YouTube app for iOS with its ‘send to TV’ functionality. This enables the app to send video out on an automatic connectionto TVs that support the open protocol.
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| Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!: |
ISPs Finally Explain How ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Program Will Work — Internet Service Providers are finally revealing how they will implement a new anti-piracy system known as “Six Strikes” which has been rolling out this week. — The program, officially called the Copyright Alert System …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Federated Media CEO Deanna Brown steps down, company founder John Battelle assumes leadership — Federated Media's CEO Deanna Brown announced today that she will be leaving her position within the company. In her place, founder and Executive Chairman John Batelle will step in to help keep … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Salesforce delivers strong Q4, outlook solid — Summary: CEO Marc Benioff touted the company's $3 billion in annual revenue and growth rates. — Salesforce.com reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results and delivered a solid outlook for the first quarter and year ahead.
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| John Koetsier / VentureBeat: |
UpTo wants to be the social glue of tomorrow, adds $1.5M, and opens its event stream platform — Last year UpTo launched as a way of sharing upcoming events with friends, family, and colleagues: the social network of tomorrow. Now, 500,000 shared events and 2000 organizational event streams later …
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| Anke Corbin / MapQuest Blog: |
MapQuest Continues Its Evolution by Introducing Free Travel Blogs — We're excited to share today's launch of MapQuest Travel Blogs on the web - http://TravelBlogs.MapQuest.com - and iOS devices - iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad download at: http://appstore.com/mapquesttravelblogs .
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| Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: |
As Nook revenues plunge, B&N says it's “calibrating” strategy but “committed” to devices — Barnes & Noble had warned investors that its third-quarter Nook earnings would be disappointing. The earnings report was released before the market opened Thursday morning, and indeed, Nook revenues … Sponsor Posts
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