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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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| Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence: |
Ted Leonsis Back in a Dotcom Driver's Seat at Groupon … With Groupon's founder Andrew Mason getting booted from the CEO spot, the company now has two new co-CEOs, at least on an interim basis during the search for a replacement. And one of them has a notable history in dealing with the challenges … | 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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| 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 … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google's CFO says Motorola's upcoming products aren't ‘wow’ by Google standards (update) — If you were hoping to see a revelatory smartphone from Motorola in the near future, you might want to tone down those expectations. Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Patrick Pichette today …
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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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| Bloomberg: |
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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| 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.| Sue Zeidler / Reuters: |
Hollywood targets “rogue” mobile apps in war on pirated content — (Reuters) - Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called “rogue” mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their permission.
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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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| Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: |
FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban — Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the executive branch has any authority to change the law.
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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 …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
youdidntgetglass Google Has Closed Registrations For Their #ifihadglass Pre-Order Ploy — Google has officially shut down registrations for its #ifihadglass round of Google Glass pre-orders/applications. — The competition was first announced on February 20, alongside …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Zopfli To Compress Data More Densely And Make Web Pages Load Faster — Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about three to eight percent more densely (PDF) than the standard zlib library.
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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. …
| 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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| 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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| 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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| Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley: |
White House debating actions to retaliate against foreign cyberattacks — SAN FRANCISCO — The White House is debating what actions will be taken to retaliate against individuals and countries that launch cyberattacks against the United States. — White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel …
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| 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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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Google Translate to add dialects for text-to-speech feature? — As noted by the unofficial Google Operating System blog, Google could soon be adding the option to select a dialect for certain languages in its text-to-speech feature within Google Translate. The option, which is currently hidden …
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