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New Android Smartphone Is Said to Favor Facebook — Facebook will introduce a special version of Google's Android software system next week that is modified to put the social network front and center on a smartphone. The software will debut on a handset made by HTC, said a Facebook employee who was briefed on the product.
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Actually, Amazon Paid About $150 Million for Goodreads — According to sources, Amazon paid about $150 million for Goodreads, the popular books recommendation service. But that number could close in on $200 million, if certain performance metrics are met.
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Biting the hand that feeds you: why are record labels fighting Pandora? — Labels want streaming and web radio to grow the pie, but want their share too — A few years ago, leaders from the major record companies planted the seeds from which they hoped would spring the next generation of music distributors.| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
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iMessage denial of service ‘prank’ spams users rapidly with messages, crashes iOS Messages app — Over the last couple of days, a group of iOS developers has been targeted with a series of rapid-fire texts sent over Apple's iMessage system. The messages, likely transmitted via …
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Showing Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook — The U.S. Supreme Court this week met to begin debating the future of same-sex marriage in the United States. To accompany this historic event, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) started urging people on Monday, March 25 to change … | Carol Morello / Washington Post: |
2020 Census will be done by Internet — Add paper census questionnaires to the long list of everyday items becoming quaint vestiges of tired technology, like landline phones, television armoires and butterfly ballots. — The Census Bureau already has started offering an Internet option …
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New Windows 8 hardware specs hint at 7-inch tablets and a Microsoft Reader — Summary: A quiet change in the logo requirements for new Windows 8 devices allows Microsoft's hardware partners to build new devices that would compete with popular 7- and 8-inch tablets like the iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD, and Google Nexus 7.
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Password denied: when will Apple get serious about security? — Customers need some real talk about how data is kept and accessed — Last Friday, The Verge revealed the existence of a dead-simple URL-based hack that allowed anyone to reset your Apple ID password with just your email address and date of birth.| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
LivingSocial Co-Founder And CTO Aaron Batalion To Leave The Company — Aaron Batalion, the co-founder and CTO of daily deals site LivingSocial, is leaving the company. He announced his departure in a post on his personal blog published Friday afternoon. — Here is the full text of his blog post:
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Tumblr confirms site-wide outage, says it is ‘working quickly’ to fix it — Tumblr has confirmed that its blogging service is down yet again. — “We're experiencing networking issues and are working quickly to remedy the situation,” a spokersperson told The Next Web.| Don Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Demand Surges for Supercomputers — Demand is suddenly surging for the largest scientific computers, driven by technology changes seen in two powerful systems unveiled this week. — The supercomputers, installed in Illinois and Texas—each requiring about the space of a basketball court …
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Change of heart? IE11 might speed Web graphics with WebGL — A leaked build of Microsoft's next browser shows signs that the company could be reversing its opposition to a standard for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics on the Web. — Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer might just support WebGL … | Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
OUYA available at retail on June 4 for $99 — The Android-powered $99 OUYA game console becomes available at retail on June 4th — a date which was revealed this week during the Game Developers Conference. OUYA's calling June 4th its “official launch date,” despite Kickstarter backers receiving units starting this month.
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