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[APK Teardown Exclusive] The HTC Myst Facebook Phone - The Facebook App Is Now A Launcher, Looks Like They're Planning A Play Store Release, Too — We've managed to score a system dump of the Facebook phone! There's nothing in it that's too earthshattering, and you could probably guess …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
No joke: Amazon hires Windows Phone vet Charlie Kindel for ‘something secret’ — Charlie Kindel, the Seattle tech veteran who left his job as a Microsoft Windows Phone general manager in 2011 to join the startup world, has now been hired by Amazon.com as the director of an undisclosed project inside the company.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces changes to warranty policies, apologizes to customers in China following smear campaign — Following controversy in China with state-controlled media outlets going after Apple over its warranty policies, Apple CEO Tim Cook today addressed the issue in a letter published to the company's website in China.
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| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
Google's Privacy Director Is Stepping Down — When Alma Whitten was tapped to be Google's first director of privacy in 2010, CNet declared hers the “hardest job at Google.” A long time engineer at the company with expertise in computer security, she was put in charge of a program overseeing products …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon's Cloud Drive adds file syncing, moves closer to a viable Dropbox replacement — When Amazon launched its Cloud Drive app for Mac and Windows back in May, we noted that a lack of proper file syncing prevented the service from becoming a full-blown Dropbox and SkyDrive replacement.
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| Biz Stone / Jelly HQ: |
What is Jelly? — People are basically good—when provided a tool that helps them do good in the world, they prove it. — Jelly is a new company and product named after the jellyfish. We are inspired by this particular animal because neurologically, its brain is more “we” than “me.”
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
HD Voice Will Start Coming to AT&T Later This Year — Among the announcements that T-Mobile made last month was its plan to deploy improved voice calling starting with the arrival of its iPhone 5 later this month. — The technology, known as HD Voice, requires support from both the network and the devices on each end of the call.| Andrew Harris / Bloomberg: |
Facebook Must Face Trademark Trial Over ‘Timeline’ — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a keynote address during the Facebook f8 conference on September 22, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Zuckerberg kicked off the conference introducing a Timeline feature to the popular social network.
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| Mary Ellen Gordon / The Flurry Blog: |
Size Matters for Connected Devices. Phablets Don't. — Flurry now detects about 1 billion smartphones and tablets in use around the world every month. In the last 30 days, we saw activity on more than 2,000 unique device models. As the device base grows, we're seeing an increasing variety …
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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Aereo wins major court battle against TV networks — A remarkably tech-savvy decision — The United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals just rejected an appeal from TV networks against web-television company Aereo by a 2-1 vote, concluding that Aereo's system does not infringe the broadcaster's copyrights.| Bill Rigby / Reuters: |
Microsoft co-founder to open investment office in Silicon Valley — (Reuters) - Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp, is opening an office in Silicon Valley to make new investments in emerging technology and internet companies. — The Palo Alto office …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
“Can I resell my MP3s?” redux—federal judge says no — In Capitol Records v. ReDigi, the Boston digital music startup loses. — For years, many a music fan has wondered what we first posited back in 2008: “Can I resell my MP3s?” — After all, as we've pointed out in the past …
| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Windows Phone sees big gains at the expense of BlackBerry and Symbian — Alright, so Microsoft is in no danger of toppling iOS or Android anytime soon. But the analytics firm Kantar has seen significant growth for Windows Phone, largely at the expense of BlackBerry.| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
AT&T to begin HTC One pre-sales this week, starting with 32GB for $250 — True to form, carriers won't stop being so coy about the HTC One. We still haven't received any official information regarding the flagship's pricing or specific availability, but thanks to one of our eagle-eyed tipsters … | Agustino Fontevecchia / Forbes: |
Icahn Unveils 9.3% Stake In Nuance, Voice-Recognition Firm Reportedly Behind Apple's Siri — Carl Icahn just won't sit tight. In a filing released after market hours on Monday, the billionaire investor revealed a 9.3% passive stake in Nuance Communications, a voice-recognition company reportedly behind Apple's Siri.
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| Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura / New York Times: |
Box, a Data Storage Company, Prepares to Compete in Europe — LONDON — Box, an online business data storage and management company, plans to expand its sales force and team of developers by opening offices in Germany and France in coming months, building on its first overseas foray last summer in Britain.
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley announces MixBit video collaboration site — YouTube founder Chad Hurley is gearing up to launch a new video site, MixBit. On Twitter today, Hurley poked fun at a Google April Fools' joke proclaiming that “Since YouTube is ending, we're launching a new video site.”
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Windows 8 now up to 3.31% market share as Vista finally falls below the 5% mark — With the first quarter of 2013 already over, Windows 8 continues its slow but steady growth. Windows 7 meanwhile posted minor growth and Windows Vista has finally fallen below the 5 percent mark.
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PC World, CNET, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Datamation.com, Electronista, SlashGear and Softpedia News. Thanks:@alex
| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
eBay relaunches shopping.com as the eBay Commerce Network, a product listings platform for publishers — eBay relaunched its price comparison website shopping.com today as the eBay Commerce Network, putting greater emphasis on its API that allows external publishers to promote its product listings elsewhere on the Internet.
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| Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times: |
Tests found major flaws in parolee GPS monitoring devices — One company's devices were deemed so unreliable that California ordered a complete switch to another firm's, citing ‘imminent danger’ to the public. A lawsuit ensued. — A little more than a year ago, California quietly began conducting tests …
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DailyTech and SiliconBeat
| John Brownlee / Cult of Mac: |
Reeder Goes Free On The iPad & Mac Until Google Reader Shuts Down — Reeder has long been our favorite newsreading app on the iPhone and iPad, but with Google Reader set to be discontinued on June 30th, the future of Reeder has been up in the air. Google Reader is the engine that drives Reeder … Sponsor Posts
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