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Introducing Home — Today we're introducing Home - a new way to turn your Android phone into a great, living, social phone. We all want to share and connect. That's how we discover new information and build meaningful relationships. But today, phones are built around tasks and apps.
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Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Home, Money, and the Future of Communication — As caretaker of a service with a billion users, Mark Zuckerberg is used to sparking protest. Any time his company releases a new product, adjusts a privacy setting, or even tweaks the design, thousands …
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Why Facebook Home bothers me: It destroys any notion of privacy — One of the great things about attending Facebook's events is that one gets to see Mark Zuckerberg mature as a chief executive and hone his presentation skills. And today, he didn't disappoint in his ability to spin the media corps.
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Who's Going To Buy The Facebook Phone? — Facebook unveiled its long-awaited mobile phone platform today. It is, as assumed, a Facebook “layer” on top of Google Android. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, or even take a detailed look at the presentation. But I can already see where it might be useful and popular.
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HTC First with Facebook Home hands-on (video) — The HTC First is, of course, the “first” phone to launch with Facebook Home built in as its core skin. It is, without a doubt, a mid-range Android device — but it seems sturdy and probably able to bounce around in your bag without taking much damage.
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While “Facebook Home” Keeps Google, Search Is Harder To Reach — Pick your survey, and one of the top activities on a smartphone is to use Facebook. That's what the new Facebook Home is all about, making it easier for Facebook users to get Facebook. But it also makes another top activity — search — harder to do.| Dustin Curtis / dcurtis: |
Vision — After showing Facebook Home, Mark Zuckerberg spent a few minutes talking about the future of computing. What he said is basically the epitome of a vision statement, and it sets the philosophy driving Facebook's work: At one level, [Home] is just the next mobile version of Facebook.
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For labels, Apple's iRadio deal could be sweeter than Pandora — Apple is close to a deal with two major music labels to bring to life its streaming music service, which could pay labels better than Pandora does. — Apple is close to striking a streaming deal with two of the major music labels …
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Verizon CEO says he's open to dropping contracts — CEO Lowell McAdams says the company could easily shift to the model if consumers begin demanding it. — Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam cracked open the door to a full no-contract wireless world. — McAdam said it was “pretty easy” …
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Apple's iMessage encryption trips up feds' surveillance — Internal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple's encrypted chat service are “impossible to intercept,” even with a warrant. — Encryption used in Apple's iMessage chat service …
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Google Fights U.S. National Security Probe Data Demand — Google Inc. (GOOG), operator of the world's largest search engine, is challenging a demand by the U.S. government for private user information in a national security probe, according to a court filing.
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WebKit devs on Blink fork: ‘Two can play that game’ — Purge of Chrome-related code planned — Now that Google has announced that it will migrate its Chrome browser from the WebKit rendering engine to a homegrown fork called Blink, WebKit developers have already begun discussing how to remove Chrome-specific code from the project.
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iPad price cuts: A signal Apple is about to release new ones — WalMart, BestBuy and MacMall have all lowered their prices on iPads and iPad minis. — FORTUNE — It's only been 163 days since Apple (AAPL) introduced the iPad mini and updated its full-size iPad line …
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France Telecom CEO Says Frugal Buyers Threaten IPhone Sales — France Telecom SA (FTE) Chief Executive Officer Stephane Richard, head of one of Europe's largest wireless carriers, said the increasing frugality of customers is threatening sales of pricey phones such as Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone.
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Samsung expects first-quarter profits of $7.7B, up 53 percent — The guidance is better than many analysts expected but breaks the company's string of five consecutive quarters of record profits. — Samsung Electronics expects to record an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won ($7.7 billion) …
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comScore: Apple increases lead as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains; Android down second month in a row — In the US, Apple started 2013 as the top OEM and it has only further increased its lead in February. Samsung is gaining as well, but not quite as quickly.| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Nokia shuts its biggest store in the world in Shanghai — Summary: Nokia has shuttered its flagship store in China, and is looking to mobile operators and others to pick up the slack. — Liam Tung — Nokia has closed the Shanghai flagship store that it once billed as its largest in the world.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
T-Mobile USA Opens Pre-Orders For iPhone 5 Starting At $99.99, Shipping April 12 — T-Mobile USA has now started online pre-orders for the iPhone 5 — the first time that the carrier will be offering the device. Prices start at $99.99 for the 16GB models if you opt for a subsequent monthly-payment plan …
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