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Apple's iOS 7 Will Ship On Time, Sources Say — Apple's iOS 7 is so significant a reimagining of the mobile operating system that the company is mustering additional engineering resources to get it out the door in time for a preview at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which is June 10-14 in San Francisco.
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| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
Apple's Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul — Jonathan Ive, six months into an expanded role as Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s top product visionary, has embarked on a sweeping software overhaul that leaves the company at risk of falling behind on a new version of the operating system …
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Facebook Reports First Quarter 2013 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the first quarter, which ended March 31, 2013. — “We've made a lot of progress in the first few months of the year,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Q1 Earnings Beats With $1.46B In Revenue, Up 38%, But Misses With Flat EPS Of $0.12 Non-GAAP — Facebook has just posted its earnings for the quarter that ended March 31, 2013. Facebook hit $1.46B in revenue up 38% from Q1 2012, beating the street. However, earnings per shared missed estimates, staying flat at $0.12.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
App Install Ads Earned Facebook “Real Revenue” And Helped 3800 Developers Drive 25M Downloads — Facebook app install ads were the star of Facebook's earnings call today. Sheryl Sandberg said 3800 developers used the ads to drive over 25 million installs.
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| Will Connors / Wall Street Journal: |
Pentagon Expected to Embrace Apple, Samsung Devices — Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. are bringing the smartphone wars to the Pentagon. — The Department of Defense is expected in coming weeks to grant two separate, security approvals for Samsung's Galaxy smartphones …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Intel details 4th-gen Core's HD 5000, Iris and Iris Pro graphics: up to 3X faster, 3-display collage mode — Many already believe that the real highlight of Intel's 4th-generation Core processor lineup would be a giant graphics update. Today, Intel is revealing that they're right — and … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface tablets in Q1, says IDC — Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface tablets during the recent quarter, according to data from IDC. Following rumors of strong initial Surface Pro sales, IDC says the combined total for Surface RT and Surface Pro was under just one million …
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| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Yahoo acquires 4 million user to-do app Astrid, service to continue as is for 90 days — Yahoo has acquired the to-do list app Astrid, which will continue running as is for the next 90 days. — “Over the next 90 days, Astrid will continue to work as is, and we will no longer be accepting new premium subscriptions.
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| evleaks / PhoneArena: |
HTC M4 brings One style, sensibility downmarket — HTC has a certified hit on its hands with the sleek, unibody HTC One — so it's natural that the company would want to extend its design language to lower price points. Meet the HTC M4 (remember, the One was codenamed M7) … | Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Facebook U-turn after charities criticise decapitation videos — Charities warn that watching the video clips could cause long-lasting psychological damage — Facebook has said it will delete videos of people being decapitated which had been spread on its site.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Tumblr CEO says average ad campaign spend tops six figures — David Karp also says Tumblr wants to be a place for advertising agencies to “make ads that win awards,” unlike on Twitter, Facebook, and other sites. — NEW YORK—Companies now are spending, on average, “north of six figures” …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
U.S. Court Rules For Facebook In Its Case Against Typosquatters On 105 Domains; $2.8M In Damages — A victory for Facebook in its case against typosquatters — those who own domain names that are similar to those of a popular site, which they use to confuse people and potentially capitalize on that.
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| Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM: |
More offline Chrome apps arrive: Chrome Web Store previews Packaged Apps — Moving forward with plans for mature offline web apps, Google announced Wednesday that it is previewing Packaged Apps in the Chrome Web Store. At this time only folks using the developer channel of Chrome OS … | Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
N.Y. Taxi Smartphone Hail Program Said to Be Blocked — New York livery car groups won a bid to block a pilot program that would enable people to hail and pay for a ride in one of the city's 13,000 yellow taxis using location-based smartphone applications. — The measure adopted …
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| Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal: |
Tech Poaches Wall Street Talent — Silicon Valley is raiding Wall Street. — Large and small technology companies, from Square Inc. to Rackspace Hosting Inc., with deep pockets and a pressing need to broaden their workforces are snagging top talent from financial firms.
Tweets: @tjross2411
| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
Microsoft hit by patent lawsuit over Skype — A patent enforcement company called CopyTele is suing the software giant, claiming patent violations involving encryption and security. — Microsoft's ownership of Skype has placed it in the crosshairs of a patent lawsuit.
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| Maureen Farrell / CNNMoney.com: |
Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times — Tech visionaries Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen disagree on the promise of Twitter, but both see a relatively long lifespan for the social media firm. At least in Internet years. — In a debate with Andreessen … | Miguel Helft / Fortune: |
Lenovo-IBM talks over server business break down — Valuation concerns have scuttled negotiations, according to a person familiar with the talks. — FORTUNE — Negotiations between Lenovo and IBM over a multi-billion dollar deal under which Lenovo would acquire parts of IBM's server business … | David Talbot / MIT Technology Review: |
African Bus Routes Redrawn Using Cell-Phone Data — The largest-ever release of mobile-phone data yields a model for fixing bus routes. — WHY IT MATTERS — Traffic is a major drain on productivity. — Route cause: A user interface of IBM's cell-phone-data-driven traffic model shows …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft readies ‘Mohoro’ Windows desktop as a service — Summary: Microsoft is believed to be building a Windows Azure-hosted desktop virtualization service that could be available on a pay-per-use basis. — In yet another example of its growing emphasis on remaking itself as a devices …
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| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 up both in April 2013 according to NetMarketShare — While usage statistics are not the most thorough data sets in regards to determining a products rising or falling trend throughout the months, they provide us with the means to spot trends nevertheless.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Former Homestead Founder Returns to SV Curious — And With $7.5 Million in Funding — Justin Kitch — the founder and CEO of Web 1.0's Homestead small-business site that was sold to Intuit in 2007 — is returning with Curious, a lifelong learning startup aimed at connecting teachers and students on …
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