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Judge says Apple conspired to raise prices on e-books — (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books, and said a trial for damages will follow. — The decision by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan …
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Court rules Apple fixed ebook prices, led an illegal conspiracy — A federal court sided with the Justice Department in a closely-watched case involving Apple and publishers. — A federal court in New York has come hard on Apple in a closely watched case over ebook pricing.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple Found Guilty Of Fixing Ebook Prices, Says It's “Done Nothing Wrong” And Will Appeal — While publishers have agreed to a settlement in the ebook price-fixing case involving Apple and all the major book publishers, the federal judge has ruled that Apple is guilty of fixing ebook prices with its iBookstore, according to Reuters.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
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A new Google Maps app for smartphone and tablets — Today we're introducing a new Google Maps app for Android smartphones and tablets, also coming soon to iPhone and iPad. It's a new mapping experience that makes exploring the world and getting to the places that matter to you a lot faster and easier.
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| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th — As part of its announcement of the new-look Maps app for Android today, Google slipped in some other news. Latitude, the social location-sharing service that launched in February 2009, is to be retired on August 9th 2013.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Interview: T-Mobile's John Legere on iPhone Sales, the Carrier's Bold Upgrade Program, and Continuing to Shake Things Up — T-Mobile's biggest news on Wednesday is the introduction of a new program that will let customers upgrade their phones as often as twice a year.
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| Lauren Goode / AllThingsD: |
Sony Xperia Z, Nokia Lumia 925 Come to T-Mobile As Carrier Expands LTE Network — The iPhone and Samsung Galaxy smartphones may be best-sellers for T-Mobile, but that doesn't mean the wireless carrier, which has been making bold moves in recent months with its “un-plans,” has forgotten about other device makers.| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
T-Mobile unveils ‘JUMP’: Semiannual smartphone upgrades for $10 per month — T-Mobile on Wednesday unveiled a bold new plan as it continues to seek out creative ways to differentiate itself from larger rivals Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint. In line with reports that emerged earlier in the day … | Brian Womack / Bloomberg: |
Google Chromebook Under $300 Defies PC Market With Growth — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Chromebook was dismissed as a bare-bones laptop with limited appeal when it debuted two years ago. Now it's defying skeptics and gaining share as the rest of the personal-computer market shrinks.| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Instagram enables photo and video embedding to spread its content across the web — Instagram has just announced that all public photos and videos posted by its users are now embeddable anywhere on the web where HTML is supported, a move that should make Instagram content far more visible across the internet.
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SEC Lifts Ban On General Solicitation, Allowing Startups To Advertise That They're Fundraising — The SEC has just voted 4 to 1 in favor of implementing section 201(a) of the JOBS Act, which lifts the ban on general solicitation and permits startups, venture capitalists … | Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
Movidius gets $16M for a chip that gives your device always-on vision — What if your cell phone camera was always on? If something like constantly capturing images didn't suck both battery and processing power on a mobile device? Augmented reality might become predictively responsive rather …
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BlackBerry's 2013 Smartphone Roadmap: BlackBerry A10 (Aristo) and BlackBerry 9720 — It's been a while since we heard about exactly what BlackBerry has in store for the rest of 2013. Thanks to multiple trusted sources, however, we not only know but we also have some exclusive photos.
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Amazon Drops Price Of EC2 Dedicated Instances By Up To 80% — Amazon today announced that it is dropping the prices of dedicated instances on its EC2 cloud computing platform by up to 80%. Dedicated per region fees, which are charged on top of the regular EC2 fees, will now set developers back $2 per hour instead of $10, for example.
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A clear look at LG's upcoming Optimus G2 (update 2: video) — There's still one month to go before LG officially unveils its Optimus G successor, but thanks to an anonymous tipster, we have a pretty clear idea of what it'll look like. Similar to the G2 leaks we've seen in the past … | Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
Coursera nabs $43M to bring online education to emerging markets — Coursera today raised $43 million in funding to market online education to millions of students globally. — In the new wave of education technology, online education providers like Coursera are generating a great deal of hype.
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iOS 7 Leverages Retina iPhone App Assets to Improve ‘2x’ Mode on Non-Retina iPads — One of the more subtle changes surfacing in Apple's iOS 7 beta 3 released to developers yesterday is a move to leverage the Retina assets included in iPhone-only apps to improve the viewing experience in …
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Apple asks agency to halt iPhone and iPad ban set for August — A patent ruling that forbids Apple from importing older versions of the iPhone and iPad will soon take effect - Apple asked the ITC to take the unusual step of issuing a stay. — Less than four weeks before an import ban …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
In New Challenge to Dropbox and Box, YouSendIt Morphs Into Hightail — It may have been awhile since you've thought about YouSendIt, the cloud-based file-sharing service that has been around since the middle of the last decade. For all that time, it has been best known for coming in handy …
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| Dhanya Ann Thoppil / MoneyBeat: |
Indian Online Retailer Flipkart Raises $200 Million — Indian online retailer Flipkart.com Wednesday said it raised $200 million from four of its existing investors to expand its operations as competition heats up in the country's growing ecommerce market. — Hedge fund Tiger Global Management LLC …
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