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21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company to Maintain Ownership Positions in Hulu — 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company today jointly announced that they will maintain their respective ownership positions in Hulu and together provide a cash infusion …
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See also Mediagazer| Brian Stelter / New York Times: |
Owners of Hulu Call Off Sale and Plan to Invest $750 Million — The owners of Hulu on Friday said that they had decided not to sell the pioneering streaming-video Web site, after all. — Instead, the three companies that jointly own Hulu — 21st Century Fox, the Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal …
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft details new Windows Phone 8 update, but real fixes won't come until 2014 — Microsoft published details of its upcoming Windows Phone 8 update on Thursday, revealing the minor changes that are due to roll out shortly. Known as General Distribution Release 2 (GDR2) …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
More Claims of No Retina iPad Mini Until Early 2014 — Taiwan's Economic Daily News reports [Google translation] that shortages of Retina display panels for Apple's planned second-generation iPad mini have forced the company to push back its internal launch plans into early 2014.
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BlackBerry A10 (Aristo) Exclusively Revealed — We already detailed the BlackBerry A10 and BlackBerry 9720 yesterday in an exclusive report, but this time we now are able to share exclusive images of BlackBerry's flagship handset for 2013, the BlackBerry A10.| AppleInsider: |
Rumor: Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon — Apple may move beyond designing silicon and actually build its own mobile chips, rather than relying entirely on third-party suppliers like Samsung or TSMC, a new rumor claims. — Apple's alleged buy-in to an unnamed chip fabrication plant …
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| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
BackOps Raises $7M To Build An Army Of Moms For Managing Startups And Small Businesses With Leading SaaS Tools — BackOps is a back-office-as a service with a battalion of Moms managing startups and small businesses. Now with a new $7 million round in Series A funding …
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
Unannounced Motorola Moto X likely spotted in the hands of Google's Eric Schmidt — During the winter, Sun Valley is known for its skiing. This time of the year, however, it's quickly becoming a tech hotspot as some of the industry's top execs gather together at the annual Allen and Co media conference.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
eBay Exact launches on iOS, lets you buy 3D-printed products from MakerBot, Sculpteo, and Hot Pop Factory — eBay has announced a new iOS app called eBay Exact that lets you buy customizable 3D-printed merchandise on the go. You can download the new addition now directly from Apple's App Store.
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
How the U.S. is forcing Internet firms' hands on surveillance — Officially, Uncle Sam says it doesn't interfere. But behind the scenes, the Feds have been trying to browbeat Net firms into helping with surveillance demands. — Russian supporters of Edward Snowden …
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New Bluetooth, audio, TPM requirements coming for Windows 8 devices — Summary: Microsoft is going public with new hardware certification requirements for Windows 8.1 (and beyond) devices, some of which take effect in 2014 and 2015. — Microsoft and Intel execs detailed … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Lyft Sells Legacy Zimride Assets To Enterprise Holdings As It Focuses On Local Ride Sharing — Lyft is announcing this morning that it has sold off its legacy ride-matching business Zimride to rental car giant Enterprise Holdings. The sale will allow Lyft to focus on its fast-growing … | Bloomberg: |
Icahn Adds Perk to Dell Offer in Latest Buyout Challenge — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is offering shareholders a chance to own a bigger stake in Dell Inc. (DELL), seeking to force Michael Dell to sweeten his $24.4 billion buyout offer for the personal-computer maker.
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Microsoft Sues U.S. Customs for Failed Google Phone Ban — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) filed a lawsuit today accusing U.S. Customs officials of refusing to follow a trade agency's order to block imports of phones made by Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Motorola Mobility unit.| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Chairman Eric Schmidt: Google's Relationship With Apple Has Improved — On Thursday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt revealed a surprising thing: Google's relationship with Apple has improved after many meetings, he said. — He praised Apple alongside Google saying, “These are two proud, well-run, different companies.”
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Will Shut Down Alfred, The Local Recommendations App, July 19 — Looks like Latitude wasn't the only Google product that got shut down yesterday in the wake of a new version of Google Maps. Alfred, the local recommendations app that Google picked up through its acquisition … Sponsor Posts
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