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Facebook Said to Plan to Sell TV-Style Ads for $2.5M Each — Facebook Inc. (FB), seeking to break the long-held dominance of television over advertising budgets, plans to sell TV-style commercials on its site for as much as $2.5 million a day, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S 4 — Somehow both Anand and I ended up with international versions of Samsung's Galaxy S 4, equipped with the first generation Exynos 5 Octa (5410) SoC. Anand bought an international model GT-I9500 while I held out for the much cooler …
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The Register, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, Sammy Hub, Pocketnow, SlashGear, GSMArena Blog, Android Community, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena and Geek.com
Tweets: @codinghorror, @nytimesbits and @weiran
| Ryan Singel / Wired: |
Now That It's in the Broadband Game, Google Flip-Flops on Network Neutrality — In a dramatic about-face on a key internet issue yesterday, Google told the FCC that the network neutrality rules Google once championed don't give citizens the right to run servers on their home broadband connections …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft Surface revenue so far: $853 million — Microsoft just filed its annual Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and deep in the filing is the first public disclosure of the company's revenue from its Surface tablet lineup: $853 million.
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The Verge, GigaOM, The Next Web, Digits, TechCrunch, Business Insider, AllThingsD, WinBeta, Pocket-lint, ParisLemon, The Loop and Engadget. Tweets: @ericjackson. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Instagram deleting and blocking photos uploaded from third-party Windows Phone app (update) — While Vine, Flipboard, and Path have all promised Windows Phone 8 support, one particular app is still missing: Instagram. Nokia has tried to pressure Facebook into building an Instagram Windows Phone app …
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| Jacob Kleinman / TechnoBuffalo: |
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| OpenSignal: |
Android Fragmentation Visualized — Fragmentation is both a strength and weakness of the Android ecosystem. When comparisons are made between Android and iOS the issue of different API levels, and the vastly different devices running them, is often emphasised.
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BGR, PadGadget, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, theguardian.com, SlashGear, GigaOM, Quartz, TechCrunch, TechSpot, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com and PhoneArena. Tweets: @neror. Thanks:@brendan_gill
| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
From kindling to inferno: Full specs for next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets — Amazon to combine powerhouse specs and affordable prices in bid to scorch the competition — Amazon's first-generation Kindle Fire was absolutely not an iPad killer, and that's exactly why it was so successful.| Lawrence Lessig / Lessig Blog, v2: |
On the emptiness in the concept of “neutrality” — One of the most frustrating aspects of this report is the role of “neutrality” — especially in light of the criticism MIT makes of the prosecutors reported in the post below. — “Neutrality” is one of those empty words that somehow …
| David Abel / Boston Globe: |
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| Erwin Visser / The Windows Blog: |
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Now Available — Today, I'm excited to announce that Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview is now available for download for customers to start testing the operating system in their environments. Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview builds on the Window 8.1 Preview …
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Announces New Mobile Game Publishing Effort — A few weeks ago, we reported that Facebook was experimenting with becoming a mobile games publisher by offering distribution to studios in exchange for a cut of revenue. — Today, Facebook is formally announcing that effort … | Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Android 4.3 Update Brings TRIM to All Nexus Devices — One of the common complaints late in the life of the original Nexus 7 was slow storage I/O performance, leading to an inconsistent user experience. After a fresh flash, the Nexus 7 was speedy and performant, but after months …
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Electronista, GigaOM, MobileSyrup.com, WebProNews, TechSpot, Examiner, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile and Digital Trends. Thanks:@nerdtalker
| Wall Street Journal: |
Intel, Apple and Others Rethink How We Watch TV — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—To understand how much television could soon change, it helps to visit an Intel Corp. INTC +0.40% division here that runs like a startup. Erik Huggers, a Dutch-born former British Broadcasting Corp. executive …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
California Regulator Proposes New Ride-Sharing Rules In A Victory For Uber, Lyft And SideCar — The California Public Utilities Commission issued its proposed framework for the regulation of ride-sharing services today, granting a huge victory for companies like Uber, Lyft and SideCar.
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Forbes, VentureBeat, CBS San Francisco, VentureBeat, Digits, The Technology Chronicles, Sidecar, Valleywag and Skift. Thanks:@elinblesener
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Amazon dances around Apple restrictions with ‘free sample’ search inside Kindle for iOS app — Amazon has released an update to its Kindle for iOS app, and it features (for the first time ever) the ability to search its catalog of books online. This is a departure from the past versions of the app …
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| Evan Rapoport / Google LatLong: |
Introducing “Views” - A new way to contribute your 360° photo spheres to Google Maps — Wherever life's adventures may take us, our photos help us remember and share the places we care about. When photos are added to a map, whether they're from your camera or through Street View … | David Pogue / Pogue's Posts: |
SmugMug Revamps Its Site, in a Challenge to Flickr — In May, Yahoo riled up photography lovers everywhere by revamping its popular Flickr photo-sharing site. The new Flickr offers everyone 1 terabyte of free storage. That's a lot. It's enough to back up and display 600,000 photos at full resolution.
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The Next Web, AllThingsD and Thomas Hawk Digital Connection. Tweets: @smugmug. Thanks:@thomashawk
| Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD: |
Fab Lays Off More Than 100 Employees in Europe, as It Continues Retreat From Flash Sales — Fab has just made significant cuts to its European staff, laying off more than 100 employees at its headquarters in Berlin. The reason for the cuts, the company said, is a transition away …
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Betashop, TechCrunch, internetretailer.com, Betabeat, Business Insider, VatorNews and Venture Capital Dispatch. Thanks:@benfrumin
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Former Mozilla CEO Kovacs to Head Security Software Firm AVG Technologies — Gary Kovacs, who recently stepped down as the top exec at Mozilla Corporation, has been named CEO of AVG Technologies. — Kovacs said he wanted to join the publicly held Internet and mobile security software company …
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AVG Media Center, OStatic blogs, FirefoxOSBlog, AVG Blogs and ZDNet
| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Asus Pulling Back on Windows RT, Chairman Says — Asus's Jonney Shih has made some crazy bets over the years — teeny-tiny laptops, phones that turn into tablets, and even a seven-inch tablet that can be held to the ear to make phone calls. — But, so far, the only bet that Shih …
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BGR, Ars Technica, InfoWorld, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget and Computerworld
| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
If Facebook Can Profit from Your Data, Why Can't You? — If Facebook Can Profit from Your Data, Why Can't You? — Reputation.com says it's ready to unveil a place where people can offer personal information to marketers in return for discounts and other perks. — WHY IT MATTERS| Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung to Buy Germany's Novaled, Raising Bet on Next-Generation Screens — Company Specializes in Displays Using Energy-Saving Organic Light-Emitting-Diode Technology — By - EYK HENNING And - MIN-JEONG LEE - — Samsung Group is poised to acquire German lighting specialist Novaled AG … | Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Sergey Brin's Younger Brother Co-Founds A Startup Of His Own: Butter, A Digital Restaurant Menu In A Crowded Space — Sam Brin, 26-year old younger brother of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has spent the last few months in a bit of borrowed office space with college pal Jon Li quietly building a startup of their own.
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