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Source: Samsung brings launch of next Galaxy Note forward to mid-August to avoid clashing with iPhone launch in September — Samsung Seeks Slice of Apple's Pie With Early Smartphone Launch — Samsung brings forward its Galaxy Note release to August to gain some ground against rival Apple
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Sources: Facebook seeking licensing deals to insert music videos in users' feeds, said to offer better revenue sharing than YouTube — Facebook Said to Seek Music Video Licensing Deals — Over the last few years, Facebook has slowly encroached on YouTube's territory as a go-to outlet for online video …
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Katherine Archuleta, director of Office of Personnel Management, resigns; Beth Colbert, OPM deputy director of management to serve as interim director — Katherine Archuleta, Director of Office of Personnel Management, Resigns — WASHINGTON — Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office …
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Twitter's revenue boss, Adam Bain, is the board's top candidate for next CEO — Twitter's board is leaning toward picking an insider to be the company's next CEO, and the company's revenue boss, Adam Bain, is under more serious consideration than anyone on the very short list of outsiders …
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Facebook mobile ad policy change may force game publishers to hand over proprietary user data to Facebook, which pubs fear could then be sold to competitors — Facebook's planned customer-data change called ‘land grab’ by publishers — EXCLUSIVE: — In a controversial and as yet secret move …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Withings' Activité and Activité Pop Updated With Swim Tracking Capabilities — Withings' Activité and Activité Pop are two of only a handful of activity trackers on the market that are entirely waterproof, and as of today, the two devices are able to be used to track swimming.| Dylan Byers / Politico: |
Bloomberg fires top digital editor Josh Topolsky — Joshua Topolsky, the top digital editor at Bloomberg, has been fired from the company due to Michael Bloomberg's frustration with the website, sources with knowledge of his departure told the On Media blog on Friday.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to discontinue PhotoSynth and several MSN apps including MSN Health & Fitness and MSN Travel for iOS, Android, and Windows in the coming months — Microsoft to drop a number of its MSN-branded apps — Microsoft is dropping several of its MSN Apps for Windows … | Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Dialed down: Spain's Geeksphone exits the smartphone business — Founded in 2009, Madrid, Spain-based Geeksphone is saying adiós to the smartphone business, after having developed six phones in less than six years. It's not really a surprise, given that the small company …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Says Power BI Will Come Out Of Preview On July 24, Open Sources Visualization Stack — Microsoft today announced that Power BI, the company's cloud-hosted self-service business intelligence service, will hit general availability on July 24. Power BI originally launched as part of Office 365 back in July 2013.
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| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay founders and financier acquitted in Belgian criminal copyright case — Pirate Bay Founders Acquitted in Criminal Copyright Case — There can be little doubt that The Pirate Bay is the most infamous torrent site of all time. Its attitude towards copyright and related laws …
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