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Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Tumblr: 'We're pretty opposed to advertising' — NEW YORK — Tumblr is drawing up all kinds of off-the-wall methods to make money from its micro-blogging and social-networking website. Founder David Karp and his 11-person team hasn't quite struck gold yet, but they refuse to venture …
Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
As Facebook's f8 Developer Conference Approaches, a Recap of Its Rumored Launches — Facebook's first f8 developer conference in two years is happening next Wednesday, and it will feature big announcements from the company. Here's our look at the latest hints and rumors about what might be launched.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? — CANDACE FLEMING'S résumé boasts a double major in industrial engineering and English from Stanford, an M.B.A. from Harvard, a management position at Hewlett-Packard and experience as president of a small software company.
Charles Levinson / Wall Street Journal:
Israel iPad Ban Puzzles Many — Government Cites Wireless Interference, but Apple Tablet Uses Standard Chips — JERUSALEM—Israel this week has been blocking travelers from bringing Apple Inc.'s new iPad into the country saying the device's wireless technology threatens to create interference …
Jim Harper / Technology Liberation Front:
Privacy Worries for Ingrates — It's intended as a cute line, but the opener of Stephanie Clifford's New York Times story about custom coupons is packed with ideological assumptions: “For decades, shoppers have taken advantage of coupons. Now, the coupons are taking advantage of the shoppers.”
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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Online Coupons Know a Lot About You, and They Tell — For decades, shoppers have taken advantage of coupons. Now, the coupons are taking advantage of the shoppers. — A new breed of coupon, printed from the Internet or sent to mobile phones, is packed with information about the customer who uses it.
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Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering:
Office 2010 Reaches RTM! — I am very excited to share some great news with you. Earlier today we reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010! — RTM is the final engineering milestone of a product release …
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Scott M. Fulton, III / BetaNews:
Office 2010 releases to manufacturing, availability as soon as May 1 — The first volume licensing arrangements for Microsoft Office 2010 will be made through company partners on May 1, almost two weeks earlier than expected. This news today from the company's Office Engineering team …
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Erica Ogg / Crave: The gadget blog:
How much control will Apple have over news app content? — Mark Fiore's job is making fun of political figures. And he's actually quite good at it, according to the Pulitzer Prize Committee. — Earlier this week it named him the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Steve Jobs Says Apple Made a Mistake in Rejecting Pulitzer Winner's App
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Steve Jobs: YouTube replaces BluRay for HD Video distribution — A 9to5mac reader asked SJobs@apple.com if future Macs would support BluRay. While not flatly denying the possibility, Jobs certainly didn't give out much hope in the form of his famous “stay tuned” responses.
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Crime Prediction Software Is Here and It's a Very Bad Idea — There are no naked pre-cogs inside glowing jacuzzis yet, but the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential offenders under specific prevention and education programs.
Robert Quigley / Geekosystem:
Cat, Meet iPad. [Video] Update: Now with Dog — Today in technology news: cats — or at least one cat — are apparently very intrigued by the iPad. Eric Rautio's cat, Iggy, is entranced by the iPad apps Noby Noby Boy and Magic Piano [warning: Apple Store links], so much so that he gets into playing them, with his paws.
Erico Guizzo / IEEE Spectrum:
World Robot Population Reaches 8.6 Million — There are 8.6 million robots in the world — or more than one automaton for every person in Austria — The world's robot population has reached 8.6 million. To get a sense of this number, consider that that's more than one automaton for every citizen of Austria!
