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New York Times:
Hulu Is Seen as Readying to Go Public — Hulu, the rapidly growing hub for online television and movies, aims to go public through an offering that could value the company at more than $2 billion, according to people briefed on the matter. In recent weeks, Hulu executives have begun talking …
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Ad Service Off to Bumpy Start — Apple Inc. is facing some early challenges in its closely watched mobile advertising foray, with some ad campaigns experiencing delays as agencies attempt to learn the new system amid Apple's tight control over the creative process, according to ad executives.
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Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
How much can you really make developing mobile apps? — There is a huge buzz around mobile applications and app stores such as the AppStore and the Android Market which look more and more as a new Eldorado. Of course everybody starts dreaming when an app like Angry Birds shares …
Hung Truong:
What Happened to Yahoo (and What Could Happen to iAd)
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Open Sources's blog and Beyond Search, Thanks:hungtruong
Boy Genius Report:
Motorola DROID Pro, World Edition and Tablet all found in Verizon Wireless systems — One of our Verizon Wireless sources has done a little digging for us, and we have turned up some awesome information. We exclusively reported that Verizon Wireless is gearing up to launch a barrage …
Andrew Cave / Telegraph:
Adobe chief Shantanu Narayen believes he doesn't need Apple or the iPad — It's the battle of Silicon Valley A-listers. In one corner sits Apple, the $223bn (£143bn) big-hitter that is the world's second largest company and the darling of the technology sector.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hurd Deal Inflamed Board — H-P Chief's Surprise Settlement of Harassment Claim Contributed to His Ouster — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board decided to oust Mark Hurd Aug. 6 after the chief executive reached a sexual-harassment-claim settlement that directors thought impeded their probe of the claim …
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Scott / ScottOlsen.Net:
Marc Andreessen as Interim CEO of HP
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GigaOM, Computerworld, asymco and WebProNews, Thanks:solsennet
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
An atom bomb aimed at Intel: Smooth-Stone raises $48M for low-power ARM server chips — Hoping to outdo Intel in the server chip market, Smooth-Stone has raised $48 million to complete development of its ARM-based server chips which consume small amounts of power.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Professional Content Platform SlideShare Goes Freemium — SlideShare,the “YouTube for presentations,” has been focusing its efforts on becoming the premier platform for professional and business content. Today, SlideShare is going freemium with the announcement of tiered, paid plans for businesses.
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Lessons Learned, VentureBeat, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, Business Wire and Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
Sarah Clark / Near Field Communications World:
Apple hires NFC expert as mobile commerce product manager — Benjamin Vigier has been involved in the development of near field communication technology since 2004 and most recently was product manager for mobile wallet, payment and NFC at mobile payments specialists mFoundry.
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Graham Cluley / Sophos:
Facebook Dislike button scam spreads virally — Have you seen a message like this on Facebook? — If so, don't click on the link. — It's the latest survey scam spreading virally across Facebook, using the tried-and-tested formula used in the past by other viral scams including …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
VCs And Super Angels: The War For The Entrepreneur — It's a lot like the Cold War - most of the really interesting fights among startup investors - and there are lots of them - occur behind the scenes. Publicly everyone gets along just great. But declining returns …
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Elias Bizannes and ReadWriteWeb
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Wall Street Journal:
‘Super Angels’ Alight
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VatorNews, Xconomy, New York Times, silicontap.com and GigaOM
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Epic 4G review — Of the seemingly countless variants of the Galaxy S that Samsung's in the process of deploying around the globe, one stands out in a couple very unique (and important) ways: Sprint's Epic 4G. The Epic hangs on to a couple of the Galaxy line's most important characteristics …
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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Rumored $99 iTV Could Pave Way for $2,000 Apple-Connected Television — “The problem with innovation in the TV industry is the go-to-market strategy. The TV industry has a subsidized model that gives everyone a set-top box for free. So no one wants to buy a box.
Financial Times:
Intel succumbs to evolution of 4G — By Maija Palmer in London and Chris Nuttall in San Francisco — Intel is facing a bitter blow as it becomes increasingly clear that future, fourth-generation high-speed mobile phone networks are going to be based on long term evolution (LTE) technology …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tablet coming soon to Vodafone UK? — You know the old ‘smoke and fire’ adage by now, and while the alarms aren't sounding just yet, we get the feeling that they will be shortly. We've heard Samsung itself confirm that an Android-based tablet would be departing its labs sometime this year …
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
New Apple Support Communities social network to replace Discussions — Apple has teased a forthcoming “major upgrade” to its online forums, with the existing Apple Discussions set to become the new Apple Support Communities, a social network where users can assist one another.
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Computerworld, 9 to 5 Mac and Softpedia News
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Foursquare's Future Slowly Takes Shape — A few weeks back, when I met Foursquare CEO and co-founder Dennis Crowley for a coffee in New York, our conversation turned to the future of Foursquare. While Dennis remained coy about the specifics, he was clear: Foursquare wants more folks to use …
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Screenwerk, NewTeeVee, Local Media Watch and New York Times, Thanks:mathewi
