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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Intel Buys Cyber Security Giant McAfee For $7.68 Billion In Cash — Intel has just bought McAfee according to a release issued this morning. The deal is worth $7.68 billion, or $48 per share. See the release below. — According the statement issued by Intel, McAfee will continue operate …
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Andrew Jaquith / Forrester Blogs:
Intel-McAfee: Horseless Carriage Vendor Buys Buggy-Whips
Intel-McAfee: Horseless Carriage Vendor Buys Buggy-Whips
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Intel's McAfee Buyout Inspires Head Scratching
Intel's McAfee Buyout Inspires Head Scratching
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George Kurtz / McAfee Security Insights Blog:
Performance, Connectivity and Protection
Performance, Connectivity and Protection
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Foursquare CEO Fights Back! Promises Redesign, Says “We're Still A Platform For Location” — Following last night's big Facebook Places launch, we sent Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley an email. We asked: — “So is Facebook the location platform now? And is Foursquare an app on that platform?”
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
One Big Reason Why Facebook Places Beats Foursquare: Clarity of Identity
One Big Reason Why Facebook Places Beats Foursquare: Clarity of Identity
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Chad Catacchio / The Next Web:
Facebook Places now available to 100% of US users
Facebook Places now available to 100% of US users
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Evelyn Rusli / TechCrunch:
The Paranoid Can Relax, Facebook Dials Up Privacy With Places
The Paranoid Can Relax, Facebook Dials Up Privacy With Places
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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Facebook Places takes aim at Google
Facebook Places takes aim at Google
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Bing, Google get split decision in Facebook Places mapping feature
Bing, Google get split decision in Facebook Places mapping feature
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
New Facebook Places Logo Is A “4.” In A Square. Yeah.
New Facebook Places Logo Is A “4.” In A Square. Yeah.
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Michael Eyal Sharon / Facebook Blog:
Who, What, When, and Now...Where
Who, What, When, and Now...Where
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Time Inc. breaks the iPad logjam — This week's People app is free to subscribers. Time, SI and Fortune are expected to follow — Image: Time Inc. — There's more to the iPad issue of People that appeared on the Apple (AAPL) App Store this morning than Sandra Bullock's new joy.
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Gareth Beavis / TechRadar.com:
Revealed: Android Honeycomb next up from Google — Will it be Android 3.1 or Android 3.2? — Tell us what you think [ 1 comments ] — Google is set to call the next iteration of its mobile OS Android Honeycomb, following on from the tablet-friendly Gingerbread platform.
Vic Gundotra / Google Mobile Blog:
To 100 million and beyond with Google Maps for mobile — Almost five years ago, we launched Google Maps for mobile to help you get where you needed to go from your phone instead of a paper map. Today, more than 100 million people a month are now using Google Maps for mobile to get from point A to point B …
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Google Trys To Steal Facebook's Thunder, Plays Up Impressive Maps Userbase — Attention those who still remember their parents' stacks of old Thomas Guides, Google Maps for Mobile has hit a userbase milestone. More than 100 million people a month use the service across various mobile devices …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Google Founders Sergey Brin And Larry Page Get Feature Film Treatment — EXCLUSIVE: The founders of Facebook aren't the only game-changing geeks poised to have their story told on a movie screen. Michael London's Groundswell Productions has teamed with producer John Morris to acquire movie rights …
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Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:
RIM Said to Adopt BMW, Crusher Tank Software for Planned Tablet Computer — Research In Motion Ltd. is turning to technology used in BMW audio systems and the Army's Crusher tank as it tries to distinguish its new tablet computer from Apple Inc.'s iPad, said three people familiar with the plans.
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple testing iOS 4.1 alongside next-gen iPod touch, iPad and ‘unknown’ product — Apple is internally testing the first material update to its iOS 4.0 mobile operating system against a handful of new devices, including next-generation iPod touches, an iPad revision, and an “unknown” product, AppleInsider has discovered.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Shutting Down Quattro Wireless Network On Sept. 30 To Focus Exclusively On iAd — Apple will shut down the Quattro Wireless ad network it acquired last year for $275 million, and will focus its efforts solely on the iAd mobile advertising product that Quattro's team has led at Apple.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google Launches Chrome's ‘App Store For The Web’ In Developer Preview — Earlier this week we covered new details about the Chrome Web Store, an ‘App Store for the web’ that Google first announced at its I/O conference in May. Now Google is giving developers their first taste of what they can expect …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Begins Charging Devs $5 To List Chrome Extensions, Themes, And Apps
Google Begins Charging Devs $5 To List Chrome Extensions, Themes, And Apps
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Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Groupon Having A $4 Million Day Thanks To The Gap — Groupon is having a smashing day, likely generating over $4 million in net revenue, thanks to a deal with the Gap. — Today's Groupon gives users a $25 discount at the Gap if consumers spend over $50 at the store.
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Joe Rauch / Reuters:
BofA to test retail payments with cell phones — North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp plans to begin a test program next month that lets customers use smartphones to pay for purchases in stores. — The program, set to run from September through the end of the year in the New York area …
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Rogue Apple Exec Trashes Rivals' ‘Mediocre Engineers’ — It's amazing that Phillip Shoemaker still works at Apple. The app store director obsessed with porn and escorts, as we reported yesterday, has also used Twitter to attack execs at rival companies and media critics, we've learned.
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Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Why Are There So Many Porn Ads on Britney Spears' Facebook Page? — Britney Spears' official Facebook page, which has over four million fans, is rife with links to escort services. — Apologies for the link-bait, but it's true: Britney Spears' Facebook page is overrun by erotic pictures …
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Music industry questions Google on piracy — The music industry wants assurances from Google and Verizon that their proposed regulatory framework for the Internet would include protections against piracy and child pornography. — Several groups representing the music industry including …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Hurd's last hurrah: HP hits earnings targets — Hewlett-Packard reported that it hit its revenue and earnings targets for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31. It was former chief executive Mark Hurd's parting gift for HP. — HP said revenues were $30.7 billion, up 11 percent from $27.6 billion a year ago.
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