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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Why Is Eric Schmidt Stepping Down at Google? — Was Eric Schmidt pushed or did he jump? Both. According to close advisors, the Google C.E.O. was upset a year ago when co-founder Larry Page sided with his founding partner, Sergey Brin, to withdraw censored searches from China.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Interview With Eric Schmidt, Larry Page And Sergey Brin — Late last summer we were ready to break a big story - that Eric Schmidt would be stepping down as the CEO of Google. Multiple sources and all that jazz. The basic story was that he was tired (who wouldn't be) …
Nathan Olivarez-Giles / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Eric Schmidt, Google's outgoing CEO, to cash out shares worth $335 million
Matt Cutts / The Official Google Blog:
Google search and search engine spam — January brought a spate of stories about Google's search quality. Reading through some of these recent articles, you might ask whether our search quality has gotten worse. The short answer is that according to the evaluation metrics that we've refined …
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Computerworld, Fortune, New York Observer, Digits, The Atlantic Online, Search Engine Land, NewsGrange, SAI, TechCrunch, SmoothSpan Blog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Techie Buzz, FT tech hub, Lifehacker, Network World, The Huffington Post, 901am, DomainIncite.com and PC World, more at Mediagazer »
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
New evidence supports Oracle's case against Google — Google faces a steep challenge in its defense against Oracle's lawsuit over seven Java patents and some copyrighted material. More than five months after Oracle's complaint, Google appears unable to countersue Oracle over patent infringement …
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Matthew Humphries / Geek.com:
43 new Android files found to infringe Oracle Java patents
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Engadget, ZDNet, SAI, OSNews and PalmAddicts
Justin Scott / Mozilla Add-ons Blog:
Blocking the Skype Toolbar in Firefox — The Skype Toolbar for Firefox is an extension that detects phone numbers in web pages, and re-renders them as a clickable button that can be used to dial the number using the Skype desktop application. This extension is bundled with the Skype application …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Mozilla To Block Skype's Browser Toolbar - Skype Responds, Recommends Upgrading
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Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPad 2 will have the same cameras as the iPod touch — Oh, hello. We've done some digging in the latest SDK and it looks like Apple's much rumored second-generation iPad will not feature some fancy 5 megapixel camera, but will instead shoot your flicks and take your pics with something close to a 1 megapixels.
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Macworld, MacRumors, IntoMobile, VentureBeat, iLounge, MacStories, SlashGear, Erictric, Thoughts from the Sidelines, Gearlog, App Advice, Engadget, MacNN and everythingiCafe
Ian Hickson / The WHATWG Blog:
HTML is the new HTML5 — In 2009 we announced that the HTML5 specification at the WHATWG was progressing to Last Call. The plan at the time was to finish the specification this year and publish a snapshot of “HTML5” in 2012. However, shortly after that we realised that the demand …
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Theuni / XBMC:
You asked for it: XBMC for AppleTV2, iPad, iPhone4. — The XBMC team is proud to present our first ARM-based release, and it's a big one. Scott Davilla, with the help of Edgar (gimli) Hucek and Zeljko (amet) Ametovic and several other developers and testers, is finally ready to pull the curtain off of his fun little secret.
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Confirmed: Google Readies “Google Offers” Groupon Clone — Google is about to launch a Groupon clone according to Mashable. Called “Google Offers,” the blog showed some promotional collateral that presents a very Groupon-like daily deal offering: [Google Offers Image] As everyone reading this knows …
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NewsGrange, PC World, PSFK, TechCrunch Europe, The Next Web, Understanding Google …, Tnooz, Black Web 2.0, Switched, TechEye, Fast Company, NBC Bay Area and Fortune
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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Google to Launch Groupon Competitor [EXCLUSIVE]
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, BetaNews, NewsGrange, Forbes, BaltTech, Ars Technica, PC World, Digital Trends, VatorNews, Venture Capital Dispatch, Post Tech, gHacks Technology News, SAI, ITProPortal, Wall Street Journal, Deal Journal, Internet Evolution, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, ClickZ, Techie Buzz, Techland, SlashGear, DailyTech, Changing Way, Gearlog, Yipit Blog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Electricpig.co.uk, eMoney, Softpedia News, The Register, Go Rumors, VentureBeat, @tristanwalker, CNET News, paidContent, Examiner, Neowin.net, The Domains, GeekSugar, Gizmodo, Search Engine Roundtable and Kotaku, Thanks:edwardaten
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Google Replaces ‘Reader’ Link With ‘Photos’ In Gmail, Users In A Tizzy — More proof that RSS is on its way out, and the apocalypse is nigh: Google has seemingly replaced the top link to its RSS reader product, Google Reader, with a link to ‘Photos’ (Picasa) at the top of the Gmail web interface.
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App Advice, Search Engine Land and Geek.com
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
AT&T offering free MicroCells to top 7.5 percent of customers ‘likely to experience poor in-building coverage’ — We've known that AT&T has been test-marketing free 3G MicroCells to subscribers with particularly awful reception in certain parts of the country since the product launched last year …
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PC World, VentureBeat, Techland, Thoughts from the Sidelines and Gizmodo
Sam Gustin / Epicenter:
Tweets Hit Techmeme, Bloggers in a Tizzy — For years, Techmeme has been considered the tech news website of record. A quick glance at the site, which aggregates tech news headlines from across the web, will tell you the topics that people are discussing, and who is discussing them, at any moment in time.
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broadstuff, SEO and Tech Daily, @jason and @thestalwart
Jeanette Borzo / Wall Street Journal:
Can Employers Fire Over Facebook Gaffes? — Facebook gaffes that can cause trouble in the workplace aren't unique to drunken college students any more. As more companies—and their workers—tap into the world of blogs, Twitter and Facebook, employers are tripping over legal potholes in social media.
Horace Dediu / asymco:
65% of Apple's sales came from iOS powered devices — The iPhone and iPad generated $15 billion of revenue last quarter. In addition, iPod touch generated about $2.3 billion, implying that iOS based devices were responsible for sales of $17.3 billion. — To put that in perspective I drew …
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Fortune, SlashGear, TUAW, The Next Web and 9 to 5 Mac
Eric Eldon / Inside Social Games:
Zynga Buys Area/Code, Developer of Ubisoft's CSI: Crime City Game on Facebook — Zynga has just announced the acquisition of independent game developer Area/Code, a company best known to our readers for its work with Ubisoft, developing the Facebook game CSI: Crime City.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Area/Code
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Developers Share Mac App Store Sales Figures — When Apple's new desktop-focused Mac App Store launched, it was expected to be a hit. One day later, Apple confirmed that the store was taking off, with over 1 million downloads on its first day. But how many of those were free apps?
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
AT&T may implement speed and data tiers for 4G LTE service — BGR has learned that AT&T may have plans to offer tiered data services when it launches its Long Term Evolution network later this year. The carrier apparently plans to trial two separate types of tiers alongside its LTE service: speed tiers and data tiers.
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Electronista, IntoMobile, Androinica, Know Your Cell and MobileBurn.com
Jesse Stay / Stay N' Alive:
Facebook Quietly Launching Friendfeed-like Live Commenting — Tonight, in a moment of rare form, as I was singing Hakuna Matata on Facebook with Krystyl Baldwin and others (an occasion one must do often) I noticed a new feature pop up before my eyes. Instantly, with no refresh of the page …
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The Next Web, Softpedia News, Inside Facebook and Download Squad, Thanks:jesse
