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Open Letter from CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia and CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft — GLOBAL - Today in London, our two companies announced plans for a broad strategic partnership that combines the respective strengths of our companies and builds a new global mobile ecosystem.
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Nokia:
Nokia outlines new strategy, introduces new leadership, operational structure — London, UK - Nokia today outlined its new strategic direction, including changes in leadership and operational structure to accelerate the company's speed of execution in a dynamic competitive environment.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership, New Leadership Team, Organizational Changes — Ahead of its Strategy and Financial Briefing in London, Nokia has shared some details on what it plans to announce at the event. As expected, the company is aligning its strategy with Microsoft.
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LiveSide.net, TechEye, Computerworld, Nokia Conversations, TechCrunch Europe, Engadget, L.A. Times Tech Blog and PC Magazine, Thanks:robinwauters
Microsoft:
Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for a Broad Strategic Partnership to Build a New Global Mobile Ecosystem — Companies plan to combine assets and develop innovative mobile products on an unprecedented scale. — Nokia and Microsoft today announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership …
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Between the Lines Blog, Smartphones …, DailyTech, FOSS Patents, WMPoweruser.com, Disruptors, GeekSmack, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, Neowin.net and MSDN Blogs, Thanks:dtmunir
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia to developers: no Qt for Windows Phone development — Nokia's been beating the Qt warpath for years after purchasing the developer framework from Trolltech back in January of 2008. In fact, Nokia just made the switch to Qt exclusively back in October in a sign of its unrelenting support for the unified development environment.
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Download Squad and Computerworld
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia: Symbian and MeeGo not dead, still shipping this year — Amazing day, eh? Something many of us thought would never happen just hit the smartphone industry like a sweaty madman screaming at developers. But rest easy, even though Windows Phone 7 is being billed as Nokia's …
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LiveSide.net and Examiner
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia Q&A reveals more MeeGo details and tablet plans …
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All about Microsoft Blog and MobileTechWorld
Bloomberg:
Apple Working on Cheaper, More Versatile IPhone Models — Apple Inc. is working on new versions of the iPhone that are aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google Inc.'s Android software, according to people who have been briefed on the plans.
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TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, IntoMobile, Geeky-Gadgets, Engadget, Penn Olson, I4U News, ITProPortal, VentureBeat, Redmond Pie, Reuters, SlashGear, Technologizer, PhoneArena, Edible Apple, Examiner, Tech Check, TiPb, Apple Bitch, PC Magazine, Electricpig.co.uk, MobileCrunch, Phones Review, Ars Technica, MacRumors, CNET News, Electronista, GigaOM, Erictric, MacStories, mocoNews, SAI, GottaBeMobile, AppleInsider and The Huffington Post
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Could Apple Be Your Next Phone Company?
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Electricpig.co.uk, Los Angeles Times and TiPb, Thanks:sgbass83
Nishit Shah / The Official Google Blog:
Advanced sign-in security for your Google account — Has anyone you know ever lost control of an email account and inadvertently sent spam—or worse—to their friends and family? There are plenty of examples (like the classic “Mugged in London” scam) that demonstrate why it's important …
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Help Net Security, PC Magazine, Faster Forward, Google Public Policy Blog, Lifehacker, Softpedia News, Skatter Tech, SANS Internet Storm Center …, Matt Cutts, Digital Trends, Googling Google Blog, Search Engine Watch, Neowin.net, The Register, Mashable!, GottaBeMobile, Eurodroid and Bits
Yukari Iwatani Kane / Wall Street Journal:
Despite Leave, Jobs Keeps a Hand on Apple — Three weeks into a medical leave he took “to focus on my health,” Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is staying closely involved in the company's strategic decisions and product development, according to people familiar with the matter.
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AppleInsider, Electricpig.co.uk, 9 to 5 Mac, Edible Apple, MacRumors, TUAW, CNET News and PalmAddicts
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
(Founder Stories) Fred Wilson On Frothy Valuations — With acquisition feelers out to Twitter for a reported $8 billion to $10 billion, bubble talk is once again the topic of discussion. It's a recurring theme, and on this episode of Founder Stories venture capitalist Fred Wilson talks …
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Information Arbitrage
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BBC:
Stop the presses: Facebook CTO says news next in social revolution — Facebook CTO Bret Taylor says news and media are set get the social treatment — Each week we ask chief technology officers and other high-profile tech decision-makers three questions.
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The Next Web and ReadWriteWeb
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Facebook Exploring Permitting a Tender Offer for $1 Billion of Employee Shares at $60 Billion Valuation — Facebook is exploring permitting a tender offer up to $1 billion of its employee shares, after being approached by a number of big institutional investors about investing in the company …
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The Register, GigaOM, Reuters, Bloomberg and All Facebook
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Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
Facebook Earned ~$250 Million In Q4, Profits Growing At An Astounding Rate
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PE Hub Blog
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook Unifies UI As It Rolls Out New Design For ‘Pages’ — Back in December Facebook unveiled a significant redesign to user profiles, which now feature a handful of photos at the top of the page, new sections for featuring your family members and best friends, and some other mostly-cosmetic tweaks.
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Inside Facebook, The Next Web, Mashable!, All Facebook, Loic Le Meur Blog, PC World, Startup Meme, The Social Path and Inside Facebook
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Bing:
Making search yours — For years people have talked about personalized search as the next evolution of our amazing technology. Over the years, the biggest obstacle facing search engineers is the simple fact that human behavior is not predictable. Don't get us wrong, people can be creatures …
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The Next Web, BlogsDNA, SAI, CNET News, gHacks Technology News, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, PC Magazine, The Register, eWeek and The Microsoft Blog
AppleInsider:
Apple doubling orders for ‘hot-selling’ Macbook models, suppliers say — Apple's Asian manufacturing partners have seen orders for popular Macbook models as much as double, while shipments of notebooks to other brand-name vendors have failed to meet expectations, a new report claims.
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DigiTimes
Carolyn Penner / Twitter Blog:
Twitter for Android - new and improved — Twitter for Android is one of the fastest growing Twitter applications. Six months ago, it wasn't among the top 10 most-used Twitter applications. However, in the last two months, usage has doubled, and now it's among the top five …
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AndroidGuys, Gearlog, PC Magazine, ReadWriteWeb, Erictric, GigaOM, Engadget, louisgray.com and ThinkMobile
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
eHarmony Hacked — Online dating giant eHarmony has begun urging many users to change their passwords, after being alerted by KrebsOnSecurity.com to a potential security breach of customer information. The individual responsible for all the ruckus is an Argentinian hacker …
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The Next Web and CNET News
Royal Pingdom:
Microsoft's woes: It's a Windows-eat-Windows world — Pardon the wordplay on “dog-eat-dog world,” but as you'll see it applies perfectly to what is going on with Windows in the desktop OS space. — Because there are several interesting things going on. Some quite expected, others not so much.
Bloomberg:
RIM Said to Plan PlayBook Software to Run Google's Android Apps — Research In Motion Ltd., looking to score a hit with its PlayBook tablet computer, is working on software to allow the device to run applications for Google Inc.'s Android, three people familiar with the matter said.
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SlashGear, AppleInsider, CrackBerry.com blogs, Gizmodo Australia, Digital Trends, wirelessgoodness.com, Electronista and Engadget
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
(Virtually) face to face: how Aaron Barr revealed himself to Anonymous — Aaron Barr, CEO of security company HBGary Federal, spent the month of January trying to uncover the real identifies of the hacker collective Anonymous—only to end with his company website knocked offline …
Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Rackspace Cloud Revenue Keeps Rising, Tops $100M — Rackspace saw its cloud revenue hit the stratosphere during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to its financial results issued Thursday afternoon. The managed hosting and cloud provider reported “cloud revenue” of $31.4 million during the quarter …
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The Register and Between the Lines Blog
Rob Diana / Regular Geek:
Twitter Stops Whitelisting Applications — Much to my dismay, I read that Twitter has stopped whitelisting applications. What does this mean? Ryan Sarver updated everyone on the Twitter development Google Group that developers could no longer request to be granted a higher number of API calls through the API.
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SAI
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
PayPal's Micropayment Solution Opens to the Public — Online payment company PayPal has opened up its micropayment solution to “game developers, media publishers, or anyone interested in selling digital content on a global scale.” The solution was first announced last October when the company …
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SAI, The PayPal Blog, @davepell and Gizmodo
Stefan Parker / Facebook:
Developing Facebook's New Photo Viewer — When we looked to revamp the Photos experience, we faced many challenges. While Photos is one of the most core experiences on Facebook, with over 100 million photos uploaded per day, it's supported by some of the oldest code in the system and was in dire need of an upgrade.
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VatorNews
Michael Wolf / GigaOM:
Pure Digital CEO Leaving Cisco; Was Flip Deal a Flop? — Updated. Pure Digital CEO Jonathan Kaplan will be leaving Cisco on Friday, less than two years after Cisco bought the maker of the Flip video camera franchise for a cool $590 million. According to the company, as part of the reshuffling …
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Cisco Blog, Reuters, PC World, Wall Street Journal and NewEnterprise, Thanks:michaelwolf
