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John Jersin / Google Analytics Blog:
What's happening on your site right now? — The web is getting faster, and not just the speed of the pages, but also the speed of change. Before, it was fine to build a website and modify it only when new products were launched. All of us avid Analytics users know that's just not good enough.
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CNNMoney.com, VentureBeat, SiliconFilter, 9to5Google, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Techie Buzz, Google Analytics Blog, Search Engine Land, ReadWriteWeb, the Econsultancy blog, TDW Geeks, Search Engine Land and Mashable!, Thanks:rajupp
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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Google Analytics launches real-time stats
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Digital Inspiration …, Google Analytics Blog, Business Insider and Startup Meme, Thanks:addiehf
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Apotheker's Exit Is Cheaper Than Expected for HP (But Still Pricey, Considering) — Léo Apotheker is gone from Hewlett-Packard, but he left so suddenly that the board of directors didn't have time to finalize his severance package. That is until today.
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CNET News, The Tech Trade and The Next Web
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Shira Ovide / Deal Journal:
Meg Whitman Will Work for $1 a Year … New Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has agreed to take a base salary of $1 a year, according to a regulatory filing Thursday, as she tries to patch up the struggling computer giant. — Meanwhile, H-P said it agreed to pay ousted CEO Leo Apotheker $7.2 million …
Brian Winter / Reuters:
Brazil's $12 billion iPad deal is in trouble: sources — (Reuters) - A much-hyped $12 billion plan for Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn to produce iPads in Brazil is “in doubt” due to stagnant negotiations over tax breaks and Brazil's own deep structural problems such as a lack of skilled labor, government sources tell Reuters.
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AppleInsider, CNET News, TechCrunch, PadGadget, SlashGear, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, MacStories and I4U News
Bloomberg:
Microsoft Said to Add Comcast, Verizon Pay TV to Xbox Live — Microsoft Corp. plans to offer online pay television service from Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) through Xbox Live, in an bid to channel more entertainment to its video-game console, people with knowledge of the situation said.
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PC Magazine, The Seattle Times, Deadline.com, DSLreports, WinRumors, CNET News, GigaOM, Seattle Times, MarketBeat, Computerworld, SlashGear, Microsoft News, Neowin.net, TG Daily, Geekosystem, GameLife, Between the Lines Blog, Engadget, USA Today, Destructoid, WinBeta and WPCentral.com, more at Mediagazer »
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iPhone 4S / 5 appears in Apple's inventory system, iPod touch may see price drops — Yesterday we reported that tweaked iPhone 4 models and white iPod touch models have appeared in Apple's internal inventory systems ahead of the October 4th Apple event. Today, though, comes the big news …
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TUAW, PopHerald.com, CNET News, SlashGear, MacPost, GottaBeMobile, iClarified, Apple Bitch, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, PhoneDog.com, Redmond Pie, PhoneArena, App Advice, Appolicious Advisor and Digits
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Full Video: Watch Jeff Bezos unveil Amazon's new Kindles — There's nothing quite like watching a big product unveiling in its entirety, and getting to know the ins and outs of a new gadget from a company's top executive. Granted, in terms of showmanship, Jeff Bezos isn't quite on the level of Steve Jobs …
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Chester Wisniewski / Naked Security:
Amazon Kindle Fire's Silk browser sounds privacy alarm bells
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mike.mainguy, CNN, The Register, Digiday, Inquirer, Communications …, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Guardian, Hardware 2.0 Blog and Neowin.net, Thanks:sophoslabs
Michael Arrington / UNCRUNCHED:
AOL + TechCrunch One Year Anniversary: A Look Back And A Look Forward — “So we begin another journey. I fully intend to stay with AOL for a very, very long time.” - Me, one year ago. — A year ago yesterday we announced the acquisition of TechCrunch by Aol.
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Goldman: Microsoft Is Getting $444 Million Annually From Android Patent Licenses — Microsoft is will generate $444 million in revenue from Android patent deals for fiscal year 2012 (started in July 1, 2011, ends June 30, 2012), according to a note from Goldman Sachs's tech analyst team.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Planets Are Aligned: Facebook's Spartan And iPad Projects Set To Launch Early Next Week — Earlier tonight, Alexia found and posted some screenshots of something that sure looked a lot like the mythical “Project Spartan”. Shortly thereafter, Facebook took down the page in question.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
This Is Facebook's Project Spartan [Screenshots]
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Inside Facebook, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine, Digital Trends, PhoneArena and everythingiCafe
Guardian:
Autonomy's reaction to Oracle's statement — A spokesperson for Autonomy said on Thursday: — “Last week in response to a question about unstructured information Oracle made some less-than-enlightened comments on the subject, which Autonomy has been pointing out in the press.
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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
With ‘frictionless sharing,’ Facebook and news orgs push boundaries of online privacy — Facebook again may have gone too far in its quest to make privacy obsolete, and this time some news organizations could get burned by going along with it. — Facebook spent years making it easier …
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GigaOM, Betabeat, The Atlantic Online and AllThingsD, more at Mediagazer »
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Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core Blog:
Apple tells education: no more boxed software (except Logic) — This should come as a surprise top no one. Boxed software's days have been numbered since Apple opened the Mac App Store in January 2011, but some people refuse to see the handwriting on the wall.
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, MacStories, MacRumors and TUAW
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
U.S. Capitol Police Investigating Onion Twitter Joke — The Onion botched a joke about congressmen taking children hostage this morning on Twitter. Now, the U.S. Capitol police are investigating the joke. Everyone chill out! — Today, The Onion tweeted: “BREAKING …
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ABCNEWS, Media Decoder, Mashable!, Mediaite, DCist and PE Hub Blog, more at Mediagazer »
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Happy and You Know It? So Are Millions on Twitter — However grumpy when they wake up, and whether they stumble to their feet in Mumbai, Mexico City or Minnetonka, Minn., people tend to brighten by breakfast time and feel their mood taper gradually to a low in the late afternoon …
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Peter Farago / Flurry Blog:
iOS & Android Apps: Prime-time All the Time — On broadcast television, brands seek to reach their target audiences as efficiently as possible. For example, a brand might run a TV campaign targeting 24 - 35 year old females through prime-time shows that reach that desired audience.
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ReadWriteWeb, AllThingsD, GigaOM, IntoMobile, BizReport, VentureBeat, Mobile Marketing Watch, FierceMobileContent and Gamasutra, more at Mediagazer »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bing Launches Airport Maps For 42 US Cities — Microsoft's search service Bing is today announcing the launch of airport maps for 42 major airports across the U.S., with plans to expand to other airports over time. The new feature is available now in Bing Maps on the desktop (some airport maps were previously available on mobile).
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Bing, LiveSide.net, Search Engine Land and Microsoft News
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Kayak Puts IPO Plans on Hold — Blame it on turbulent waters, but Kayak, the hotel and flight search provider, has put its IPO plans on hold as it seeks more favorable market conditions. — In an exclusive interview with AllThingsD, Robert Birge, Kayak's chief marketing officer …
Caleb Garling / Wired:
Ex-NASA Man Squeezes Cloud Onto USB Stick — Yes, you can fit a cloud on a USB stick. — Founded by several of the brains who conceived OpenStack - the open source software platform for building Amazon-like “infrastructure clouds” - San Francisco startup Piston Cloud Computing has squeezed …
Kazunori Takada / Reuters:
Fake iPhone ring busted in China: report — (Reuters) - Chinese police in Shanghai have arrested five people for making and selling fake versions of Apple Inc's iPhone, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. — Police said those arrested were part of an organized gang that bought components …
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ShanghaiDaily.com, TUAW, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, everythingiCafe, Redmond Pie, Neowin.net, CNET News, PhoneArena, TiPb and Inquirer
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Intel Acquires Telmap to Help Navigate Through a Crowded App Market — Intel provided a major update on its plans in the mobile space this week, including the announcement that it has acquired Telmap, an Israeli location-based services company. — In addition, at an event it hosted …
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Intel AppUp(SM) …, @liorye, @eliasbiz, @telmap and @marinperez
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Q: When Will Quora Release An iPhone App? A: Now. — Quora can be an addiction. You visit the site just to see what's going on, 30 minutes later you're still there. Today, the addiction goes mobile. Finally. — The service has just released their first iOS native app.
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Mashable!, Tradigital, ReadWriteWeb, Betabeat, MacStories and TUAW
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple is working a new Hybrid Drive System of their Own — On September 29, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a next generation Hybrid Drive that includes both a hard drive and Flash. Intel will be pushing their Smart Response hybrid drive systems …
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