Top Items:
Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends — Summary: It hasn't been a good year for Firefox. Mozilla has lost share to Google, it's lost the loyalty of enterprise customers, and it's lost key talent. And a deal with Google that supplied 84% of its revenue last year was scheduled to end in November.
Discussion:
Marco.org, parislemon, ReadWriteWeb, Pulse2 and WebProNews
RELATED:
Sarah Frier / Business Week:
Mozilla's Catch-Up Strategy for Mobile — The Firefox browser, a force in PCs, is nowhere in smartphones — When Gary Kovacs ran the New York City marathon this year—his first ever—the chief executive officer of Mozilla wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the Web browser made by his nonprofit.
Thanks:sarahfrier
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge rejects Apple bid to halt Galaxy sales — (Reuters) - Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling some Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies.
RELATED:
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Denial of US preliminary injunction against Samsung shows low strategic value of Apple's design patents — Five months and one day after Apple filed its motion for a preliminary injunction in the United States against four Samsung products based on three design patents and one software patent …
Discussion:
PC Advisor, App Advice, MacStories, Pulse2, MacDailyNews, PC Magazine and SlashGear
Laurie Segall / CNN Money:
Facebook buys Gowalla — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Facebook has acquired location sharing service Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a source close to Gowalla. — Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. — Most of Gowalla's employees, including founder Josh Williams …
Discussion:
The Next Web, Austin Startup, All Facebook, Pulse2, Inside Facebook, Friending Facebook Blog, CNET News, The Next Web, Mashable!, Digital Trends, Tech Cocktail, PC Magazine, ReadWriteWeb, App Advice, VentureBeat, Epicenter, paidContent, @semil, @dens, The Verge, TechCrunch, IntoMobile, Gizmodo UK, PE Hub Blog, parislemon, Techi.com, Electronista, MobileBurn.com, Social Markets, WebProNews, Marketing Land, Business Insider, LAUNCH and silicontap.com, Thanks:seldo2
The Economic Times:
Facebook to hire thousands of employees over next year — NEW YORK: Facebook has said it plans to hire thousands of employees over the next year and add an engineering team to its office in New York. — “We will hire as many high quality engineers as we can here in New York,” …
Discussion:
Pulse2, Facebook Press Releases, Fox News, New York Times, Slashdot and Bloomberg
Susanna Kim / ABC News:
Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy — You've got mail-not. Employees of tech company Atos will be banned from sending emails under the company's new “zero email” policy. — CEO Thierry Breton of the French information technology company said only 10 percent …
Discussion:
GigaOM, Larry Magid, @qthrul, The Atlantic Online and Social Business Blog
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Considering Building Huge New Data Center in Oregon — OregonLive.com reports that Apple is currently deciding whether to commit to building a major new data center in Prineville, Oregon that would complement its newly-opened facility in Maiden, North Carolina.
Discussion:
Oregonian, Pulse2, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, Data Center Knowledge, 9to5Mac, Electronista, iClarified and Slashdot
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
SAP to Buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion — SAP of Germany announced plans on Saturday to buy SuccessFactors, a Web-based enterprise software company, for $40 a share, or $3.4 billion. — The all-cash transaction, which is expected to close early next year, offers SuccessFactors' shareholders …
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Carrier IQ Admits Holding ‘Treasure Trove’ of Consumer Data, But No Keystrokes — MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — An embattled phone-monitoring software maker said Friday that its wares, secretly installed on some 150 million phones, have the capacity to log web usage, and to chronicle …
Discussion:
The Register, Mashable!, NevilleHobson.com, The Verge, Examiner, CNET News, mocoNews, Cult of Mac, Blog of Rights and Ars Technica
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Kindle Touch compared to Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Touch, and Kindle 4 — Amazon's new Kindle Touch, Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch (my review), and the Kobo Touch are surprisingly similar. — Nook Simple Touch, Kindle Touch, and Kobo Touch — They all have the same E-Ink Pearl screen …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Revealed: Apple's internal policies on employee social networking, speculating on rumors, leaking, blogging, and more — With some of the Apple news spotlight this week on the firing of an Apple employee (and last month) over a Facebook rant, we thought the best way to clear up this employee's claims of …
Discussion:
Neowin.net, Business Insider, ifoAppleStore and Redmond Pie
