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Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:
Nokia Q4: Scrambling For A Grip, But Still Falling; 1M+ Lumia Phones Sold — Nokia's earnings came out just moments ago, and the numbers are not pretty. The handset maker confirmed analyst estimates it has sold over a million Lumia Windows Phone handsets - but that didn't stop …
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Nokia, Wall Street Journal, BGR, Inquirer, PandoDaily, The Verge, Engadget, SlashGear, Tech in Asia, MobileSyrup.com, Gizmodo UK, The Appside, IntoMobile, The Next Web and ITProPortal
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Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Nokia: Microsoft paid us $250m in Q4 to use Windows Phone — Microsoft paid Nokia $250m in Q4 2011 for adopting Windows Phone, the Finnish company's financial results today have revealed, the first of a “platform support payments” scheme expected to eventually account for billions of dollars.
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Engadget, The Next Web, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneArena, The Verge and Gizmodo UK
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Foxconn employee tells us that the next iPhone is ready for production, indicates likely summer launch — We received word from a reliable source at Foxconn in China that the iPhone 5, as it is currently being called, is now gearing for production. The source said various sample devices …
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New York Times:
The iEconomy: Apple's iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China — A staggering manufacturing system in China has made it possible for Apple and other companies to make devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up, but for workers, it can be dangerous.
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Fortune, Business Insider, EE Times, Electronista, AppleInsider, CNET, ongoing, Kotaku and New York Times
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Android Reaches 39% Tablet OS Market Share (Standing On Amazon's Shoulders) — Apple's iPad reigns supreme from whatever angle you choose to look at the tablet market (profits, apps, quality, market share, mindshare, you name it), but research firm Strategy Analytics this morning said Android …
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Computerworld, 9to5Mac, Business Wire, The Register, AppleInsider, Engadget, Android Phone Fans, Electronista, Reuters and BBC
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook at today's Town Hall: Starting in June, Apple employees get $500 off Macs, $250 off iPads — Among the many topics discussed by Tim Cook at today's Town Hall session with employees, the Apple CEO revealed some new Apple employee benefits. Giving a little more back to the people …
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Electronista, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Softpedia News, MacRumors and App Advice
Jenna Wortham / Bits:
Is iMessage Starting to Take a Bite Out of Standard Texting? — When Apple introduced iMessage, a service that lets people with its mobile devices send each other free text messages over data networks, many analysts predicted that it would take a substantial bite out of the profits …
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Daily Patricia and The Next Web
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
AT&T's Q1 2012 roadmap: Nokia Lumia 900 to launch March 18th for $99.99 — We just received a portion of AT&T's 2012 roadmap from a trusted source, and it looks like AT&T isn't playing around this year. There are some heavy hitters lined up for the first quarter of 2012 …
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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
AT&T's Q1 2012 roadmap: HTC Titan II coming March 18th; Sony Crystal tablet, Xperia Ion launch later
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Softpedia News, SlashGear, ITProPortal, Android Community, IntoMobile, HTC Source, pocketnow.com, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, The Next Web and Electronista
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Analysis: Wall Street puzzles over Google's new direction — (Reuters) - Google Inc, which revolutionized Internet searches with an easy-to-use website, has itself become an increasingly tricky business to grasp. — That issue leapt to the fore last week when the company stunned Wall Street …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Netflix Bounces Back With a Q4 Beat, But Says Amazon Is Coming — First look at Netflix Q4 earnings: Earnings of $0.73 per share and revenue of $876 million. Wall Street was expecting around $0.54 a share and $857 million. — But at least as important are the company's subscriber numbers and guidance …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Netflix abandons video game rental plans
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VentureBeat, PandoDaily, paidContent, GenGAME.net and Gizmodo
Brad Stone / Business Week:
Amazon's Hit Man — Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider—until Amazon called — Larry Kirshbaum, Vice-President and Publisher, Amazon Publishing — In November 1997, on a night of pounding rain in midtown Manhattan, Rupert Murdoch threw a party for Jane Friedman …
Stephen Totilo / Kotaku:
Sources: The Next Xbox Will Play Blu-Ray, May Not Play Used Games (And Will Introduce Kinect 2) — Microsoft will upgrade its disc technology for its next Xbox from DVDs to Blu-Ray discs, catching up to rival Sony, games industry sources tell Kotaku. — Sony's PlayStation 3 currently supports Blu-Ray …
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Business Insider, Wired, Gizmodo UK, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, Techland, MCV: Home Stream, Redmond Pie, ITProPortal, Softpedia News, WebProNews and The Escapist
Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
Larry Page's “Beautiful” New Google — Yesterday, we wrote about Larry Page's Search-Plus-Your-World ultimatum and much of the buzz was around the “or work somewhere else” part. But our source emphasized another word he used. “Beautiful.” — According to sources …
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Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Rhapsody acquires Napster's European assets for Spotify battle boost — Rhapsody has just announced it's buying Napster's business in Europe. — Rhapsody's European expansion begins today with the acquisition of Napster International, Napster's European subscription music service.
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Christopher Lawton / Wall Street Journal:
Inside SAP's Skunkworks as It Takes Aim at Oracle — POTSDAM, Germany—Hasso Plattner, who 20 years ago designed a computer program that supercharged SAP AG's growth, has been pursuing another breakthrough that could determine the software giant's fate. — Now SAP's chairman …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
AT&T's Q4: 7.6 million iPhones activated, 9.4 million smartphones sold — Summary: AT&T is upbeat on 2012 following a strong fourth quarter in smartphone sales. AT&T, however, reported a big net loss. — AT&T reported strong sales of the iPhone 4S and Android devices …
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TechCrunch, Business Wire, AllThingsD, CNET, BGR, Engadget, Bloomberg, Electronista, The Next Web and Tech Trader Daily
Softpedia News:
Chrome Gets Smarter Auto Form Filling, Google Pushes to Make It HTML5 Standard — Google is working on making it easier to auto-complete forms found online. Like several other major browsers, Chrome comes with a rather thorough autofill feature. It remembers data you provide to one website …
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Google Webmaster Central Blog and Niall Kennedy
Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
Zynga's Stock Rating Gets A Boost, And So Does Its Traffic — Wall Street has had trouble knowing what to make of Zynga, considering it's the first Facebook-oriented virtual goods business to be publicly traded. The stock has been seesawing below its $10 initial share price since the company went public in the middle of December.
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Report: Apple starts hiring chip experts in Haifa, Israel — Following our in depth report last night on Apple turning its Anobit purchase into a permanent Israeli presence, a new report in Hebrew by Israeli daily business newspaper Calcalist says Apple is looking to open a research center in Haifa by the end of February.
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IntoMobile and Engadget
Facebook:
How Journalists Are Using Facebook Subscribe — In September, we introduced Subscribe as a simple way for public figures to allow people to subscribe to their public updates on Facebook. For journalists specifically, Subscribe has enabled each journalist's community of viewers and readers …
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
Exclusive: Ericsson is buying BelAir, betting on Wi-Fi — In a sure sign that the cellular industry is getting serious about Wi-Fi, telecom networking giant Ericsson is buying BelAir Networks, adding its high-performance outdoor hotspot technology to its portfolio, sources told GigaOM.
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FierceBroadbandWireless and Electronista, Thanks:@oryankim
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Fab Hits 2 Million Members, Plots International Expansion, Opens For All — Fab.com founder and CEO Jason Goldberg just made a significant announcement on his blog about some new and upcoming changes at the ridiculously fast-growing startup. — The design shopping site now boasts 2 million members …
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PandoDaily, TechCrunch Europe, betashop and VentureBeat
Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
The best and brightest from 500 Startups' third demo day — Dave McClure has very quickly become a major force in Silicon Valley, by making investments in more than 250 companies since launching his 500 Startups fund. In Mountain View, Calif. Wednesday, 32 companies from the third class …
