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Facebook Explores Access for Younger Kids — Facebook Inc. is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the social-networking site under parental supervision, a step that could help the company tap a new pool of users for revenue but also inflame privacy concerns.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Done deal: Salesforce.com buys Buddy Media for $689m in cash and shares — Salesforce.com has finally confirmed that it has acquired social media marketing company Buddy Media for nearly $700 million in cash and shares ($689 million to be exact). — Early rumors about the purchase …
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| Michael Lazerow / Buddy Media: |
New Beginnings — Mary Dedinsky, my newswriting professor at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, taught me early on to not bury the lead. So here I go: — Kass and I have agreed to sell Buddy Media to salesforce.com. — Now that that's over, let me tell you a story …
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Apple Television, AirPlay and Why the iPad Is the New TV Apps Platform — Ever since the publication of Walter Issacson's biography on Steve Jobs where he cites Steve as saying that he and Apple had “cracked the code” on TV, there has been insane speculation about Apple's purported forthcoming TV products and strategy.
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Asus announces Tablet 600: transforming Windows RT device with Tegra 3 and 2GB RAM — Ahead of its Computex press conference, Asus is showing off the Tablet 600, a Windows RT device that takes the detachable keyboard form factor made popular by its Transformer Android series.| Zach Honig / Engadget: |
ASUS reveals TAICHI convertible notebook / tablet with dual 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch displays (update: hands-on photos and video) — Two displays in one tablet? Yes you can. ASUS' new TAICHI series packs displays on both the front and the rear, letting you use the device in a variety of configurations.
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Apple to bring full Siri voice-assistant to the iPad with iOS 6: mockup and details — Siri on iPad mockup based on descriptions from sources — Come this fall, people will start talking to their iPads. Apple's breakthrough Siri Assistant, based on an incredible artificial-intelligence system … | Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
ASUS Transformer AiO official: all-in-one PC dual-boots Android and Windows 8 — ASUS has managed to keep a tight lid on its Computex 2012 lineup, but it left no doubt about this: it was on the verge of announcing a dual OS (and possibly dual form factor) device capable of running both Android and Windows.
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Verizon's Galaxy S III preorders begin June 6th, start at $199.99 — Verizon Wireless on Monday became the first wireless carrier in the United States to announced launch details for Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. The nation's No.1 carrier has confirmed … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Exclusive: Instapaper for Android launches (hands-on) — While there are several places where Instapaper for Android falls short, there are a few places where Android really lets Marco Arment's concept spread its wings. While Arment has done his best on iOS to incorporate sharing articles …
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| Zach Honig / Engadget: |
Acer unveils 11.6-inch Iconia W700, 10.1-inch W510 Windows 8 tablets (update: hands-on pictures and video) — And the flood of Windows tablets begins! With only four months or so to go before Microsoft finalizes the OS, we had a feeling Computex 2012 would bring lots of Win8 devices, and it looks like we won't be disappointed.
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Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But The TV Business May Be Starting To Collapse — In the first decade of the commercial Internet—the 1990s and early 2000s—there were frequent murmurings that newspapers were screwed. — The digital audience didn't read newspapers, people pointed out. They visited web sites.| Tim Stevens / Engadget: |
Live from Microsoft's E3 2012 keynote! — The first of the big three! This year Microsoft kicks off the keynotes with its pre-show Media Briefing and, while we have some idea of what to expect, we're hoping for a whole lot more. No, this may not be the year that the Xbox 360's proper successor …
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| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Readies New Local-Ad Assault — Google Inc. has repeatedly tried, and largely failed, to crack the market for local business advertising. As early as next month, the Internet company will try anew, as it trains its largest-ever assault on the roughly $20 billion market.| Dan Ackerman / CNET: |
Sony's new Vaio laptops revealed — The latest refresh of Sony's iconic Vaio laptop line is dominated by the company's first entry in the growing ultrabook category. — But, looking at the new Vaio T, you might think, “Doesn't Sony already have an ultrathin laptop?”| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
The Oracle v. Google aftermath — Two Google lawyers reflect on the case: APIs stay free, cost of business soars. — The Oracle v. Google patent and copyright trial is over, resulting in definitive wins for Google on both fronts. Ars interviewed two Google attorneys—general counsel Kent Walker … | Nick Peers / BetaNews: |
Firefox 13 arrives with major new features — get it NOW! — Ahead of its official release, Mozilla has uploaded Firefox 13 FINAL to its servers, the latest version of its open-source, cross-platform web browser. Version 13 will be officially unveiled on June 5, when it should also become available …
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Motif lets people turn ideas into investments — Hardeep Walia, former GM of enterprise services at Microsoft was sitting around a few years ago with his friend Tariq Hilaly, a hedge fund analyst, batting around interesting investment ideas. But Walia realized that while he had a lot …
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Microsoft Certificate Was Used to Sign “Flame” Malware — Microsoft: Techniques Used By Flame Could Be Used By Less Sophisticated Attackers to Launch Widespread Attacks — On Sunday, Microsoft reached out to customers and notified the public that it had discovered unauthorized digital certificates that …
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