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Here Comes Nexus 7 Nightmare: The IPad Mini — Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to debut a smaller, cheaper iPad by year-end, two people with knowledge of the plans said, to help maintain dominance of the tablet market as Google Inc. (GOOG) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) prepare competing handheld devices.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Planning for 7.85-Inch ‘iPad Mini’ with IGZO Display Later This Year? — Claims of an “iPad mini” have been circulating for some time now, with a number of the reports indicating that Apple is planning to launch the device with a 7.85-inch display later this year.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Google, Samsung to Release Software Patch To Keep Galaxy Nexus on the Market — Google isn't taking a sales ban on the Galaxy Nexus lying down. — First and foremost, Samsung and Google have a software patch that they believe avoids infringing the Apple patent that led to the injunction.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Judge Denies Reprieve in Galaxy Nexus Case, Allowing Sales Ban to Take Effect — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to hold off on an injunction that prevents U.S. sales of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone, ruling that Samsung is unlikely to prevail in a patent infringement suit brought by Apple.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Galaxy Nexus no longer available to purchase from Google Play website, will return next week — In April, Google started selling unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones from its own store, for $399 a pop. Six days ago, the price dropped to $349. Now, however, the phone is listed as “coming soon” on Google's website.| Rick Falkvinge / TorrentFreak: |
ACTA Is DEAD After European Parliament Vote — This is a day of celebration. — This is the day when citizens of Europe and the world won over unelected bureaucrats who were being wooed and lobbied by the richest corporations of the planet. — The battleground wasn't some administrative office … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Shutdowns Continue: iGoogle, Google Video, Google Mini & Others Are Killed — Google is continuing to shut down services which aren't core to its business - something it has been actively doing ever since Google co-founder Larry Page took over as CEO.| Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: |
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Microsoft's Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant — Analyzing one of American corporate history's greatest mysteries—the lost decade of Microsoft—two-time George Polk Award winner (and V.F.'s newest contributing editor) Kurt Eichenwald traces the …
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Kim Dotcom: Joe Biden Ordered the Megaupload Shutdown — When Megaupload was raided in January, questions were raised as to why the U.S. Government acted so aggressively against a company that seemingly played by the rules. — It's no secret that the MPAA provides the authorities with …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review — Do UI refinements, Google Now, and a few new features add up to a must-have smartphone OS? Google's latest version of the Android operating system is here and will be rolling out to a precious few devices later this month.
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| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
The BBC unveils its first ‘Perceptive Media’ experiment - and you can try it now — The BBC's R&D department has just demoed the first public example of what it calls ‘Perceptive Media’, and has published it online so you can try it for yourself. — What is Perceptive Media?
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| Matt Lynley / Business Insider: |
One Month Later, Here's What's Happened To Sean Parker's Ultra-Hyped App Airtime... Sean Parker's Facebook-connected video chat application, Airtime, launched with an enormous amount of hype last month. — So, where is it now, about a month later? — Well, if you take a look at Airtime on AppData … Thanks:@mattlynley
| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Bill Gates Explains Why Microsoft Had To Punch Its PC Partners In The Guts — Bill Gates thinks Microsoft was right to build its own tablets and that Windows 8 is going to kill the traditional PC. — Gates was a guest on Charlie Rose last night where he talked about Microsoft's decision to make its own tablet.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Ouya: a $99 hackable Android game console designed by Yves Behar — We don't often report on startups without a physical product to their name, but when you've got sponsors like Ouya does, it's hard not to pay attention. According to a posting on AngelList, Ouya has recruited the talents … | Brad McCarty / The Next Web: |
Get ready, Chrome users - You're about to start seeing ads inside of extensions — This is an interesting twist — We got an email today wherein Google says that extensions developers can now start monetizing via Google Adsense. The exact text reads like this:| Bobbie Johnson / GigaOM: |
Microsoft in the dock over French tax fraud claims — A bad week for Microsoft just got worse. After taking a $6.2 billion hit on aQuantive and facing claims about Steve Ballmer's “foolish” leadership in Vanity Fair, the company is now in the dock over its tax affairs in France.| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Louis C.K. sees ticket scalping drop over 96% by switching to selling tickets himself — Comedian Louis C.K. made the technology world turn his direction when he decided to sell his latest comedy special himself, digitally, and DRM free. It was a smashing success.
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Fastest growing segment of piracy? Live TV — A chart from the report “The six business models for copyright infringement.” Click to expand. — A new Google study entitled “The six business models for copyright infringement,” just released with the UK's PRS (Performing Right Society) … | Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Palo Alto High School Club Fosters Would-Be Tech Moguls — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Like many young entrepreneurs here in Silicon Valley, Matthew Slipper knows that success does not come easy. His first start-up, an online education venture, flopped. His second, a video-sharing app for the iPhone, has sold only 20 copies.
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Betabeat and Venture Capital Dispatch
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Little “Want” Button Code Foreshadows Big Things For Facebook Ecommerce — Last week, developer Tom Waddington uncovered Facebook code that points to the creation of a “Want” button — a plugin that potentially points to a new kind of commercial innovation being developed by Facebook itself …
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| Louis Goddard / The Verge: |
Navigon for iOS update includes Google Street View — Hot on the heels of Apple's controversial decision to drop all Google Maps services — including Street View — from the default Maps application in its future iOS 6 release, popular navigation app Navigon has released an update which includes the feature.
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MobileSyrup.com, Softpedia News, Electronista, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, App Advice, Engadget and TUAW
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
New patent shows Apple is at least thinking about wearable computing devices like Google Glass — It's incredibly foolhardy to ascribe any concrete plans to Apple based on the publishing of a patent. The company is incredibly prolific in this department, publishing literally thousands a year.
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PadGadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Los Angeles Times, CNET, App Advice, Gotta Be Mobile and Wired. Thanks:@alex
| Wagner James Au / New World Notes: |
Will The WELL Survive? Members Pledge $100K+ to Buy Influential Virtual Community from Corporate Owners — The WELL is a virtual online community with user-generated content that was so influential, it was once featured on the cover of Wired magazine, and a top 80's UK pop star created an account, to promote his brand there.
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