Monthly Archives: August 2011
Google Vs. Apple: Who’s Winning The Tech Industry Land Grab? [INFOGRAPHIC]
GPlus.com has put together this great infographic that discusses Google vs. Apple. In terms of who is acquiring intellectual property, who is winning? Read below:
Categories Apple Inc., Google, Infographics
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Wikio Raises $25 Million In Funding, Renames To EBuzzing
Wikio Group is a company that is known for running a news engine called Wikio. The company has raised $25 million in funding and has renamed the company to EBuzzing. Investors include Gimv, who put in $14.5 million and Wikio founder Pierre Chappaz.
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Categories Ebuzzing, Pierre Chappaz, Wikio
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Google Revamps Blogger
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has updated blog service Blogger.com. It has been a few years since Google changed around the look and feel with Blogger. Blogger’s entire editing and management experience has been re-written from scratch so that it is faster and more efficient.
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Sprint Rumored To Be Increasing ETFs To $350 On September 9th
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) is rumored to be increasing early termination fees for canceling a contract to $350 from $200 starting September 9th. These changes will be applied towards tablets, netbooks, and notebooks. This change does not surprise me considering that Sprint is rumored to be getting the iPhone 4 and the next generation iPhone in October. [SprintFeed]
Categories Sprint, Sprint Nextel
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Twitter Announces They Will Show Ads From Accounts You Don’t Follow
According to AllThingsD, you will soon start seeing non-contextual ads on Twitter from accounts that you don’t follow. Before this system, you would see ads that are relevant to you based on who you are following. For example, if you follow the Netflix Twitter account, you would see ads from Netflix. The ads will appear if you are “like” the follower of a brand. So if you tweet about different kind of airlines or travel-related messages, then you will see airline ads. These new ads are expected to appear in a month.
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Google HTML5 Chrome Gmail, Calendar, and Docs Apps Has Offline Access
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced offline access to Gmail, Calendar, and Docs through its HTML5 Chrome web application. ‘
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Categories GMail, Google, Google Calendar, Google Docs
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Financial Times Pulls Its iOS App Due To Digital Subscription Disagreement
The Financial Times has pulled their iOS app after the deadline for compliance with Apple’s new digital subscription terms. Apple requires that in-app subscription payments must go through iTunes. The Financial Times iPhone and iPad app has disappeared from the App Store.
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Categories Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Financial Times
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Apple Rumored To Have Lost Another iPhone Prototype At A Bar Again
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is rumored to have lost another iPhone prototype at a bar. You may remember last year’s fiasco where Gizmodo bought an iPhone 4 prototype from someone that found it at a bar for $5,000 and posted pictures of it before its release. This rumor is based on a source from CNET.
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Facebook Rumored To Be Launching A Music Platform At f8
Social network company Facebook is rumored to be launching a music platform at their annual f8 conference in San Francisco on September 22nd. Facebook would essentially create an environment for Pandora, Spotify, Rdio MOG, etc. to stream music from within the social network. Facebook will not host or stream the music themselves. [Mashable]
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Amazon Planning To Produce 10-Inch Tablet In First Quarter Of 2012
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is planning to start mass production of the company’s 10.1-inch tablet PC in the first quarter of 2012. Amazon.com is rumored to work with Foxconn Electronics for handling the orders. Amazon.com currently works with Foxconn on the manufacturing of the Kindle e-book readers. Amazon.com’s 7-inch tablet PC is expected to start shipping in October. [DigiTimes]
Categories Amazon, Amazon.com, Foxconn
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