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US Patent Chief Says Epic Smartphone Wars Just Show The System Works
The head of the feds' patent office lashed out Tuesday at critics of drawn-out legal battles over technology patents.Patent and trademark office director David Kappos directed his speech at people who...
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15 Tech Geniuses Living Fabulous, Enviable Lives
Some people know how to live well.They work hard. They play hard. They have fabulous adventures and pursue exotic dreams.It's enough to make any normal human a little jealous.It's also enough to make...
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Pranked Frog Gets The Ultimate Revenge
Never tease a frog. Here is why (watch to the end):Please follow Business Insider on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
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Before You Say Journalists Can't Be Venture Capitalists ...
Understandably, it raises a lot of eyebrows when people go from reporting on startups to working at them—or worse, funding them."When Journalists Believe They Are VCs, Beware," startup survivor Ben...
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Microsoft Is Making A Cheap Xbox For Streaming Video (MSFT)
Microsoft is building a set-top TV box to compete with Apple TV and other smart TV accessories, reports The Verge.Think of the so-called "Xbox TV" as a less-expensive, scaled-down Xbox. It'll focus on...
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Apple's Big Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design Faster Than Apple Is...
Apple's biggest problem is that Google is getting better at what it does poorly faster than Apple is getting better at what it does poorly, says Patrick Gibson in a blog post.Gibson worked on the...
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Marissa Mayer's M&A Strategy, And The Two Companies She Is Closest To...
Yahoo is deep in the process of looking at ad tech companies to acquire. We spoke with two sources familiar with the situation, and they explained to us what's going on.Here's what we learned.Yahoo's...
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LinkedIn, Groupon, Yelp CEOs Reveal Their Game Plans
What's the future of daily deals, of geo-local data, of social networks?The CEOs of major technology companies LinkedIn, Groupon, and Yelp will speak on these topics and more next week at IGNITION:...
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Well, Now We Know How Much Revenue Foursquare Is Generating, And It's Easy To...
Foursquare has been trying to turn itself into a real business over the past few months with a number of product launches and key new hires.For the first time ever, it's building out an ad-sales team...
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GRANTHAM: We're Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions
Last year, legendary investor Jeremy Grantham of GMO published a treatise on exploding commodity prices.He also offered a startlingly depressing outlook for the future of humanity.Grantham believes the...
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Nice Try, HP (HPQ)
The market has now had a day to chew over the Hewlett-Packard news:The discovery of an alleged accounting fraud that triggered a huge writedown of $9 billion of the $11 billion Autonomy acquisition.And...
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Sorry Microsoft, 6 Year-Olds Don't Want Your Tablet (AAPL, MSFT)
A study by Nielsen revealed that basically every kid in America wants an Apple product. Microsoft products, though? Not so much.Microsoft has a lot of catching up to do, and it's at risk of losing an...
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CHART OF THE DAY: Will Microsoft Lose The Next Generation Of Computer-Buyers?
Apple is going to dominate holiday shopping in the U.S., once again, according to the latest data from Nielsen.As you can see, the iPad is the number one product people want in the next year. That's...
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BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Are Retailers Approaching A Mobile Cliff?
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Mobile Cliff...
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Yahoo Seems To Be Backing Off One Of Its Stupider Ad Placements (YHOO)
Yahoo is placing far fewer ads on a highly-trafficked page—the screen it shows users when they log in to a Yahoo service.That's according to Macquarie Equities Research, which put out a report this...
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Facebook No Longer Wants Your Vote (FB)
Facebook no longer wants its users to vote on the site's policies, reports Reuters.In 2009, Facebook attempted to defuse outrage over changes to its terms of service with a bold plan to have users vote...
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28 Years Later, We Now See That 1984 New York Times Article About Windows Was...
In 1984, the New York Times ran an article slamming the concept of windows-based operating systems.My colleague Nicholas Carlson just pointed it out as an example of why you shouldn't listen to gadget...
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How LinkedIn Chooses What News Stories You See
LinkedIn Today is a social business news product that appears on the very top of your LinkedIn page. This news aggregator brings top business headlines to LinkedIn's 175 million-plus members across 40...
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The Brilliant Pivot That Turned Newscred Into One Of The Hottest Silicon...
Content marketing is one of the biggest new trends for companies. Businesses are bringing customers closer by building their own content, or getting it from elsewhere. One of the biggest new players in...
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10 Must-Have Apps For The Investor On The Road
U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving, and many investors may be traveling – or, in other words, away from their workstations.However, that doesn't mean the rest of the world will be...
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