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Another Bogus Statistic From Amazon (AMZN, GOOG)
Amazon announced yesterday that app downloads in its own Android app store are up 500% over last year. As is the norm for Amazon announcements, we have no idea what that really means. Amazon never...
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Apple Launches The iPad Mini In China, No One Shows Up For The Launch (AAPL)
Apple launched the iPad Mini in China on Friday.Unlike other big Apple product launches, there wasn't a frenzy at Apple stores, Michael Kan of IDG reports. He says, "early turnout for the device was...
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Almost Every Tech Company Wants To Build Wild Devices That Will Spy On You...
Google TV, Microsoft; Comcast, and now Verizon have all submitted patent applications to create televisions and DVRs that will watch you as you watch TV. Earlier this month, news came out that Verizon...
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BII REPORT: The Race To Be The Third Mobile Platform
Android and iOS account for almost 90 percent of the global smartphone market. They control a similar share of the U.S. smartphone market, the world's largest by revenue.For now there's no certainty...
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Here's Why, Despite The HP Disaster, Meg Whitman Is Not An Awful CEO (EBAY)
Despite HP being a huge mess right now, and her losing campaign for California governor, Meg Whitman is not as ineffective of an executive as you might think.So argues Marc Bodnik, Silicon Valley...
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GOLDMAN: Here's Why Google Is 'Challenged' In Mobile (GOOG)
Google appears to have a very strong mobile business. It dominates mobile search. The Android operating system has 75% of the smartphone market.Yet, Goldman, in an 80-page report on the state of the...
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The FCC Is Trying To End The Silly Gadget Ban On Airplanes
The FCC wants the FAA to consider allowing airplane passengers more leeway in the devices they're allowed to use during flights, according to a letter by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski obtained by The...
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How Much It Would Cost Google To Become A National Cable Company Like Comcast...
Google is running an experiment in Kansas City called, "Google Fiber."It wired up the town with high-speed internet and cable television.Two analysts from BTIG went to Kansas City to get it out and had...
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An Inside Look At How The Huffington Post Runs Its 24/7 News Machine (AOL)
The Huffington Post launched a streaming-video news network called HuffPost Live on August 13.Since then, a team of reporters, producers, and on-air anchors have been broadcasting news and...
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The 18 Defining Moments Of New York Tech In 2012
It's been a crazy year for the New York tech scene.We saw the Draw Something craze take over the world, startups get acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars, and entire offices get shut down in...
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Just How Focused Is Tim Cook? (AAPL)
By our count, Tim Cook has made eight big public speaking appearances to talk about Apple's business* since he became CEO:The All Things D's conferenceRock Center with Brian WilliamsA...
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Here's How Parents And Kids Interact On Facebook
Facebook started off as a place to connect with college friends, then evolved to let you connect with essentially anyone in the world—including family.We all know what that means: Life has never been...
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Google Is One Vote Away From Being Slammed With A Massive Anti-Trust Suit By...
The Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to bring up a "historic" antitrust suit against Google Inc. according to The Hill.In order to approve legal action, three of the five FTC...
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These Social Currency Wheels Show Why Everyone Loves Samsung And Forgot About...
In a new report, strategic consulting firm Vivaldi Partners takes a detailed look at what they call "social currency:" how brands can use social media to drive results, rather than as just another...
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The Lawyer Who Handled Yahoo's Giant $2.7 Billion Lawsuit In Mexico Is Gone...
We're doing a lot of reporting on the $2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo in a lawsuit filed by a former partner on a yellow-pages project, Worldwide Directories, last week.For example, we just tried...
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Best Buy Sends Customers 5 iPads By Mistake, Says To Keep Them Anyway
Best Buy is playing the good guy this holiday season.A Best Buy customer ordered an iPad and was shocked when a box filled with five of them showed up at her door.She reached out to the Consumerist for...
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BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Holiday Shoppers Are On The Recline
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.Online...
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CHART OF THE DAY: The Collapse Of Microsoft's Monopoly (AAPL, MSFT, GOOG)
As recently as eight years ago, Microsoft had a monopoly on the internet connected computers of the world. Today, not so much.This chart comes from Goldman Sachs, and it shows Microsoft losing its...
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Groupon Soars Thanks To A Rumor Google Might Buy It (GRPN, GOOG)
Groupon's stock was up 23% today.Bloomberg is reporting there's speculation that Google might take over Groupon.Two years ago, Google wanted to buy Groupon for $6 billion, but was rejected. Today, the...
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Someone Ordered The $3.99 Giftwrap On Amazon And This Is What He Got
Amazon has a gift-wrapping option for the holidays. For $3.99, the retailer will do it for you. But one customer's giftwrapped merchandise left a lot to be desired. "My brother got the $3.99 gift wrap...
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