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WhatsApp Browser Messaging Will Not Run On iOS
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 4:33pm | 141Read More...Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp platform announced a browser-based version of its messaging service on Wednesday. The release was not made available, however, to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iOS users. On its blog, WhatsApp stated, “Unfortunately for now, we will not be able to...
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Twitter Introduces New Mobile App Platform
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 2:20pm | 182Read More...According to Gigaom, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) introduced its first platform for mobile app developers, called Fabric, at its first developer conference on Wednesday. Fabric has three components with Twitter Kit being "the real carrot in the Fabric arsenal," according to Gigaom...
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3 Of Ashton Kutcher's Most Successful Investments
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 3:56pm | 761Read More...Well-known Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher is also a very successful technology investor. Thought at first to be merely a “dabbler,” Kutcher finally convinced Wall Street that he was serious. Since Kutcher’s involvement in a company or project inspires others to join...
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Internet Companies Investing in Clean Energy for Their Own Power Supplies
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 3:11pm | 648Read More...Some excellent journalism by Katie Fehrenbacher at the tech web site Gigaom is shedding new light on how internet companies – and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in particular – are aggressively moving into the business of generating their own power supplies. Fehrenbacker took a road trip around North...
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New Netflix App Receives Mixed Reviews Across The Web
Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 4:32pm | 1146Read More...What do consumers think of the new Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) app for TVs and TV-connected devices? Thus far, the reaction seems to be fairly mixed. Netflix developed the new app to bring a universal menu experience to all of its users. Now when they turn on an Xbox 360, for example, they will see...
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Apple Recalls MacBook Air Just Before Unveiling New MacBook Pro
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 12:24pm | 561Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has recalled the 64GB and 128GB iterations of last year's MacBook Air. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant made the announcement on Apple.com (via GigaOM). Apple issued the recall for MacBook Air units that were purchased between June 2012 and June 2013, warning that...
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Google's Second-Gen Nexus 7 May Be Limited To 3.5 Million Units (GOOG)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 12:17pm | 538Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was expected ship as many as eight million units of the second-generation Nexus 7 in 2013. A new report by DigiTimes indicated that may not be the case. According to the Taiwan-based supply chain publication, global shipments are estimated to come in at 3.5 million units --...
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Boston University Wants a Piece of Apple's Pie
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 1:04pm | 417Read More...In 2012, Proview sued Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the use of the "iPad" trademark. Proview, a Chinese company, announced that it had obtained legal ownership of the iPad name before Apple. Apple had paid to purchase the trademark before, but a Chinese court sided with Proview, which claimed that it...
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Is Facebook Secretly Cloning the iPhone 5?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 11:59am | 507Read More...The fifth iPhone is only a few months away from release. But it seems as if Facebook is attempting to one-up Apple with an iPhone-like device of its own. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) had hired more than six "former Apple software and hardware engineers...
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Microsoft Also Was In Talks to Buy Motorola Mobility Holdings - GigaOM
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 3:42pm | 86Read More...Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) was in takeover talks with several companies, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), according to GigaOM. Microsoft wanted Motorola's patent portfolio to enable it to target Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system. It was Microsoft's involvement that lead to...
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Fred Wilson: "Kickstarter May be the Most Disruptive and Transformative Idea in our Entire Portfolio"
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 12:06pm | 113Read More...New York-based venture capitalist and finance blogger Fred Wilson has high praise for Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. “@om i think @kickstarter may be the most disruptive and transformative idea in our entire portfolio,” he tweeted this morning. “and there'...
