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Microsoft and Google are building a YouTube app for Windows Phone that serves ads, due ‘in the coming weeks’

May 24, 2013
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Microsoft and Google are building a YouTube app for Windows Phone that serves ads, due ‘in the coming weeks’

Microsoft and Google have apparently put their differences aside and are building a compliant YouTube app together for Windows Phone. The app will serve ads and will be out likely next month.

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Google reportedly in talks with South Africa and Kenya regulators to build wireless networks on TV airwaves

May 24, 2013
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Google reportedly in talks with South Africa and Kenya regulators to build wireless networks on TV airwaves

Google is reportedly working on a way to connect more people around the world to the Internet, specifically those in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the search engine company is looking to build wireless networks in emerging networks through TV airwaves, making it possible to connect where wired…

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Sony newspaper ad reveals the PlayStation 4 will launch in the UK by the end of 2013

May 24, 2013
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Sony newspaper ad reveals the PlayStation 4 will launch in the UK by the end of 2013

Sony’s next generation video game console, the PlayStation 4, will arrive in the United Kingdom before the year’s end, an advert published today in the Metro newspaper has revealed. The company said it was aiming for a ‘holiday 2013’ launch window when it officially unveiled the system at a New York press conference back in…

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DISH secures $9B in financing to purchase Sprint as SoftBank deal clears state regulatory reviews

May 23, 2013
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DISH secures $9B in financing to purchase Sprint as SoftBank deal clears state regulatory reviews

DISH Network has secured $9 billion in “committed financing” as part of its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint. The company hopes it will help persuade the telecommunication company to rethink selling 70 percent of itself to Japanese corporation SoftBank. The announcement comes quickly following SoftBank and Sprint completing the US state regulatory review process for a…

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Facebook opens up on platform growth, ads, and Parse, reveals 1B stories are being shared daily

May 23, 2013
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Facebook opens up on platform growth, ads, and Parse, reveals 1B stories are being shared daily

Six years ago, Facebook unveiled its Platform service to allow third-party developers to integrate its social graph into their apps. Today, the company has revealed its enormous growth: 550 million people are having social experiences each month and more than 1 billion stories are being shared daily. It also shared insights into Platform’s future and…

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Google Maps’ Street View to get panoramic images from the Galapagos Islands

May 23, 2013
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Google Maps’ Street View to get panoramic images from the Galapagos Islands

Anyone with even the remotest interest in the natural world will know all about the Galapagos Islands – they played a pivotal part in Darwin’s theory of evolution. With that in mind, Google is now bringing panoramic images of the Galapagos Island to Street View, via a partnership with Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and the…

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Online fashion store JustFab buys European e-commerce club The Fab Shoes

May 23, 2013
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Online fashion store JustFab buys European e-commerce club The Fab Shoes

Los Angeles-based fashion commerce company JustFab (formerly known as JustFabulous) is expanding its operations in Europe by acquiring membership-based shoe shopping site The Fab Shoes. Launched in early 2012, The Fab Shoes is essentially a members-only fashion sales club that targets women interested in buying affordable but trendy shoes and accessories by personalizing style recommendations.…

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Shazam’s iPad app now features background auto-tagging, and maps to view most-tagged songs by region

May 23, 2013
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Shazam’s iPad app now features background auto-tagging, and maps to view most-tagged songs by region

Shazam, the music discovery and tagging service, has rolled out a major new update to its iOS app, introducing a single universal app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as a slew of other new features specifically for the tablet version. Shazam has become one of the most well-known music-tagging apps, letting users…

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Chinese city Shenzhen puts a stop to taxi-finding smartphone apps, citing lack of standards

May 23, 2013
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Chinese city Shenzhen puts a stop to taxi-finding smartphone apps, citing lack of standards

Finding a taxi via a smartphone app may be highly convenient, but authorities in the Chinese city of Shenzhen are cracking down on such services, which it accuses of lacking standards and breaching regulations. According to a report on Sina Tech (via Tech in Asia), an internal memo issued by the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality demands…

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Hewlett-Packard misses street on low PC sales with Q2 revenue of $27.6B and $0.87 EPS

May 22, 2013
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Hewlett-Packard misses street on low PC sales with Q2 revenue of $27.6B and $0.87 EPS

Today Hewlett-Packard reported its second quarter financial performance for the 2013 fiscal year, including revenue of $27.58 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.87. Analysts had predicted that HP would earn $0.81 per share on revenue of $28 billion. In short, HP missed expectations slightly in terms of revenue, but the market has yet to penalize…

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