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Internet set to overtake TV as most complained-about ad medium
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Advertising Standards Authority sees surge of nearly 300% in consumer complaints over digital campaignsThe internet is on the brink of overtaking television as the most complained-about advertising medium in the UK, with the ad regulator recording a surge of almost 300% in the number of consumers registering concerns over digital...
Microsoft said to be planning billion-dollar acquisition of enterprise social network Yammer
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In seeking to bolster its social credentials, Microsoft is reportedly on the brink of acquiring online networking company Yammer — in a deal potentially worth over $1 billion. Yammer is used primarily as a tool for group communication and collaboration within companies and started off life looking very much...
Japan’s top social network Mixi is reportedly set for new ownership
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Japan’s ground breaking social network Mixi is reportedly set to be sold with its founder looking to offload his 55 percent majority stake in the company, according to tech blog Asiajin. Japanese business site Nikkei reports that Mixi founder and CEO Kenji Kasahara is ready to call time on the site that...
A single share of Apple stock now costs more than an iPad
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The “Apple is worth more than” meme has gotten plenty of play over the past year, but a new measure of Apple’s success emerged on Monday that is as simple as it is monumental: a single share of Apple stock now costs more than an iPad. As of the open...
LightSquared founder Philip Falcone to step down 'eventually', attempts to dodge the bankruptcy bullet
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In an effort keep the troubled LightSquared from the brink of defaulting on its debt, its founder will step down from the company. While it doesn't look immediate, (people "familiar with the negotiations" are using the word "eventually") it's Philip Falcone's latest attempt to extend a debt-term violation that...
LightSquared founder Philip Falcone to step down 'eventually', attempts to dodge the bankruptcy bullet
The Web 2.0 Summit, Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle’s Tech-Palooza, Is On Indefinite “Hiatus”
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The Web 2.0 Summit, the annual event jointly put on by UBM TechWeb and O’Reilly Media, will not be taking place this year. The conference, which has grown since its inception in 2004 to be one of the buzziest and busiest events for the web and new media upper crust,...
'Minecraft' creator Notch names next project '0x10c', promises 'hard sci-fi' gaming
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"It's now the year 281 474 976 712 644 AD, and the first lost people are starting to wake up to a universe on the brink of extinction, with all remote galaxies forever lost to red shift, star formation long since ended, and massive black holes dominating the galaxy."...
Panasonic gifts NTT DoCoMo with Eluga V, Eluga Power smartphones and Eluga Live tablet
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Among the slew of new Android 4.0 devices unveiled by Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo today were a trio from Panasonic, including the Eluga Power phone we'd seen before and a few new entries in the Eluga V phone and Eluga Live tablet. We've already gotten our mitts all over...
This app will help you find out your pet’s inner thoughts
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If you’re a dog or cat lover, then you’ve probably wondered what they’re thinking about when they do the goofy things that they do. I People I know like to have one-sided conversations with their pets, but what if the conversation could go both ways? A fun app called Cross...
The future of the $200 tablet
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The low-end, under-$200 tablet market is on the brink of a transformation -- and that means you'll soon be able to get a lot more value for a lot less money....
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: ACTA struggles to pass in Europe
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is intended to prevent the flow of counterfeit and pirated goods between nations. The treaty was first signed in Tokyo on October 1, 2011 by the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, and Morocco, before 22 of the 27 EU...
On The Future of The Web 2 Summit
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By around this time of year, most of you are used to hearing about this year’s Web 2 Summit theme, its initial lineup of speakers, and any other related goings on, like our annual VIP dinners or perhaps some crazy map I’ve dreamt up. It’s become a familiar ritual in...
NFC Cometh? 1M Android NFC Devices Shipping Each Week, And Prototypes Show iPhone 5 Is Next
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Google I/O is in full swing, and news has been pouring out at a fairly steady pace: Tony Stark Sergey finally demoed Google Glass, Google Drive passed 10 million users and is available on iOS, and we all got a look at Jelly Bean — to name a few. Yet,...
Can Nokia Beat The iPhone And iPad? (Don't Laugh, It's Trying)
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Nokia has plans to refresh its future that start with Windows Phone 7 devices, then move on to a tablet and ultimately aim at an iPhone killer ... all while still selling cheap phones en masse. Can it possibly work?Nokia has big plans to come back from the brink.Chances are...
Are We On The Brink Of The Great Social Media Bubble?
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On his Brand Builder blog, Olivier Blanchard is using an essay of complex formulas to ask how to calculate the value of an individual Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest follower. Branding expert Rob Frankel has a succinct and simple - albeit unpopular - answer: not much. Sponsor "I'm still waiting for...
Tech is the New Wall Street
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Bloomberg Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg For years, America’s most talented and highly educated college graduates headed to Wall Street in search of derivatives-funded riches. But ever since the crash of 2008, more and more Ivy League educated young people see themselves as the next Mark Zuckerberg rather than the...
Apple could screw over iPhone repair shops with insane new screw design
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People who think Apple (AAPL) products are difficult to repair now haven’t seen anything yet. A Reddit user named “thrownawayyesok” has posted a picture of dubious veracity showing that Apple is purportedly redesigning its screws to have asymmetric heads that might drive any third-party iPhone repairers to the brink of...
The Future of the $200 Tablet
www.pcworld.com
The low-end, under-$200 tablet market is on the brink of a transformation -- and that means you'll soon be able to get a lot more value for a lot less money....
[Video] Thinking Cities
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Ericsson's Networked Society Program has produced a second documentary, which is available for viewing by ReadWriteWeb readers a day before it is released publicly. The documentary series and program are attempts by the Swedish telecom company to investigate larger ideas, ones that affect how technology is created and used. Here's...
New BlackBerry 10 developer smartphones set for May debut
www.zdnet.com
Research in Motion is set to debut BlackBerry 10 running smartphones at its upcoming May conference, in a move the company hopes could bring back the brand from the brink....
A 'Star' Facebook Sales VP Just Bolted For Pinterest (FB)
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Facebook's vice president of online operations, Don Faul, has quit the company for a job at Pinterest, a Pinterest PR rep confirms. Faul was one of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's first hires. He quickly became one of her "stars," according to one source who used to work with him. He's leaving...
How Citi learned to love the iPad
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Olof Schybergson’s Fjord was an unlikely candidate to reshape the way tablet-based banking works. But, its success with Citi and rapid growth may do just that. By Reena Jana, contributor FORTUNE — Olof Schybergson, the founder and CEO of Fjord, a digital design agency that counts Citi, Foursquare, and Flickr...
Watch These LinkedIn Interns Set The World On Fire (LNKD)
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You'll just have to forgive LinkedIn workers for feeling super, super stoked about working at the professional social network right now--especially the youngest, newest ones. Check out these charming and talented LinkedIn interns doing a riff on Fun's "We Are Young," full of nerdy programmer jokes (GitHub repos, anyone?) and...
On The Brink Of Irrelevance, Sony Rolls Out A Pathetic Lineup Of Future Products (SNE)
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Sony's stock is at a 25 year low, after posting loss after loss after loss. It has lost its mojo as Apple, Microsoft, and Google defined the future of consumer electronics. Things are bleak, to say the least. So, we were curious to see what Sony would do to fix...
Afghanistan project aims to keep the art of the wooden camera alive
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While many of us like to ogle expensive, high-tech cameras, in Afghanistan some photographers still prefer to stick to a wooden instant camera called a kamra-e-faoree. According to the Afghan Box Camera Project, the cameras were actually banned in the country at one point, and as the art form...
So who got hosed when Facebook bought Lightbox?
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When London-based photo app developer Lightbox announced on Tuesday that its team was joining Facebook, you could almost hear the champagne corks popping. Becoming part of the social web’s most powerful company? Being moved out to Palo Alto? Joining a company on the brink of a huge IPO? No wonder...
Japanese Game Maker Gree Eyes More Deals As Zynga Looms
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Japan-based mobile game maker Gree Inc. isn’t well known in the U.S., but it could soon be head to head with Zynga Inc. in the market for smartphone-based games. One of Funzio’s most popular mobile games, Crime City. Gree is big in Japan, and Zynga is big on the desktop....
NASA on 'brink of a new future' with SpaceX launch
www.computerworld.com
The nation's space efforts entered a new chapter today with the launch of the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station....
GameStop Mobile will not be an MVNO; company still testing sales of prepaid SIMs from other carriers
www.engadget.com
In a recent interview with us, GameStop CEO Paul Rainer confirmed that GameStop Mobile -- an entity that appeared to be on the brink of selling prepaid GSM SIM cards to GameStop patrons -- is nothing more than "a mockup." If you'll recall, an entire website launched back in...
GameStop Mobile will not be an MVNO; company still testing sales of prepaid SIMs from other carriers
Today's Market Is Impressive, And Apple Is Blowing The Doors Off
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There are a lot of concerning headlines out there: More Facebook tankage. Greece getting closer to the brink. JPMorgan suspending its buybacks. And yet! The market is rallying nicely. The S&P is up just under 1%, and the NASDAQ is up over 1%. And Apple (which has really been a...
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