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Kodak to Exit Digital Cameras
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Eastman Kodak said it plans to stop supplying digital cameras and pocket video cameras as it focuses its consumer business on photo printing....
Why Google Fiber Doesn't Scare Your ISP
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Kansas City is about to experience the Internet as it should be. If you're in the right neighborhood, you could be enjoying downloads speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second when Google's pilot project lights up in Kansas and Missouri this September. You might think the Google initiative will...
Autodesk CEO explains why he decided to buy social video startup Socialcam
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Autodesk’s unlikely $60 million acquisition of mobile video startup Socialcam raised some eyebrows for its unexpected mix, but the move is a complementary one that the software maker is making to capitalise on the potential of video as a communications medium, CEO Carl Bass says. Speaking to Bloomberg’s Emily Chang,...
Mobile Incubator Tandem Raises $32M Fund From Verifone CEO, Playdom Founder & More
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Tandem Capital, which claims to be Silicon Valley’s first startup accelerator to focus exclusively on early-stage mobile businesses, is announcing today that it has raised $32 million for its second fund, Tandem Fund II. The capital comes from a host of executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations, including notable industry veterans (and...
YC startup SendHub secures $2M for serious SMS (exclusive)
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SMS messages sent for practical, group communication rather than just LOLs is serious enough business that investors have handed SendHub a $2 million check. Recent Y Combinator graduate SendHub, which bills itself as SMS for organizations, is in the business of replacing the email blast with an SMS message and aims...
Dell Goes on Ultrabook Diet With Slimmed-Down Laptop
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As 2012 rolls on, consumers shopping for a PC will be seeing more of the thin, light, quick-starting Windows laptops called ultrabooks. Big names like Lenovo and Toshiba already have entered this new category, and on Tuesday, Dell will introduce its first ultrabook, the XPS 13, starting at $999. Dell...
Acer reportedly suing former CEO Gianfranco Lanci for breaching his noncompete
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It looks like former Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci's new position with Lenovo has landed him in a spot of legal trouble — Acer is reportedly suing Lanci for breaching his non-compete clause. Lanci left Acer in March of 2011 after several quarters of poor performance and a disagreement with...
Pay With Square, And You Hardly Have to Interact At All
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Square updated its "pay by saying your name" app Card Case, simply renaming it Pay With Square. What's more interesting is the photo feature: If a customer turns on the auto-open tab, which shows location, merchants will be able to see how close the customer is before they even step...
Huawei pushes Ascend D quad production back to August due to chip problems
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The Ascend D quad, Huawei's answer to quad-core smartphones such as HTC's One X and LG's Optimus 4X HD, will not start production until at least August, according to comments from the chief of the company's consumer business group. Posting on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo yesterday, Yu Chengdong...
Shutterfly To Buy Kodak’s Online Photo Sharing Platform For $23.8M
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After filing for bankruptcy, Kodak is announcing that it will be selling off parts of its online photo services business Kodak Gallery for $23.8 million. The buyer? Online photo sharing platform Shutterfly. Basically, the terms of the agreement include the transfer of all Gallery customer accounts and images in the...
Teen Writing Site Figment Buys Rival, HarperCollins' Inkpop
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Figment, a teen writing site launched by two Condé Nast vets in December 2010, is buying a competitor: HarperCollins’ Inkpop. HarperCollins officially launched in January 2010, saying it “represents the next step in the company’s overall digital strategy designed to build and expand its direct-to-consumer business. Inkpop will be...
Huawei Ascend D Quad delayed until August
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Production of Huawei’s flagship Ascend D Quad smartphone has been delayed due to issues surrounding the handset’s processor. According to the company’s Consumer Business Group boss Yu Chengdong, Huawei’s in-house quad-core chipset “has encountered some technical problems which caused the delays in production.” The Chinese manufacturer is “working hard...
Apple swats away Android rivals in Q2 as iPad domination grows
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Apple’s (AAPL) massive lead in the tablet market grew in the second quarter as the sleek third-generation iPad and less expensive iPad 2 combined to take back a small chunk of market share that Android tablets had previously stolen. Market research firm Strategy Analytics on Wednesday issued a new...
RIM won't save itself by withdrawing from consumer markets
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There's a Canadian mobile phone executive who is probably humming a happy tune right now and has a little extra spring in his step this morning. However he doesn't work for Research In Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry maker which last night announced a $125m quarterly loss as it saw revenues...
Hollywood agency ICM revamps digital unit, focuses on start-ups
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After restructuring itself as a partnership just two weeks ago, Hollywood talent agency ICM made re-creating its digital operation its top priority Monday, announcing the hire of Warner Bros. executive Keyvan Peymani. Heading what the firm has re-christened as its digital strategy division, Peymani will replace George Ruiz as International Creative...
14 tips for making the most of the tablet for your business
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Tablets are going to replace computers — or so we’re told. Despite divided opinions over tablet use in corporations, they’re coming… fast. While the screen of a smartphone may be too small for books, documents and articles, tablets bring the best features of a full-size computer to our fingertips. Free...
Oh No, Aereo! A Competitor Emerges?
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The Contender This is just what Aereo needs, in addition to their legal hurdles: A competitor that’s already lined its licensing ducks all up in a row, nice and neat. Here's the deal: A $12/month Aereo subscription buys you access to a remote antenna, which replaces old-fashioned rabbit ears....
Dude, You’re Getting An Enterprise Solution Based On Best-Of-Breed Dell Technology!
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Barring a change of heart or a wild, consumer-driven financial upturn, it looks as if Dell is out of the consumer PC business and is turning its Sauron-like eye towards the enterprise – the one place where people upgrade their PCs at least once a year. According to PCPro, Dell...
YES! Congress isn’t killing white spaces broadband before it’s born
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Congress has reached a compromise on key wireless spectrum issues that had the potential to put the kibosh on innovation and competition when it came to both mobile broadband and unlicensed spectrum. The House and Senate had proposed language in a bill that interfered with the FCC’s ability to set...
Smart TVs cause a net neutrality debate in S. Korea
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Will devices be the next victim in the net neutrality debate?Remember that whole network neutrality fight in the U.S. from 2009 and 2010? Well back then the issue was over applications hogging precious bandwidth, and ISPs hoping to charge the likes of Google, Netflix and others for the increasing traffic...
It's Time for an Internal Memo: Dibble Takes Over All Tech at Yahoo
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Even though he is interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn just made a significant change in Yahoo’s tech organization, putting David Dibble in charge of both central technology and core platforms. Previously, Dibble had been running technology and operations. The move puts everything from Yahoo’s vast databases to its infrastructure that...
Dell: PCs? Those Old Things? We're All About the Enterprise Now!
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Having once helmed the world’s largest maker of personal computers, Michael Dell says the company that bears his name should no longer be known primarily for PCs. In an interview with CNBC (embedded below) Dell described the company as an “end-to-end solutions provider,” and not so much a PC company....
Ecommerce for Technology Vendors: Maximizing Your Online Channel
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This post is a recap of yesterday’s webinar Ecommerce for Technology Vendors: Maximizing Your Online Channel. The replay will be available shortly at www.elasticpath.com/software/. The webinar is the first in a series of software and technology related topics based on the top issues we have found working with and speaking...
Sify Q3FY12: Consumer Business Revenues Down 21% YoY; Enterprise Up 5%
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Sify Technologies, the NASDAQ listed Indian Internet and IT firm, reported total revenues of Rs 180.5 crore for the quarter ended December 31st 2011, an year on year growth of 4%. The company’s EBITDA was at Rs 13.6 crore in contrast with Rs 9.3 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous...
Skype Will Launch Group Video Chat and Updated Calling Plans
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Everyone’s favorite Internet calling service Skype will be conducting a public beta test for a new group video chat function. This will allow up to five people participate in a video call at the same time. While this isn’t something that’s never been done before, it will definitely be awesome...
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