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Netflix Takes the Shine Off YouTube and Hulu
A Nielsen report revealing the current trends in the TV and film industry shows that Netflix is the top player in the online video domain. The time spent per viewer on its streaming website…
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Tablets Galore at Mobile World Congress: Samsung, LG, Motorola and More
Tablets, tablets, everywhere! At the Unpacked event of the Mobile World Congress, taking place in Barcelona, Samsung introduced to visitors its Galaxy Tab 10.1, running on Android 3.0. The second-gen device is larger in…
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An Apple For Everybody: Mobile World Congress 2011
Apple is expected, by the mid of 2011 to release a smaller version of the current iPhone, about half of the size, and at half of the price, of the current device, according to…
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MySpace Couldn’t Leverage its Big Data. Is there a Chance in Social Gaming?
Update: A MySpace representative contacted us with a note insisting the MocoSpace acquisition interest is mere press hype on the gaming network’s part, saying its “unlikely they have the money.” However, social gaming has…
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Selfish Servers, Bad Idea: Bret Taylor, Facebook CTO
The implications of cloud management can be very demanding, in terms of costs and as well as comfort. Even Facebook CTO Bret Taylor admits that having bought servers was not a wise idea for…
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Big [Social] Data at the Heart of Facebook, Google War
Facebook’s got a new policy in place, listing 40 approved ad providers for developers to use on its network. Beginning later this month, the list of some 40 allowed networks will define the manner of…
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Rackspace Acquires Anso Labs, Takes More Shares of the Market
Rackspace has acquired Anso Labs, a cloud consulting and services provider and NASA collaborator, under undisclosed terms. One of the main reasons for finalizing the transaction is to create a bunch of inter-operable cloud…
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Yahoo Too Hopes Content Will Revive Revenues, Announces eNewsstand
Yahoo revealed its plans to launching the ‘Livestand from Yahoo’ in the next couple of months, a digital newsstand for tablets running at first on iOS and Android. Blake Irving, the company’s chief product…
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Twitter Receives High Valuation, and an Image Boost
Twitter is now the center of attention in the business market as discussions with at least some potential suitors have produced an estimated valuation of $8 billion to $10 billion. In December 2010 Twitter…
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HP’s Touchpad, A Genuine iPad Competitor?
Finally, the 9.7-inch TouchPad was launched today by Hewlett-Packard within the WebOS event in San Francisco. The new device will run on WebOS, acquired by HP along with Palm in a $1.2 billion deal…