Ex-Apple iAd exec new Foursquare revenue chief
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Ex-Apple iAd exec new Foursquare revenue chief Location tracking and check-in service Foursquare has hired its first Revenue Chief. Ex-Apple iAd executive Steven Rosenblatt has been hired to fill the newly created position. Foursquare’s former head of business development, Tristan Walker, filled [...]
Sprint Looks to Lure New Customers With iPhone 4S Promotion
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Sprint Looks to Lure New Customers With iPhone 4S Promotion If you’re looking to leave Verizon after the carrier’s recent suggestion of limiting existing unlimited data plans, Sprint would be happy to have you, and even has an enticing offer to make you switch.For a limited time, customers can [...]
Facebook Is Worth More Than McDonald’s and 4 Other Giant Brands
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Facebook Is Worth More Than McDonald’s and 4 Other Giant Brands Facebook closed its first day of public trading valued at $105.19 billion, making it worth almost exactly as much as PepsiCo, which is valued at $106.5 billion.At more than $100 billion, Facebook doesn’t quite make it into the leagues [...]
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 18, 2012
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 18, 2012 Happy Friday, everyone! We’re wrapping up yet another work week, so let’s take a look at all the stories that made news as we head into the weekend. So the biggest thing of course is Facebook’s IPO, and lucky for you we have a very concise Facebook IPO [...]
Nokia sells New York headquarters
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Nokia sells New York headquarters Nokia has sold its New York headquarters, located north of Manhattan in the industrial town of White Plains. Purchased six years ago for $30 milijuna, the struggling Finnish vendor sold the building to biotechnology firm Histogenetics for $12 million. ”It’s a [...]
ARM CEO expects 20 percent of notebook PC market
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ARM CEO expects 20 percent of notebook PC market ARM’s CEO expects computers powered by the company’s processors to hold 10 to 20 percent of the notebook PC market by 2015. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal, Warren East said (sub. required) he expects that ARM will have a bigger impact on the [...]
Should I Buy Facebook Stock’ (Comic)
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC Collection 2 Gets Video Presentation
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC Collection 2 Gets Video Presentation Activision has just presented the first video for the upcoming Content Collection #2 DLC, which will appear next week for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 owners on the Xbox 360.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 amazed millions [...]
Kiss Aero goodbye: Latest Windows 8 build reveals minimalistic desktop UI
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Kiss Aero goodbye: Latest Windows 8 build reveals minimalistic desktop UI It’s safe to say that anticipation is high for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, which will become available in the first week of June. While we’re still curious to see if Microsoft can better integrate the desktop [...]
ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds)
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ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds) At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola’s mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft’s IP. Sada, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an [...]