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ICANN domain applications revealed
Like UnlikeAnyone wondering what wild-and-crazy domain strings companies and organizations have been applying for lately can now go check out the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ most recent list of applied-for strings. It seems that multiple companies have applied for the .app domain while Google, Amazon, Cisco and Apple have all applied for .google, .amazon, .cisco and .apple, respectively. Google in particular went absolutely cuckoo for domain applications as Engadget counted a whopping 101 domain applications filed by the world’s top search engine, including applications for .youtube, .docs and even .lol. And yes, for those wondering, ICM Registry PN LLC was the company that app...
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HTC to go ahead with S3 Graphics acquisition
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HTC announced today that they acquired S3 Graphics; HTC was on the verge of acquiring them for $300 million in the middle of last year, but the deal seemed to fall through after an ITC ruling called into question the strategic value of S3’s patent portfolio. The acquisition was generally seen as an attempt to bolster HTC’s patent portfolio against Apple; S3 Graphics has extensive experience with GPU processing and visualization, and holds more than 200 patents in that field, and had been in the process of asserting some of those patents against Apple when HTC moved to acquire S3.
Had the lawsuit ended favorably for S3 Graphics, HTC would have found themselves in a much better legal position,...
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You Won't Believe How Dumb These iOS 6 Maps Mistakes Are
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When you're ironing out a whole new mapping platform, like Apple is, some small details are sure to slip through the cracks. Names of streets, wrong turns, confusing oceans and deserts thousands of miles apart, the spellings of some small to... Hold it.
Yep. Apple's new Maps app confuses Greenland for the Indian Ocean, the Indian Ocean for the Arctic Ocean, the middle of Africa for the North Pacific, and the southern ocean for the North Atlantic. Which, you know, not minor details. They'll be ironed out shortly, no doubt, but those are delightfully idiotic mistakes to have gone live, especially considering some of the small details Apple has in there. Let us know if you spot any others!
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Skype for Windows introduces ads during one-on-one audio calls
Like UnlikeSkype has announced a new feature called Conversation Ads, which displays advertisements inside of the app window during one-on-one audio calls. The ads will only appear for users who don't have a subscription or Skype credit, and, at least for now, Conversation Ads have only been announced for the Windows version of Skype. The company says that the ads will be "silent" and "non-expanding" and, unsurprisingly, Skype is attempting to spin the news as a positive for users, saying that the ads "could spark additional topics of conversation that are relevant to Skype users and highlight unique and local brand experiences." In order to be more targeted, the ads "may use" personal details such as ...
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Google dismissed from location tracking lawsuit, but Apple must defend itself
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Google and a handful of other defendants in a mobile location data tracking lawsuit in California have been dismissed from the case. However, the court has ruled that Apple must defend itself from certain alleged consumer rights violations in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit is the product of last year's news that Apple and others were tracking the location of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad customers and storing the data without consent. The discovery led to an uproar from users and privacy advocates. It prompted Apple to alter its software so it no longer stored the data. Apple also started asking users for permission before it could access a device's location.
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New 'Apple-neutral' Samsung Galaxy S III commercial airs
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Samsung and Apple have been going at it for seemingly an eternity. Both rip each other in the press, courtroom, and commercials – especially in Samsung’s case. The Korean based manufacturer is notorious for producing ads that take shots at Apple. This known fact tends to irk many technology fans, because the company should be spending its money and time illustrating to folks why its products are better.
This time around, Samsung has chosen a different path. The company’s Galaxy S III commercial focuses on its new tagline: “Designed for Humans.” Ironically, Apple finds this slogan in their words “Too narrow.”
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Twitter gets personal with Tailored Trends
Like UnlikeTwitter has updated its trending topics algorithm to give users a personalised list of subjects people are talking about.
Rather than being based solely on location (eg London, New York, UK, USA, Worldwide etc), the new trends will show you emerging topics "that matter more to you".
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C Spire joins the Samsung Galaxy S III craze, too
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Aside from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon – regional carrier C Spire will also launch the hot-new Samsung Galaxy S III, offering it on its “personalized 4G LTE network,” which also happen to be the only such network in the States. Whatever…
Exact pricing and retail availability are still unknown and will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
C Spire will initially launch 4G LTE services in 20 Mississippi markets beginning in September, covering 2,700 square miles and a population of 1.2 million. In other words, that’s four out of every 10 consumers and businesses in Mississippi with wireless data speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. The full list of cities that will get the co...
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Researchers find 'missing link' between Flame and Stuxnet malware
Like UnlikeWhen cybersecurity experts at Russia's Kaspersky Lab first uncovered Flame, the computer espionage worm infecting thousands of systems throughout the Middle East, they claimed that it "has no major similarities with Stuxnet," the reportedly US / Israeli-developed cyberweapon that began targeting Iranian nuclear facilities in 2009. But in examining an earlier version of Stuxnet, the lab's researchers now find that they were wrong: a previously overlooked module within the virus is now providing the "missing link" between the two pieces of malware.
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Sony outs Xperia Ion HSPA for poor 4G-lacking citizens
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Sony Mobile casually dropped onto its website that in addition to the expected Xperia Ion flagship, it's also releasing an Xperia Ion HSPA. The handset's only readily apparent feature is its reduced modem, and in every other way looks to match its 4G-enabled brother, with a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 12-megapixel camera and Gingerbread. Whilst its designed to consume the same AT&T friendly frequencies, this one's destined for a rest-of-the-world arrival to sate the lust of global Sony fans in countries where they do everything a little slower.
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Judge says launch of Samsung Galaxy S III will proceed on June 21st
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Apple has tried hard to throw a wrench into the upcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III in the States. Already proclaimed the fastest selling gadget of all time with 9 million units pre-sold not including the U.S. and Canada, the Cupertino based firm has had its top legal minds ready to toss in any motion at the eleventh hour, seeking to stop the release of the handset.
Instead, the plan just might have backfired as Judge Lucy Koh said late Monday that Apple's push to get an injunction on the Samsung Galaxy S III would overload her calendar especially since she is presiding over another Apple suit against other Samsung products. And Koh's decision has nothing to do with the merits of the...
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iOS 6 blocks jailbreak, breaks Cydia
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At least one hacker says iPhone fans will have to wait a while before getting an iOS 6 jailbreak. Cult of Mac reports that a member of the iPhone Dev Team says that iOS 6 is a trickier nut to crack than previous editions and that users shouldn’t “expect a jailbreak beta for a while.” Among other things, the Chronic Dev member says that iOS 6 actually breaks Cydia, the application that lets jailbroken iOS devices find and download unauthorized software and applications. The iPhone Dev Team also joined with the Chronic Dev Team and pod2g to jailbreak the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S earlier this year.
UPDATE: TechCrunch notes that iOS 6 has indeed already been jailbroken by iPhone Dev Team member Musc...
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Amazon's Appstore hitting Europe this summer?
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The rumor is that Amazon is planning to bring its Appstore to Europe during this summer. At the moment, the online retailer has dedicated web stores in select European countries, including United Kingdom, Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Spain so it’s fair to argue folks living in those markets will be their primary targets for expansion.
What we get from this is that Kindle Fire may also expand internationally, though that’s just a speculation at present. Selling e-books can be complicated due to local publishers’ rights. However, since the sales of Amazon’s tablet have started falling, it would be a great business decision to pursuit opportunities outside of North America to boost the n...
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Sprint iDEN network shut down by June 30 2013
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Sprint’s 2005 merger with Nextel will likely go down as the textbook example for how telecom mergers can go heinously wrong. The major reason? Sprint’s inability to effectively integrate Nextel’s iDEN network and services into its own CDMA-based network and services. The iDEN network cost Sprint dearly, as the carrier was forced to write off a $29 billion loss from the Nextel acquisition in late 2007 and then saw an astonishing 4 million wireless subscribers flee in 2008. To make matters worse, the iDEN network was clogging up spectrum on the valuable 800MHz band that Sprint could have used to deploy an LTE network. So it must come as no small relief to Sprint that it will finally be able to...
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Internet troll law: UK libel reform outs anonymous trolls
Like UnlikeAnonymous trolls in the United Kingdom may have to think twice before calling someone a “n00b” or “teh sux0r” online. That’s because the U.K. House of Commons this week will start a debate on reforms to British libel law that will provide incentives for Internet Service Providers to reveal the identities of online posters accused of libelous and defamatory speech, The Guardian reports. To be fair, The Guardian says that the plaintiff in the libel cases does have to show that they have “suffered serious harm to their reputations, or are likely to do so, before they can take a defamation case forward,” so the average Internet troll won’t likely be affected.
“As the law stands, individuals can ...
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