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Spotify Reached 70,000 Paying Subscribers In First Week Of U.S. Launch
Like UnlikeAfter launching for only about a week in the U.S., Spotify is estimated to have already reached 70,000 paid subscribers. The incredibly popular European-based music streaming service offers both free and paid subscription plans that offer unlimited access to a massive music library including the latest chart toppers as well as more obscure oldies.
The number is an estimate leaked out by music industry execs, but has not been officially confirmed by Spotify. CEO Daniel Ek said it was too early to confirm the data, but did find it to far exceeded their expectations. The 70,000 figure accounts for only the premium $10 per month subscriptions, meaning actual signups are far greater.
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Motorola posts Atrix 4G's Android 2.3 upgrade, adds 1080p
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Motorola gave Atrix 4G owners a treat at the end of the week by posting its Android 2.3 update. The update brings both the performance, polish, and interface updates of 2.3 itself as well as updates to Motorola's custom tweaks, including ones that haven't shown on other Motorola Android 2.3 revisions. Among the surprises is an upgrade to 1080p movie playback that helps it compete even with newer phones.
MotoBlur has been given both core and secondary updates. The UI layer now has an iPhone-style app dock, notifications can be cleared one at a time, and the app tray is now sortable. Media gets a lift through a gallery app that now aggregates more online and offline sources, and the music play...
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Suspected LulzSec Hacker Released on Bail in U.K.
Like UnlikeA British teenager who is reportedly a founding member of the hacker collective LulzSec has been released on bail, while Dutch authorities have also released four individuals associated with LulzSec affiliate Anonymous, according to reports.
It was unclear whether the individuals released in The Netherlands would face further charges, according to a report by DutchNews.nl.
A 16-year-old Londoner going by the online nickname "T-Flow" or "Tflow" spent between 12 and 24 hours in custody, following his arrest in South London Tuesday on suspicion of violating the U.K.'s Computer Misuse Act, according to FoxNews.com.
An individual using the handle T-Flow was identified in LulzSec chat logs origina...
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Apple lands 10-year Grand Central Terminal store deal
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Apple has already reached a deal for its Grand Central Terminal store. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority confirmed to the NY Post that Apple will have the location for 10 years and is refurbishing the space. Apple will start paying rent of $800,000 per year, or almost three times the $300,000 a year of the outgoing Metrazur restaurant.
MTA officials anticipated the store turning a profit for itself of about $5 million per year through the shoppers visiting the bus and train hub.
A formal approval from the MTA's financial committee is expected Monday, followed by a board of directors approval on Wednesday. Apple hasn't said when construction will start or when it expects the store to ...
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LG to bring 55-inch OLED TV to market in 2012
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There have been a few OLED TVs on the market so far. Sony had its OLED a few years back, but the set was so expensive that it never took off thanks to that price. Eventually the cost of the OLED panels will come down and we will see the TVs on the market at prices consumers might be willing to pay. The sets promise better image quality, thinner profiles, and less power consumption.
LG has announced that it will be tossing a 55-inch OLED TV onto the market in mid-2012. LG’s CEO noted that the company would not focus on small and medium size OLED screens for the tablet and smartphone. CEO Kwon Young-Soo thinks that the AH-IPS panels currently in use are best suited to those smaller screens. Th...
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Acer ready for Apple’s “Patent War” insists chairman
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Acer chairman JT Wang has accused Apple of starting a “patent war” but claims his company is ready and willing to fight, despite having watched as fellow Android OEMs have been hit hard by the Cupertino legal crusade. According to Wang, DigiTimes reports, Apple’s goal is “money or market influence” and that “any related losses” should be considered “as costs of doing business.”
Wang pointed to HTC’s ongoing battle in the courts with Apple, where the two companies each allege that their rival has infringed on various patented technologies. Most recently, HTC was judged by the ITC to have violated two of Apple’s patents, though the Taiwanese company protests otherwise and has promised to appea...
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Microsoft hits record revenues, but still plays second fiddle to Apple
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Over at Microsoft HQ in Redmond there will be some big back slapping going on after the tech giant recorded a record quarter and a record year in terms of revenue in its annual report.
But behind the slaps and congratulations will be a tinge of anxiety, as its record yearly revenue of $69.94 billion is still well short of the revenue that its big rival Apple is recording - $100.32 billion in the last four quarters.
Although Microsoft and Apple report their annual revenues at different times, with the Apple figure crossing over two reporting periods, the fact is that in the last year Apple has taken in more than $30 billion more than Microsoft in the last year.
Profits are a little closer - M...
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US government gives BlackBerry PlayBook the thumbs up
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The BlackBerry PlayBook has become the first tablet to receive the necessary certification for it to be used by federal government agencies in the US.
RIM's first tablet effort received the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certification which is required for any gadget hoping to be used by the White House and any other governmental department.
No doubt RIM's excellent security procedures were key in getting the tablet the federal okay – it's the enterprise-level cautiousness that has so far kept the PlayBook from getting its own native email app, relying on BlackBerry smartphones' secure exchange to populate email, contacts and calendars on the tablet.
Safety first
Either...
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Mac OS X Lion Flash flaws: Adobe admits Apple is not to blame
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Apple and Adobe have been fighting about Flash for what seems like eons now. The latest battle ground is Mac OS X Lion where Flash is having all sort of issues including hogging the CPU, draining battery life and heating up computers.
As part of a long document detailing Adobe product issues following the Mac OS X Lion upgrade, Adobe originally seemed to blame Apple for the problems but it’s now changed its tune…
The notes originally said: “Flash Player may cause higher CPU activity when playing a YouTube video. Possibly related to disabled hardware acceleration.” That suggested that Apple had changed settings and caused the problem. Adobe has now updated its guidance and the picture looks a...
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Google+ circles 20 million users in just three weeks
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Facebook took over 3 years to achieve what Google+ has done in just 3 weeks - hit the 20 million users milestone.
The figure has been estimated by web analyst ComScore, a number that is double the 10 million figure stated by Google CEO Larry Page just a week ago.
Sure, Google+ is still 730 million users shy of Facebook's 750 million figure and sure, we're living in a much more social network powered world now than when Zuck and co launched The Facebook from their Harvard dorm room in February 2004 - but the growth for a platform still officially in a limited field trial stage is phenomenal nonetheless.
It's certainly impressed ComScore's vice president of industry analysis Andrew Lipsman. "...
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IBM rig doesn't look like much, scans 10 billion files in 43 minutes
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Someone ought to gift these IBM researchers a better camera, because their latest General Parallel File System is a back-slapping 37 times faster than their last effort back in 2007. The rig combines ten IBM System xSeries servers with Violin Memory SSDs that hold 6.5 terabytes of metadata relating to 10 billion separate files. Every single one of those files can be analyzed and managed using policy-guided rules in under three quarters of an hour. That kind of performance might seem like overkill, but it's only just barely in step with what IBM's Doug Balog describes as a "rapidly growing, multi-zettabyte world." No prizes for guessing who their top customer is likely to be. Full details in ...
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Virgin Mobile Canada's HTC Sensation getting an OTA update today; Samsung Galaxy S in August
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Virgin Mobile Canada is issuing an over-the-air update for the HTC Sensation. As far as we know, HTC’s superphone is shipping with the Gingerbread on board, so this gotta be some bug fixing update. It’s not clear what exactly is included in the package, but it’s safe to bet the latest software will make your Sensation run more smoothly than before.
In related news, the carrier also said that the update for its Samsung Galaxy S is on the way, too. However, they haven’t mentioned the exact launch day, only saying it will come “in august.”
Here’s what Virgin Mobile Canada said on its Facebook page:
android news! 2.3.3 gingerbread update for htc sensation will be live on july 25. the samsung Gal...
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Judge tells Oracle to rethink $2.6 billion claim against Google
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The war between Google and Oracle is far from over, but the big G keeps racking up tiny victories in what are admittedly modest battles. Now the Redwood Shores-based company has been told to go back to the drawing board with its damages report. Originally Oracle sought $2.6 billion, but its theories were largely dismissed and Judge William Alsup suggested an alternative starting point of roughly $100 million. The company still has an opportunity to present a new report, one that will likely seek much more than the proposed $100 million, but things are looking increasingly tough for the claimant. It wasn't all good news for Goog, though. While the judge told Oracle to narrow its focus from An...
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Mobile payments could balloon 76% to $86 billion this year, Gartner says
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141.1 million people around the world will make mobile payments this year, a 38.2% increase from last year, Gartner said in a new report issued on Friday. Global mobile payment volume is expected to hit $86.1 billion in 2011, up 75.9% from the $48.9 billion recorded last year. Gartner says mobile payments are not growing as fast as originally projected due to slower than expected uptake in developing countries. In addition, the “complexity of the [NFC]” service model has impeded its ability to takeoff in developed countries. “The biggest hurdle is the need to change user behavior by convincing consumers to pay with mobile phones instead of cash and cards,” Gartner research director Sandy She...
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Apple releases iOS 5 beta 4
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On cue, Apple has just seeded iOS 5 beta 4 to developers. The biggest change? It’s an OTA update… finally! The build itself is 915274d and it comes exactly two weeks after beta 3 was pushed out to devs. There will most likely be another one or two beta releases until the GM (Gold Master) as well — iOS 5 will be released for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, and iPad 2 around September.
UPDATE: Apple’s full change log for iOS 5 beta 4 can be found here.
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