Thursday 31 March 2011

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"Nokia Rating Cut for First Time by S&P on Smartphone Share
Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, had its debt rating cut for the first time by Standard & Poor’s, which cited further market share losses and “weaker” operating margins at the Finnish company."



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"AT&T CEO Says T-Mobile Deal Will Improve Network, IPhone Service
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, said the tie-up would improve Apple Inc. iPhone service and could reduce overseas roaming charges."



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"Salesforce.com to Buy Web Monitor Radian6 for $340 Million
Salesforce.com Inc., the largest supplier of customer-management software, agreed to buy Radian6 Technologies Inc. for about $340 million in cash and stock to add software that lets companies keep abreast of the social Web."



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"Patent Reform: Romance vs Pragmatism
Bloomberg contributer Paul Kedrosky on the 'incredible upset in the land over current U.S. steps toward patent reform under the America Invents Act'"



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"Microsoft Is Said to Plan Mobile Payments in Phone Software
Microsoft Corp. is working on a version of its Windows Phone software that will let users buy merchandise with a flick of the handset at a checkout counter, two people familiar with the plans said."




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"AT&T CEO Makes Case T-Mobile Deal Will Boost IPhone Service
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA, said the deal would boost network capacity and improve service for devices such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone."




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"Foxconn International 2010 Net Loss Widens More Than Estimated
Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed unit of the Foxconn Technology Group, posted a full-year net loss that was wider than analysts estimated as costs increased and sales shrank."



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"Tencent CEO Ma Sold 2 Million Shares of Company, Filing Shows
Tencent Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng sold 2 million shares of the company at an average price of HK$67.81 apiece on March 28, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday."


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"Foxconn International Net Loss Widens More Than Estimated
Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed unit of the Foxconn Technology Group, posted a full-year net loss that was wider than analysts estimated as costs increased and sales shrank. The shares fell."


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"Do Not Anger the Alpha Android
Google cracks down on the chaos of Android Land; some mobile partners aren't happy"



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"Tencent’s Ma Sells Stock at Discount After 2009 Contract
Tencent Holdings Ltd. said Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng disposed some of his shares in China’s biggest Internet company by revenue at a discount, having agreed into a sale price two years ago."



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"Microsoft Wins Over Developers
Software programmers are gearing up to build applications for the newest version of Windows Phone 7; consumer demand has been tepid"



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"Facebook, Your Future Bank
Forget sharing photos. Mark Zuckerberg may soon manage your finances
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"Microsoft Says It’s Filing Complaint Against Google With EU
Microsoft Corp. is filing a formal complaint with the European Commission about the share of the Internet search market in the region for Google Inc., Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith wrote in the company blog posting."




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"Microsoft Filing Complaint Against Google With EU on Search
Microsoft Corp. said it’s filing a formal complaint with European antitrust regulators about Google Inc.’s dominance of the Internet search market in the region."




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"Tencent’s Ma Sells Stock at Discount After 2009 Contract
Tencent Holdings Ltd. said Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng disposed some of his shares in China’s biggest Internet company by revenue at a discount, having agreed to a sale price two years ago."



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"NTT DoCoMo to Invest 14.6 Billion Yen in Tata Teleservices
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest mobile-phone operator, will invest 14.6 billion yen ($176 million) in Tata Teleservices Ltd. as part of a rights offering by the Indian partner."



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"Acer CEO Lanci Quits After Clashing With Board on Strategy
Acer Inc., the world’s second- largest maker of personal computers, said Chief Executive Officer Gianfranco Lanci quit after clashing with board members over future strategy."




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"RIM PlayBook Wins ‘Need for Speed’ as Consumer Drive Accelerates
Research In Motion Ltd., whose BlackBerry smartphone first caught on with corporate customers, is drawing interest for its PlayBook tablet from developers of consumer applications, including games and magazines."


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"Microsoft Complaint May Expand Scope of Google Antitrust Probe
Microsoft Corp.’s antitrust complaint against Google Inc. may expand an existing European Union probe beyond Internet searches to online video and mobile phones."


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"Valeant Bid for Cephalon Still Lowest With 15% Boost: Real M&A
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s hostile bid for Cephalon Inc. is so low that Valeant could raise the offer by 15 percent and still pay less than any drug takeover in history."


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"RIM PlayBook Wins ‘Need for Speed’ Amid Drive for Consumers
Research In Motion Ltd., whose BlackBerry smartphone first caught on with corporate customers, is drawing interest for its PlayBook tablet from developers of consumer applications, including games and magazines."

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"Jefferies Group Lures Morgan Stanley’s Lipacis to Cover Chips
Jefferies Group Inc. hired Mark Lipacis from Morgan Stanley to cover the semiconductor industry as the firm adds analysts and bankers to challenge larger Wall Street rivals, according to a person with knowledge of the move."




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"If you can't wait that long, there are a few ways to get the most-desired voice functions right now.

We like using the current iteration of Voice Control on our iOS devices to play music and make calls when it's too cold to pull our phones out of our pockets.

But besides this scenario, we barely ever use it. There aren't very many commands, and you can't speak to dictate texts like you can on Android.

We came up with a few great apps that will fix all that.

Siri is the basis for Apple's voice command overhaul


In a rare move almost a year ago, Apple bought Siri, a personal assistant app that allows you to make dinner reservations by opening the app and asking for one.

The backbone of Siri seems to be an elemental part of Apple's new iOS 5 (if the rumors are true), and the App is still available on the App Store.

Definitely check this one out to make a dinner reservation, or just to get a taste of what's next from Apple."


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"These Apps Will Add Android-Like Voice Commands To Your iPhone
by Ellis Hamburger


Rumors are mounting that the new version of Apple's iOS (which will be previewed at Apple's WWDC on June 6th) will include a much-improved and integrated Voice Control system that will enable you to search, make reservations, and more just by using your voice."


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"Is +1 Google's Best Product Launch In Years? – The SAIcast Discuss (GOOG, AAPL)
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Google just debuted a 'like' button feature on its search results called Google+1.

Did the company just get social or is this going to be a bust?

Nicholas Carlson and Dan Frommer discuss all about the feature and its potential in today's SAIcast.

Also, it's been three weeks since the iPad 2 launch in the U.S. The tablet has been selling out as soon as it hits the stores.

Nicholas Carlson goes into his experience using the new version of the iPad versus the old one, what is better about it, and what it leaves to be desired."



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"Picasa Web: surpassed by Facebook Photos.


Google bought Picasa, which offered online photo-editing software in 2004. A couple years later, Google rolled out Picasa Web Albums, an online photo-sharing site.

But users saw little reason to go to a separate photo-sharing site when they could simply upload photos to Facebook and immediately share them with friends and family on the service -- without sending them to a separate URL.



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"Dodgeball: killed after 4 years.


Google bought this social-mobile-local company in 2005, before those three buzzwords appeared in every startup pitch.

But the product withered inside Google, and the company killed it in 2009 to make way for Google Latitude. Meanwhile, cofounder Dennis Crowley went on to create the popular -- and competing -- social mobile service Foursquare."



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"Orkut: big in Brazil


After Friendster said 'no thanks' to Google's takeover bid -- one of the greatest mistakes in corporate history -- Google got employee Orkut Buyukkokten to build a competing social network. It launched in 2004 and for some reason got huge in Brazil. It's still big there today -- and has very little traction in the rest of the world."




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"Google Has Been Trying To Beat Facebook In Social For Years (GOOG)
by Matt Rosoff


Google's social search product, +1, is primarily about search today.

But if it takes off, Google could eventually use +1 as a sort of social graph overlaying over the Web -- much like Facebook has done by letting sites put those 'Like' buttons everywhere.

It could also use +1 to bring content from Google News and other sources into a real-time personalized news feed, like the Facebook home page or Twitter feed.

But this isn't Google's first crack at becoming more social. The company has been trying to get into the social space ever since Friendster launched in 2002 -- Google tried to buy it but was shot down.

Some of these products have done OK. Others have failed so utterly, you've probably forgotten their names -- if you ever knew them to begin with."


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"Go to Amazon.com and log in with your account. (On iPhone, you may have to switch to the full version of the site).
Click the Cloud Drive link, not Cloud Player.
Select the folder and music file you want to listen to. Tap the check box next to the song you want to listen to and then tap the 'Download' button at the top of your screen.
Safari will launch a QuickTime audio player and start streaming your song. If you want to listen to the next song in your list, you'll have to go back to your Cloud Drive again.
We tried this method and it does work, but it's still not that great. What's the point of only listening to one song at a time?

Instead, we suggest giving SugarSync a try. It will let you store up to 5 GB of music for free (just like Amazon) and stream it to any iOS or Android device. And make sure you check out our walkthrough and review of SugarSync's app.

Also Read: How To Upload All Your Music To Amazon's Cloud Player

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"How To Stream Amazon Cloud Player Music On Your iPhone
by Steve Kovach


Even though Amazon left iOS owners behind with its new Cloud Player service, there's still a way to get your songs to stream using the mobile version of Safari.

But be warned: this method, which comes from Mashable, will only let you listen to one song at a time, and only songs that can be played by Safari's audio player.

We guess that's fine if you really, really need to listen to a song in your Amazon locker and can't get to a computer. Here's what you do:"


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"Game on.

(BTW, over at Boing Boing, we've used '+1' as a way to indicate agreement in email threads for years, a remnant of older email systems long since forgotten. That practice is alive and well at FM as well. Funny how Google picked up on the same notation.)




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"Cool! But I sure wish it integrated with Twitter, at the very least. And man, it'd sure be powerful if it worked with Facebook. Wouldn't it, now?! But from what I can tell, that will NEVER happen.

Instead, '+1' is going to become Google's version of the 'Like' button from Facebook - the post is very direct about this:

But the +1 button isn’t just for search results. We’re working on a +1 button that you can put on your pages too, making it easy for people to recommend your content on Google search without leaving your site.

Because it's directly tied to Google's most powerful asset, search, I think this move has some serious legs. Site owners will want to put the button on their site - even if they have no idea how or even *if* those '+1s' will aid ranking in organic Google search. I can tell you this: Spammers will have a field day with this one, though I imagine the button will be gated in some way (perhaps to push it, you have to be logged into a Google account). In any case, it's a smart way to leverage Google's core strength."


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Google Finally Figures Out a Way To Leverage Search -- And It Could Be Huge
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Google today did something smart in social - they offered a human way to do something they had already offered - the ability to indicate your approval of a search result. Previously, you could push a result up or down, but that action was not social in nature. Now you can '+1' a search result, so as to indicate the result was good and/or valuable to you. That recommendation is then translated to others in your social graph."


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"Updates to the Google Reader app for Android
via Official Google Reader Blog by Brian Shih on 2/16/11
Today we’re excited to announce some updates to the official Google Reader app for Android. Over the last couple of months, we’ve added some of your most-requested features: - Unread count widget - choose any feed, label, person, or “all items” ... See more »"




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