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Flickr: The ghost that haunts Yahoo – Fortune
Recent upgrades to the once-innovative service notwithstanding, the photo-sharing site is a lesson in what not to do. By Verne Kopytoff FORTUNE — Flickr, the online photo sharing service, seemed to be heading for the big-time when Yahoo acquired it eight years ago. The site already had a lot going for it: Legions of devoted users, a team of respected …
Tags: Caterina Fake, David Karp, New York, Stewart Butterfield
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Teen invents device to charge cellphone in 30 seconds – natmonitor.com
It’s a common situation for those who use their cellphones regularly throughout the workday, or for field workers who make liberal use of that battery-draining maps app: By the time the afternoon rolls around, the phone is sitting at a 40 percent charge, and there’s no time to leave it plugged in. But …
Tags: Esha Khare, LED
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Miami man catches Florida’s longest ever Burmese python – USA Today – USA TODAY
A Miami man driving along a rural Florida road spotted, captured and killed the largest-ever Burmese python ever recorded in the state’s history, officials say. Jason Leon, left, of Miami, holds up the Burmese python that Florida officials say he captured and killed May 11. Research staffers at the University of Florida, right, lay end-to-end to show size of the …
Tags: Jason Leon, Kristen Sommers, Miami, National Geographic
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Apple IPhone Slips as Samsung Devices Advance in Survey – Bloomberg
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)’s smartphones and Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG)’s Motorola devices gained ground among U.S. consumers in an annual satisfaction rating as Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL)’s iPhone rating slipped. While the Cupertino, California-based company’s smartphone still had the top ranking among mobile-phone users with a score of 81, Samsung and Motorola have narrowed the gap, according to the American …
Tags: ACSI, Galaxy S4, Samsung Electronics Co, Tokyo
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Yahoo’s Social Media Play – New York Times
The board of Yahoo agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, a signal of how Yahoo plans to reposition itself in the age of social media, The New York Times reports, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, would surpass …
Tags: Marissa Mayer, Morning Agenda View
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Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone – PCWorld
Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen. Jolla, which was founded by a former Nokia employees who wanted to continue the development work the Finnish phone maker had done on the MeeGo OS, is with the introduction one big step closer to entering the ultra-competitive smartphone The LTE-smartphone — …
Tags: EU, Francisco Jeronimo, IDC, SD
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Samsung to exhibit 13.3-inch notebook display with 3200 x 1800 resolution – Engadget
SAMSUNG DISPLAY SHOWCASING STATE-OF-THE-ART MOBILE TO EXTRA-LARGE-SIZED DISPLAYS AT DISPLAY WEEK 2013 Vancouver, B. C. (CAN.) – May 20, 2013 – Samsung Display announced today that it is showcasing several industry-leading technologies and mobile to extra-large-sized display prototypes at the Society for Information Display’s Display Week 2013, May 21-23, 2013, in the Vancouver Convention Centre (Booth 700). These include a …
Tags: AMOLED, Diamond Pixel, LCD, Samsung Display
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Xbox Next: What to expect at Tuesday’s … – CNET
Microsoft built a giant tent on its Redmond, Wash., campus in which it will reveal details of the next Xbox video game console on Tuesday. (Credit: Microsoft) Much has changed in the video game landscape since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360 in 2005. Back then, Microsoft was a clear underdog, hoping to cut into the leads held by rival consoles …
Tags: Ars Technica, los angeles, Major League Baseball, Xbox Live Gold
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Google Maps for iPad Coming Soon – The iPad Guide
Google had plenty to say about its Maps app at this year’s Google I/O keynote presentation. Ever since Apple launched its own mapping application millions of iOS 6 users have downloaded Google’s stand-alone Google Maps app, released in December. iPad owners were left out of the fun, but the company now says an iPad version is in the works and …
Tags: App Store, Google Maps, Google Offers, Street View
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