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Google Launches “Google Play” Marketplace
Move over Amazon and Apple? If Google has their way with their latest service, Google Play, the two aforementioned major players in online content and applications could feel some competition. Of course, that was
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NetZero To Launch “Free” Wireless Internet Service
NetZero is back! Well, actually you may be surprised to learn that similar to other ’90s phenomenons that are still around (like Beanie Babies and Tamagotchis), NetZero never left. While the company somehow still
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iPad 3 To Be Unveiled By Apple on March 7
According to a breaking news report from Mashable (c/o CNBC), Apple will be unveiling the iPad 3 next week in New York City. The timing of Apple’s announcement would match previous announcements of both
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comScore “2012 Mobile Future in Focus” Report Highlights
According to numbers released today by digital analyst firm comScore, the smartphone revolution had another banner year in 2011 with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. In 2011 we saw the launch of
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ACTA: Bulgaria and The Netherlands Withdraw Support In Response To Weekend Protests
Today Bulgarian and Dutch officials announced their withdrawal of support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. The move comes in response to massive protests that took place in almost 200 European
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Groupon Reports Quarterly Loss in First Public Earnings Release
Groupon, the Web 2.0 company that pioneered a new way for customers to get discounts on products and services, reported a net loss of $42.7 million for Q4 2011 in their first earnings release
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BTJunkie Shuts Down Voluntarily
BTJunkie, a popular BitTorrent search engine, has voluntarily shut down after seven years in existence. The recent seizures of MegaUpload and several hundred sports broadcasting websites likely had an significant impact over the move
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Zynga Shares Soar on Facebook IPO News
Zynga, the social network game developer behind mega hits like Farmville, Mafia Wars, and Zynga Poker, has seen its shares soar 15% in trading today in response to Facebook’s IPO filing yesterday. Zynga’s success
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Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO
It may have come after the closing bell, but yesterday’s reports were correct – Facebook has officially submitted paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO in hopes of raising at least
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Facebook to File $5 Billion IPO on Wednesday
Facebook will file for a $5 billion IPO on Wednesday morning, according to a breaking news report from CNBC. It appears that last Friday’s reports of an expected Facebook IPO this week were indeed
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