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* The Verge gives at a long look at Research in Motion's rise and decline: how it was built and how former co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie lost their way. Also, the company's ailing BlackBerry PlayBook tablet received a software update that finally brought native apps to access email, calendar, address book and BlackBerry Messenger functions. (The Verge and CNNMoney)
* Dell's fiscal fourth quarter earnings came in below analyst predictions: an 18% drop in net income to $764 million on revenues of $16 billion. (The New York Times)
* Comcast (CMCSA) is working on a new subscription video-on-demand competitor, named "Streampix," intended to go up against Netflix (NFLX). But the streaming service will only be available to those who also subscribe to Comcast cable. (Variety)
* Netflix inked a deal with The Weinstein Company. Translation: film titles like The Artist, Sarah's Key, and The Intouchables, are coming to Netflix Instant. (Techcrunch)
* Tech entrepreneurs are getting younger and younger. Venture capitalists like Andreessen Horowitz now say they're funding startups with 18 or 19-year-old founders. (Reuters)
* According to the analytics firm Distimo, many app makers are apparently making more money from their apps in Amazon's Appstore than they are via Google's Android Market. (GigaOm)
* Is Amazon's rewards program, Amazon Prime, profitable? Probably not. But it is a vital part of the company's long-term strategy. (Fortune)
* As reported yesterday, Barnes & Noble (BKS) released a $199 version of its recently introduced Nook Tablet with 8 gigabytes of storage, arguably to better combat Amazon's Kindle Fire. (Barnes and Noble)
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Inside a Foxconn factory. Photo: Karson Yiu/ABC News
* Apple (AAPL) granted ABC's Nightline unfettered access to a Foxconn factory. Here's a preview of what they found. (The full segment airs this evening at 11:35 PM EST and PST. (ABC News via Fortune)
* National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander warned MORE
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* The Wall Street Journal reports that Google (GOOG) and other ad companies were getting around millions of Apple (AAPL) users' privacy settings, in particular those who used Apple's Safari Web browser on their iPhones and computers. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Foxconn, maker of Apple iPhones and iPads, raised its worker wages by MORE
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"We're starting to do some things differently."
-- Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller (Daring Fireball)
* Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled a new version of the Mac operating system, named "Mountain Lion," with features currently found in the company's mobile software. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Japanese authorities arrested MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 16, 2012 11:49 AM ET
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* Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco yesterday, addressing topics like working conditions in Chinese Foxconn factories, the runaway successes of the iPhone and iPad, and emerging markets. Cook also revealed there are now 100 million iCloud users -- 15 MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 15, 2012 8:26 AM ET
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"They ask 'Why can't you be more like Apple?' So we should go bankrupt and fire our founders and bring in a moron? That's what we should do?"
-- RIM director Roger Martin (The Globe and Mail)
* Rumors are flying fast and hard from multiple blogs that Apple (AAPL) will MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 14, 2012 3:30 AM ET
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* How the music industry adapted to social media. (Brian Solis)
* Private social network Path came under fire in recent weeks after reports hit that the startup was storing users' address book information on their servers. Since then, the company has apologized and reversed its actions, however New York Times columnist argues MORE
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* Google (GOOG) is developing a home entertainment system that will wirelessly stream music. The move is notable as Google will design and market the hardware itself. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Steve Jobs' 191-page FBI file was released yesterday. Among the random tidbits: the Apple co-founder and former CEO maintained a MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 10, 2012 7:48 AM ET
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* Silicon Valley real estate prices are already on the rise, but given Facebook's impending IPO, expect them to go even higher. Case in point: 10 Palo Alto homes sold last month above their asking price. (The New York Times)
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson
* Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson wants to MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 9, 2012 6:25 AM ET
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* Four board members are leaving Yahoo, including chairman Roy Bostock and HP exec Vyomesh Joshi. As All Things D reports, the Internet company will add three new board members, though their identities are not yet known. (All Things D)
* Amazon upped the content available in its Prime Instant Video MORE
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| Bank of America Corp... | 7.95 | -0.16 | -1.97% |
| Microsoft Corp | 31.27 | -0.17 | -0.54% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.28 | -0.25 | -2.00% |
| General Electric Co | 19.39 | 0.17 | 0.88% |
| Citigroup Inc | 32.36 | -1.00 | -3.00% |
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| Dow | 12,938.67 | -27.02 | -0.21% |
| Nasdaq | 2,933.17 | -15.40 | -0.52% |
| S&P 500 | 1,357.66 | -4.55 | -0.33% |
| Treasuries | 2.00 | -0.04 | -1.96% |
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