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Google released its "+1" social feature, which basically adds its own version of Facebook's "Like" button to web search results and will eventually apply to ads, too. So when users search results with the feature enabled -- right now, you have to opt in, but eventually it'll MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 31, 2011 6:00 AM ET
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"50% of Tweets consumed are generated by just 20K elite users" - Yahoo research
California added 100,000 new jobs in February, thanks in large part to Silicon Valley. In fact, no time may be better than now to work in Bay Area tech thanks to escalating salaries, bonuses, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 28, 2011 5:00 AM ET
Apple can only do so much for the beleaguered country
Although Apple claims that it's on track to deliver iPad 2s to the other 25 countries that were scheduled to get the new tablet on March 25, it has confirmed what it told All Things Digital's John Paczkowski earlier today: The company is postponing the launch in Japan while its people there focus on recovery.
"Our hearts go out to the people MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 15, 2011 2:45 PM ET
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LinkedIn unveiled a slew of new features during a webcast including "InMaps," which presents a visual map of your relationships and connections, pages called MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 11, 2011 6:40 AM ET
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AOL plans to layoff several hundred employees starting today in editorial and other media product groups, as well as jobs in India -- areas like network and ad sales should remain unaffected. The move comes as AOL restructures its editorial division after MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 10, 2011 5:00 AM ET
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Alibaba.com, which recently lost its CEO and COO over fraudulent company activity, elected Jonathan Lu, who led the company's efforts with the payment service Alipay, to take over the top executive spot. In a company-wide email, Lu urged employees to "forge ahead" and said he MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 24, 2011 7:50 AM ET
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Cisco named 10-year company vet Gary Moore its first COO. Moore, who's been running the $8 billion-a-year Services business division as executive vice president, will help CEO John Chambers transition the company into new markets, including data center products like servers and consumer products such MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 23, 2011 7:32 AM ET
Press invitations are expected to arrive later this week
The websites of two major newspaper reported Tuesday that Apple (AAPL) is set to unveil the second generation iPad one week from tomorrow.
"If you are thinking of buying an iPad, you may want to hold off a bit," wrote Miguel Helft on the New York Times' Bits blog.
"People with knowledge of the matter say that Apple will host an event on Wednesday, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 22, 2011 3:57 PM ET
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
As reported a week ago, MySpace intends to lay off 50%, or between 550 and 600, of its staff today under the guise of restructuring and shedding legacy business divisions. Afterwards, it's expected the struggling social network-turned-entertainment hub will look at sale options. Some possibilities: being picked up by a private equity buyer or even being MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 11, 2011 6:00 AM ET
A curated selection of the holiday weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Cheap flat-panel maker Vizio intends to make a splash today by unveiling two notable products that marks a company first: the Via Phone with a 4-inch screen, front-facing camera for video calls, and a 5 megapixel rear cam, as well as the Via Tablet, sporting a 8-inch high-res screen, WiFi (of course), three speakers, and a MORE
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