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* The real story behind former Windows Mobile head Andy Lees' removal from his role. According to The Verge, Lees' lofty, public estimates for Windows Phone 7's success -- and the hard reality that it hasn't made much of a dent in the market -- created a rift. (The Verge)
* Google's response to Apple's voice assistant, Siri, is reportedly coming in the form of a project dubbed "Majel," a nod to the computer voice in the Star Trek franchise. The service will enable, among other features, the recognition of commands with more natural language. Majel could arrive within the next few months. (Android and Me)
* Another look at Research in Motion's recent struggles, which include shares falling 74% since the start of the year and calls from analysts to change the company's management, explore a sale, or radically change strategy. (The Wall Street Journal)
* Intel (INTC) is creating a new business unit, the mobile and communications group. The group will be led by Intel execs Mike Bell and Hermann Eul and will consist of four current divisions including mobile communications, netbook and tablet, mobile wireless and ultra mobility. (Fortune)
* PayPal wants to get into the online daily deals business and plans to offer customized coupons based on users' buying habits and locations. Expect that to happen sometime during the first quarter of next year. (Bloomberg)
* Online survey startup SurveyMonkey, which colleague Miguel Helft profiled several months ago, acquired many of the assets of MarketTools as part of a deal that values SurveyMonkey at slightly more than $1 billion. (Fortune)
* IBM (IBM) settled an antitrust case with the European Union by agreeing to supply spare parts and technical information to rivals for five years. (The New York Times)
* SAY Media acquired tech blog ReadWriteWeb for around $5 million, TechCrunch reports. SAY Media CEO Matt Sanchez told Fortune that the tech blog will undergo a redesign and add new editorial staffers, including Business Insider co-founder Dan Frommer. Currently, SAY Media's Technology channel reaches 75 million-plus readers a month. (TechCrunch and SAY Media)
* CNET reports that Don Coyner, leader of the Xbox design and experience group, has been replaced by Emma Williams, who worked on the recently redesigned Xbox Live experience. (CNET)
* Flipboard for iPhone is doing well. Since launching a mere week ago, the app has been downloaded a million times. (Flipboard)
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"If you don't fail, you haven't tried hard enough."
-- Shervin Pishevar, Menlo Ventures Managing Partner (TechCrunch)
* HP (HPQ) has finally decided the fate of the WebOS operating system, and things are looking up. The company announced that it's making WebOS "open source," allowing developers and other hardware manufacturers to freely MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 12, 2011 3:30 AM ET
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* Twitter unveiled and launched a major redesign of the social network, nicknamed #LetsFly, aimed at making the experience of using it faster, simpler, and more accessible. (CNNMoney)
* Citi analyst Richard Gardner believes the next iPad will launch in February with a screen resolution double that of the current MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 9, 2011 10:32 AM ET
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* News curation app Flipboard, which demoed at Fortune's 2010 Brainstorm Tech conference, finally launched Flipboard for iPhone. The streamlined version includes a new feature, "Cover Stories," that pulls recent news articles from various sources along with updates from your social networks and offers them up in one place MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 7, 2011 11:04 AM ET
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* Amazon (AMZN) is launching an e-book library today exclusively for Kindle and Kindle Fire users who are also Amazon Prime subscribers. Initially, the e-commerce giant will offer just 5,000 or so titles -- none of them from the six big publishing houses will. Each user will also only be MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Nov 3, 2011 3:57 AM ET
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"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." -- Steve Jobs' final words (The New York Times)
* Mark Zuckerberg offered a candid interview with Y Combinator, mentioning that he might have one or two regrets. "In Silicon Valley, you get this feeling that you have to be out here," he said. "But it's MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Oct 31, 2011 3:30 AM ET
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* Google (GOOG) is reportedly developing a competitor to the popular curated news app, Flipboard, with a project dubbed "Propeller." Sources tell Robert Scoble that it's "mind-blowing good." (All Things D and Robert Scoble via Google +)
* BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIMM) reported lower-than-expected revenues and profits for its latest quarter, telling MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 16, 2011 7:50 AM ET
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* Gamestop (GME) president Tony Bartel revealed that the videogame retail chain is testing the sale and distribution of a branded Android tablet that will likely stream console games to it. (GamesIndustry)
* It's (still) official: TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington confirmed at the tech blog's Disrupt conference yesterday morning that he's no longer an AOL MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Sep 13, 2011 3:30 AM ET
The question of whether or not Google is actually a species of media company has dogged it since its early days. Truth is, it's missing one key characteristic.
By Ben Elowitz, contributor
FORTUNE -- Since Google's early rise, this question has consumed hordes of those watching it: Is Google a technology company or a media company? Paradoxically, Google has continuously defied the dichotomy, seeming to succeed in media precisely by maintaining that MORE
Aug 24, 2011 8:10 AM ET
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* How HP's (HPQ) $100 TouchPad fire sale could affect the company's reputation and retail partnerships moving forward. (ZDNet)
* Meanwhile, Robert X. Cringely on why the HP he knew died many years ago, starting with the spin-off of Agilent Technologies in 1999. (I, Cringely)
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| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corp... | 7.95 | -0.16 | -1.97% |
| Intel Corp | 26.73 | -0.43 | -1.58% |
| 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% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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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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