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Today in Tech: Netflix 'family plan' coming
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Twitter, the subject of Fortune's cover story this month, is reportedly in advanced talks to buy third-party application TweetDeck for around $50 million. The potential acquisition comes at a time when the social network is trying to go mainstream. (Wall Street Journal) Wal-Mart paid over $300 million to buy MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 19, 2011 9:55 AM ET -
Today in Tech: R.I.P. Flip cam, Flock and Download Squad
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It's official: The Flip digital cam is dead. (Long live, Flip.) Cisco, which bought the startup behind the product line for $590 million back in 2009, will close down the business and lay off all 550 staffers as part of a restructuring of its consumer electronics division. The MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 13, 2011 5:00 AM ETPosted in: Accel Partners, AOL, Apple, Download Squad, Flip, Flock, MySpace, Stewart Butterfield, Switched, T-Mobile, Tiny Speck, VentureBeat -
Today in Tech: This week's buzziest startup, Twitter creator returning?
A curated selection of the day's newsworthy tech stories from all around the Web. Read on, and join the conversation with a comment below.
This week, the startup everyone's buzzing about is Color, a free mobile app aimed at creating a social experience that maximizes the smart phone's unique technology. Users share and store photos and videos in visual diaries -- besides being able to view their own media, they can also MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 24, 2011 9:48 AM ETPosted in: Apple, AT&T, Bertrand Serland, comScore, Google, Jack Dorsey, LinkedIn, Mobile, MySpace, Sequoia Capital, Shashi Seth, T-Mobile, TechCrunch, Twitter, Windows Phone 7, Yahoo -
Private social networks: Connecting in smaller groups
A new wave of social networks aims to shrink the number of people in your circle.
The latest web fad? Private social networks. A growing number of services let users connect in smaller groups often around specific events. With Path, for example, you're only allowed 50 friends; the goal is to share more intimate life details -- kids' pics, a tasty breakfast -- with a more controlled group of people MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Mar 11, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: iPad 2 loses features, AOL layoffs coming?
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Sources tell The Wall Street Journal that AOL is considering layoffs as part of its new management structure integrating the Huffington Post, though no details yet on timing or just how many employees would be affected. While Arianna Huffington will serve as the newly-christened Huffington Post MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 25, 2011 7:28 AM ETPosted in: AOL, Apple, Arianna Huffington, BlackBerry, Boy Genius Report, Google, huffington post, iPad, iPad 2, Light Peak, Lotame Solutions, MacBook Pro, MySpace, new iPad, RIMM, Thunderbolt -
Today in Tech: Verizon iPhone reviewed, Android Honeycomb hands-on
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
The early Verizon iPhone reviews are in, and as expected, they're extremely positive. Though the hardware remains largely the same as the iPhone 4 for AT&T -- save the lack of a mini SIM card slot, as well as some slight shifting in the volume buttons and external antenna notches -- changing mobile carriers did wonders for MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 3, 2011 6:07 AM ET -
Murdoch's The Daily hits iPads today
The aging press baron makes one last bid to capture the eyeballs of the Internet generation
[UPDATE: The free (for two weeks) app is available here. There's a video tour here. Click here for our live coverage of the event and first impressions of the product.]
At 11 a.m. EST, a museum-full of reporters and analysts will gather amid the Post-Impressionists at the Guggenheim to watch News Corp.'s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch and MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 2, 2011 7:14 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Eddie Cue, iPad, Manhattan, MySpace, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Steve Jobs, Tablets -
Today in Tech: AMD CEO forced out, MySpace lays off 47%
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Though AMD CEO Dirk Meyer officially resigned his position, some sources indicate he was forced out because the company's board felt he wasn't that effective in improving the chip maker's position in areas like tablets and server systems. CFO Thomas Seifert was named interim CEO while AMD searches for Meyer's long-term replacement. (Wall Street Journal)
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 12, 2011 8:19 AM ET
Hot on MOREPosted in: Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, Dirk Meyer, iPad, iPhone, Mike Jones, Mobile, MySpace, Verizon iPad, Verizon iPhone -
Today in Tech: MySpace layoffs today, Verizon iPhone launch
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 -
Today in Tech: MySpace layoffs, Facebook worth $50 billion?
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
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 3, 2011 6:00 AM ETPosted in: All Things Digital, Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, iTunes, Jack Dorsey, Mobile, MySpace, Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Square, TechCrunch, Verizon, Vizio, Vodaphone, Wall Street Journal, Wi-Fi
