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Facebook Advertising Could be Faking Your Business Out
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 4:51pm | 480Read More..."They're scumbags and we just don't have the patience for scumbags," said musician and label-based company Limited Run when discussing its decaying relationship with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). Limited Run is singing "so long" to Facebook and the advertisements it was paying for as the company has...
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Microsoft Could Pay Huge Penalty for EU Violation
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 10:23am | 309Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may not have complied with a 2009 ruling that requires the Windows maker to offer European users more than one Web browsing option. According to Reuters, European Union antitrust regulators are in the process of investigating the matter. Reuters quoted Competition...
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Apple Officially Returns to EPEAT
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 4:27pm | 418Read More...After less than a week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has come back to the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool ratings system. The company got into a bit of trouble after it was revealed earlier this week that the company had left EPEAT without explanation. Now Bob Mansfield, Senior VP of...
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Is it Too Late for Amazon to Copy Apple?
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 11:06am | 253Read More...Numerous reports suggest that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is inching closer to a licensing deal with major record labels, which would essentially allow the dot-com retailer to create its own version of iTunes Match. Up until now, Amazon could not legally allow users to stream songs that they own without...
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Once You Clone a Mac, You Never Go Back
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 10:56am | 359Read More...Just make sure you clone the hardware and leave the software behind. Otherwise, a U.S. District Court might decide that you have "violated Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works." In fact, that's just what happened in 2009. And according to...
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Netflix CEO Hates Comcast Data Caps
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 8:44am | 712Read More...Reed Hastings has suddenly realized that broadband data caps could destroy his business, and he's not happy about it. In a move that is almost as funny as watching Netflix's CEO perform stand-up comedy, Hastings has published a brief rant on his Facebook page (via CNET), claiming that Comcast's (...
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iPad 3 to be Delayed, iPad HD in its Place?
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 10:39am | 723Read More...Apple is expected to make an unusual announcement this Wednesday, March 7 at 1pm ET (check back tomorrow for live coverage). Instead of unveiling the long-awaited iPad 3, the Mac maker will show off a tablet that will be simply known as the iPad HD. That's according to CNET (via Forbes), which...
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Why is Coinstar the Only Company that Understands the Value of DVDs?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 10:32am | 405Read More...Streaming video may be the future, but most companies have forgotten that we are living in the present. As most Benzinga readers are now aware, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) have teamed up to destroy the nation's video rental service: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In addition to this...
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Twitter at 250M Tweets a Day, Worth $8 Billion
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 8:03am | 359Read More...On top of that, the company has more than enough money to keep it from going public. While the hoopla for Facebook's IPO and its absurdly overhyped announcements have ruled media headlines this year, Twitter has been sitting quietly, maintaining its unique service while slowly expanding the brand...
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Adorable One-Year-Old Mistakes Magazines for an iPad
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 11:06am | 132Read More...CNET has an amusing YouTube video that shows a one-year-old baby girl who wrongly (but adorably) assumes that magazines are just as cool and interactive as an iPad 2. v/aXV-yaFmQNk Sorry, kid. We don't yet live in the world Steven Spielberg showed us in Minority Report. But don't worry – it's...
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Apple Leaves PowerPC Macs Unsecure - Here's How to Keep Yours Safe
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 3:23pm | 249Read More...Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) most recent security update did more than address DigiNotar root certificate vulnerability. It revealed that Apple may no longer provide security updates for PowerPC-based Macs. The update requires OS X 10.6 and OS X 10.7, which means that any early Mac running with less...
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HP TouchPad to Go Back Into Production?
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 10:22am | 219Read More...At least, it could be the future for Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), which is slated to back away from computer manufacturing. Despite this major, Earth-shattering decision, one HP exec thinks that the company could bring back the TouchPad. In an interview with Reuters (via Business Insider), Todd...
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Apple Store Outage Very Suspicious; is a Hacker to Blame?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 1:08pm | 433Read More...Reports indicate that something new is on the way, but is it all just a cover to hide what's really going on? Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is notorious for taking down its own online store in preparation for the launch of a new product. This process is often a fast one; the last time store.apple.com went...
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A Google Doodle without the Google Logo?
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 8:26am | 296Read More...The latest doodle is cool, fun, and responds to motion. But it appears to be missing something. When you visit Google.com (NASDAQ: GOOG) today, you will be greeted by a doodle inspired by the work of Alexander Calder. For those of you who are unaware (which I'm guessing is just about everyone...
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Fresh Hints Offer Insights into New Apple Cloud Service (iCloud?)
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 6:34am | 337Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly signed up Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music to its cloud-based music service, paidContent is reporting. The news is another piece to add to the rumor mill, as the much-anticipated subscription-based service gains more attention. Sony is now in a group that includes Warner...


