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Google’s Political Action Committee Getting Lots of Action These Days
The 2012 election cycle is proving a big one for Google NetPAC, the company’s political action committee.
Facebook Gives Its Ads a Boost, Using Your Photos
The world’s biggest photo-sharing service decides to make some money from all that sharing. Good timing!
Movl Wants to Take “Kontrol” of Your TV (With a Little Help From Mark Cuban)
What TV-app start-up Movl plans to do with its fresh round of funding.
Google Developing Home Entertainment System
Google Inc. is developing a home-entertainment system that streams music wirelessly throughout the home and would be marketed under the company’s own brand, according to people briefed on the company’s plans.Four Trends to Trickle Down the Mountains From This Year’s Summit Series Basecamp 2012
Looking back on a memorable Summit, here are four trends buzzed about in Tahoe.
Un-Personalize Yahoo With Its New Editorial Algorithm Visualization
Yahoo has built a visualization of its “CORE” content optimization and relevance engine technology, which helps power story selection on its home page and other verticals.
More Details on Rovio’s Valentine’s Day Treat: Angry Birds on Facebook
The latest incarnation of the popular game, arriving next week on Facebook, adds some new features and a handful of social twists.
Google Near Launch of Cloud Storage Service
Google Inc. is close to launching a cloud-storage service that would rival one of Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups, cloud-storage provider Dropbox Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.PayPal Wants You to Shop While Straphanging In Singapore
PayPal and others are looking to make mobile payments even more mobile.
End of an Era: Google’s Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein — Technically, No. 3 — Leaving
Craig Silverstein was at Google when Google wasn’t Google (or evil, either).
Who’s Ready for the (Heaven Forbid) Social Networking Patent Wars?
Just in case patent wars happen to be contagious, it seems worth evaluating which social networking players are best-equipped.
An iPhoto Slide Show on CD
Walt answers a reader’s question on how to burn an iPhoto slide show onto a CD.
Google: That 2.25 Percent MoMo Patent Royalty Sounds About Right to Us
Motorola Mobility’s demand that Apple pay it patent royalties of 2.25 percent on sales of some iPhones and iPads raised a lot of eyebrows. But not at Google.
Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal
The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory of technology patents to deploy in the smartphone wars.Groupon Reports Quarterly Loss, But Beats Revenue Expectations in Its First Earnings Release
Groupon’s revenue surged 194 percent year over year to $506.5 million to beat analysts expectations; however, the company did not cut back expenses enough to turn a profit.
Nokia: And Plan C Is We End Up Like RIM
“Plan B is that Plan A must succeed.”
Nextdoor Lawsuit Alleging VCs Stole Local Social Network Idea Is Dismissed
A lawsuit against Benchmark Capital and its portfolio company Nextdoor — filed by a founder claiming they stole his name and idea for a start-up — was dropped on Tuesday.
Behind the Scenes at Groupon’s Tech Headquarters as It Prepares to Report First Public Earnings
Groupon is slowly building out its technology prowess in Palo Alto, Calif., 2,000 miles away from its headquarters — one acquisition at a time.
LinkedIn Is Acquiring Contacts Start-Up Rapportive
Rapportive, which makes a browser plugin that overlays Gmail with contextual information about email contacts, is being acquired by LinkedIn, sources said.
Google’s Worlds Collide as Chrome Browser Comes to Android (Video)
Chrome arrives in beta form in the Android Market, and requires the latest Ice Cream Sandwich version of the operating system.
Meet Spongecell, a Profitable Ad Tech Company With $10 Million in New Funding
The start-up specializes in “rich media” Web ads, which isn’t a new idea. But Google’s Eric Schmidt liked it last year, and Safeguard Scientifics likes it, too.
Motorola Seeks Slice of iPhone, iPad Sales
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. asked Apple Inc. to pay a potential royalty of 2.25 percent of sales for some iPhones and iPads last year, representing possibly billions of dollars in licensing fees.Facing Lawsuit, Google Drops Some Content in India
Google Inc. removed some controversial content from its Indian services to comply with a court order in a civil lawsuit, the latest twist in the legal drama over Web censorship in the world’s largest democracy.Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)
“We’re in the media business, but we’re not necessarily a media company.”
PayPal Says It’s Full Speed Ahead on Mobile Payments After President Resigns
PayPal’s VP of Mobile David Marcus makes the case for why its mobile payments strategy will prevail in a market surrounded by incumbents.
