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Kickstarter Comes Into Its Own
Kickstarter is becoming a serious source of funding and marketing for both start-ups and established companies.
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.
Roll of the DICE: Videogame Leaders Name the Industry’s Best
The videogame industry is hosting an Oscars-like ceremony Thursday in Las Vegas, where a few hundred of the top leaders will recognize the achievements in the interactive arts and sciences.
LinkedIn Profit Jumps 30 Percent as Revenue More Than Doubles
LinkedIn Corp.’s profit jumped 30 percent and its revenue more than doubled in its latest quarter, providing a lift to the young social-networking industry ahead of Facebook Inc.’s public offering later this year.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.
Seven Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers
In an AllThingsD interview, Cisco Systems’ CEO talks about the company’s turnaround, the hurdles ahead and how badly he wants to bring his company’s cash home.
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.
Zynga Inks Deal With Hasbro to Bring FarmVille Into the Real World
Zynga has partnered with Hasbro to develop a wide range of toy and gaming experiences based on Zynga’s most popular Facebook games and characters.
News Byte
DOJ Likely to Clear Rockstar Bidco’s Nortel Patent Purchase
Looks like the Justice Department plans to approve the $4.5 billion sale of Nortel’s wireless technology patents to a consortium led by Microsoft and Apple. Sources familiar with the matter say the DOJ has addressed concerns that the consortium might use the patents to unfairly hamstring competitors. It’s not clear when the DOJ will issue its approval, but when it does some 6,000 wireless patents will be transferred over to Rockstar Bidco, an alliance that also includes Research In Motion, Sony, Ericsson AB and EMC.The Internet Hasn’t Killed the Radio Star: Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman’s Full Dive Into Media Interview
The guy who helped build MTV, then AOL, is now running a radio giant in an Internet age. Why?
More on Windows on ARM: Highlights From Sinofsky’s 8,600-Word Opus
We read the whole blog post, so you don’t have to. Unless, of course, you want to.
Windows on ARM, Complete With Next Version of Office, to Arrive With Rest of Windows 8
In an interview, Windows unit head Steven Sinofsky explains some of the key things that will — and won’t — be part of the Windows 8 version that runs on ARM-based machines.
Spotify Dollars Boost Warner Music, but Not as Much as iTunes
Streaming music services are growing quickly. But, for big music, digital still means downloads.
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.
For iPad and Mobile Devices, a ‘Port’ out of the Norm
Walt reviews a special flash drive that can transfer and stream files to popular mobile devices without standard USB ports.
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.Cisco Fits Back in Its Skinny Jeans, Drops $1 Billion in Annual Costs
Cisco hits an important goal of its restructuring one quarter early.
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.
Cisco Reports: It’s Getting Better
The turnaround appears to be taking hold as sales and profits both beat analyst’s forecast. Also? A dividend boost to make shareholders happy.
Can’t Buy Me Love … But You Can Buy Me Gadgets
What better way to show your affection than with obscure tablets and daily deals?
