Netflix's star shines in 4Q, adds 3.1M subscribers (AP)

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• Netflix's star shines in 4Q, adds 3.1M subscribers (AP)
• Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts (AP)
• China to step up controversial technology plans (AP)
• PlayStation Phone—er, the Xperia Play—gets hands-on treatment (Ben Patterson)
• What’s on your PSP2 wish list? (Ben Patterson)
• Speck CandyShell Wrap iPad case folks, serves as stand (Digital Trends)
• Kindle Singles debuts pithy digital works (AFP)
• New Company Crowdsources Location-Based Talk Radio [INVITES] (Mashable)
• PlayStation Phone analyzed on U.S. soil (Appolicious)
• LightSquared Wins FCC OK for LTE-satellite Network (PC World)
• Will Facebook battle Skype, Google Voice with VoIP calling? (Digital Trends)
• Netflix profit up, adds subscribers, shares jump (Reuters)
• Motorola smartphones disappoint, iPhone already weighs (Reuters)
• Microsoft sells 2 million phone software units (Reuters)
• IBM to Build Asia's Largest Cloud Computing Center (PC World)

Netflix's star shines in 4Q, adds 3.1M subscribers (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 05:12 PM PST AP - Netflix Inc.'s video subscription service topped 20 million customers during the fourth quarter to help push its earnings beyond analyst expectations and burnish its reputation as a stock-market star. Its shares surged 10 percent on the news.

Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:18 PM PST AP - Facebook users who check in to a store or click the "like" button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends' pages as a "Sponsored Story" paid for by advertisers.

China to step up controversial technology plans (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:24 PM PST AP - China says it plans to step up efforts this year to develop clean energy and other high-tech industries in a strategy that has strained trade ties with Washington and other governments.

PlayStation Phone—er, the Xperia Play—gets hands-on treatment (Ben Patterson) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST Ben Patterson - We're barely 12 hours away from what's expected to be the PSP2 unveiling in Tokyo, and now comes a big, juicy video preview of yet another new PlayStation handheld: the long-rumored, Android-powered Xperia Play, a.k.a. the PlayStation phone. Leaked photos …

What’s on your PSP2 wish list? (Ben Patterson) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST Ben Patterson - In just a few hoursâ€"and barring any unwelcome surprisesâ€"we should be getting our first glimpse at a spiffy new PlayStation Portable. What are you hoping to see in the next-generation PSP? The widely-rumored PSP2 is expected to be unveiled early …

Speck CandyShell Wrap iPad case folks, serves as stand (Digital Trends) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 11:12 AM PST Digital Trends - Speck just got back from showing off iPhone cases and covers at CES, and now the company has debuted its CandyShell Wrap case for the Apple iPad, just in time for this week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco. In addition to protecting an iPad from bumps, scratches, and dirt, the CandyShell Wrap case features a removable cover that can fold up to serve as a viewing and/or typing stand.

Kindle Singles debuts pithy digital works (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 07:02 PM PST AFP - Amazon has released the first of a new line of short digital books pitched as quick, captivating works for its popular Kindle electronic readers.

New Company Crowdsources Location-Based Talk Radio [INVITES] (Mashable) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:59 PM PST Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

PlayStation Phone analyzed on U.S. soil (Appolicious) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST Appolicious - There's so much information available about the Xperia Play, Sony Ericcson's (SNE) forever-rumored PlayStation Phone, that one would almost expect to find one in the U.S. Oh wait -- tech blog Engadget did, and they've pretty much dissected the phone for our benefit.

LightSquared Wins FCC OK for LTE-satellite Network (PC World) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:10 PM PST PC World - LightSquared said Wednesday it has received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to build its planned satellite-LTE network for nationwide mobile service.

Will Facebook battle Skype, Google Voice with VoIP calling? (Digital Trends) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:00 PM PST Digital Trends - Facebook has remained mum on the subject of the alleged Facebook phone, but a photo has surfaced revealing the website’s interest in other areas of communication. Multiple sources have spotted what looks like a calling function on the site.

Netflix profit up, adds subscribers, shares jump (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:16 PM PST Reuters - Movie rental service Netflix reported better-than-expected quarterly profit, fueled by rapid subscriber growth that shows no sign of letting up this year.

Motorola smartphones disappoint, iPhone already weighs (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:01 PM PST Reuters - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc is already feeling pressure from the next Apple Inc iPhone and forecast a steeper than usual drop in sales this quarter as a result, sending its shares down 6.8 percent.

Microsoft sells 2 million phone software units (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:15 PM PST Reuters - Microsoft Corp sold more than 2 million units of its new Windows Phone 7 software to handset makers last quarter, a strong start for the new software launched in October, but still far behind Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android system.

IBM to Build Asia's Largest Cloud Computing Center (PC World) Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:00 AM PST PC World - IBM and the China-based Range Technology will build a cloud computing data center near Beijing that the companies claim will be Asia's largest by floor space.

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