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• New Galaxy S III phone is bigger and smarter
• Facebook: A masterpiece and cultural catastrophe
• New golf apps promise to fine-tune your game
• Facebook valued at up to $95B in IPO price range
• Watch a man fly across Rio de Janeiro using a jet pack he built himself
• Slide is a new iPhone game, and you’re already good at it
• Why Automating Social Media Marketing Could Hurt Facebook
• LinkedIn to buy SlideShare as 1Q beats Street
• Samsung reveals new flagship Galaxy smartphone
• Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial
• Shares of BlackBerry maker hit eight-year low
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 tops iPhone Games of the Week
• Nokia prepping ‘hybrid’ devices and tablets, admits it failed to adapt
• SK hynix says drops bid for Japan's Elpida
• Microsoft hires 14 Yahoo researchers for new NYC lab
• Gartner's 1Q tops analyst views, stock still sinks
• LinkedIn to buy SlideShare as 1Q beats Street
• Yahoo confirms misleading info on new CEO's resume
• Smartphone shipments estimated to reach 1.7 billion in 2017, led by Android
• Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial
• Summary Box: Facebook IPO valued at up to $95B
• Facebook valued at up to $95B in IPO price range
• Developments in Oracle vs Google legal case
• Facebook Facts at a glance
• Summary Box: Yahoo investor exposes exaggeration
• Apple investigating multi-tiered haptics system for iPhone
• Want to Book Restaurants You Find on Foursquare? This Startup Helps
• Key events involving Yahoo and its performance
• Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab
• Biographical info on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson
• Why Automating Social Media Marketing Could Hurt Facebook
• Judge says Google's Android lost money in 2010
• Apple's smartphone and tablet shipments by quarter
• Summary Box: Samsung reveals new Galaxy smartphone
• Factbox: Facebook's IPO: who gets rich?
• Mashable Photo Challenge: Nostalgia
• Mexico's Slim will cut phone fees to skip fine
• A look at recent tech-industry earnings
• A look at tech companies with recent IPOs
• Facebook plans to raise $10.6 billion in mega IPO

New Galaxy S III phone is bigger and smarter Posted: At a press event in London on Thursday that it described as an "unpacking," Samsung indeed rolled out an impressive array of hardware and software enhancements that the company hopes will help it retain its ranking as the top cell phone maker in the world.

Facebook: A masterpiece and cultural catastrophe Posted: Yahoo!'s Virginia Heffernan calls the social networking site both a masterpiece and a cultural catastrophe.

New golf apps promise to fine-tune your game Posted: If only perfecting your golf swing was as simple as playing Angry Birds. Well, while the idea of developing a PGA-quality swing will never be that easy, a growing array of mobile apps, now enhanced by cloud technology, really could help take a stroke or two off your game.

Facebook valued at up to $95B in IPO price range Posted: Facebook, the company that turned the social Web into a cultural and business phenomenon, is worth as much as $95 billion, according to the price range for its upcoming initial public offering of stock.

Watch a man fly across Rio de Janeiro using a jet pack he built himself Posted: Looking for an exciting way to spend your summer vacation? Forget the world's largest free fall swing, and don't even bother gassing up the hovercraft. The only real way to get your adrenaline fix this summer is to streak across the skies of … Continue reading →

Slide is a new iPhone game, and you’re already good at it Posted: If you own an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you've likely used the built-in slide-to-unlock feature hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of times. A new iOS game — appropriately named Slide — uses that very simple motion as its one and only … Continue reading →

Why Automating Social Media Marketing Could Hurt Facebook Posted: Jeremiah Owyang is an industry analyst on customer strategy and partner at Altimeter Group. As author of the blog Web Strategy, he focuses on how corporations connect with their customers using web technologies.

LinkedIn to buy SlideShare as 1Q beats Street Posted: LinkedIn Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than doubled, and the business networking company is buying presentation sharing website SlideShare for $118.8 million.

Samsung reveals new flagship Galaxy smartphone Posted: Samsung says the latest phone in its Galaxy line, which has emerged as the biggest competitor to Apple's iPhone, will go on sale in Europe this month and in the U.S. this summer.

Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial Posted: A federal court jury is having a difficult time reaching a verdict in a complex copyright infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google.

Shares of BlackBerry maker hit eight-year low Posted: Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. hit an eight-year low Thursday and have fallen more than 15 percent in the past three days, after the company unveiled a prototype BlackBerry with new software.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 tops iPhone Games of the Week Posted: Grab your mini figures and your magic wands, because the conclusion to the Harry Potter saga is upon us, in iOS LEGO form. It's Harry Potter: Year 5-7, and it includes lots of things to do, including kicking Voldemort's butt and learning the ins and outs of magical combat. It's the week's best game, and it's joined by some pretty great titles that you should also grab this weekend. Check them all out below.

Nokia prepping ‘hybrid’ devices and tablets, admits it failed to adapt Posted: Nokia's outgoing Chairman Jorma Ollila told the Financial Times the company plans to launch a range of tablets and "hybrid" smart mobile devices, although no time frame was given, Reuters reported. The Chairman, who has been with the company for 27 years, admitted that Nokia acted too slow at the start of the smartphone revolution. He believes, however, that the combination of new products and Nokia services will help the company recover."Tablets are an important one, so that is being looked into, and there will be different hybrids, different form factors in the future," he said. Nokia's failed smartphone strategy has cost the company dearly. Due to Samsung's success in the market, the South Korean manufacturer recently ended Nokia's 14-year

SK hynix says drops bid for Japan's Elpida Posted: SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean chipmaker SK hynix said on Friday it had dropped its bid for Japan's troubled Elpida Memory Inc after participating in the initial round of the auction. The firm did not elaborate on why it decided to withdraw. U.S.-based Micron Technology and SK hynix were among a handful of chipmakers and funds that have shown interest in Elpida. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

Microsoft hires 14 Yahoo researchers for new NYC lab Posted: Microsoft has hired 14 Yahoo researchers for its brand new New York research lab, AllThingsD reported. The hires come after Yahoo made significant layoffs last month to its research and development unit. According to Jennifer Chayes, who manages Microsoft Research in New England and New York, the researchers were't hired as a package deal. "I don't feel like we hired a group; I feel like we hired 15 amazing individuals, some of which became available because there were some problems at Yahoo," she said. The software giant has an extensive research division that includes some 850 Ph.Ds, and the New York City lab will be the company's 13th global office. Read

Gartner's 1Q tops analyst views, stock still sinks Posted: Gartner Inc.'s first-quarter earnings climbed 17 percent as company sold more research reports and consulting services to customers looking for insights into the latest technology trends.

LinkedIn to buy SlideShare as 1Q beats Street Posted: LinkedIn Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than doubled, and the business networking company is buying presentation sharing website SlideShare for $118.8 million.

Yahoo confirms misleading info on new CEO's resume Posted: A disgruntled Yahoo shareholder questioned the qualifications and integrity of recently hired CEO Scott Thompson after exposing a misrepresentation about the executive's education.

Smartphone shipments estimated to reach 1.7 billion in 2017, led by Android Posted: Market research firm Ovum estimates that smartphone shipments will continue to grow and reach 1.7 billion units in 2017. The company cites increased demand from emerging markets, alongside the growth of Android, which will fuel ballooning handset shipments. "Android will dominate the smartphone market over the next five years," said Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum. "While Apple has defined the smartphone market since it introduced the iPhone in 2007, we're now seeing a sharp rise in the shipment volumes of Android, signaling its appeal to leading handset manufacturers." Android-powered handsets accounted for 44% of the smartphone market in 2011, a significant increase from 17% in 2010. The firm estimates Android's share will reach 48% in 2017 and Apple's iOS

Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial Posted: A federal court jury is having a difficult time reaching a verdict in a complex copyright infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google.

Summary Box: Facebook IPO valued at up to $95B Posted: THE PRICE IS SET: Facebook set an expected price range of $28 to $35 per share Thursday for its initial public offering.

Facebook valued at up to $95B in IPO price range Posted: Facebook, the company that turned the social Web into a cultural and business phenomenon, is worth as much as $95 billion, according to the price range for its upcoming initial public offering of stock.

Developments in Oracle vs Google legal case Posted: Oracle Corp. has accused Google Inc. of patent and copyright infringement. Much of the dispute is over Google's Android, the mobile operating system that now powers more than 300 million smartphones and tablet computers.

Facebook Facts at a glance Posted: Facebook, which said Thursday that it expects its initial public stock offering to price between $28 and $35 for a potential take of $13.58 billion, took the unusual step of posting its IPO "roadshow" online. A look at some facts about the social media phenomenon:

Summary Box: Yahoo investor exposes exaggeration Posted: WHOOPS: Yahoo incorrectly stated that recently hired CEO Scott Thompson has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Stonehill College. He only has an accounting degree.

Apple investigating multi-tiered haptics system for iPhone Posted: Documentation surrounding a recent Apple patent published by the United States Trademark and Patent Office reveals that the iPhone-maker is working on a new intelligent multi-tiered haptics system. The Cupertino-based company states that traditional tactile feedback systems provide a user with the ability to interact with a device through touch or contact. Using the technology described in the patent documentation, Apple's invention could allow a future iPhone's display to deform into a button, an arrow, or even a geological map with 3D depth, according to PatentlyApple. The system would adopt a tiered haptic response approach, in which one or more arrays of shape-changing elements would provide tactile interaction through an elastic screen interface. Read

Want to Book Restaurants You Find on Foursquare? This Startup Helps Posted: 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.

Key events involving Yahoo and its performance Posted: Key events involving Yahoo Inc. and its performance:

Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks. Lockheed beat out General Dynamics Corp, which previously ran the center, to win the contract in January, but the award was held up by a protest filed with the General Accountability Office. ...

Biographical info on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Posted: NAME: Scott Thompson

Why Automating Social Media Marketing Could Hurt Facebook Posted: Jeremiah Owyang is an industry analyst on customer strategy and partner at Altimeter Group. As author of the blog Web Strategy, he focuses on how corporations connect with their customers using web technologies.

Judge says Google's Android lost money in 2010 Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile platform resulted in a net loss for the company in every quarter of 2010, despite generating roughly $97.7 million in revenue for the first quarter of that year, a U.S. judge said in court. The discussion on Thursday of the finances of what has become the world's leading mobile operating software in just four years came during a damages hearing in high stakes litigation between Oracle and Google over smartphone technology. ...

Apple's smartphone and tablet shipments by quarter Posted: A look at Apple's smartphone and tablet shipments by quarter. Samsung does not disclose its unit sales.

Summary Box: Samsung reveals new Galaxy smartphone Posted: COMING SOON: Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest Galaxy phone will go on sale in Europe on May 29 and in the U.S. this summer.

Factbox: Facebook's IPO: who gets rich? Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading. Facebook is only getting about half -- or $5.6 billion -- of the roughly $10.6 billion it plans to raise via a mega IPO. The other half, or about $4.9 billon, is going to a handful of inside investors -- many Silicon Valley notables. Chief among them are co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, venture firm Accel Partners, early investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Russian tycoon Yuri Milner's DST, and investment bank Goldman Sachs. ...

Mashable Photo Challenge: Nostalgia Posted: Here in the Mashable community room, we have a pair of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Many of our visitors notice the toy and reminisce about their own Rock 'Em Sock 'Ems from childhood. In addition to being an iconic toy, these friendly robots seem to evoke a fond sense of nostalgia.

Mexico's Slim will cut phone fees to skip fine Posted: MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's competition watchdog has ordered Carlos Slim to cut charges he levies on mobile phone competitors in exchange for dropping a record fine, exacting a small concession from the country's dominant telecoms mogul. Slim's cash cow, mobile giant America Movil, said on Thursday it had agreed with Mexico's Federal Competition Commission (Cofeco) to cut by about 20 percent its interconnection rates, the fees it charges rivals to tap its mobile network. Analysts said the deal was a minor setback to Slim, and shares in America Movil even rose slightly. ...

A look at recent tech-industry earnings Posted: Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

A look at tech companies with recent IPOs Posted: Here's a look at how some companies that had initial public offerings of stock since January 2011 are faring. The companies are all loosely Internet-related, though their businesses vary widely.

Facebook plans to raise $10.6 billion in mega IPO Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc aims to raise about $10.6 billion in Silicon Valley's largest IPO, dwarfing the coming-out parties of tech companies like Google Inc and granting the world's largest social network a market value close to Amazon.com's. The eight-year-old social network that began as Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room project indicated an initial public offering price range of between $28 and $35 a share on Thursday, which would value the company at $77 billion to $96 billion. ...

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