Monday, March 28, 2011

EBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion (AP)

EBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion (AP)

EBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, an eBay logo is seen at their offices in San Jose, Calif. EBay Inc. has agreed to buy GSI Commerce Monday, March 28, 2011, a digital marketing and e-commerce company, for $2.4 billion.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Online marketplace operator EBay said Monday that it will pay $2.4 billion for GSI Commerce, which operates websites for retailers like Toys R Us and Bath & Body Works.

Twitter's first tweeter returns as product guru (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:29 PM PDT

AP - Jack Dorsey, the Twitter co-founder responsible for the messaging service's first tweet five years ago, is returning to oversee the company's products.

NY Times begins charging for digital access (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:20 PM PDT

AP - The New York Times began charging Monday for full access to its website and mobile services.

50% of Tweets Consumed Come From Only 0.05% of Twitter Users [STUDY] (Mashable)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Mashable - A mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of the spotlight on Twitter, which now ropes in a billion tweets every week.

Website to pay $950,000 for posting Beatles hits (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1964 file photo, The Beatles, front row from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums, perform at the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' in New York. BlueBeat.com has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the music companies EMI, Capitol Records and Virgin Records America after posting digital copies of The Beatles music a year before they became legitimately available. (AP Photo, file)AP - A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit.

American Express makes digital wallets (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:32 PM PDT

American Express on Monday launched an online financial transactions service that it claims goes beyond what others provide in a market dominated by PayPal.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - American Express on Monday launched an online financial transactions service that it claims goes beyond what others provide in a market dominated by PayPal.

Sprint Nextel CEO got $9.1M pay package in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:03 PM PDT

AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. President and CEO Daniel R. Hesse received total compensation valued at $9.1 million last year, a 26 percent drop from what he received in 2009, according to an Associated Press calculation of data filed with regulators.

Catch Notes Android app a big help for your memory (Appolicious)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Because Catch Notes is such a dynamic note-taking app — allowing for text, photo and voice memos — it's the perfect kind of note pad to have around.

News Corp in talks with Vevo on Myspace: source (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:38 PM PDT

Reuters - News Corp has held talks to give control of Myspace to the music label-owned video site Vevo.com, but the likelihood of a deal being reached was slim, a person with knowledge of the talks said.

3D smartphone showdown: LG Optimus 3D vs. HTC EVO 3D (Digital Trends)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:54 PM PDT

Digital Trends - This week, Nintendo launched the first major glasses-free 3D handheld device. If you’re wondering, yes, it has better 3D than either of these two phones. However, HTC and LG aren’t far behind. While I have no love for LG’s implementation of 3D in the Optimus Pad tablet (T-Mobile G-Slate), LG’s first attempt at 3D in the smartphone space is a different story. The LG Optimus 3D does the third dimension justice with glasses-free 3D. And HTC’s new entry, like everything HTC seems to put out lately, is polished and worthy of attention. But which phone is the best and which offers the best 3D experience? I spent some time with both devices at last week’s CTIA trade show. My findings are below.

Is Apple Delaying the Release of iPhone 5? (Mashable)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Mashable - Apple could be delaying the release of its unannounced generation iPhone from its typical summer debut to sometime in the fall due to the Verizon iPhone 4.

Boxee, Apple announce plans to change the mobile video streaming landscape (Appolicious)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - It's time to put down your remote, because in the ongoing fight between traditional television and video streamed via mobile devices, traditional media has been dealt a knockout blow. In an interview with Pocket-lint this week, Andrew Kippen, Vice President of Marketing for Boxee, discussed how a new Boxee iPad app will allow users to stream content from their tablets to any device running Boxee software.

Remains of the Day: Da cloud, boss, da cloud! (Macworld)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Macworld - The forecast for the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system is overcast. But if you’re not so much interested in the future of Apple as you are the pastâ€"and you have $3000 to blowâ€"then you’re in luck. Elsewhere, Sprint makes a surprise announcement (surprise not included), and a popular iOS franchise makes its way to the big screen. Sort of. The remainders for Monday, March 28, 2011 are coming soon, to a theater near you.

Justin Bieber song prompts royalties fight (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:39 PM PDT

Canadian singer Justin Bieber gives a thumbs-up during the German TV game show Reuters - A pair of artist managers have filed a lawsuit seeking royalties from the hit Justin Bieber song "One Less Lonely Girl."

Lenovo launches 'LePad' tablet in China (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of China?s biggest PC maker Lenovo, launches the company's new tablet computer, LePad, in Beijing. The IT giant has unveiled its new tablet computer for the domestic market in a bid to compete for a share of an increasingly crowded sector dominated by Apple's iPad.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese computer giant Lenovo has launched its own tablet computer at home as it tries to compete for a share of an increasingly crowded market dominated by Apple's iPad.

Middle East censors wield Western software: report (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Photo illustration shows people using the Internet at a web cafe in the Middle East. Even as Western leaders call for democratic freedom in the Middle East, software from US and Canadian firms is being wielded by censors in oppressive regimes, a report has said.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)AFP - Even as Western leaders call for democratic freedom in the Middle East, software from US and Canadian firms is being wielded by censors in oppressive regimes, a report has said.

NASA computer servers vulnerable to attack: audit (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:09 AM PDT

A man works on a computer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California 2003. NASA's inspector general warned Monday that computer servers used by the US space agency to control spacecraft were vulnerable to cyber attack through the Internet.(AFP/NASA/File/Bill Ingalls)AFP - NASA's inspector general warned Monday that computer servers used by the US space agency to control spacecraft were vulnerable to cyber attack through the Internet.
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