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- Inside Social Games
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: RealNetworks, Mob Science, Atari, TinyCo and more February 22, 2012The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at RealNetworks, Inc., Mob Science, Atari, King.com, Konami, TinyCo, Addmired, XMG Studio, Stealth Mobile Startup, FashionPlaytes, Inc […]Sara Ines Calderon
- How bootstrapped Serbian startup Nordeus beat EA’s FIFA at its own Facebook game February 22, 2012Of all the sports games on Facebook, soccer-themed games reign supreme, accounting for more than half of the 40 most popular sports games on the platform. The leader of the pack is Nordeus — a bootstrapped Serbian developer founded by … Continue reading →Kathleen De Vere
- Fight alongside your favorite Marvel superheroes in Marvel: Avengers Alliance February 22, 2012There are a handful of superhero games on Facebook already, but none like Marvel: Avengers Alliance, which gives players the opportunity to fight alongside their favorite Marvel superheroes in RPG-style combat against a series of iconic villains. Marvel: Avengers Alliance … Continue reading →Pete Davison
- Ubisoft brings the Rabbids’ insanity to Facebook February 22, 2012Ubisoft’s Rabbids series — originally a spinoff from the company’s Rayman franchise — is well-known for its irreverent, lavatorial humor and has invaded a wide variety of platforms over the course of the last few years. The small, insane, rabbit-like … Continue reading →Pete Davison
- Mystic Guardians brings Pokemon-style monster battling to Facebook February 21, 2012Mystic Guardians from DJArts Games is a title that wears its inspiration on its sleeve. Those who have played Nintendo’s popular Pokemon titles for Game Boy and DS will immediately recognize the formula — players are given one of three … Continue reading →Pete Davison
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: RealNetworks, Mob Science, Atari, TinyCo and more February 22, 2012
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- H-P Profit Falls 44% as Revenue Slips February 23, 2012Hewlett-Packard's fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 44% as sales in the company's personal computers business continued to fall.
- Web Firms to Adopt 'No Track' Button February 23, 2012A coalition of Internet companies including Google has agreed to support a do-not-track button to be embedded in most Web browsers—a move that the industry had been resisting for more than a year.
- Tech Giants Agree to App Privacy Rules February 23, 2012California's attorney general reached a deal with six of the largest companies in the mobile-device market over privacy policies for apps.
- H-P Profit Falls 44% as Revenue Slips February 23, 2012
- New York Times Bits
- Daily Report: White House Joins Online Privacy Debate February 23, 2012The Obama administration set out a framework for a new privacy code on Wednesday that moves closer to letting consumers use a one-click, one-touch process to tell Internet companies whether they want their online activity tracked, Although the White House has entered the debate over Internet privacy, much remains to be done before consumers can click on a bu […]By THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Apple Plans New Data Center in Oregon February 23, 2012Apple must be thrilled to be selling millions of iPhones and iPads, but the company has to handle every new device pulling data from its cloud service. So it's not surprising that it has plans to build another data center.By BRIAN X. CHEN
- Today's Scuttlebot: Kickstumbler, and Interpreting Microsoft February 23, 2012The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Wednesday's selections include a call for making a museum in Washington to showcase American ingenuity and an analysis of the new information in a TV show on factories in China that make iPhones and iPads.By THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Daily Report: White House Joins Online Privacy Debate February 23, 2012
- Pando Daily
- NY Tech Day Gears Up For Major Technology Expo February 22, 2012Earlier this year, I wrote about New York Tech Day, an even that the producers are calling the "first major tech startup expo". For the past month, co-producer of the event John Petersen has been hard at work ironing out the details of the event, and he is finally prepared to share. While I'd hate to count the chickens before they hatch, it is […]Trevor Gilbert
- Bootstrapped Rally: Venture Capitalists, Cheap Cars, And A Race Through Mexico February 22, 2012The deserts of Mexico. Race cars pieced together on shoestring budgets. A bunch of folks who take risks for a living, blasting said cars through said desert at breakneck speeds all for the sake of fun, glory ... and maybe a bit of networking. What could possibly go wrong? After finding himself "disappointed with a lot of networking events lately", […]Greg Kumparak
- Is Atlassian the Next Big Enterprise Software IPO? February 22, 2012Atlassian shouldn't have become this interesting of a company. It was started ten years ago, at a time when most of the major categories of enterprise software were saturated-- even if they were saturated with lousy software everyone hated. After spending billions on stuff that barely worked, Corporations simply weren't ready for a reboot. So the b […]Sarah Lacy
- NY Tech Day Gears Up For Major Technology Expo February 22, 2012
- GigaOM
- Qualcomm chips bring 5G Wi-Fi to mobile devices February 23, 2012Qualcomm announced chips that can take advantage of a the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, allowing connected devices to move data up to three times faster than today. That's important as we're streaming HD video, remotely accessing PCs, and playing video games through cloud services.Kevin C. Tofel
- Twilio lets iOS app makers add VoIP as a feature February 23, 2012Twilio, the cloud communications platform, is arming app makers with the ability to add Voice over IP features to their iOS apps. With a new Twilio Client for iOS, the company is making it easy for any app with connectivity to incorporate Skype-like functionality.Ryan Kim
- Wunderbar! Why millions are flocking to Wunderlist February 23, 2012Om has called 6wunderkinder “one of his favorite new companies”, and there’s good reason. The startup is one of the leading lights in the burgeoning Berlin scene, and impressive take-up claims for its first app could spell good news for its second, more fully-featured offering. Despite [...]David Meyer
- Post AT&T-Mo, T-Mobile finds a way to get to LTE February 23, 2012T-Mobile USA may have had a horrible fourth quarter while its merger with AT&T suffered its death throes, but the operator is definitely taking advantage of the aftermath. T-Mobile is using the break-up fee and spectrum won from AT&T to build an LTE network in 2013.Kevin Fitchard
- Apple can continue to sell iPads in Shanghai February 23, 2012A Shanghai court has denied a request to keep Apple's iPad out of the city's stores. The request for a temporary injunction had come from Proview International Holdings, a monitor company in the midst of a trademark dispute over the iPad name with Apple in China.Erica Ogg
- Qualcomm chips bring 5G Wi-Fi to mobile devices February 23, 2012
- Mashable
- This Tool Perfectly Crops Your Cover Photo for Facebook Timeline February 23, 2012The panoramic photo that now graces the top of every Facebook profile is pretty, but it’s a far cry from practical. Most cameras donR…Sarah Kessler
- Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Not So Fast After All February 23, 2012Remember that experiment from last fall that appeared to show neutrinos can travel faster than light? It turns out the whole thing is probably a…Peter Pachal
- Foxconn and Apple Respond to ABC Report February 23, 2012Although it didn’t unearth any atrocities in the factories of Foxconn – the Chinese company that manufactures goods for several elec…Stan Schroeder
- This Tool Perfectly Crops Your Cover Photo for Facebook Timeline February 23, 2012
- Wired
- The Pentagon Has 6 Bomb-Zapping Ray Guns (Which May Be 6 Too Many) February 23, 2012 Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman
- Intel Builds 'Chip-To-Order' Foundry Biz February 23, 2012 Ars Technica
- The Oscars' Performance Capture Problem February 23, 2012 Ethan Gilsdorf
- Venture Beat
- Obama steps up fight for online consumer protection with ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ February 23, 2012 Sean Ludwig
- You think Pinterest is big? Here comes The Fancy, with a brand spanking new e-commerce platform February 23, 2012 Devindra Hardawar
- America, keep rewarding your dissidents February 23, 2012 Heather Kelly
- Read Write Web
- Facebook Faces Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit February 23, 2012A Baltimore law firm filed a nationwide class action lawsuit against Facebook Friday, claiming the social network illegally tracked user activity on the Internet. In its claim, the law firm Murphy P.A. said the company "repeatedly ignored" warnings from a user who noticed Facebook continued to track users' activities on the Internet even after […]Dave Copeland
- Facebook Shares Could Be Overvalued By First Day Of Trading February 23, 2012More than 1,000 people are now trading shares of Facebook on private markets - well above the 50 to 100 that most companies have ahead of their initial public offering. Sam Hamadeh, head of research firm PrivCo., who made the current shareholder estimates for Bloomberg News, said that has pushed Facebook's valuation over $100 billion and could limit the […]Dave Copeland
- Daily Wrap: RIM Playbook Disappoints and more February 23, 2012David Strom says the RIM Playbook isn't ready for primetime. This and more in today's Daily Wrap. Sometimes it's difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popul […]Robyn Tippins
- Facebook Faces Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit February 23, 2012
- Tech Crunch
- NVIDIA Rebrands The Tegra 3′s Architecture, Wants Everyone To Now Call It A 4-Plus-1 SoC February 23, 2012Nvidia unveiled the Tegra 3 platform last year at Mobile World Congress. Since then the chip has lived its short life mostly misunderstood. You see, it's a quad-core chip with another 500MHz companion core that handles low-power background tasks -- an architecture Nvidia previously called variable symmetric multiprocessing. But that's a mouthful an […]Matt Burns
- With New Facebook Integration, Prescreen Relaunches To Make Movie Discovery More Social February 23, 2012Independent filmmakers have a pretty tough when it comes to marketing and promoting their films; they really don't have the resources or tools required to expand their outreach, and get in front of new eyeballs. Only the big Hollywood studios have the resources to drive enough cross-platform advertising to stir up buzz over their upcoming blockbusters, […]Rip Empson
- Geolocation’s Potential Heats Up With Geoloqi’s Battery-Saving Tech February 23, 2012Geoloqi, a name you may know because of the mobile app that provides automatic Foursquare check-ins and geofenced reminders, is today launching its next-generation location platform as an SDK. Although previously available in API format for developers' use, the new iOS and Android SDK makes it even easier for developers to drop in location services into […]Sarah Perez
- NVIDIA Rebrands The Tegra 3′s Architecture, Wants Everyone To Now Call It A 4-Plus-1 SoC February 23, 2012
- Global Post
- Obama proposes online privacy "bill of rights" February 23, 2012 Tim Fitzsimons
- Deutsche Telekom reports net losses due to falling EU demand February 23, 2012Deutsche Telekom’s bid to sell its US mobile network T-Mobile USA to AT&T for $39 billion last year was blocked by regulators, but a resulting $3 billion payout failed to compensate for a drop in demand in Europe due to the euro zone debt crisis. read moreLuke Browne
- Syrian tanks reportedly enter Homs after 20 day heavy artillery assault February 23, 2012BEIRUT — Syrian tanks reportedly entered the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr on Thursday, raising fears of a ground assault in the most embattled district of the Syrian uprising.read moreTim Fitzsimons
- Global Voices
- Chile: Twitter Users Share Images of the Protests in Aysén February 23, 2012A social movement that demands better quality of life and lower costs has gained strength in the Aysén region in the Chilean Patagonia. The people of Aysén are uploading their photos to Twitter to show the marches, blockades and confrontations that have occurred in recent days.Daniel Cooper
- Georgia: Online campaign targets Russian president's Facebook page February 23, 2012With Russian soldiers stations in Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, hundreds of Georgians called for their withdrawal on the Russian president's Facebook page.Mirian Jugheli
- Greece: ‘Catastroika' Documentary on Public Sector Privatization February 23, 2012A new documentary about the catastrophic consequences of the privatization of the public sector in Greece, entitled Catastroika [el], is in progress. The title comes from the combination of the words ‘catastrophe' and ‘Troika' (the tripartite committee led by the European Commission with the European Central Bank and the International M […]Alexia Kalaitzi
- Chile: Twitter Users Share Images of the Protests in Aysén February 23, 2012
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- Cats Make You Crazy February 18, 2012Starting in the early 1990s, he began to suspect that a single-celled parasite in the protozoan family was subtly manipulating his personality, causing him to behave in strange, often self-destructive ways. And if it was messing with his mind, he reasoned, it was probably doing the same to others.The parasite, which is excreted by cats [...]Matt
- LIFE.com February 1, 2012LIFE magazine has relaunched, powered by WordPress.com VIP. I’m a huge fan of the magazine’s history and the work of photographers like John Dominis.Matt
- On the Evolution of Investing January 24, 2012Today Y Combinator announced they are adding two new partners, Garry Tan and Aaron Iba. This announcement is unique because it does not list their academic credentials, their previous investments, the boards of companies or non-profits they have sat on, how many years of experience they have, or any of the usual badges of honor [...]Matt
- Cats Make You Crazy February 18, 2012
- The Verge
- HTC One X (Endeavor) shown in leaked press image February 23, 2012By all appearances, one of HTC's 2012 flagship devices has just leaked in its final form: meet the phone that Pocketnow is calling the One X, which we've heard a lot about over the past few months under the "Endeavor" and "Edge" codenames. The image that they've obtained almost certainly seems real considering the date- and […]Chris Ziegler
- WIMM One's Micro App Store beta now open: apps for your wristwatch February 23, 2012WIMM Labs' WIMM One module can be combined with a strap to make inarguably the most powerful wristwatch on the market today, if for no other reason than the fact that it runs Android; developers can adapt their existing skill sets to quickly develop apps for it, and the capacitive color touchscreen and Wi-Fi support make a for a compelling platform. Whe […]Chris Ziegler
- Qualcomm Atheros announces 1.3Gbps 802.11ac Wi-Fi modules February 23, 2012Qualcomm Atheros is releasing a family of new chips for 802.11ac — an emerging, faster wireless standard set to overtake 802.11n. If you're a manufacturer ogling Qualcomm's Snapdragon 4, the single-stream WCN3680 with 802.11ac and integrated Bluetooth and FM complements the Snapdragon's impressive benchmark scores and built-in 802.11b/g/ […]Jeff Blagdon
- HTC One X (Endeavor) shown in leaked press image February 23, 2012
- Gizmodo
- Two-Headed Mutant Trouts Are Not Enough to Stop Selenium Pollution [Environment] February 23, 2012 Jesus Diaz
- Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: The Complete Text [Privacy Bill Of Rights] February 23, 2012 Brian Barrett
- Don't Worry, Men: The Y Chromosome Isn't Dying Out [Science] February 23, 2012 Jamie Condliffe
- Engadget
- Samsung Zipel oven takes instructions from your Android phone February 23, 2012 Donald Melanson
- Samsung Rugby Smart officially coming to AT&T March 4 for $100 February 23, 2012 Brad Molen
- White House gets behind online 'bill of rights,' companies to adopt 'do not track' February 23, 2012 Terrence O'Brien
- The Next Web
- VC firm Flybridge expands its footprint in Brazil and hires Pitzi’s CEO as an advisor February 23, 2012Flybridge Capital Partners has hired Sao Paulo-based American entrepreneur Daniel Hatkoff as an advisor, the early stage VC firm announced today. As you may remember, Hatkoff is the founder of Pitzi, an insurance club for mobile phones. Before starting his own company, he served as a financial analyst with Warburg Pincus and Morgan Stanley in New York City. […]Anna Heim
- happytables aims to end the horror of terrible restaurant websites February 23, 2012If you’ve never yet felt frustrated by how bad a restaurant’s website sucks, chances are you’ve just not visited a restaurant website. Ridiculous, Flash-based designs, terrible navigation and non-embedded, PDF food menus are apparently de rigueur. But restaurant owners are a busy bunch, so who can blame them for having a lack of time to wor […]Brad McCarty
- To-do app Astrid lets you pay other people to do the tasks you want to avoid February 23, 2012When news of an update to a to-do list app hits our tips email address, it had better offer something different – after all, how much innovation can a checklist of tasks really offer? Thankfully, the latest Android version of Astrid offers a fresh idea – outsourcing the jobs you don’t want to do. The app has harnessed the recently-launched […]Martin Bryant
- VC firm Flybridge expands its footprint in Brazil and hires Pitzi’s CEO as an advisor February 23, 2012
