Google is retiring Google Checkout in the coming months, as the company transitions to Google Wallet. Merchants can continue to accept payments using Google Checkout until November 20, 2013. If you don’t have your own payment processing, you will need to…
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Yahoo is giving Flickr users one terabyte of space — for free — enough space for more than 500,000 full-resolution photos. Flickr has also got a design update with an endlessly scrolling gallery, and a new slideshow that displays Flickr photos in…
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Yahoo is acquiring blogging platform Tumblr in a $1.1 billion deal, substantially all of which is payable in cash. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second half of the year. Following the…
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Bloomberg has appointed Samuel J. Palmisano, the former chairman and CEO of IBM, to serve as an independent adviser regarding the company’s privacy and data standards. Mr. Palmisano will undertake a review of the company’s current practices and policies for…
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed online electronics retailer Newegg’s 2011 victory against Alcatel-Lucent, in a patent infringement lawsuit, says Newegg. Lee Cheng (Chief legal officer, Newegg): To date, we have invalidated four e-commerce patents that…
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Hearst has launched magazine content exclusively for Google Glass. The company launched Elle Glassware at the just-concluded Google I/O. Teams from Hearst, ELLE and Google worked together on the launch. Hearst is the first magazine media company to develop and launch Glassware (yes, thats…
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Its been a year since Facebook’s IPO. What a long strange trip its been. The user-base is growing, people are sharing more, Instagram is doing well, revenues are up. On the other hand, Facebook’s stock has flatlined; the company’s shares…
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Google announced a new version of Google Maps at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday. The new avatar lets users personalize their maps, and enables 3D rendering of buildings during a search, among other things. The new Google Maps instantly…
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Web content marketing company Skyword, has closed $6.7 million in growth financing, led by Cox Media Group. The investment will be used to expand the team and help scale the company, says Skyword. [Image courtesy: Skyword]
Users have downloaded over 50 billion apps from the App Store, says Apple. Compared to that number, the population of the world is a mere 7.08 billion. People are downloading more than 800 apps per second at a rate of over…
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