1. Verizon will kill 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans, push users to data share 8 hours ago   permalink

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Verizon Wireless ( NYSE:VZ ) plans to eliminate the $30 per month unlimited data plan that it still provides to 3G customers who were "grandfathered" into the plan because they were data customers prior to the company's switch to tiered data pricing last July. Speaking at the 40th J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Verizon ...

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FierceWireless Verizon will kill 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans, push users to data share   —  Verizon Wireless ( NYSE:VZ ) plans to eliminate the $30 per month unlimited data plan that it still provides to 3G customers who were "grandfathered" into the plan because they were data customers prior to the company's switch to tiered data pricing last July. Speaking at the 40th J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Verizon ...

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Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said at an investor conference earlier today that users on those wonderful old grandfathered unlimited data plans will soon have to give them up if they want to move ... Kyle Wagner / Gizmodo Verizon to Kill Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans. This Is Bullshit.   —  Unlimited data on Verizon is dead. The death rattle just wheezed out during Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo's dream-killing presentation at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference. Everyone with a grandfathered unlimited data plan will be forced to switch to a tiered plan when they upgrade to LTE. It's absurd, warrantless, ... Lynn R. Anderson / BriefMobile Verizon Will Eliminate Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans When Upgrading to 4G LTE   —  At the 40th J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo announced that Verizon will eliminate its $30 per month “grandfathered-in” unlimited data plan to those who upgrade to 4G LTE.  According to Shammo, when customers upgrade to 4G LTE, they will have to give up their unlimited data plan and purchase [...] USATODAY.com Feed Verizon Wireless to end unlimited data plan   —  The move is sure to draw the ire of "grandfathered" customers, who remained loyal to Verizon to keep their unlimited data plans. Msnbc.com Verizon Wireless to scrap unlimited plans for 4G users   —  Verizon Wireless is planning to force customers to give up their unlimited data plans when they move to its high-speed wireless service, a top executive for parent company Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday. Macworld TechHive: Verizon looking to end existing unlimited data plans   —  Speaking at an investors conference, the CFO of Verizon Wireless said that current subscribers who've held onto unlimited data plans will need to switch to a shared data plan in the future if they want to upgrade to a new device. Editor / Neowin Verizon just ruined 4G with data caps for everyone   —  After eliminating its unlimited data plan for new customers in 2011, Verizon Wireless will now force existing "grandfathered" unlimited users to drop the plan later this summer. Read more... FierceWireless FCC presses Verizon for details on proposed 700 MHz spectrum sale   —  The FCC pressed Verizon Wireless ( NYSE:VZ ) for more details on its proposed sale of Lower 700 MHz A and B Block spectrum, which Verizon has said is contingent on the carrier getting regulatory approval to buy more attractive nationwide AWS spectrum from cable companies. In a letter to John Scott, Verizon Wireless' general counsel, Rick Kaplan, ... PCWorld Latest Verizon to Kill Unlimited Data for All Users, Offer Shared Data Plans   —  Verizon plans to end unlimited data plans for all users, including "grandfathered-in" users when they switch to 4G LTE phones. Ina Fried / AllThingsD Verizon CFO: Arrival of Shared Data Plans This Summer Is a Game Changer   —  The move to shared data plans could lure more consumers to go for a cellular-equipped tablet, but could also be bad news for those clinging to unlimited data plans. Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Verizon to Kill Grandfathered Unlimited Plans   —  Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo said that the company plans to move all 3G customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans to its new shared data plans when they become available. Verizon will introduce its shared data plans later this summer, though pricing has yet to be discussed. Shammo said that as 3G customers with $30 monthly unlimited ... Brandon Hill / DailyTech Main News Feed Verizon Wireless to Kill Unlimited LTE Data, Even for Grandfathered Users   —  It appears that the unlimited wireless data "gravy train" is fast coming to an end. No matter which wireless network you use in the United States, they all are looking for ways to cripple "unlimited" data either by cutting off the plans altogether or throttling data after a certain gigabyte threshold is crossed. News / DSLreports Verizon, Cox Co-Market Services in Oklahoma - Cable Industry Quadruple Play Offers Expand   —  Not too concerned with the growing consumer advocate opposition to these deals or the fact that they haven't been approved by regulators yet, Verizon and the cable industry continue to expand their co-marketing relationship. Comcast and Verizon now co-market their products in a half a dozen markets, and in early April Time Warner Cable started ... Technology news Verizon to end unlimited data for upgraders   —  Verizon Wireless is planning this summer to begin forcing smartphone customers with unlimited data plans to switch to tiered plans when they upgrade, the company's chief financial officer told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday. BRIAN / Bits Verizon Sees Cash Cow in Shared Data Plans   —  Verizon has outlined its strategy to make even more money from smartphones and tablets with two key weapons: shared data plans and its faster fourth-generation LTE network. John C. Dvorak / A New Domain Verizon Wireless, Text to 911: John C. Dvorak X3   —  Verizon Wireless, Text to 911: John C. Dvorak X3 John C. Dvorak, Joe Engo, and Andrew Eisner discuss the new text to 911 service offered by Verizon Wireless on this episode of X3. Is it a good idea, bad idea, fodder for comedians? One topic, three pundits, three minutes more or less. GET THE WHOLE STORY A New Domain - Tech News PSFK Pharma Start-Up Shares Sales Data To Map Common US Ailments   —  Help Remedies releases information in an effort to see if they can learn how to help people feel better without medicine. Dana Gardner / ZDNet Searching for data scientists as a service   —  The advent of big data has companies scrambling to find data scientists Electronista Verizon brings 4G network to 28 new markets, expands in 11   —  Verizon announced it will begin offering its 4G network services in 28 new cities on May 17. At the same time, it will expand coverage in 11 cities. This will bring the total 4G coverage of the carrier at 258 cities, covering over two thirds of the US population.... Casey Johnston / Ars Technica Existing unlimited data plans' days are numbered, Verizon says   —  Shared data plans and 4G access conspire to bring unlimited users down. Spencer Ackerman / Wired Top Stories Step 1 in U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky: Actually Share Data   —  No one really understands the Navy and Air Force's new blueprint for dominating Earth's seas and skies. But what's increasingly clear, even to the heads of both the Navy and Air Force, is that there's a big challenge ahead for it, one that doesn't have anything to do with an adversary like China: getting U.S. ships, subs, planes and drones to ... BRIAN / Bits F.C.C. Wants Clarity From Verizon on Proposed Spectrum Deals   —  The federal government is wondering why Verizon Wireless wants to sell some parts of its radio spectrum if it is allowed to acquire spectrum licenses from a group of cable companies.

2. From battery covers to bat caves 2 hours ago   permalink

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Retired Volt battery covers converted into duck nesting shelters. (Credit: GM) Rather than sending Volt battery covers to the landfill, General Motors is sending them into the wild. The company is repurposing the scrapped parts as habitat for Michigan wildlife. The old Volt battery covers came from prototype vehicles, were damaged in assembly, ...

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3. Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings 7 hours ago   permalink

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Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog Search is a lot about discovery—the basic human need to learn and broaden your horizons. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily. Take a query like [ ...

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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch Google Just Got A Whole Lot Smarter, Launches Its Knowledge Graph   —  Today, Google is launching  one of its most ambitious and interesting updates to its search engine in recent months. Starting in a few days, you will start to see large panels with additional factual information about the topic you were searching for take over the right side of Google's search result pages. The panels are powered by what Google ...

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But this time, it's a kind of search that would have made the old Google proud. Today, starting with U.S., English-language users, Google unveils the Knowledge Graph. Search now looks at the words of your query and identifies the things in it. You're not just searching the ... Editor / Neowin Google launches Knowledge Graph search feature   —  Google has announced its new Knowledge Graph search feature, which it claims will allow users to find information about related subjects in a search query more quickly. Read more... USATODAY.com Feed Google unveils Knowledge Graph search overhaul   —  Google on Wednesday ratcheted up its search service as Facebook steamrolls to its gargantuan IPO on Friday. Google's next generation of search, called Knowledge Graph, has been anticipated within high-tech circles for months. The search options, which will be rolled out this week, are somewhat similar to Facebook's Timeline feature. Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo Google Knowledge Graph: Search Results Packed With Worlds of Information   —  Google search has always been about connecting you to information. The new Google Knowledge Graph makes the process faster than ever by delivering a summary of important info on your search results page. More » Liz Gannes / AllThingsD Google Gets Semantic, Launches Knowledge Graph Starting Today   —  Google today formally launches some anticipated and previously glimpsed semantic features for its core English search engine on Google.com accessed through computers, phones and tablets. Macworld Google to incorporate 'knowledge graph' into search results   —  Google will begin in the next few days to incorporate the "knowledge graph" it has been building for two years into its search results. 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4. General Motors to Quit Advertising on Facebook 10 hours ago   permalink

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General Motors, the third-largest advertiser in the United States, decided to discontinue its Facebook advertising, worth about $10 million annually, after a routine review of how and where it spends marketing money, said Tom Henderson, a spokesman for the automaker.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES / Bits :   Scuttlebot Special Edition–Facebook I.P.O. Kashmir Hill / Forbes :   GM Kiss-off Screams Need For Facebook Ads That Follow Users Around The Web

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5. Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report 8 hours ago   permalink

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion off the electronics giant's market value, on a report that Apple placed huge chip orders with troubled Japanese chip rival Elpida.

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AppleInsider :   Samsung value drops $10B as investors fear it being cut out of Apple supply chain

Alex Heath / Cult of Mac :   Apple Rumor Causes Samsung Stock Value To Take $10 Billion Nosedive

Eric Slivka / MacRumors :   Samsung's Market Cap Takes $10 Billion Hit Amid Rumors of Apple DRAM Deal with Elpida

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Www.digitimes.com Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant   —  Apple has recently placed huge orders for mobile DRAM memory with Elpida Memory's 12-inch plant in Hiroshima (Japan), securing about 50% of the total chips produced at the facility, according to industry sources. Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily :    Ctrip Up 5% on Q1 Beat; Q2 View Appears to Top Consensus Alex Heath / Cult of Mac :    Apple Rumor Causes Samsung Stock Value To Take $10 Billion Nosedive Eric Slivka / MacRumors :    Samsung's Market Cap Takes $10 Billion Hit Amid Rumors of Apple DRAM Deal with Elpida

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Jeff Roberts / Business Judge Comes Down Hard on Publishers, Apple in E-book Case   —  In a strongly worded opinion, US District Judge Denise Cote rejected requests by Apple and five book publishers to throw out a class action suit that accuses them of price-fixing. Citing ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they ... MacNN WSJ says Apple has ordered 4-inch displays for next iPhone   —  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has placed orders for iPhone displays measuring ëat least 4-inches diagonallyí for its sixth generation iPhone expected in October. Citing ëpeople familiar with the situationí production on the new displays is set to begin next month. 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Editor / Neowin Microsoft posts email praising Lumia 900 from Apple fan   —  Microsoft has posted what it claims is a email to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer from "Scott G.", a Apple fan who is now singing the praises of the Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia 900. Read more... Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune Tech Apple bites Android: Customs halts U.S. sales of HTC phones   —  Two models held for inspection after a December patent ruling in Apple's favor Stopped at Customs: The HTC One X. Engadget photo. FORTUNE -- In what is believed to be the first tangible effect of the two-year-old proxy war Apple ( AAPL ) has waged against Google ( GOOG ) though the makers of Android phones, U.S. Customs officials have delayed ... The Seattle Times Report: Nokia loses cellphone top spot to Samsung   —  Nokia has been bumped off its 14-year top spot as the world's largest cellphone company by Samsung, according to a British research firm. Jeff Gamet / The Mac Observer News: Apple Asks Court to Drop Siri Lawsuits   —  Apple has filed a lawsuit asking a California court to dismiss a group of lawsuits seeking class action status over claims that the Siri voice recognition in the iPhone 4S doesn’t perform as advertised. According to the lawsuits, Apple intentionally misstated Siri’s capabilities in its advertising — an accusation that Apple ... Alex Heath / Cult of Mac Apple Releases Update To OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview As Release Draws Near   —  Apple today issued an update to its third OS X Mountain Lion developer preview. The update (Build 12A206j) can be downloaded now by registered Mac developers. The second update to the latest Mountain Lion developer preview doesn’t seem to contain anything substantial, but Apple is obviously gearing up for the public release of its next- ... 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6. Sprint’s Hesse: We’ll Make Money on the iPhone … Eventually 7 hours ago   permalink

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Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse took a $3.25 million pay cut earlier this month, as penance for orchestrating the company’s pricey iPhone deal with Apple. Has outcry over the agreement — which will cost Sprint an estimated $15.5 billion over the next four years — soured him on it?

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD Sprint's Hesse: We'll Make Money on the iPhone … Eventually   —  “Carrying the iPhone will be quite profitable," says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, for the umpteenth time.

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Andru Edwards / Gear Live The next iPhone will have a 4-inch display   —  This morning The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next Apple iPhone will prominently feature a display that's "at least 4-inches diagonally." additionally, the device is set to go into production next month. The result? Approximately a 30% increase in viewing area on the iPhone. WSJ goes on to report that Apple will tap Sharp, Japan ... John Brownlee / Cult of Mac Forget Swipe To Unlock! 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Zeman / Phone Scoop Sprint Confirms Delay of HTC EVO LTE 4G   —  Sprint today indicated via its customer support forums that the planned May 18 launch of the EVO 4G LTE has now been delayed thanks to stalled shipments of the device into the country. Both the One X (for AT&T) and EVO 4G LTE have been blocked at customs, where they are being examined for compliance with an ITC exclusion order. Sprint has ceased ...

7. Chrome Offers Tabs To Go With New Tab Syncing Features 9 hours ago   permalink

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Google has released an update for its Chrome web browser that adds tab syncing to Chrome’s list of tricks. Using the latest version of Chrome you can now access the tabs open on your desktop at home while you’re out and about with your Android phone. The syncing should work with any device that can run the latest version of Google Chrome.

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Scriptingnews1mail / Dave Winer Chrome is better, day 2   —  I'm now four days into using Chrome as my primary browser, after switching from Firefox. Top-line review: My work is better. Not just in the browser, everywhere. Having a strong competent tool in web browsing brings confidence to all my writing and programming work. I started a thread about this yesterday. A story. When I got angel funding for ...

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8. Michael Wolff: a tale of two media models 7 hours ago   permalink

Www.guardian.co.uk

That's the unexamined question that will only become more pressing – and less clear – when Facebook shortly completes its IPO, with more and more people in plain old media feeling they ought to be in social media. And with more and more people in social media, with a $100bn or so of new liquid currency in the market, feeling it is the future ...

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Mathew Ingram / PaidContent :   Facebook’s biggest problem is that it’s a media company

THE NEW YORK TIMES / Bits :   Scuttlebot Special Edition–Facebook I.P.O.

Kashmir Hill / Forbes :   GM Kiss-off Screams Need For Facebook Ads That Follow Users Around The Web

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The Globe and Mail Vancouver's social media star HootSuite: $1-billion or bust   —  With six million users and a working revenue model, Vancouverite Ryan Holmes doesn’t plan to sell HootSuite any time soon

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9. HBO Go on Roku, Samsung and Xbox opens up to Time Warner tomorrow? 2 hours ago   permalink

Richard Lawler / Engadget

HBO subscribers currently locked out of streaming HBO Go to their connected TV devices (namely Samsung HDTVs / Blu-ray players , Roku boxes and Xbox 360s ) could be in for a treat soon, as our sources indicate Time Warner Cable is preparing to announce access for its customers on all three platforms tomorrow. There's also a few small pics of the ...

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Sam Byford / The Verge Time Warner customers, others getting HBO Go on Xbox 360 and Roku tomorrow?   —  HBO will reportedly extend access to its HBO Go streaming service to more cable customers tomorrow. Engadget has screenshots of Xbox 360 and Roku activation menus that show the previously unavailable Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks logos, along with Comcast and DirecTV appearing for Roku. The site's sources also say that Time Warner ...

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch Viacom Gives Up Fight Against Time Warner Cable, Adds Channels to TWC iPad App   —  Customers of Time Warner Cable have some reason to rejoice today, as the cable company has gotten the go-ahead to add channels like MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to its live streaming iPad app . The addition of those channels comes after both Time Warner Cable and the networks' owner, Viacom, have settled their differences and resolved litigation ... Dana Wollman / Engadget Samsung exec admits the 15-inch Series 9 could benefit from better viewing angles   —  When we reviewed the 15-inch Samsung Series 9 , we found very little to complain about, save for the narrow viewing angles and the fair-weather trackpad. Turns out, Samsung at least agrees with the first part. In a show of candor, Raymond Wah, VP of PC product strategy, told a group of reporters, "We can make improvements in terms of the viewing ... Pradeep Chandrasekaran / Ubergizmo Samsung Galaxy S3 Available a Day Earlier in Samsung’s London Store   —  After the successful launching of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in London earlier this month, news about the phone has spread like wildfire. The release of the device which is said to be on May 30 th beginning in London and other possible places, got a twist when the South Korean electronics giant announced today that whoever pre-ordered the flagship ... Eurogamer.net Lionhead making MMO-like new IP RPG for next Xbox - report   —  UPDATE: Lionhead has issued Eurogamer the following statement: "Lionhead is in the business of making great games. We regularly look to hire great individuals to help in this cause. We have no further details to share at this time." ORIGINAL STORY: Fable maker Lionhead is making an MMO-like role-playing game for the next Xbox, a job ... Rick Burgess / TechSpot Samsung tops mobile sales, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry plummet   —  According to figures by research firm Gartner, Samsung once again holds the top spot when it comes to global sales of mobile phones. The Korean-based company managed to bump Nokia from its perch after sales from the former king of handsets dipped more than 3 percent in Q1 2012. Eurogamer.net Minecraft threatens Call of Duty domination on Xbox Live chart   —  Minecraft was the third most played game on Xbox Live last week, Microsoft has announced. The only games to boast more worldwide unique users were Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops. Mojang's indie phenomenon raced past chart mainstays Battlefield 3, FIFA 12 and Halo Reach in its first week on sale. Read more… John Paczkowski / AllThingsD Samsung Rides Android Past Nokia to Take Sales Lead   —  A two percent decline in mobile phone shipments during the first quarter of 2012 may have hurt some handset vendors, but it did little to slow Samsung. San Francisco Bay Area and California Business News — — SFGate Viacom, Time Warner Cable settle dispute over app   —  (05-16) 15:38 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- Viacom Inc., the parent of pay TV networks MTV and Comedy Central, has settled a dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc. over whether its subscribers can watch shows like "Jersey Shore"... Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop Samsung Ousts Nokia as World's Largest Phone Supplier   —  Samsung sold 86.6 million cellphones during the first three months of 2012, surpassing the 83.2 million handsets sold by Nokia in the same period. This puts Samsung ahead of Nokia as the world's top supplier of mobile phones, a title Nokia has owned for more than a decade. The numbers, which come from Gartner, mark a significant change in the ...

10. Netflix web streaming interface gets a new look with bigger icons, embedded previews 53 minutes ago   permalink

Richard Lawler / Engadget

With the exception of tweaks for new features like HD video and closed captioning Netflix's Silverlight-based web player has been largely unchanged for years, but today everything is being reworked. As detailed in a post on the company's blog, PC and Mac users (no word on ChromeOS ) the size of the player controls now scale to the window they're ...

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Daniel Frankel / PaidContent Netflix CFO: Really, we didn’t kill Spongebob’s ratings!   —  Speaking at an investor event in Boston Wednesday, Netflix CFO David Wells said online viewing of Nickelodeon content probably has very little to do with the double-digit ratings drops on the linear Viacom channel. He compared the ongoing discussion to the "global warming debate."

Bryan Bishop / The Verge Netflix rolls out updated web player with new control bar and overlays for easier browsing   —  Netflix has been on an update tear lately, serving up redesigned versions of its Xbox 360 and iPad apps , as well as updating the version for Windows Phone . Now it's time for the web player to get a makeover, with the company rolling out a new look today. The changes start with the new control bar, which proves particularly useful when watching ... L.A. Times Netflix faces problems in Latin America   —  At an investor conference Wednesday in New York hosted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Netflix Chief Financial Officer David Wells said his company is trying various ways to improve its prospects in the 43 Latin American countries where it launched last year. Mikek / Hacking NetFlix Netflix CFO David Wells: We'll Introduce Multi-Stream Plan Later This Year   —  Netflix CFO David Wells, speaking at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, said that Netflix will offer a multi-stream plan later this year. While the majority of Netflix streaming occurs on a home television, Wells said they are seeing more streaming on iPads, tablets and in other rooms of a household. While ... Larry Dignan / CNET News Netflix: Disgruntled customers rejoining service   —  A third of Netflix's new customers are people who quit the service and signed up again in less than a year, says the company's CFO at an investor conference. Mikek / Hacking NetFlix Netflix's Ex-VP of Communications Steve Swasey Lands at Kabam   —  Netflix's ex-VP of Communications Steve Swasey announced that he has joined online gaming company Kabam. After seven extraordinary years at Netflix, during which time we built the brand to become an iconic household name, I've accepted the position of Vice President of Corporate Communications at a young company you may not know -- but soon will. ... Chronicle News Services / San Francisco Bay Area and California Business News — — SFGate Netflix exploring multi-stream membership   —  ONLINE VIDEO Netflix explores multi-streaming Online video service Netflix plans to introduce a multi-stream membership this year, Chief Financial Officer David Wells said. The service will allow more than two users to...

11. Bitly readies real-time viral search engine, raises $20... 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.theverge.com

Bitly, a New York company that lets users shorten, share, and track URLs, is raising around $20 million in a new round of funding, we have learned from multiple sources. That's twice the amount the company raised in its last round, and shows a mature startup closing in on a working business model. We also hear Bitly is about to launch some new ...

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :   Bitly Kinda Says It’s Not Raising $20M, But Sorta Hints That It Is

Dara Kerr / CNET :   Bitly picks up $20M in funding

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Natasha Starkell / TechCrunch Positionly Raises $300,000 For Search Engine Ranking From Point Nine, Others   —  Search engine ranking startup Positionly has secured $300,000 seed funding from Berlin-based led by seed VC Point Nine Capital and joined by Angels Mariusz Gralewski and Michal Skrzynski .

Kirk Ladendorf / Statesman.com Mass Relevance raises $3.3 million   —  Austin’s Mass Relevance Inc., a social media marketing start-up, has raised $3.3 million in a second round of venture investment to support more sales and service development. The 16-month-old company, which works with such clients as the New York Cory Bergman / Lost Remote Mass Relevance raises $3.3 million in new funding   —  Another burst of cash for the quickly-growing social TV space: this time, Austin-based Mass Relevance has closed a $3.3 million series A round led by Austin Ventures. The company says it plans to use the investment to accelerate growth among media, entertainment, consumer brands and retailers. News Obama, Democrats raised $43.6 million in April   —  President Obama added an additional $43.6 million to Democratic coffers in April, a sum his campaign says will be put to quick use to build on its ground game for the fall. Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica Private: some search engines make money by not tracking users   —  DuckDuckGo and Ixquick take a tiny bite out of Google. Chris Silva / Nashville Business News Cybera raises $4.4 million in series D round   —  Cybera Inc. has raised $4.4 million as part of an equity offering, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Franklin-based Cybera stated the new capital would allow it fund growth of its cloud-based security services. Nashville-based Claritas Capital was a participant in the Series D offering, along with ... Chris Silva / Nashville Business News Ironside Investment raises $1 million   —  Ironside Investment Partners LP has raised $1 million as part of an equity offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Local investor Lee Bell is currently the sole employee of Ironside, which was founded this past March and has an office in Nashville. Bell said the funding would be used for investing in ... Ryan Singel / Wired Top Stories Google Revamps Search With Massive 'Real-World Map of Things'   —  Google has built a knowledge base of 500 million persons, places and things - and it's bringing big changes to a search page near you. Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land SearchCap: The Day In Search,   —  Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Launches Knowledge Graph To Provide Answers, Not Just Links Hinted at for months, Google formally launched its “Knowledge Graph” today. The new... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full ...

12. Xenoblade Chronicles dev Monolith Soft creating Project X Zone 1 hour ago   permalink

JC Fletcher / Joystiq

Add a fourth company to the group contributing to Project X Zone - Nintendo. At least, it's a Nintendo-owned developer creating the 3DS Capcom/Namco/Sega crossover SRPG. Monolith Soft, most recently known for Xenoblade Chronicles , is developing the new game, Famitsu has revealed (via Andriasang ). It makes sense given Monolith's history - it ...

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Goli Mohammadi / MAKE Maker Faire Bay Area: Undersea Voyager Project Interview   —  We’re merely two days out from Maker Faire Bay Area, the Greatest Show and Tell on Earth, with over 700 makers of all stripes coming out to the San Mateo Fairgrounds to show what they’ve made. One thing all these folks have in common is their immense sense of passion for whatever it is they [...]

Sean Patterson / Top News Kickstarter Project Hopes to Create Social-Video-Sharing Glasses   —  Can’t wait for the Google Glass headsets to arrive? A company called Vergence Labs has some eyewear that just might tide you over until Google Glass is finally out of beta. The company has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise …

13. Is Turner’s Funny or Die deal the start of a trend? 2 hours ago   permalink

Daniel Frankel / PaidContent

Turner Networks was looking to augment its digital portfolio with a proven producer of low-cost internet video. Funny or Die was looking for a little old-media reach and muscle to help it grow. Why their partnership could signal a coming acquisition wave of independent video producers

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SocalTECH.com Funny or Die Gets Investment From Turner Broadcasting   —  Los Angeles-based humor site Funny or Die has received an investment from Turner Broadcasting, as part of a strategic deal between the companies for Turner to manage ad site sales for the company. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Funny or Die, which is led by Dick Glover, operates an online site which features original, ...

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch Funny Or Die Gets Strategic Investment From Turner, Looks To Accelerate Growth   —  Independent online video company Funny Or Die is about to get a lot of help from a traditional TV company, as it's struck a strategic partnership with Turner Broadcasting to collaborate on multiplatform video content. As part of the deal, Turner is taking a small minority stake in Funny Or Die -- terms of which have not been disclosed. "We're at ... Christine Erickson / Mashable! Turner Broadcasting Takes a Bite of Funny or Die   —  Web comedy powerhouse Funny Or Die announced a strategic partnership with Turner Broadcasting Tuesday, joining forces with television’s to… Variety Turner, Funny or Die team on ad sales   —  Turner Broadcasting execs surprised Madison Avenue on Wednesday by announcing a deal to handle ad sales for Funny or Die that will allow them to bundle sales for the comedy website run by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay with TV and online inventory from Turner's TBS and Adult Swim cablers and online extensions.

14. The Fight Over TV Is A Fight For Platform Power 6 hours ago   permalink

Blogs.forrester.com

You’re in for a big surprise. Microsoft is winning one of the most important battles in the digital world: The battle for the TV. The TV battle is important for reasons you already know: TV consumes more time than anything else and it generates annual revenues from $140 to $160 billion each year in the US alone.

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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :   Forrester: 32.1 Million U.S. Households Now Access Online Video On Their TVs

The Seattle Times :   Forrester: Microsoft winning the battle for the TV

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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny! What Color Is TiVo’s Hat?   —  What Color Is TiVo’s Hat? originally appeared on Zatz Not Funny! As fallout over DISH Network’s new Auto Hop commercial skip feature expands, TiVo has injected themselves into the conversation. From the New York Times: TiVo has taken the same approach, promoting ways to serve ads to viewers even as they’re fast-forwarding through ...

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15. The Last of Us demo offers a first look at Naughty Dog's direction 23 minutes ago   permalink

Ludwig Kietzmann / Joystiq

Despite being a huge bummer for everyone involved, the end of the world can at least be counted on as a magnanimous source of drama and spectacle. Naughty Dog's latest game, The Last of Us , aims to leverage the studio's sophisticated technology and credible presentation to forge a more intense connection between players and their on-screen ...

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16. Twitter and Reddit as crowdsourced fact-checking engines 2 hours ago   permalink

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM

New research about how news is verified through Twitter and a crowdsourced debunking of some fake Wikipedia entries reinforce the point that social networks and online communities can be powerful tools for the real-time verification of events, something that used to take place behind closed doors.

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Emily Price / Mashable! Thirst App Will Change The Way You View Twitter   —  A new iPad application called Thirst might reinvent how you look at your Twitter stream. Using its own natural language processor, Thirst filter…

Cynthia Boris / Marketing Pilgrim Twitter’s New Email Digest Makes Top Content More Visible   —  Twitter used to be one of my favorite web destinations but in recent months I’ve nearly walked away from it thanks to the overwhelming overflow of information. It’s what happens with social media, you start following a few people you really enjoy then you add the obligatory follows and work follows and brand follows and [...] Brandrepublic / RSS Twitter's Dorsey named Cannes Lions Media Person of 2012   —  Jack Dorsey, the creator, co-founder and executive chairman of Twitter, is set to be recognised as the Cannes Lions Media Person of the Year in the south of France next month, for creating "an entirely new way for people to communicate".

17. Epic Mickey 2 and 'The Power of Next Gen' 2 hours ago   permalink

Ben Gilbert / Joystiq

Epic Mickey's first foray was a Wii-exclusive affair. This time around , Junction Point is bringing Mickey's epic-ness to what it's calling "next-gen consoles." We might call them "7-year-old consoles," but, well, Mickey's best bud is from 1920, so we can appreciate the anachronism at play here. Epic Mickey 2 and 'The Power of Next Gen' ...

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Tarun Arora / Geekswithblogs.net Get Detailed Build Test Results using the TFS API   —    It’s a Friday evening and you have just checked in that last bit of code, you are waiting for the build to go all green so that you could call it a day. Just then the build summary page comes back red on the test results section. The build summary page tells you that 1 of the test namely HelloWorld.Tests.UnitTest1. ...

Mike Lieberman and Eric Keiles / Fast Company Little Wows, And Other Ways To Make Your Business Remarkable   —  By establishing your business as the truly remarkable option in a field full of snoozers and look-alikes, you will get more free and effective publicity than any traditional advertising budget can buy. Being remarkable is a never-ending process. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, you need to commit to the pursuit of constant ... Eurogamer.net Epic Mickey 2 trailer shows fresh gameplay   —  Spector on the Power of Two.

18. Mini Ninjas: Hiro's Adventure classified in Australia 53 minutes ago   permalink

Alexander Sliwinski / Joystiq

Square Enix's eventual announcement of Mini Ninjas: Hiro's Adventure will soon end up being less "reveal" and more like the complete opposite of any ninja's stealth training ever. The barely unannounced sequel has most recently been spotted on the Australian Classification Board site by Siliconera . This latest failure of ninjadom comes two ...

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19. • RFK Jr.'s Ex-Wife Wife Dead, Says Source 3 hours ago   permalink

Www.radaronline.com

Police are currently at the home of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in New York after his wife Mary Kennedy was found dead Wednesday, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

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Chris Gabbard / WebProNews :   Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Wife Dead, Police Investigate

Adrian Chen / Gawker :   Mary Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Wife, Found Dead

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Reuters Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found dead at NY home   —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, was found dead on Wednesday at her home in a New York City suburb, an officer at the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office said. She was 52.

TMZ / TMZ.com Mary Kennedy Dead -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Wife Dies at 52   —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife has died.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, 52-year-old Mary Kennedy was found dead in her Mount Kisco, New York home this afternoon. The Bedford Police Department responded to the scene at approximately 1:36pm…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / NYT Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Estranged Wife Found Dead   —  NEW YORK (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday. Brian Braiker / The Guardian World News Robert F Kennedy Jr's estranged wife found dead in New York home   —  Mary Richardson Kennedy's final years had been troubled ones, including arrests for driving under the influence The estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr has been found dead in her home in Bedford, New York, according to the family. Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, was RFK Jr's second wife. The couple was married for 16 years and had four children ... News Estranged Wife Of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Found Dead   —  Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, had trouble with drugs and alcohol and had two high-profile arrests around the time her husband filed for divorce in 2010. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday.

20. Screen Resolution Alert for Web Developers 7 hours ago   permalink

Gs.statcounter.com

Boston, USA and Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, 11th April, 2012: A major milestone in screen resolution sizes has been passed according to independent web analytics company, StatCounter. The company's research arm, StatCounter Global Stats reports that for the first time 1366x768 has become the most popular screen resolution worldwide, having ...

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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News :   Retina MacBook screens: Already here -- and pricey

AppleInsider :   Mac-bound Retina displays will cost Apple a $92 premium from suppliers

Alex Heath / Cult of Mac :   Retina MacBooks Mean More Manufacturing Costs For Apple Eric Slivka / MacRumors :   Retina-Resolution Displays to Add Up to $100 to Apple's MacBook Pro Costs