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iPhone 5 rumoured to have 4-inch display

YahooNews — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:05:34 +0000

The next iPhone, which may or not be called iPhone 5, will have a 4-inch screen according to several unidentified sources cited in news stories this week.

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Pinterest raises $100 million, lifting its value to $1.5 billion

YahooNews — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:26:31 +0000

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc. leads the fundraising for Pinterest, the virtual scrapbooking social network. Social media start-up Pinterest has raised $100 million in a recent financing round led by a Japanese online retailer, increasing the estimated value of the …

Pinterest's First Investor: This Is 'What Facebook Was Supposed To Be'

YahooNews — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:26:31 +0000

When Brian Cohen walked by Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann at a New York University business plan competition in 2009, he abruptly said four words to the young entrepreneur: "You have 30 seconds."

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Groupon stock spike under investigation

YahooNews — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:34:14 +0000

The Wall Street Journal is reporting: A spike in Groupon Inc.'s stock price hours before its positive earnings report on Monday has caught the attention of Wall Street regulators. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is examining how Groupon shares jumped …

Google gets China OK for Motorola deal

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:32:57 +0000

Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.

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Are Android Tablets Dead?

YahooNews — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:06:22 +0000

First quarter numbers from IDC showed that Android tablet shipments declined in Q1-12 from Q4-11, while cruised ahead, reasserting dominance of the tablet market. Looking a bit deeper, we see that Amazon?s Kindle Fire tablet, a deviation from Android, is …

iPhone 5 rumours for the week ending May 18

YahooNews — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:04:21 +0000

Perhaps the Next iPhone won't be called iPhone 5 but the Zombie iPhone, in honor of the new spate of rumors that the late Steve Jobs is still with us in a sense, as the chief designer of the upcoming …

RT America Hits 100,000 YouTube Subscribers

YahooNews — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:04:21 +0000

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – In less than two years since its launch, the RT America YouTube channel has reached a milestone which puts it ahead of many older, established, mainstream TV channels: …

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Foursquare and 2011 Foursquare Global Hackathon Winner to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell in Celebration of …

YahooNews — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:04:21 +0000

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Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option

YahooNews — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:31:48 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter will honor requests from users who do not want their online behavior tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with Web companies such Google Inc and Facebook Inc whose business models rely heavily on …