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Social TV startup GetGlue bags $12 million
Wed,11 Jan 2012 03:37 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - As more and more television viewers spend time tweeting about their shows or posting comments on Facebook, social entertainment startup GetGlue has raised more money to keep fans talking through their favorite shows. GetGlue said on Wednesday it had raised another $12 million in a round led by RHO Ventures with previous investors Time Warner, RRE Ventures and Union Square Ventures participating again. It previously raised $6 million in Nov 2010. ...
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Broadcom on track to launch high-end phone chips
Wed,11 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST
Reuters - LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Wireless chipmaker Broadcom is gearing up to launch new application processors for the lucrative and growing higher-end smartphone segment by the end of the year, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Henry Samueli said on Wednesday. The Silicon Valley company, which makes Bluetooth and other wireless chips for phones, tablets, routers and game consoles, has invested heavily in expanding its portfolio of processors for phones that need more processing power, Samueli told Reuters in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show. ... Full Story | Top |
Samsung plans hybrid cameras, seeks big sales rise
Wed,11 Jan 2012 11:41 AM PST
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co aims to more than quadruple sales of small, interchangeable lens cameras this year, as it seeks to move up-market to compete with stronger Japanese rivals amid stagnating growth in the compact camera segment. A growing number of camera makers are introducing "mirrorless" interchangeable lens cameras, boosting competition in a market already crowded with competitors like Olympus Corp, Sony Corp and Nikon Corp, although they have so far had a mixed track record of success. ...
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Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media
Wed,11 Jan 2012 11:15 AM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document. A "privacy compliance review" issued by DHS last November says that since at least June 2010, its national operations center has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" which involves regular monitoring of "publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards. ...
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Apple plans January 19 education event in New York
Wed,11 Jan 2012 10:22 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Apple Inc sent out media invitations on Wednesday announcing plans for an education event at New York's Guggenheim Museum on January 19 but did not reveal further details. The iPhone and iPad maker is notoriously tightlipped about its carefully staged launch events and this time is no different. The invitation, integrating the Apple logo into an outline sketch of the Manhattan skyline, simply asks guests to "Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple". The invitation-only event will take place at the modern and contemporary art Solomon R. ... Full Story | Top |
Electric vehicle battery costs coming down: Chu
Wed,11 Jan 2012 08:39 AM PST
Reuters - DETROIT (Reuters) - Industry and government are on track to bring down the cost of batteries to power hybrid and electric cars, which is crucial for improving commercial appeal of those vehicles, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Wednesday. Chu said at the Detroit Economic Club the Obama administration is not deterred by soft sales of plug-ins in their first full year in showrooms, nor does it worry about the potential for overcapacity in battery production. And, he said, the administration is sticking to its goal of seeing up to 1 million electric and plug-in hybrids on U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
French digital TV auction attracts 31 bids
Wed,11 Jan 2012 06:44 AM PST
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - France's auction for six new free digital terrestrial television channels attracted 31 bids, French broadcasting regulator CSA said on Wednesday. Pay TV channel Canal+ , part of Vivendi , was notably absent from the auction, having acquired two digital terrestrial channels, Direct 8 and Direct Star, from industrial-to-media conglomerate Bollore in the autumn. Among other digital terrestrial operators, TF1 applied for three channels - HD1, Stylia TV and Tendances 24 - as did M6 , which has submitted applications for TV shopping channel Boutique & Co, Hexa and 6Ter. ... Full Story | Top |
Apple buys Israeli technology firm Anobit
Wed,11 Jan 2012 05:04 AM PST
Reuters -  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Apple said on Wednesday it had bought Israel's Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology whose chips it already uses in gadgets such as the iPad. Israeli media reported on December 20 that Apple bought Anobit for as much as $500 million, its first acquisition of an Israeli company. Apple declined to comment at the time. "Yes ... we did buy Anobit," Apple spokesman Alan Hely said in an e-mail to Reuters, declining to elaborate. "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans. ...
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Gaming key to Sony profit rebound: executive
Tue,10 Jan 2012 10:57 PM PST
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Sony Corp's videogaming business, led by its just-launched handheld "Vita," will prove pivotal in returning the company to profitability, Kazuo Hirai, the executive pegged to succeed Howard Stringer as president, said on Tuesday. But Japan's leading consumer electronics brand remains committed to its TV business despite predicting its eighth straight year of losses, Hirai and Stringer told reporters at a media roundtable at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "The television is the home. We want to sustain the television as the center of the home," Stringer said. ...
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Strong Apple contingent expected at CES
Tue,10 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Apple Inc, famous for giving CES the cold shoulder year after year, will field a larger presence at the world's largest trade show than many observers imagine. More than 250 employees are registered to attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to a person familiar with Apple's plans. One of the biggest gripes about CES is that Apple, which dominates consumer electronics, does not exhibit its wares at the show. ...
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Twitter lashes out at Google search changes
Tue,10 Jan 2012 10:02 PM PST
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc unveiled for its search engine on Tuesday, describing the changes as "bad" for consumers and for Web publishers. Twitter, a microblogging service that allows its users to broadcast short, 140-character messages to groups of "followers," said Google's changes would make it tougher for people to find the breaking news often shared by users of its service. "As we've seen time and time again, news breaks first on Twitter. ...
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Motorola, Lenovo sign on to first Intel-powered smartphones
Tue,10 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Intel announced multi-year pacts with Motorola Mobility and Lenovo to develop smartphones and tablets, and said the first Google Android phones using the top chipmaker's processors would go on sale this year. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Lenovo would launch a smartphone for the Chinese market using Intel's newest chip in the second quarter of the year, while Motorola will release its phone in the second half. The agreements with the U.S. ...
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Internet leader defends coming changes in URLs
Tue,10 Jan 2012 04:37 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies and law enforcement agencies nervous about a huge expansion in Internet domains - adding to .com, .net and others - will have many ways to protect trademarks and identify website owners, the head of the organization that organizes the Internet said on Tuesday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers begins accepting applications on Thursday for a hugely expanded number of Web domains. Verisign, which runs the .com registry, has estimated there will be up to 1,500 applications, which cost $185,000. ... Full Story | Top |
Samsung confident of outselling Nokia in 2012
Tue,10 Jan 2012 03:42 PM PST
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co is confident it will become the world's largest cellphone maker in 2012, ending Nokia's 14-year reign on the mobile handset market, its chief executive said. Samsung, which became the world's No 1 smartphone maker in the third quarter of 2011, is quickly building on its supremacy with sleek designs and a rich product lineup, while the latest models from the likes of HTC , Nokia and Research In Motion struggle to interest consumers. ...
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Suit claims Symantec scares consumers on PC health
Tue,10 Jan 2012 03:04 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed against Symantec Corp claims that the software maker seeks to persuade consumers to buy its products by scaring them with misleading information about the health of their computers. James Gross, a resident of the state of Washington, filed the suit in District Court in San Jose, California on Tuesday, according to his attorneys. ... Full Story | Top |
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