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HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future

HTC CEO Peter Chou The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One.

Chris Ziegler theverge.com 4 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Samsung buys 10% stake in Korean handset maker Pantech for $48 million

Samsung is investing in hardware after the company agreed to spend 53 billion won ($48 million) to acquire a 10 percent stake in fellow South Korean firm Pantech, the country’s third-largest maker of mobile devices.

Jon Russell thenextweb.com 1 Hour Ago Read more at thenextweb.com
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Amazon launches Cloud Drive in Canada, gives everyone 5GB for free

After what seems like an eternity, Amazon has finally launched its Cloud Drive service in Canada. Out of the box, this works like Dropbox, Sugarsync or any number of cloud storage service: you get 5GB that can be used to store and sync documents, music and photos.

Daniel Bader mobilesyrup.com 6 Hours Ago Read more at mobilesyrup.com
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TESTIMONY OF APPLE INC. [PDF]

  TESTIMONY OF APPLE INC. [PDF]   TESTIMONY OF APPLE INC. BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS US SENATE MAY 21, 2013 1   I. INTRODUCTION Apple Inc. (“Apple” or the “Company”) appreciates the opportunity to testify before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“Subcommittee”) in connection with its inquiry into the tax practices of multinational companies.

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Brewing our first IPA patent, and new adopters

Last year, we introduced a new way of handling patents called the Innovator’s Patent Agreement. The IPA is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps control in the hands of engineers and designers. We put the draft agreement up on Github and over the past year, we’ve received a lot of great comments and feedback.Read more… Language Undefined Topics: patents, developers, and announcements

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TESTIMONY OF APPLE INC. [PDF]

  TESTIMONY OF APPLE INC. [PDF]   TESTIMONY OF APPLE INC. BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS US SENATE MAY 21, 2013 1   I. INTRODUCTION Apple Inc. (“Apple” or the “Company”) appreciates the opportunity to testify before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (“Subcommittee”) in connection with its inquiry into the tax practices of multinational companies.

images.apple.com Yesterday Read more at images.apple.com
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The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food

Anjan Contractor’s 3D food printer might evoke visions of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea. And indeed Contractor’s company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation, just got a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer.

Christopher Mims qz.com Yesterday Read more at qz.com
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Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games

If you were hoping to play your vast collection of Xbox 360 games on Microsoft's latest creation, we've got a spot of bad news. Microsoft Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten confirmed to The Verge that the new Xbox One console will have no backwards compatibility whatsoever.

Sean Hollister theverge.com 13 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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