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Capture user interest with the Lead Generation Card

Marketers regularly talk to us about their goals, and for many it boils down to one major theme: generating leads, and ultimately driving purchases. With those goals in mind, today there’s a new addition to our suite of Twitter Cards, one which helps brands drive highly qualified leads: the Lead Generation Card.

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Google’s Impressive “Conversational Search” Goes Live On Chrome

The “conversational search” that Google demonstrated at last week’s Google I/O conference is now available to users of its Chrome browser, and it’s a significant leap in how we use search engines.

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Confirmed: 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 11 Hours Ago Read more at thenextweb.com
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HTC Asia CEO Lennard Hoornik joins executive exodus

Another high-level HTC executive has left the company. CNET reports that HTC Asia's CEO Lennard Hoornik has now parted ways with the company after being on leave for two months.

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Apple identifies certain patents allegedly infringed by Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Now app

Last week Apple informed the court that it intended to amend its infringement contentions in the second California patent litigation with Samsung to target the Galaxy S4 (instead of some other product to be dropped from the list of accused devices).

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Apple identifies certain patents allegedly infringed by Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Now app

Last week Apple informed the court that it intended to amend its infringement contentions in the second California patent litigation with Samsung to target the Galaxy S4 (instead of some other product to be dropped from the list of accused devices).

Florian Mueller fosspatents.blogspot.com 3 Hours Ago Read more at fosspatents.blogspot.com
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Apple now offering PayPal for online store purchases starting with Germany

As first spotted by our friends over at German language publication Macerkopf.de, Apple appears to be rolling out an option to make purchases on the Apple Online Store using PayPal.

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An iPhone 5 Cable That Never Tangles and Doubles as a Stand

Upgrade your iPhone 5's default sync cable with the thicker, posable Trunk and you'll never spend another second of your life untangling that web of knots that magically appears in your pocket.

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Amazon unveils Kindle Worlds publishing platform to help aspiring fan fiction writers sell their work

Amazon announced a new publishing platform today called Kindle Worlds, which will give both established authors and aspiring fan fiction writers the chance to earn royalties based on their work.

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Google's latest voice search features now available in Chrome

A week after it was announced at Google I/O 2013, Google's conversational search is now operational in the latest version of Chrome. With Chrome 27, you can click the microphone icon in the search box on Google.com, opening a dedicated search page that listens for your commands.

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Microsoft’s Home 2.0 Will Connect Xbox One To The Internet Of Things

In an exclusive interview, Microsoft teases the Xbox One’s predestined future: A service they’re dubbing Home 2.0 that will become the hub for all your interconnected devices.

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China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys

There were 90.54 million handsets sold in the China market during first-quarter 2013, growing 23.5% sequentially and 34.8% on year, and 75.28 million units of them were smartphones, increasing 32.2% sequentially and 141.5% on year, according to Analysys International.

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As Immigration Reform Bill Heads to the Senate Floor, the ZuckerPAC Gets a Win

Chalk up a win for tech industry talent-seekers. In a bipartisan vote reached on Thursday evening, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that aims to radically overhaul much of current U.S.

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The Saturday Evening Post Finally Comes To iOS, With Help From Yudu

The Saturday Evening Post has a prominent spot in the history of American magazines. It’s where artist Norman Rockwell made a name for himself, and it has published classic American authors like Edgar Allan Poe and F.

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