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HP Sets New Labor Guidelines In China
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 08, 2013 05:58 am
Targeting student labor. read more »



Judge Pares Google's Patent Claims in Microsoft Suit
John Paczkowski
Feb 08, 2013 05:00 am
A federal judge determined that more than a dozen patent claims asserted against Microsoft by Google's Motorola Mobility unit were not specific enough. read more »



Tim Marches On: AOL Turns in Solid Q4 Earnings, With First Year-Over-Year Growth in Eight Years
Kara Swisher
Feb 08, 2013 04:38 am
It might be a blizzard in New York, but it's sunny skies for company's results. read more »



Intel Capital Joins Big Switch Funding Round
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 07, 2013 09:00 pm
Intel likes the idea of software-defined networks. read more »



In One Fell Swoop, Facebook Glitch Deep-Sixes the Web
Mike Isaac
Feb 07, 2013 04:51 pm
Ruh-roh. Facebook broke the Internet. read more »



Twitter Beefs Up Search Product
Mike Isaac
Feb 07, 2013 03:43 pm
On the heels of a significant revamp to its mobile products, Twitter has expanded the amount of results you can find using the company's search product, the company announced Thursday. While previously search results only returned tweets over a series of days, Twitter search will now span years of results, serving up tweets based on certain factors like engagement, retweets and the like. read more »



LinkedIn to Raise Prices on Recruiting Products
Mike Isaac
Feb 07, 2013 03:06 pm
LinkedIn plans to raise the rates on its "Recruiter" product in the U.S. and select regions during the second fiscal quarter, CFO Steve Sordello said in the company's earnings call on Thursday. Sordello did not give specifics on the amount of the price hike, but said to expect a "mid-single-digit increase" in revenue derived from the hike. On the call, CEO Jeff Weiner noted this was the first price increase in the product's history. read more »



East Coast Blizzard Another Test for FCC's New Cellphone Alert System
Ina Fried
Feb 07, 2013 01:59 pm
A relatively new alert system means that those in the path of an approaching blizzard are getting messages sent directly to their cellphones. read more »



LinkedIn Sails Past Expectations, but Can It Continue Growing User Engagement?
Mike Isaac
Feb 07, 2013 01:20 pm
LinkedIn beats the Street yet again. Question is, what's the best way to keep users coming back on a daily basis? read more »



Apple in Talks With Greenlight Over Cash
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 07, 2013 12:49 pm
Willing to talk. read more »



Confirmed: BlackBerry to Stop Selling Smartphones in Japan
John Paczkowski
Feb 07, 2013 12:22 pm
BlackBerry says Japan simply isn't a worthwhile market right now. read more »



In Tepid Times for Tech Stocks, LinkedIn Still Expected to Perform
Mike Isaac
Feb 07, 2013 11:14 am
Come this afternoon, we'll see if LinkedIn can live up to analysts' high expectations. read more »



BlackBerry Expands Board, Adds Two Former Telecom Execs
John Paczkowski
Feb 07, 2013 10:41 am
BlackBerry added two seats to its board Thursday, naming a pair of longtime telecom execs as directors. Joining the company's board: Richard Lynch, formerly an executive vice president at Verizon Communications, and Bert Nordberg, who once served as CEO of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Their addition raises the number of directors to an even dozen, and follows calls last year for the company to shake up a board that some critics felt sat idly by while it ceded the smartphone market it helped pioneer to rivals like Google and Apple. read more »



Q&A With Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood on the Launch of His Much-Hyped App
Liz Gannes
Feb 07, 2013 10:13 am
Mailbox wants to help triage email and eventually become "the port city of the mobile world," says Gentry Underwood. read more »



Seesaw Decision-Making App Helps Ask Friends for Opinions
Liz Gannes
Feb 07, 2013 09:23 am
Which chocolate should I eat? Which razors should I buy? read more »



Einhorn to Apple: Stop Acting Like My Grandmother
John Paczkowski
Feb 07, 2013 08:10 am
Apple has a cash problem. Wait. Apple has a cash problem? read more »



Carly Fiorina's Reasons for Not Breaking Up HP Are the Same as Meg Whitman's (Video)
Arik Hesseldahl
Feb 07, 2013 08:06 am
Sound familiar? read more »



Ex-Zynga Manager Lo Toney Appointed CEO of Khosla's LearnStreet
Tricia Duryee
Feb 07, 2013 08:00 am
In October, Toney stepped down from Zynga, where he was general manager of Zynga Poker. read more »



Today's Errands: Pick Up Milk at the Grocery Store … And Then a Trademark at the Legal Store
Liz Gannes
Feb 07, 2013 07:00 am
LegalForce BookFlip is set to open for business on Palo Alto's University Avenue. read more »



Qwiki Shuts Down Web Platform, Launches Social Mobile Video App
Lauren Goode
Feb 07, 2013 06:30 am
Qwiki joins the mobile-social-video-sharing craze. read more »



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