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Advertisement Articles for 02/12/2013 Sonos Looks to Simplify TV Soundbars With New $700 Playbar Speaker Broadcom Readying Its First LTE Chip, Which It Claims Will Be Smaller Than Rivals' With Another $21 Million in the Bank, Social Site Nextdoor Launches Version 2.0 Day One at D: Dive Into Media 2013, in Pictures and Tweets Dish Bought Blockbuster to Open Wireless Stores Charlie Ergen on Dish's Company Culture: It's Not That We're Mean, It's That We're Like an Indiana Jones Movie Dish Chairman: "I Think People Are Cutting the Cord" Dish Chairman Ergen on Why the Company Needs a Wireless Network, Anyway Dish's Charlie Ergen Says He Doesn't Want to Kill Ads, for Real David Eun on Samsung's Silicon Valley Invasion Groupon Has Acquired MashLogic and Is Shutting Down Its Note-Taking Service Setting Up Shop in the Valley and NYC, Samsung Aims to Boost Its Software Side Anomaly Productions Brings Interactive Twist to Graphic Novels Microsoft Talks Up Xbox 360 While Staying Mum on Its Successor Microsoft Fancies Itself a Content Producer Again Xbox by the Numbers: 76M Devices, and They're Not All Used by Dudes VMware to Acquire Storage Software Company Virsto American Express Cardholders Can Now Tweet to Buy Should Amazon Spin Out Its Cloud Operations? Go Daddy Acquires Mobile Site-Building Startup M.Dot Apple CEO Tim Cook to Join Michelle Obama for State of the Union Address Bill Gates on Philanthropy, Steve Jobs and the Microsoft Product That Never Was Apple Updates iOS 6.1 to Fix iPhone 4S Performance Bug U.K. Regulator Is Looking Into Autonomy's Pre-HP Books Gavin Newsom Talks About Transparent Government (Video) Read Kara Follow Kara Subscribe to Kara Read Walt Follow Walt Subscribe to Walt Read Katie Follow Katie Subscribe to Katie Read John Follow John Subscribe to John Read Peter Follow Peter Subscribe to Peter Read Liz Follow Liz Subscribe to Liz Read Ina Follow Ina Subscribe to Ina Read Tricia Follow Tricia Subscribe to Tricia Read Arik Follow Arik Subscribe to Arik Read Lauren Follow Lauren Subscribe to Lauren Read Bonnie Follow Bonnie Subscribe to Bonnie Read Mike Follow Mike Subscribe to Mike Follow us on: iPhone app E-Readers Facebook Twitter RSS Sonos Looks to Simplify TV Soundbars With New $700 Playbar Speaker Lauren Goode Feb 12, 2013 06:01 am Sonos brings "Wi-Fi Hi-Fi" sound to TVs. read more » Broadcom Readying Its First LTE Chip, Which It Claims Will Be Smaller Than Rivals' Ina Fried Feb 12, 2013 05:00 am Though it won't land in phones and tablets until next year, Broadcom's CEO said its small size and powerful features should allow the new chip to compete for a spot at the high end. read more » With Another $21 Million in the Bank, Social Site Nextdoor Launches Version 2.0 Mike Isaac Feb 12, 2013 04:30 am In introducing new features and more cash, the private social network for neighborhoods is aiming for a growth spurt. read more » Day One at D: Dive Into Media 2013, in Pictures and Tweets Eric Johnson Feb 12, 2013 03:30 am The best tweets and pictures from the first day of D: Dive Into Media. read more » Dish Bought Blockbuster to Open Wireless Stores Ina Fried Feb 11, 2013 07:34 pm "Because we got delayed on wireless, it hasn't worked out exactly as we planned," Chairman Charlie Ergen said in an interview at D: Dive Into Media. read more » Charlie Ergen on Dish's Company Culture: It's Not That We're Mean, It's That We're Like an Indiana Jones Movie Liz Gannes Feb 11, 2013 07:32 pm The so-called meanest boss in America defends himself. read more » Dish Chairman: "I Think People Are Cutting the Cord" Ina Fried Feb 11, 2013 07:12 pm "I think we ought to be hooking people on pay TV when they are young," Charlie Ergen said at D: Dive Into Media. "If we are getting run out of town, I want to get in front of that." read more » Dish Chairman Ergen on Why the Company Needs a Wireless Network, Anyway Ina Fried Feb 11, 2013 07:07 pm The company would have liked to have built its own network, but since getting its license has taken so long it may need to partner. read more » Dish's Charlie Ergen Says He Doesn't Want to Kill Ads, for Real Liz Gannes Feb 11, 2013 07:04 pm "I don't want to kill ads. I also don't want to put my head in the sand," said Ergen. read more » David Eun on Samsung's Silicon Valley Invasion John Paczkowski Feb 11, 2013 05:35 pm Samsung makes a wide variety of devices -- smartphones, televisions, refrigerators. What happens when you connect them all together? read more » Groupon Has Acquired MashLogic and Is Shutting Down Its Note-Taking Service Tricia Duryee Feb 11, 2013 05:17 pm Another acquisition to help build out the daily deal company's tech team. read more » Setting Up Shop in the Valley and NYC, Samsung Aims to Boost Its Software Side Mike Isaac Feb 11, 2013 05:00 pm Samsung's new open-innovation center aims to court precious developers. read more » Anomaly Productions Brings Interactive Twist to Graphic Novels Bonnie Cha Feb 11, 2013 04:54 pm At D: Dive Into Media, Anomaly Productions shows how it's using tech to create a more immersive reading experience. read more » Microsoft Talks Up Xbox 360 While Staying Mum on Its Successor Ina Fried Feb 11, 2013 04:35 pm Speaking at D: Dive Into Media, Microsoft executives talk up the Xbox 360 and new original content efforts, but won't talk about what comes after the 360. read more » Microsoft Fancies Itself a Content Producer Again Ina Fried Feb 11, 2013 04:23 pm Former CBS executive Nancy Tellem talks about the 125-person production studio Microsoft has opened in Santa Monica in hope of getting its first original content onto the Xbox later this year. read more » Xbox by the Numbers: 76M Devices, and They're Not All Used by Dudes Liz Gannes Feb 11, 2013 04:18 pm According to Microsoft, 38 percent of Xbox users are women, and more than 51 percent are people who have kids. read more » VMware to Acquire Storage Software Company Virsto Arik Hesseldahl Feb 11, 2013 03:49 pm VMware said today that it reached a deal to acquire Virsto, a maker of software that specializes in optimizing storage in virtual and cloud computing environments. Financial terms were not disclosed. Virsto was founded in 2007, and had raised about $24 million in venture capital funding from August Capital, Canaan Partners, InterWest Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Correlation Ventures. VMware shares fell more than 2 percent during the day, to $77.04 per share. read more » American Express Cardholders Can Now Tweet to Buy Tricia Duryee Feb 11, 2013 03:00 pm American Express has been using social networks to distribute offers for more than a year, but this marks the first time it is selling things. read more » Should Amazon Spin Out Its Cloud Operations? Arik Hesseldahl Feb 11, 2013 02:31 pm Probably not now, nor ever. read more » Go Daddy Acquires Mobile Site-Building Startup M.Dot Mike Isaac Feb 11, 2013 01:54 pm Web hosting and domain giant Go Daddy announced Monday that it has acquired M.Dot, a startup whose self-serve app allows users to build their own mobile websites directly from the application. This is Go Daddy's first acquisition under former Yahoo chief product officer Blake Irving, who left Yahoo to become Go Daddy CEO in December. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. read more » Apple CEO Tim Cook to Join Michelle Obama for State of the Union Address John Paczkowski Feb 11, 2013 01:11 pm When President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday, a Silicon Valley luminary will be watching alongside the First Lady. Apple CEO Tim Cook is joining Michelle Obama for her husband's address, the first of the president's second term. read more » Bill Gates on Philanthropy, Steve Jobs and the Microsoft Product That Never Was Mike Isaac Feb 11, 2013 01:07 pm The founder of Microsoft gets real in a Reddit Q&A session. read more » Apple Updates iOS 6.1 to Fix iPhone 4S Performance Bug John Paczkowski Feb 11, 2013 12:21 pm Following outcry over a bug in iOS 6.1 that some carriers claimed compromised the 3G performance of the iPhone 4S, Apple has issued an update to its mobile operating system. On Monday afternoon, it released iOS 6.1.1, which is intended specifically to address an "issue that could impact cellular performance and reliability for iPhone 4S." read more » U.K. Regulator Is Looking Into Autonomy's Pre-HP Books Arik Hesseldahl Feb 11, 2013 11:02 am What's in those books? read more » Gavin Newsom Talks About Transparent Government (Video) Kara Swisher Feb 11, 2013 10:02 am Can we build a digital Citizenville? read more » Get the latest news & reviews on AllThingsD.com: News | Reviews | Mobile | Media | Social | Enterprise | Commerce | Conferences | Voices | Video | Jobs About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Send a Tip You are receiving this email because you are an All Things Digital Newsletter subscriber. Unsubscribe sojo.blo@gmail.com from this list. Our mailing address is: 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036 © 2013 Dow Jones & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

MSFT: Microsoft's Surface Conundrum: RT And PRO

Microsoft's Surface Conundrum: RT And PRO
by Benedict Tubuo (Beevest)

The release strategy of the Surface family of tablets suggested that Microsoft (MSFT) intended for it to be a harbinger not a panacea. Part of the announcement for the Surface tablets specifically said it was meant to be the "ultimate stage for Windows". The launch strategy was so convoluted that you wondered if Microsoft was actually trying to sell the darn thing. It reeked of reluctance especially of the fear of pissing off partner OEM's. It was even more burdened by the fact that Microsoft inserted complexity where others seek simplicity by creating RT and PRO versions. I don't have any insights to what Microsoft planned to define as success but I suspect that the RT's market performance was not it. It was backwards in that it tried to compete with existing tablets without necessarily adding value to the proposition. It failed because it did not fundamentally impact the tablet landscape in units sold or excitement. The Pro, however, seems to be starting where the RT ended. It seems to be tickling fantasies of what could be and that, to me, is success. Setting the stage for Windows meant that the Surface's mission would have been accomplished if it raised curiosity in the form of questions from individuals, corporations and OEM's. Questions like: read more »

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AAPL: Will Einhorn And The iWatch Boost Apple Shares?

Will Einhorn And The iWatch Boost Apple Shares?
by Paul Zimbardo

Apple (AAPL) has fallen nine percent in the past month and investors are scratching their heads. Apple started 2012 with significant appreciation but has been in a tailspin since hitting $705. Optimism surrounding the company has vanished and the media is now extremely critical of Apple. Now more than ever it is important to monitor developments for the company and its competitors. Below I will layout the reason why I continue to recommend Apple and, as a supplement, present complementary option strategies. read more »

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GOOG: Vringo V. Google: $350+ Million That Is Not Coming Back

Vringo V. Google: $350+ Million That Is Not Coming Back
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Intellectual property company Vringo (VRNG) has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit against Google (GOOG), which is now in the post-trial motions stage. Vringo is now also suing Microsoft (MSFT) on the same patents, which relate to search engine technology. read more »

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