Monday, February 4, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // February 4, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 4, 2013

Superbowl Ad Confirms BlackBerry 10 Can't Turn Trucks Into Rubber Duckies

BlackBerry 10's first Superbowl commercial squeaked in right before a power outage delayed the game for 34 minutes. Instead of focusing on what the new OS can... read more

Here Are The Top 10 Super Bowl Ads According To 30K TiVos

Last night's Super Bowl was a nail-biter, but most of today's conversation will likely center around the ads, not the Raven's last-second safety or Jacoby... read more

Apple Debuts New AppStore.com Vanity URLs For Developers During Super Bowl

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Not Surprisingly, HP's New Chromebook Is The Biggest, Heaviest, And Most Expensive New Chromebook Available

Oh, HP. How you try.... read more

$25 Model A Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Goes On Sale In Europe -- Available To Rest Of World "Very Soon"

The affordable Raspberry Pi microcomputer just got even more affordable: the slated $25 Model A Raspberry Pi board has now gone on sale in Europe. The Raspberry... read more

Nokia CEO Hints At Tablet-Shaped, Windows-Based Hardware In Its Future

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has given the company's clearest hint yet that it wants to get back into tablets. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review, he stopped... read more

Qihoo's iOS Apps Reportedly Removed For Violating Apple's Rules

According to multiple sources cited in a Tencent QQ Tech report (link via Google Translate, h/t Tech In Asia), Apple removed all of Qihoo's apps from its App... read more

Line Doubled Users Every Day In Hong Kong Last Week

Japanese messaging app Line has just reported that new users in Hong Kong have been doubling each day for the past week since January 29.... read more

Opscode Is Facebook's Answer For Scaling Its "Carl Sagan" Size Deployments

In its great expanse of servers, Facebook has deployed Opscode to help scale the social network's infrastructure. To do this, Facebook is using Private Chef,... read more

Pet Boarding And 'Dogbnb' Startup Rover Raises $7M To Take On DogVacay

Rover, a Seattle-based startup that provides an 'Airbnb' for dog sitting, has raised $7 million in Series B funding led by Foundry Group with existing investor... read more

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MSFT: Will Microsoft Shares See A 10% Surge If Ballmer Leaves?

Will Microsoft Shares See A 10% Surge If Ballmer Leaves?
by Hawkinvest

Just days ago, Chesapeake shares surged about 10% after the company announced that CEO, Aubrey McClendon would retire on April 1, 2013. Investors obviously welcomed this news as the stock was punished last year when it was disclosed that Mr. McClendon had financial interests that could create a conflict of interest with shareholders. A 10% jump in the stock value is quite a gain for a management change and that leads us to another company that seems to be potentially ripe for a new CEO that could also cause the stock to spike up. read more »

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Microsoft Doesn't Need To Be Apple by Ashraf Eassa

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