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Status Update #17 – Pentile Lasts Longer
Monday May 14, 2012
Hosts: Jacob Bodnar and Jared Weseman
STORIES
Yahoo CEO Fiasco
Scott Thompson steps down, Levinsohn in as CEO
Report: Thompson has been diagnosed with cancer
Other Headlines
Summary of Google Verdicts – partial verdict – today’s happenings
Oracle to pursue longshot claim for copyright damages
Sources: Google is close to buying Meebo
LG Google TV-enabled sets coming in May
Report: Foxconn chief accidentally announces iTV
Foxconn Denies a leak
iCloud beta website reveals some new features to iOS 6
Mobile News
Report: Apple dropping Google maps in iOS 6 – smart move?
Report: iPhone 5 design still not finalized
New iPhone in September and iPad in August?
Study: More mobile users use location based products
Nokia confirms PureView 808 Handset is coming to the US
Nvidia “Grey” LTE processor pushed to 2013, quad-core LTE by year’s end
Flipboard leaks for Android
Samsung explains Pentile display, says it lasts longer
T-Mobile might buy MetroPCS
Social Media News
LinkedIn Rumored to buy Monster, pulls out of deal
Edurado Saverin renounces US Citizenship
Facebook says priority number one is fixing mobile app, more users use mobile
More people using Facebook mobile than web interface
Facebook privacy policy change paves way for off-Facebook ads
Facebook to launch new App Center
Facebook toys with “pay to highlight” feature
Twitter buys personalized email marketing company RestEngine – begins weekly email digests
Quick Hits
Motorola files patent app for anti-smear technology
DVDs will now contain two 10-second unskippable copyright warnings
Facebook faces FTC probe over Instagram deal
App Drawer
Jared: Weather Flow
Jacob: RunKeeper
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