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Apple CEO to forgo $75M dividend

Tim Cook is looking to bank a lot of good will with his $2.65-a-share dividend

by Krystal Peak - May 25, 2012
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Ford's Focus Electric car includes MyTouch app and SYNC

by Steven Loeb, May 26, 2012 | Comments

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Four million cars now have SYNC technology

Ford is debuting its own electric car, the Focus Electric, which will be available in the coming months, and will integrate smartphone technology, including a special app that will give user updates, alerts and help them plan trips. The 2012 Ford Focus Electric will be available in 19 markets by the end of this summer, starting with California, New York ...

Groupon rumored to be developing credit card reader

by Steven Loeb, May 26, 2012 | Comments

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Sources saying it would charge lower fees than PayPal or Square

PayPal, Square and other companies that supply credit card readers are about to get some extra competition, if the rumors are true. Groupon is the latest company to develop its own credit card reader, which would be used by merchants, Bloomberg reported Friday. The testing is in early stages, and has not been officially announced to the public, though merchants ...

Dragon capsule makes history with space station landing

by Krystal Peak, May 25, 2012 | Comments

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PayPal's Elon Musk successfully docks his space capsule at the International Space Station

For those of you that thought the only dragons in the news were the Game of Thrones variety, this update is for you. SpaceX's Dragon capsule is now being touted as a success as it arrived into the International Space station this morning. SpaceX is a space transport company, founded in 2002, headquartered in Hawthorne, California has made it, ...

Report: HP's webOS team is about to shrink

by Krystal Peak, May 25, 2012 | Comments

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Google snaps up HTML 5 developers from HP's Enyo team ahead of more HP layoffs

The team that was build HP's webOS platform seems to be in high demand as reports continue to trickle in that the team leading the Enyo HTML 5 development project is headed over to team Google. HP's webOS platform has been in the works for quite some time and in January, the company said that the entire open sourcing ...

Amazon expands grocery selection as "add-on" service

by Krystal Peak, May 25, 2012 | Comments

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Items previously reserved for bulk purchase can now be added to your Amazon cart if over $25

Amazon has beefed up its offerings to accommodate those looking for even more items than before. While Amazon had previously limited certain grocery, houseware and beauty items in the past to require bulk purchase rather than individual (like with cat food, certain teas and other food items), they have recently minted an "Add-on" program that allows you to add single ...

Instagram ranks fastest growing website in April

by Steven Loeb, May 24, 2012 | Comments

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Photo-sharing app sees unique visits shoot up 78%

Last month, Instagram launched its Android app, saw its user numbers jump by 10 million in 10 days, pushing it over the 40 million user mark and it was purchased by Facebook. It also saw its website crack the top 10 fastest growing sites in the United States, jumping 19% in a single month. Pretty impressive growth. In April, Instagram delivered ...

Facebook debuts an iOS camera app with filters

by Krystal Peak, May 24, 2012 | Comments

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Before completely folding in Instagram, Facebook releases a camera app for users

Facebook photo fiends will have to check out the new method to uploading pics to Facebook: the Facebook Camera app for iOS. This brand-spankingly-new iPhone app allows user to shoot, filter, and share single or sets of photos right from their phone. Looks like this is could have spurred the Instagram buy. With 14 filters different filter it sure seems ...

Huddle pulls in $24M for cloud collaboration

by Krystal Peak, May 24, 2012 | Comments

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Cloud collaboration, storage continues to ignite investors

Cloud collaboration software service Huddle has announced a $24 million round of funding. This series C round, led by Jafco Ventures with participation from DAG Ventures and previous backers, brings Huddle's total equity funding to $40 million. Huddle’s last funding round, a $10.2 million Series B, was closed two years ago. The London and San Francisco-based Huddle just recently opened ...

VEVO increased users by 142% with new platform

by Krystal Peak, May 24, 2012 | Comments

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With increased users, views, engagement, VEVO looks at possible IPO in "medium-term"

Its been more the two months since the online video service VEVO changed up its platform and now is reporting a 600% increase in published or watched videos compared to what it was seeing in February. Now I'd day that means its new set-up is working out quite well. The redesign included beefing up the new full-screen player and folding ...

Q2 report: Apple still leads in phone ad impressions

by Krystal Peak, May 24, 2012 | Comments

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The iPhone represents 15.1% of ad impressions in the mobile world, Blackberry Curve second with 4.4%

Millennial Media, a mobile advertising company has found that Apple continues to remain the single-biggest brand, and most popular phone maker, used on the Millennial ad network. In its quarterly mobile use report, Millennial saw that Apple had a clear lead in the field of device makers based on brand. With 28.3% of the traffic hitting Millennial ads coming from ...

Shopkick enters 1,700+ Target stores for shopping kicks

by Krystal Peak, May 23, 2012 | Comments

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Target shoppers can rack up rewards real quick with the new partner it has with Shopkick

Target has just become the largest retailer to offer shopkick check-ins and perks through the tech company's startup smartphone app. Starting today, Target guests across the country can use the app to check in during their shopping excursions and can earn points for a variety of future rewards. Shopkick is free application for iPhone and Android devices that partners ...

Amazon adds hundreds more movies to Prime streaming

by Krystal Peak, May 23, 2012 | Comments

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Netflix might start worrying that Amazon Prime offers a broader spectrum of digital content, perks

With summer blockbusters around the corner, Amazon is filling out its Instant Video catalog with hundreds of new movies from Paramount Pictures. Amazon's new licensing agreement adds to the 3,000 titles it gained from the March deal with Discovery. Now the Amazon service that is competition with Netflix offers more than 17,000 movies and TV episodes for unlimited streaming ...

Airtime lands Series B while in stealth mode

by Krystal Peak, May 23, 2012 | Comments

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The creation of Sean Parker & Shawn Fanning has already raised $32M+, made its first acquisition

The highly-anticipated and very hush-hush project created by Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning looks like it will exit stealth mode in just eight days, according to the company blog. And with about a week of speculation left floating around the tech community, the company has already raised a Series B round of funding. This latest $25 million round was led ...

BodyMedia snaps up $12M for fitness trackers

by Krystal Peak, May 23, 2012 | Comments

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As bikini season draws closer, the health gadget market seems to be warming up

Tech products in the field of health and wellness have greatly improved since all you could use to gauge your activity level was a treadmill tracker or a pedometer. One company focused on more accurately tracking the activities of everyday people, BodyMedia, has just announced that it landed a $12 million round. This latest round, led by Comcast Ventures, will ...

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