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Google posts Chrome 28 beta, integrates services into search results

Google has released a beta version of Chrome 28 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The most significant change is in the Windows release, where a native notification center for apps and extensions has been turned on. These can include not only text and images, but optional actions such as making a phone call or sending email. Notifications can appear even when Chrome is closed. Google is promising Mac notifications “soon.”…         Continue reading

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Briefly: Mailbox for iPad, iOS Rhapsody

Mailbox (free), an alternative GMail client for iOS, has released a new version that fixes a few bugs and is also now optimized for iPad as well as the iPhone. The app offers features not found on the default iOS mail client, such as gestures to prioritize incoming mail and the ability to reschedule a message to reappear later….         Continue reading

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Apple to double spending on Washington lobbying

On the heels of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s testimony in Washington on the subject of tax policy, Apple is being seen as doubling its spending on lobbying in Washington — though it would still be a minor player when it comes to tech companies and money flowing to Congressional representatives. According to Reuters, Apple will boost spending to $4 million, about the same as what Facebook spends on lobbying….         Continue reading

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Yelp fires back at critics claiming review manipulation by sales staff

Crowdsourced review service Yelp has come under attack again over reports of business owners complaints that reviews are “too self-centered and not trustworthy” and that the company hides reviews to its own benefit. A blog post by Yelp’s Vice President of Communications Vince Sollitto refutes the claims which have been reported to the media, and hopes to clear up the service’s reputation….         Continue reading

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Casemaker OtterBox buys out rival LifeProof

At an event today at this week’s CTIA conference, major casemaker OtterBox announced the acquisition of one of its chief rivals, LifeProof. The former says it will keep LifeProof’s San Diego location, and that workers will remain in their current place. “Over the next 30 days, OtterBox will begin incorporating the LifeProof brand into the OtterBox family,” an OtterBox statement reads. “More information about product availability and alignment will be determined at the completion of the integration.”…         Continue reading

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Ex-Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg takes marketing job at Apple

Former Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg has been hired onto Apple’s marketing staff, Forbes sources say. Exactly which position he’s filling is unknown, but he’s expected to work under Apple’s head of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller. Gartenberg is well-known amongst analysts; aside from employment at Gartner, he was once an analyst and partner at the Altimeter Group, and a research director at Jupiter Research….         Continue reading

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Irish finance minister takes umbrage to US tax shelter accusations

Following Apple’s testimony before the US Senate, Ireland’s finance minister Michael Noonan declared that neither he nor his country would be the “whipping boy” for US tax loopholes. The US-led investigation demonstrated that Apple had paid two percent of $74 billion in international income, assisted by Irish tax law — in particular, one holding company including Apple’s retail effort throughout Europe had paid zero tax in five years….         Continue reading

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Apple files amendment, adds Galaxy S4 to Samsung patent suit

Apple has filed its amendment to its ongoing courtroom battle with Samsung, adding the Galaxy S4 to its list of infringing devices, just as it told the US District Court in California last week. The filing specifically names five patents said to be infringed by the Galaxy S4 itself, two of which are apparently infringed by Google Now….         Continue reading

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Social researcher claims Apple no longer ‘hot’ to Gen-Y buyers

In a article that could have been written by Samsung’s advertising department, the Sydney Morning Herald has published an article detailing claims from “social researcher” Michael McQueen, who tracks the ever-shifting tastes of the group he calls “Gen-Y” (meaning people who reached their teenage years after 2001). In it, he says that despite wide evidence to the contrary, Apple is “losing its cool” with youth….         Continue reading

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Apps: Acorn, Delicious Library, KeyCue

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