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Wither the Giants? The Arrogance of Aging Incumbents.

Technology forces that bring greater efficiency and transparency to markets simply don’t care about privilege, access, and rolodexes.

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Twitter Grabs Two Googlers for International Advertising Expansion

The online communications network goes hunting for talent at search giant.

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Still Waiting on Office for iPad? OnLive’s New Subscription Service Has Office, Flash and More.

For those of you still holding your breath while you wait for an official Microsoft Office app to come to iPad, here’s something that might help in the interim: OnLive Desktop Plus, a premium, $4.99-a-month version of the OnLive Desktop app for iPad and other tablet devices. The newest version of the app offers a cloud-based Internet Explorer 9, Adobe Flash, and PDF capabilities, in addition to the full Office suite and the “accelerated browsing experience” that OnLive created for fast pushing and pulling of data on a remote-access desktop.

Google’s Cable TV Lineup: A Wishlist

Don’t expect Google to break the bundle when it experiments with cable TV. But you could see some cool features, like a cloud-based DVR, and a programming guide that doesn’t make you want to scream.
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Fare Play: Rivals Have Reason to Be Wary if Square Grabs NYC Cabs

Mobile payments start-up Square wants to snag New York City taxicabs — and its rivals are unlikely to keep quiet about it.
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Google Seeks Approval for Kansas City Video Service

Google Inc. filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to state records, setting the stage for the Web giant to offer a cable-TV-like package in addition to the high-speed Internet service it plans to market there later this year.

Viral Video: Bond Vlog … James Bond Vlog

Time for a little 007 poking.
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Comcast’s Netflix Killer Isn’t One Yet. But It Could Be.

Comcast won’t sell you its new Web video service unless you’re a Comcast cable subscriber. But it could change that overnight.
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Hello, Goodbye. That Will Be $1.29.

Apple and the Beatles have put out ringtones based on 27 of the band’s songs. Which is a good time to remind people that Apple’s iTunes store has had an unprecedented year-plus exclusive on the band’s digital library, which began way back in November 2010.

Eight Questions: Rebecca MacKinnon, “Consent of the Networked”

As Beijing bureau chief for CNN in the late 1990′s, Rebecca MacKinnon witnessed first-hand the arrival of the Internet in China and the Chinese government’s struggle to control a technology some predicted would help bring about the end of Communist Party rule.

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Sony PlayStation Vita Launches in U.S., Europe

Sony’s new handheld gaming product, the PlayStation Vita, goes on sale today in Europe and the U.S. Following its initial launch in Japan in December, the device was plagued by some reported bugs, including crashes and gameplay lags, but Sony quickly issued a software update to address the issues. As The Wall Street Journal’s Katie Boehret notes in her review of the Vita, the 3G and Wi-Fi capable Vita costs $299; the Wi-Fi-only version costs $249.

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