Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens

Apple Inc., which is expected to launch its next-generation iPhone later this year, has ordered screens from its Asian suppliers that are bigger than the ones used in iPhones since they debuted in 2007, people familiar with the situation said.

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Facebook Bumps Up Amount of IPO Shares Offered By 25 Percent

Facebook is bumping up the number of shares in its initial public offering by nearly 25 percent, pushing the total amount to more than 420 million shares. The increase means the company may end up raising $16 billion on Friday.

China Mobile Confirms Talks with Apple on iPhone

The comments, made at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday, follow what sources say was a meeting earlier this year between China Mobile and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Facebook Is Still Figuring It Out. Will Advertisers and Investors Wait Around?

“Advertisers are learning and experimenting” with Facebook’s ad business, says Facebook itself. GM’s move shows the downside of making it up as you go.
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Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep

Microsoft’s “Signature” PCs are streamlined for a cleaner look and better performance.
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Trouble in Paradise: Jetsetter’s Founder and CEO Steps Down

Drew Patterson has stepped down as founder and CEO of Jetsetter, the high-end luxury discount sales travel site owned by Gilt Groupe.
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Quote-Saving App Banters to Shut Down; Founders Jump to Betaworks

After struggling to attract a significant user base over the past year, conversation-saving app Banters is closing up shop, co-founder Lauren Leto announced via company blog on Tuesday. Leto and partner Patrick Moberg had raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from the likes of Chris Dixon, Khosla Ventures and SV Angel. The two will join Betaworks — Leto as general manager of the firm’s Findings product and Moberg as a “hacker-in-residence.”

Bing Goes Sleek and More Social

Microsoft’s revamped search engine shows promise — if users can adapt.
Bing's Stefan Weitz says search is better with faces.

Netsuite Turns Commerce Into a Cloud Service

To the growing list of things that can be sold “as-a-service” you can now add commerce. And create a new acronym: CaaS.
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PayPal to Unveil Newest Retail Partners for In-Store Payments Next Week

PayPal is hosting a media event next week where it will unveil the next batch of mega-retailers that are adopting the company’s online payment network at the register.
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Google to Expand Mobile-Device Partnerships

Google Inc. plans to give multiple mobile-device makers — rather than just one partner — early access to new releases of its Android mobile operating system and to sell those devices directly to consumers, said people familiar with the matter.

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