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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.

Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs will be the best or worst movie I’ve ever seen.

Dan Frommer, via Twitter

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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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GM to Stop Advertising on Facebook

General Motors Co. plans to stop advertising on Facebook after the company’s marketing executives determined their paid ads had little impact on consumers, people familiar with the matter said — a move that comes as more companies question the effectiveness of advertising on the social networking site.

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Sony, Panasonic in TV Tie-Up Talks

Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are in talks to jointly develop or produce next-generation flat-panel television sets, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday, in a move that aims to defray the heavy cost of manufacturing a new display technology.

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Yahoo’s Roller Coaster Impacts More Than Shareholders

Yahoo employees who have weathered multiple rounds of layoffs have also had to adapt to the frequently changing leadership tides created by the revolving door at the top of the company.

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Web Sites Use DNA to Create Family Trees

Who’s your daddy? Now a Web site may know for sure.

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Rebekah Brooks Charged in Hacking Case

Prosecutors in the U.K. charged the former head of News Corp.’s British newspaper unit, Rebekah Brooks, with conspiring to obstruct justice, marking the first charges filed in a wide-ranging criminal investigation into wrongdoing at the U.S. media company’s British tabloids.

They are going to have to think about whether they can continue with the motto “Done is better than perfect.”

– Altimeter Group’s Susan Etlinger, talking about Facebook in the New York Times

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Facebook Alums Use Buzz to Push New Site

Days ahead of Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, the company’s network of former executives and investors are doing their own deal-making.