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Google Brands Intellectual Ventures a Patent Troll for Latest Suit

“Invention capital firm” Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola Mobility. Again.

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Monetizing Photos and Video Clips in the New World of Bits

There are five distinct approaches that companies are taking in the race to make money.
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Google’s David Drummond Q&A on NSA: Same Denials, a Little More Human

“There is no free-for-all, no direct access, no indirect access, no back door, no drop box,” Google’s David Drummond wrote.
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Google Formally Petitions to Publish Statistics on FISA Requests

The company says it hasn’t been able to accurately defend itself from PRISM news reports.
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Google Glass: What Marketers Should Know

Glass will be the next iPhone — but today it’s a Newton.
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Pinterest + YouTube Stars = Subblime

Some Web video stars are now celebrity endorsers, too. What if you got a bunch of them on the same site? Adam Winnick wants to find out.
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Yahoo Offer to Buy Contact Startup Xobni Is at a Price of $30M to $40M

Yahoo’s new HR rule: If you can’t hire them, buy their company.
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Google Settles Sharehold Suit Over Non-Voting Stock

Google Inc. said its board has approved the terms of a proposed settlement with shareholders who have sued the search-giant in a bid to block its plan to issue a new type of stock that carries no voting rights.

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Tech Experts Flock to Ad Festival on Riviera

Growing numbers of technology experts are invading the annual advertising schmooze fest on the French Riviera this week, in a further sign of the transforming effect new technologies are having on the ad business.

NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Says Tech PRISM Denials Were “Misleading”

In a live online Q&A at the Guardian today, Edward Snowden, the man who revealed the PRISM documents and much more, said the leaks were having his desired effect.
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