Mobile Goes Global

From New York City today and tomorrow, D: Dive Into Mobile puts top execs onstage for their perspective on the global mobile scene.
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Microsoft’s First Surface Video Is Super Serious, in a Techno-Funk Kinda Way

How does Microsoft want you to feel about the Surface? Check out Redmond’s first promo video.
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Announcing Our New Conferences: Dive Into Mobile and Dive Into Media

You want even more D? You got it: Check us out in New York in October and Southern California next February.
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After Strong Quarter, Groupon Starts Looking Like a Deal Again

Even though Groupon continues to carry the warning that its financial processes are weak, a handful of analysts upgraded the company to a buy rating today, and investors sent the stock climbing.
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Party On … And On … And On, Geek (But Not Much Else): A Newbie Reflects on SXSW

Guess what? It was a party down there.
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Manual Typewriters, the Original Mobile Devices

Upon hearing manual typewriters are now “a thing,” AllThingsD’s Ina Fried dusts hers off and puts pen to paper extolling the virtues of the pre-computer keyboard.
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Vevo’s Rio Caraeff Profits From Ubiquity (Video)

Rio Caraeff doesn’t run a normal start-up. His two-year-old Vevo, which is a video distributor for the music labels, took in $150 million in the past year. Here are his highlights from D: Dive Into Media.
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ESPN’s John Skipper Loves Every Platform — As Long As He Gets Paid (Video)

Give ESPN President John Skipper points for consistency. He wants to make ESPN available on every device and screen. What he doesn’t want to do is give it away for free.
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Super Double Overtime

I thought this game was never going to end. Not football game. The “Will RIM CEOs ever Step Down?” game.

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Dynamic Dual Coverage: Ballmer’s Last Act in Vegas and the BCS Championship in 3-D

What? The biggest game in college football and the official start to CES are on at the same time? Fret not — AllThingsD had you covered with two live blogs in one.
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