Jon Rubinstein Joins Board of Qualcomm, as Mobile Chipmaker Ups Its Silicon Valley Cred

The longtime mobile exec is a high-profile appointment.
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Understanding the New Boom in Subscriptions

Businesses optimize for efficiency. Customers optimize for happiness.
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Spanish Linux Group Files EC Complaint Over Windows 8 Secure Boot

Microsoft European antitrust woes: A neverending story.
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Series Seed, an Open Source Set of Investment Documents, Moves to GitHub

A set of simpler documents for early-stage funding makes a big move.
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IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack in the Cloud

As it did with Linux a decade ago, Big Blue is backing an open source standard in the cloud.
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10gen Promotes Schireson to CEO Slot

Founder Dwight Merriman will be chairman.
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Yelp to Add Health Inspection Data to Restaurant Listings in San Francisco, New York

In a partnership with the San Francisco mayor’s office, Yelp will soon include health score information to restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The move is part of a broader initiative by Mayor Ed Lee, who has angled for better ways to put publicly available government-collected data in front of consumers. The initiative will also expand to New York City in the coming weeks, and Yelp expects Philadelphia to follow suit, as well.

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Twitter Open-Sources Mobile Testing Software Clutch.io

Attention, mobile wonks: Twitter is making it easier for you to test your homegrown iOS apps. The company announced Thursday that it will open-source Clutch.IO, the recently acquired code library that helps developers make, test and deploy iOS applications. Twitter acquired Clutch two months ago; open-sourcing the code allows others to continue to use Clutch after Twitter shuts down the service on Nov. 1.

Whitman Says HP Has to Do a Smartphone Again (Video)

And no, HP won’t be buying RIM. (Whew!)
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Can You Guess the Super-Short Domain Name HP Just Registered for Gram?

A new detail about the stealthy new subsidiary formerly known as Palm.
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