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Enterprise microblogging startup Yammer has raised $10 million in a second round of funding led by Emergence Capital; serial angel investor Ron Conway, along with existing investors Charles River Ventures and Goldcrest Investments also participated in the round.
The Financial Times loves high-end subscription info so much, it’s buying another such publisher. Medley Global Advisors (MGA) of New York, London and DC provides macro policy advice to hedge funds, investment banks and asset managers - just the thing you’d read if you were a banker on the look-out for looming new legislation.
The folks at Aardvark have posted an ambitious paper over on the 'vark blog. Titled after Brin and Page's original “Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine”, the paper presents the Aardvark engine and, in its authors' words: "describes the fundamental differences between the traditional “Library” paradigm of web search — ...
In Thursday’s (Feb. 4) hearing, the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Communications & Internet Subcommittee will be looking at a merged Comcast/NBCU’s “unique and commanding” position in the media marketplace, including what could be its power to “fundamentally shape the way Web video evolves,” ...
1886: The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use Linotype, a complex but highly efficient typesetting machine that revolutionizes the printing process.
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Apple's iPad, its upcoming tablet PC, may contain a built-in camera, at least according to an Apple product repair company that posted photos of an alleged iPad frame with a space for a camera module. Other sources have posted photos from the device's Jan. 27 launch event showing what could be a camera hole on an iPad held by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
The Keyboard Dock combines a dock for charging your iPad with a full-size keyboard. The dock has a rear 30-pin connector, which lets you connect to an electrical outlet using the USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the Camera Connection Kit. An audio jack lets you connect to a stereo or powered speakers.
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Google Feb. 2 said it is adding a multitouch mechanism and a software fix to improve 3G connectivity on its Nexus One smartphone. Users may now pinch-to-zoom on the smartphone's core browser, gallery and Google Maps applications. Also, Google Maps will be updated to version 3.4, which includes starred items synchronized with the desktop version ...
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In case you're wondering what the hot pet toy of the future will be, check out Ratborg 3000, a reanimated cat toy with robotic enhancements (and it's fully compliant with Asimov's laws!).
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