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Current Lumia Devices Will Not Get an Upgrade to Apollo [REPORT] - Mashable
Nokia's current lineup of Lumia devices – Lumia 900, 800 and 710 – will not be upgradeable to the next major version of Windows Phone mobile platform, codenamed Apollo, the Verge claims citing a source close to Microsoft.
Facebook Coming to Nasdaq With the Ticker 'FB' [REPORT] - Mashable
Citing “a person familiar with the matter,” The New York Times reports that Nasdaq won a battle with the New York Stock Exchange for Facebook. Nasdaq is home to Apple, Google and others, but NYSE scored wins last year when LinkedIn and Pandora Media ...
Apple Hit With 250000 Signatures Protesting Labor Conditions in China - Mashable
An Apple employee who wouldn't give his name said the employees had no idea the demonstration was going to happen. It was a peaceful event — Winters and a group of other protestors brought the petitions inside the store and soon exited.
How Apple and Facebook Nearly Fell Out — Over the HP TouchPad [EXCLUSIVE] - Mashable
It began well when Apple first set up an Apple Students group on Facebook in 2006 — “a monster success” for both companies, according to a source who spoke with Mashable on the condition of anonymity. But the companies would butt heads many times in ...
How Social Media Affects Content Relevance in Search - Mashable
A Microsoft spokesperson (who also requested anonymity), says via email that tweets and Facebook Likes do indeed positively affect a URL's ranking in search results on Bing. “To be candid,” she says, “we are experimenting with placements in order to ...
Why Twitter Wants to Acquire TweetDeck - Mashable
According to two sources close to the situation, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity, UberMedia and TweetDeck were indeed talking about an acquisition. But either the deal never closed or it closed and then fell apart shortly afterward. ...
Twitter in Talks To Buy Stealth Personalization Startup Bottlenose - Mashable
Twitter is in talks to buy stealth personalization startup Bottlenose for an undisclosed sum, sources close to the matter told Mashable. The companies are said to be in the process of discussing acquisition terms. Bottlenose, which bills itself as the ...
What Makes China's Top 4 Social Networks Tick? - Mashable
As one social network operator (who asked to remain anonymous) described it, “Renren is all about business. Kaixin001 has a tech founder [Cheng Binghao] who wants to do more than just copy.” Kaixin001 was reportedly offered the domain name Kaixin.com ...
MGM Axes Digital Department, Presses On With Robocop Remake - Mashable
We've received a tip from an anonymous source (and other media sources confirm) that MGM's entire digital department has been laid off today, likely as part of the company's post-bankruptcy restructuring. Previously, the studio laid off around 50 ...
Spotify Nabs EMI for US Launch [REPORT] - Mashable
Although Spotify has declined to confirm as much, Sony also recently joined the party (a fact we have gleaned via sources close to the matter). That means Spotify needs one more label to get access to American consumers. We have reached out to Spotify ...
Facebook on Track for $2B Revenue in 2010 [REPORT] - Mashable
Forget the $1 billion figure thrown around earlier this year; sources close to Facebook financials say the social network is closer to reporting revenues of ...
Mac App Store Coming Next Week [RUMOR] - Mashable
Steve Jobs insisted on an early launch of the Mac App Store, perhaps to take advantage of the holiday shopping fever, the source said. ...
Foursquare Will Hit 4 Million Members This Week - Mashable
Foursquare is set to hit 4 million members this week, a source close to the company has revealed to Mashable. The milestone member metric comes roughly 50 ...