The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Android manufacturer HTC has infringed on two Apple patents, handing the iPhone maker an early victory that could have large implications on HTC’s business in the U.S. in the worst case scenario and potential impacts on the overall Android platform. The ruling issued today by an...
Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. (IRE), a non-profit organization, has made the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Census data easily available in CSV and JSON formats. From the site census.ire.org you can browse through the census data and export what you need. You can also find the entire site Github. Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/ui1RN8ezbCc/developers-and-data-journalist.php
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We’ve written a lot at GigaOM about the evolution of — and disruption of — the book-publishing industry, from the rise of self-publishing phenomenons like Amanda Hocking to the launch of new e-book ventures like Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s new Pottermore site. But the forces that are driving the disruption in traditional book...
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This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the white paper about how Intel Xeon processors help organizations get unprecedented levels of performance. Here on ReadWriteCloud, we routinely look and how and where virtualization is being...
New telco business models must be built on a foundation of cooperation and partnership with third party application and content providers (ACPs) who facilitate the development of advanced applications and services end users want. In such an ecosystem, network providers are best served by encouraging developers to create new applications, such as mobile and...
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Ticket Text, the makers of Ticket ABC, a white label mobile ticketing solution, announced today that they have raised $350,000 in seed funding from The Edge, a.k.a. David Evans, or the guy who plays guitar for U2. Several other Dublin and London-based angels participated in the round, with Ticket Text’s total investment now at...
The big music labels have long expressed concern over this very issue, with Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. saying last year that free music streaming services were “not net positive for the industry.” On Business Insider yesterday, Matt Rosoff called Spotify “economically unsustainable,” adding that “the way music licensing has traditionally worked, Spotify...
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