Daily Archives: November 3, 2011

Google Is Looking To Roll Out A Pay TV Service (GOOG)

November 3, 2011
Google Is Looking To Roll Out A Pay TV Service (GOOG)

See Also: A Peek At What Google’s $100 Million Content Push For YouTube Will Look Like Google’s Business Model Is In Conflict With Your Privacy Hey, Larry Page — It’s Time For A Little Bit More DISCIPLINE At Google Google is considering rolling out a pay TV service that would distribute stations directly over...

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These European Countries Technology Are Working Hard To Develop Technology In Poorer Nations

November 3, 2011
These European Countries Technology Are Working Hard To Develop Technology In Poorer Nations

The Center For Global Development recently published its annual report on which looks at which richer countries are most committed to development in poorer nations. One aspect of this involves looking in to which countries are helping with the development of new technology. Based on a number of factors, each country is given a...

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Canon Goes All In On EOS With C300 Digital Cinema System, New DSLR

November 3, 2011
Canon Goes All In On EOS With C300 Digital Cinema System, New DSLR

In this evening of dueling announcements (RED announced their compact high-res camera system tonight as well), Canon has shown that it’s serious in the area of digital cinema with its new Cinema EOS system. The first camera in the line is the C300, a compact camera that, contrary to expectations, doesn’t produce a 4K...

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Zynga’s Newest Title CastleVille Combines Rich Storylines, Fantasy, And Social Gaming In A Medieval World

November 3, 2011
Zynga’s Newest Title CastleVille Combines Rich Storylines, Fantasy, And Social Gaming In A Medieval World

As Zynga announced at an event a few weeks ago, the newest title in the “Ville” franchise, which includes FarmVille, FrontierVille, and CityVille, is CastleVille. The newest title from the social gaming giant allows players to build mini-empires from castles, craft art and armour and trade, and defend your kingdom in a medieval world....

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Daily Wrap: Google+ Can Now Go Everywhere and More

November 3, 2011
Daily Wrap: Google+ Can Now Go Everywhere and More

Google+ stretches its wings, giving you more plus all the time. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap. Sometimes it’s difficult to catch every story that hits tech media in a day, so we thought it might be helpful to wrap up some of the most talked about stories. Assuming this goes over well,...

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Groupon IPO Prices Shares at $20

November 3, 2011
Groupon IPO Prices Shares at $20

Daily deals website Groupon has priced its IPO at $20 a share, a few dollars above the anticipated range of $16 to $18, in a heavily oversubscribed offering. Groupon added five million additional shares to its offering, bringing the total to 35 million shares sold. That still only accounts for 5.5 percent of the...

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Google Calendar launches “Suggested Times” feature

November 3, 2011

Creating an event is easy, but finding a time that works for everyone is sometimes tricky and time consuming. To make this easier and save you time, we’ve added a new ‘Suggested times’ feature to Google Calendar. To get started, create a calendar event, add guests and click Suggested times. The resulting list will...

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European Commission investigates Samsung patent fraud against Apple

November 3, 2011

Just when you thoughts things couldn’t get any more complicated in the going Apple-Samsung legal wars, it has emerged that the European Commission is investigating the Korean firm’s use of patents in a move that could force Samsung to drop many of its legal cases against Apple if it is found guilty. The investigation from...

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Groupon prices shares high at $20

November 3, 2011
Groupon prices shares high at $20

Updated: It’s official. Groupon is going for $20 per share when it debuts tomorrow. Groupon has set the final price for its impending initial public offering on Friday at $20 per share, according to AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and other reports. That’s higher then the Chicago-based daily deal website’s previous estimated per share price of...

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Groupon’s $12.6B valuation compared to greentech (it’s sad)

November 3, 2011
Groupon’s $12.6B valuation compared to greentech (it’s sad)

Looks like Groupon will go public Friday morning at $20 per share, giving it a valuation of $12.6 billion, for its online coupon business. That seems crazy high for a company with a massive amount of competitors and potentially questionable recurring value for small businesses (though what do I know, I write about energy)....

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