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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)

"We’re in the media business, but we’re not necessarily a media company."

A Super Social Bowl

You watched the game on the big screen, and you typed and read on a smaller one. Which is exactly what Twitter and Facebook were hoping for.

Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come?

It’s a little stunning to contemplate how wrong things have gone for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in just the first month of 2012, as the company hopes to put a disastrous January in the rear-view mirror with perhaps another tear-jerking Super Bowl ad this Sunday. Larry Page and Sergey Brin haven’t turned into Jim...

Apple v. Moto In Germany: One iPhone Injunction Ordered, Another One Lifted

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the last 24 hours has been dealt not one but two blows in court cases involving Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and patents in Germany, one involving IP licensing on older iPhone models (not the 4S) and one involving iCloud. However, as the day progressed, an injunction on the...

Canalys: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Overtake PC/Tablet Market

Even if you throw the exploding tablet market in with the staid PC market, shipments of smartphones surpassed those of “client PCs” in 2011, a milestone for the computer industry.

U.S. Government Developing Android Phones, Promises Quick Software Updates

The U.S. government likes to do things its own way. Along those lines, it has decided to embrace Android as a smartphone platform for soldiers and other government employees because of the control it can exert over the software, which in turn underscores how much control Android partners have over the software.

What is the mystery “entertainment device” Google is testing?

Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission for permission to test a mysterious Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled "entertainment device," in employees' homes in four U.S. cities. So inquiring minds want to know, what exactly is it and is Google trying to build its own devices?

Daily Must Reads, Feb. 3, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. Netflix and WaPo bought a combined $8M in Facebook ads last year, IPO says (All Facebook)



2. Analysis: A sobering look at Facebook (Reuters)



3. How...

Google Fined In France For Offering Free Maps

The French are kicking Google (NSDQ: GOOG) again. This time, in a strange ruling, Paris’ commercial court has found the company is anti-competitive because it offers Google Maps for free to businesses.

Europe Wants Google To Freeze Its New Privacy Policy

An influential European privacy body has urged Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to “pause” its new privacy policy due to be implemented in March. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party wrote a letter to Larry Page…

Google TV goes Android 3.2, next up Ice Cream Sandwich

Google TV devices from Sony received an update based on Android Honeycomb 3.2 this week, and Logitech's Revue will be updated in the near future. This is the last major update for the platform before Ice Cream sandwich, which is rumored to come before year's end.

The newsonomics of the next New York Times CEO

Talk about a plum job: chief executive officer of The New York Times Company. The Times is one of the most respected brands on the planet. It is a pinnacle of the news trade. It generated revenues of $2.32 billion in 2011, according to the latest quarterly numbers released this morning. It sits square in...