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GigaOM hits Google I/O 2013 (roundup)
In just a few short years, Google I/O has evolved into one of the must-attend-or-watch events on the technology calendar. Thousands of developers are expected to take part in the 2013 edition, which kicks off Wednesday morning at Moscone West in San Francisco, and we’ll be bringing you coverage of the show all week, including live coverage of Wednesday’s keynote address featuring top Google executives and likely to feature news about Android, Chrome, YouTube, and Google’s suite of enterprise-oriented cloud computing services.
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Q4 Earnings roundup: Verizon moves iPhones, Google gets clicks
It’s earnings season once again. We’ll organize all of our Q4 earnings stories from the major companies on GigaOM’s radar in this post. First up on Tuesday, Verizon, Google, and IBM, followed Wednesday by Apple and Netflix.
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The GigaOM Quiz: test your tech knowledge
Think you know your stuff when it comes to the fast-changing worlds of technology and media? Try your hand at our GigaOM Quiz below. In the age of Google, finding the answers to these questions is child’s play, but avoid the temptation of the search field and see if you can come up with the right choices below.
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Spotify could have browser-based version coming soon
Spotify is every bit a modern music service except for one thing: in order to use it on a PC or Mac, you have to download an application. That may be no big deal for users of smartphones or tablets (who seem to enjoy Spotify’s mobile apps), but it’s still a little weird on a desktop or laptop, and so a report that Spotify plans to release a browser-based version of its service makes a fair amount of sense.
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The iPhone at 5: a GigaOM retrospective
To live and work in the technology industry is to be obsessed with the possibilities of the future, and to not spend very much time thinking about the past. But there are some historical events that deserve reflection, and we at GigaOM are proud to present our thoughts on the fifth anniversary of the launch of the iPhone.
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Google’s Wojcicki fires back at “misinformed” Ari Emanuel
Google’s Susan Wojcicki defended the search giant Thursday against the newest claims from the content industry that it has amassed a fortune partly on the back of pirated content, made the previous night by “superagent” Ari Emanuel at the D: All Things Digital conference.
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Conde Nast’s Sauerberg: Get busy innovating, or get busy dying
It can be a scary world out there for modern media companies, but it’s actually very simple, according to Conde Nast president Bob Sauerberg.
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House unexpectedly votes on CISPA, which passes
The U. S. House of Representatives surprised the tech industry Thursday by voting on, and passing, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) after having originally scheduled a vote for Friday. The bill was amended several times prior to the final vote, and the implications of those amendments are not immediately clear.
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New Google Currents fixes syncing, goes international
Google says it has fixed one of the biggest problems with its Currents mobile news reader app–glacial content syncing–while also rolling out to international publishers with a new update released Wednesday.
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Facebook and Instagram: Largest mobile-app deal ever?
Facebook’s stunning $1 billion acquisition of Instagram appears to be the largest deal ever for a company built entirely around a single mobile app experience, either proving that the mobile app business has truly arrived or that there’s a new bubble in town.
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