1. Nokia’s Elop keeps pumping Meego and Symbian – but what developer will now bother creating those apps? 39 minutes ago   permalink

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has been on stage tonight at a Mobile World Congress press conference talking about Nokia's future relationship with Microsoft. Various blogs have been live blogging (here's a post from Engadget). But sitting back and listening to Elop's explanation about how Symbian devices will still be shipped and a Meego device, due to ...

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Chris Ziegler / Engadget Live from 'An Evening With Nokia' at MWC 2011!   —  We've been gathered at the same cozy venue as two years ago (for the introduction of the E52 , if memory serves correctly) for Nokia's event at MWC 2011 this evening... and frankly, in light of what's happened the past few days, we're not quite sure what to expect. CEO Stephen Elop should be on stage to take some questions -- but in terms of ... Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe :    Nokia’s Elop keeps pumping Meego and Symbian – but what developer will now bother creating those apps?

Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch Intel Kept In The Dark Over Nokia’s MeeGo Plans; Operators Reject First Device   —  Prior to the public announcement on Friday, Intel was kept in the dark with regards to Nokia’s plans to relegate MeeGo to a glorified R&D project, sources with knowledge of the situation tell TechCrunch Europe. The U.S. chip maker, it appears, was caught off guard as were many media outlets and analysts - this publication aside - with the ...

Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch Palm’s Ari Jaaksi On Nokia Ditching MeeGo   —  I was on a plane somewhere over Quebec when the whole Microsoft/Nokia partnership went down. For those who missed it: Nokia has partnered with Microsoft to make Windows Phone 7 their smartphone platform of choice, effectively killing off Nokia’s involvement with both the Symbian and MeeGo platforms. In a personal blog post, Ari Jaaksi — [.. Sean Hollister / Engadget Nokia USA president is out, replaced by Microsoft vet Chris Weber as Elopocalypse continues   —  Conspiracy theorists unite: Nokia's replaced another prominent executive with a former Microsoft employee. In this case, it's the head of Nokia's entire US division that's being oustered, as 15-year Microsoft sales and marketing veteran Chris Weber replaces Nokia Inc. president Mark Louison effective immediately. Mark will "pursue new career ... Tim Anderson Intel disappointed with Nokia’s Microsoft move, still backing MeeGo   —  Intel’s Suzy Ramirez has posted about the future of MeeGo Linux following Nokia’s decision to base its smartphone strategy on Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Nokia was Intel’s key partner for MeeGo, which was formed by merging Intel’s Moblin with Nokia’s Maemo. Although Nokia has been an important partner to Intel and ... Lydia Leavitt / TG Daily Nokia-Microsoft partnership prompts mass walkout   —  After months of speculation about Nokia CEO Stephen Elop’s game plan for reviving Nokia, he dropped a bomb on Friday announcing the company's "broad strategic" partnership with Microsoft. But not everyone is happy with the announcement, and thousands walked out of Nokia facilities in protest. read more Casey Chan / Gizmodo Why Didn't Nokia Use Android? Because That Would Be Giving Up   —  By now, you know that Nokia decided to side with Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 instead of Google and Android. Why didn't they want Android? Because Nokia felt that that would be going down without a fight. More » Casey Chan / Gizmodo Samsung Galaxy S II and 10-inch Galaxy Tab II Details Leak   —  Looks like Samsung is announcing the the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab II at Mobile World Congress this week. The Galaxy S II is expected to rock a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 Super AMOLED Plus display, and 1GHz dual-core processor with NFC, Bluetooth 3.0, and 24Mbps HSPA+. The Galaxy Tab II is going to be 10-inches (nice!) and spec'd similarly to the ... Rob Enderle / TG Daily Nokia and Microsoft, the ugly choice   —  A lot of us here are suddenly asking if Microsoft can save Nokia . Back in 2005 Palm was clearly in trouble, their smartphone sales weren’t going anyplace and their plan to break the company into two parts - one software and the other hardware - had failed badly. read more George Wong / Ubergizmo LG Optimus Pad to be shown off at Mobile World Congress   —  The LG Optimus Pad will be LG’s latest foray into the world of Honeycomb (Android 3.0) tablets. Unofficially nicknamed the “ G-Slate ” for Europe, the two tablets pretty much shares the same specs. It packs a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, an 8.9″ display (1280 x 768) and features full 1080p HD video decoding, Android 3. Joe Wilcox / Betanews Samsung announces new Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab tablet models -- and they're hot   —  By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Today at Mobile World Congress, Samsung confirmed the rumors, announcing the Galaxy S II smartphone and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. Both mobile devices have dual-core processors, and, yes, Samsung-manufactured, Google-branded Nexus S owners like me have reason to gripe about the new smartphone series. So much for Google's ... Hubert Nguyen / Ubergizmo Xperia Play Preview   —  [MWC] The Xperia Play has been leaked and wrote about for so long that you might feel like it is official, but in fact, Sony just announced it at their Mobile World Congress event tonight.  We had some play time with it, and here’s the feedback from the front-lines: the Xperia Play is the closest thing to a gaming phone that you’ll ... Chris Pirillo / Chris Pirillo Google and Bing Apps for the iPhone Won’t Translate Spoken Swear Words – in Any Language   —  Google and Bing Apps for the iPhone Won’t Translate Spoken Swear Words – in Any Language is a post from Chris Pirillo Yeah, I use “swear words” on a regular basis. I don’t think that makes me a bad person, either. At least I don’t mispronounce “nuclear!” I’m also guilty of wanting to learn ... Today Nokia Shifts its Loyalties . . . Sort of   —  It seems Nokia may be using a mutual rival's technology to tout its new partnership with Microsoft. Tim Anderson Qt will not be ported to Windows Phone 7 says Nokia   —  Director of the Qt Ecosystem Daniel Kihlberg has posted officially on the future of Qt, Nokia’s cross-platform application framework. However you spin it, Nokia’s change of direction, relegating Symbian to low-end phones and focusing on Windows Phone as its Smartphone platform, is not good for Qt developers. Kihlberg offers a glimmer of hope ... Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch We’re Live In Barcelona For Mobile World Congress 2011!   —  We've made it. 16 hours, 7,000 miles, and 1 exploded MacBook Pro power adapter later, we've made it. We've trekked halfway around the world to Barcelona to bring you the latest and greatest from the biggest mobile show in Europe: Mobile World Congress. While the conference officially starts on February 14th, a few folks always like to get the ... Bonnie Cha / Crave Samsung unveils dual-core Galaxy Tab 10.1   —  Samsung unveils its newest tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, at Mobile World Congress, rocking a dual-core processor and 10.1-inch touch screen. Originally posted at Mobile World Congress Online / The Detroit News Nokia to get 'huge' payments from Microsoft   —  Barcelona, Spain— The CEO of Nokia says the company will get "huge" payments from Microsoft to use its Windows Phone 7 software for smart phones and ditch its current software. MacNN S Ericsson, Samsung MWC   —  Sony Ericsson is holding an event at Mobile World Congress where it should show the Xperia Play (PlayStation phone), among others. Check our in-person live coverage for updates from the ongoing event. Samsung is also showing off the Galaxy Tab II and Galaxy S II at its own event, which we're also covering live at the same time. Nintendo - ... 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MacNN Live: Sony Ericsson's MWC 2011 event   —  <img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /Sony Ericsson is about to hold a iive event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to formally launch the Xperia Play, better known as the PlayStation phone. It should also launch the Xperia Neo and possibly other devices. Check ...

2. Al Jazeera’s Social Revolution 3 hours ago   permalink

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

While you can debate about the exact role of social media , specifically Twitter and Facebook, in Egypt's revolution, there is no question about its role as a new global media channel. Where once people tuned into CNN to watch governments collapse, this time around they tuned into Al Jazeera on the Web (at least in English speaking countries lie ...

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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch People, Not Things, Are The Tools Of Revolution   —  Warmest congratulations to the Egyptian people, whose truly grassroots revolution has reminded the world what political action is supposed to look like. Although the work is far from done, and reconstituting a government by the people and for the people is perhaps the more difficult phase, it is right that they, and the world, should take a ... Alan Patrick / Broadstuff :    Revolution 2.0 for Dummies.

Www.borthwick.com #Jan25: “Sorry for the inconvenience, but we’re building Egypt.”   —  Its been a remarkable few months in the middle east.   Most recently the events in Egypt have captured the world and Al Jazeera’s english web site has become the place to watch many of the events unfold.   Given that the channel isnt carried by most US cable companies the web site has been the means to view the channel live over the ... Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch :    Al Jazeera’s Social Revolution

Lydia Leavitt / TG Daily Wineries take to iPad, social media   —  Drinking wine is synonymous with tradition, but new traditions are being born as wineries inject technology into the sipping experience. With everything from social media integration to location-based check-ins and scanning apps, wineries are updating the drinking experience with a techie twist. read more Latest SciTech Headlines Where Might Social Media Aid a Revolt Next?   —  If you believe this comment is offensive or violates the CBSNews.com Terms of Use, you can report it below (this will not automatically remove the comment). Once reported, our staff will be notified and the comment will be reviewed. Jane Novak / Armies of Liberation Yemen Activist Ms Samia al Ghabari badly beaten, tased by security thugs during Sanaa protest, hospitalized   —  first message: soldiers beating demonstrators from civil society activists and students of the University of Sana’a Loss of connectivity Tawakkol Kerman (head of WYWC) Samia Aghbari get transported to the hospital Loss of contact with the lawyer, Khaled al-Ansi (HOOD) MP Ahmed Saif Hashed beaten, electrocuted and burned some of his clothes ... John C Abell / Wired Top Stories Grammy Buzz: Social Media Monitoring Says The Winner Is ...   —  Social media monitoring firm Meltwater is circulating an infographic on who will win the key categories in Sunday night’s Grammy Awards based on what’s being said around the social media water cooler. The concept has some merit: If you can reliably eavesdrop on enough conversations, you can pick up actionable clues.

3. Close or View 1 hour ago   permalink

Steve Gillmor / TechCrunch

Push notifications are the new prime time, water-front property, Boardwalk and Park Place of phase 2 realtime. The domino effect of this alert mechanism will transform the iPad and therefore the downlevel iPhone and Web clients in turn. Soon we will be able to write filters directly to that middle layer buffer where state is stored, with ...

4. The End Of History, Part II 3 hours ago   permalink

Jon Evans / TechCrunch

The world is quaking. Egypt and Tunisia are overthrown; Gabon, Jordan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are rocking. Some say this is thanks to Twitter and Facebook. Others, notably Malcolm Gladwell and Evgeny Morozov, say that social media are politically irrelevant and/or dangerous. China has censored "Egypt" , Syria has legalized Facebook , and the ...

5. Why Engineers Are Better Off Joining Startups 3 hours ago   permalink

Guest Author / TechCrunch

It is truly a great time to be an engineer building new things. Gadgets from sci-fi movies of 10 years ago are creeping up on us in the real world and mobile devices and social networking have made the internet go truly mainstream. We are on the cusp of seeing even more world changing ideas becoming a reality when everyone is walking around with ...

6. KindleLendingClub Forced By Amazon To Rebrand; Now BookLending.com 3 hours ago   permalink

Leena Rao / TechCrunch

In early January, Amazon rolled out a feature that allows Kindle users to lend books to another Kindle user a for 14 day period. KindleLendingClub spawned from this feature as a way to connect people for lending their e-books. The service quickly accumulated more than 12,000 people lending and borrowing on the platform. Users can post books that ...

7. Google Explains, Apologizes For, CR-48 Spam 12 hours ago   permalink

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch

Early this morning people who have received a Google CR-48 notebook, and people who've requested one, got hit with 100 or more emails from a newly created Google Group. Google sent out an email this evening apologizing for the emails and explaining what happened. Google was planning on launching the group next week for all users who have been ...

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Google Earth Blog New Google Earth Imagery - February 12   —  Google has just pushed out another update, and they've already pushed it completely out, as this imagery can already be found in Google Maps and in the official updated areas KML file . Thanks to GEB reader 'Andreas' for letting us know about it! The updated areas include: Brazil: Many small patches across the country Chile: Various areas India: ...

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch TechCrunch’s Laura Boychenko Infiltrates Google Ventures   —  We're never happy when a TechCruncher leaves, but it's always nice when they end up somewhere awesome and can feed us lots of confidential information. Ben Meyer at Facebook and Daniel Levine at Accel Partners , for example, send us weekly confidential updates from their companies. Laura Boychenko , who has been with us since 2008, is working ... Sam Gustin / Wired Top Stories Can Cable Block the Google TV Revolution?   —  Behind the scenes at the Federal Communications Commission, a quiet war is being waged over the future of television. It isn't getting as many headlines as net neutrality or the Comcast/NBCU merger, but the debate is nearly as important. It's about how far Google, Sony and their allies can take their Google TV system.

8. The Guardian’s David Leigh Talks About Julian Assange and Wikileaks 17 hours ago   permalink

Paul Carr / TechCrunch Europe

“Freedom of speech is being denied [to] Luke Harding while Wikileaks and Julian are getting in to bed with these dictators; these enemies of freedom of speech…” – David Leigh I’ve just posted my review of the Guardian’s Wikileaks book, co-authored by Investigations Editor David Leigh and Moscow Correspondent ...

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KL Tech Muse / Geek News Central DataLocker Protecting Your Data   —  Todd Cochrane and Tom Newman spoke to Peter Whitman Director of Operations for DataLocker, about the importance of encrypting your data, especially when traveling. Peter Whitman talked about DataLocker newest product the DLS3. The DLS3 is an encrypted portable hard drive. It connects to your computer by USB 3.0 technology (it will work on USB [...]

9. UberMedia, Indeed. Bill Gross’ Twitter Ecosystem Empire Just Acquired TweetDeck 1 day ago   permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

The number of companies in the Twitter ecosystem keeps contracting. But not for a necessarily bad reason, but because they keep getting purchased. And what's crazy is that it's largely one person who has been buying them up: Bill Gross . We've just learned that his company, now called UberMedia , has just acquired TweetDeck . We're hearing that ...

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Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog :   Ubermedia now controls 20% of tweets sent daily. here is how I feel: congrats to Bill and Iain.

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Scriptingnews1mail / Scripting News Microsoft got in trouble doing what Twitter is doing   —  One paragraph in an email to a developer list, defines the next drama in the Twitter develosphere. "We also want to acknowledge that there are going to be some things that developers want to do that just aren't supported by the platform. Rather than granting additional privileges to accommodate those requests, we encourage developers to focus on ...

Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent Howard Stern Shows His 'Private Parts' On Twitter   —  It may have been the most captivating series of entertainment tweets since Kanye West took to Twitter with his apology to Taylor Swift. Howard Stern put on an impromptu show Saturday afternoon as he tweeted commentary during an airing of Private Parts on HBO Zone. Matt Silverman / Mashable! Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week   —  Remember all of the Super Bowl banter — the smack talk, the color commentary, and the commercial cheers/jeers — that filled your Tw … Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb 32 APIs Used in 7 Days: YouTube, Netflix, Facebook and Twitter   —  This past week 27 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 32 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Avvo , Collecta , Forvo , Google Geocoding , Google Gmail OAuth , Map24 AJAX API , Playme , Quora , SemanticHacker , SendGrid and Yahoo PlaceFinder . The most often used APIs this ... Ottopress.com Simple Twitter Connect   —  Following the same pattern as the Simple Facebook Connect plugin, this is a plugin to make connecting a WordPress blog to Twitter easy. Unlike Twitter Tools and other systems, this plugin uses Twitter’s latest authentication mechanisms. No putting in Twitter names or passwords. Clicking the Connect with Twitter button will redirect a user ... James Huff / Tools Collection :    Your 2011 Blogging Resolutions Mathew / Mathewingram.com/work It’s Facebook Vs. Twitter In the Race to Make the News Social   —  Facebook has disrupted or helped to re-engineer many businesses and markets, including the photo-sharing market and the social-gaming market. But one thing it hasn’t really focused on so far is the news business. Plenty of media companies use Facebook as a news-delivery platform, and many users (including Gawker founder Nick Denton, ...

10. Lissn Strips Down To Its Skivvies: Three Anonymous People Chat While Others Listen 21 hours ago   permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

When Lissn launched on stage at TechCrunch50 in September 2009, we described it as sort of a " broader Twitter meets a simpler Google Wave ". Well, like the latter, the idea behind Lissn never really caught on. By March of last year, the service decided to pivot a bit to be based more around individuals rather than specific conversations. But ...

11. Why Starting Justin.tv Was A Really Bad Idea, But I’m Glad We Did It Anyway 22 hours ago   permalink

Guest Author / TechCrunch

Right now I'm neck deep in product launch mode, putting the finishing touches on our new mobile video application— Socialcam . Of course, I’ve been here before . . . Years ago when we launched the Justin.tv show we had no idea what we were doing. This much was obvious to anyone who watched. Outsiders attribute far more strategic thought to ...

12. Gillmor Gang 2.12.11 1 day ago   permalink

Steve Gillmor / TechCrunch

On the Gillmor Gang, I recalled that moment when Gabe Rivera suggested I log into Twitter. Then came the year where I posted nothing, followed by the gaming of Track, the FailWhale, and a lot of noise about how social media and the enterprise didn’t have a thing in common. Of course, they were wrong, and Marc Benioff proved us right. Chatter. ...

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13. Fred Wilson Explains Why He Wouldn’t Invest In Groupon Or Pandora 1 day ago   permalink

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

Few VCs have a hotter hand right now than Fred Wilson. His firm, Union Square Ventures, is an investor in Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare, Tumblr, Etsy, Clickable, and more . In this episode of Founder Stories , he talks to host Chris Dixon about Union Square's investment thesis has changed from going after all web apps to companies that are " ...

14. Lessons From TechCrunch Disrupt Audience Choice Winner Badgeville’s Launch 1 day ago   permalink

Guest Author / TechCrunch

I was honored to have been selected to launch my social rewards and analytics company, Badgeville , this past September at TechCrunch Disrupt. Badgeville made it to the final round of the Startup Battlefield and won the Audience Choice Award. As a result of our success at TechCrunch, we've had the opportunity and good fortune of selling over $1 ...

15. 10 Reasons To Buy A Tablet 1 day ago   permalink

John Biggs / TechCrunch

You've held out for months, waiting and watching the market for some sign of a tablet that you think you'd like. But maybe you're asking the wrong question. Instead of "Which tablet should I buy?" maybe you should be asking why you need a tablet in the first place? We've written out a brief guide to deciding whether you need a tablet at all. As ...

16. How to Fix the Flawed Startup Visa Act 1 day ago   permalink

Vivek Wadhwa / TechCrunch

Many foreign-born techies in the U.S. and abroad are pinning their entrepreneurial hopes on the passage of a bill, sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), to create a startup visa. Tech-industry notables such as Paul Graham, Eric Ries, Brad Feld, Fred Wilson, and David McClure have lobbied for this. I, too, lent ...

17. Sony: “Publishers Are Being Held To Ransom By Apple” 1 day ago   permalink

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch

There's much to be said in favor of a successor to iTunes. Not just the application itself, though I'd love to see it disappear, but the whole service. Things move fast, and although Apple moved faster than the music industry, it now finds itself in a distressingly similar, and vulnerable, position. Sony seems to think the iron is hot, and ...

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Esten Hurtle / Gearlog Apple Patent Suggests iPhone Document Scanning   —  Even if Apple never develops anything with the majority of their patents, the documents themselves are always interesting looks into what the world's biggest tech company might be up to in the future. On Thursday, the blog Patently Apple showed off documents that suggest the company is looking into embedding scanning technology within its ... Vlad Savov / Engadget Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro first hands-on!   —  Amazing! Sony Ericsson actually managed to keep something secret from us. The Xperia Pro is the one handset from its MWC presser today that wasn't known about in advance, but we're damn happy to see it anyhow. It features a well-spaced QWERTY keyboard that slides out much in the same way as the gamepad would on the Xperia Play. We did notice ... Michael Rose / TUAW GreenPois0n jailbreak goes untethered for Apple TV   —  The Chronic Dev team of eager iOS hackers at GreenPois0n has announced an untethered jailbreak for the current Apple TV in the form of RC6 of the eponymous utility. This new build features contributions from the NitoTV team to enable the tetherless feature. Up until RC6, most iOS 4.2 jailbreak tools for Apple TV performed a tethered jailbreak, ... PCWorld Latest Sony PlayStation Phone: What We Know So Far   —  Tomorrow Sony takes the wraps of its long-rumored PlayStation Phone. Here's what we know about the handheld game-phone so far. Kent German / Crave Sony Ericsson finally unveils Xperia Play   —  After months of rumors, a slew of leaks and one creepy commercial, Sony Ericsson's worst-kept secret is now a reality. Originally posted at Mobile World Congress Editor / Neowin.net Geohot sends a message to Sony, rap style!   —  Stress appears to be taking its toll on Geohot, who a month ago was sued by Sony for exploiting the PlayStation 3 operating system into running homebrew and pirated software, which worked by accessing root keys or "special codes" in the OS that validated any game or application as genuine. The...

18. Telogis Raises $2.9 Million More To Help Companies Manage Fleets, Reduce Emissions 1 day ago   permalink

Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch

Telogis, a location-based technology firm in Aliso Viejo, Calif. has raised another $2.9 million, according to a new SEC filing , to help businesses track and manage their fleets of vehicles, and workforce using GPS, mobile and web technology. The company touts its "mobile resource management" software and services as environmentally beneficial, ...

19. In A Step Back Towards V3, Digg Ending RSS Submissions For Publishers 1 day ago   permalink

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch

In a step back towards the old Digg , Digg Product manager Mike Cieri just sent out an email to partner publishers stating the intent to remove the RSS submitted stories feature. For those of you that remember, the RSS submission feature was how stories from the Reddit publisher account on Digg were sent to the Digg front page in an act of ...

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20. The Internet Scores Its Second Victory Of The Day, Borders Nears Bankruptcy 1 day ago   permalink

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch

A while back a Seeing Interactive post entitled "You've Got Mail Is Ripe For A Sequel " went popular on Hacker News. In You've Got Mail the movie, which is a bit of a joke around TC HQ because of its ties to Aol, The Shop Around The Corner, a small bookstore run by Meg Ryan goes out of business because Fox Books , a huge Borders-type book store ...

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Lauren Indvik / Mashable! Will Sports Illustrated’s Subscription Plan Rescue Digital Magazine Sales?   —  At a press event in New York City Friday, Sports Illustrated and parent company Time Inc. announced a new subscription plan that spans the web,…