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Another respect in which Sony is apparently emulating Apple: its reality distortion field
Sir Howard Stringer, Sony president, told a press roundtable at IFA on Thursday that it had not taken any decision yet on making a tablet of its own, but if it did, it would have content and services ready through its Qriocity online service that would differentiate it from the competition.
“[Our content] puts us right up there with Apple and Microsoft and, at the same time, we can deliver it on far more products than Apple or anybody else can,” he said. “This is a very important moment for Sony. We have all these assets and scale… Continue reading: FT.com / Technology – Samsung tablet throws down gauntlet to iPad
It’ll be interesting to see if Apple is as effective as Facebook is, in terms of purging forged identities. Of course, if Apple also prohibits iTunes Ping content that is "hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence,” as Facebook does, that will limit the opportunities for discourse on modern popular music…
It is also not clear why Facebook did not call Apple to resolve the issue before it pulled the plug on Ping connections.
In the meantime, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has been testing Apple’s social network, opening his own account on Ping. So has another Mark Zuckerberg, whose profile says “It’s true, I… Continue reading: Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping – NYTimes.com
More details on the short-lived iTunes Ping/Facebook integration. Also see this GigaOm post for a reality check on the complementor/competitor continuum in this context.
The word is that Facebook may have pulled the plug on the Ping integration at the last minute.
AllThingsD hears from unnamed sources that Facebook blocked Apple’s use of the Facebook API within Ping "since it violated its terms of service." As a result, Apple reportedly then killed the advertised find-Ping-friends-via-Facebook feature.
Facebook’s API is generally open for anyone to use, but there are a few rules. The company’s developer agreement states that if an application exceeds more than 100 million… Continue reading: The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integration | Circuit Breaker – CNET News
Sign of the times
Are anti-Google videos becoming some sort of weird cottage industry?
The Journal’s Amir Efrati reported just a couple of weeks ago on a video about the “evil” side of Google. And now a group called Consumer Watchdog has a video that makes fun of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s views on privacy. Part of the video is being used in a 15-second ad on a giant screen in Times Square too. (And these are all posted on on Google’s YouTube. Oh, the irony.)
In the video, Schmidt is portrayed as an ice cream man who hands out “free” ice cream to kids — while giving… Continue reading: Another Video on Google’s Evils: Creepy Ice Cream Man Edition – Digits – WSJ
Maybe the second time will be a charm for Google
Armstrong said the deal is an improvement economically and declined to disclose specifics of the revenue-sharing split. AOL talked to five or six potential partners before deciding on Google and negotiations intensified in July, he said.
In 2006, Google beat out advances from Microsoft Corp. and renewed a search agreement with AOL originally signed in 2002. To seal that deal four years ago, Google bought a 5 percent stake in AOL for $1 billion. Google wrote down the investment by $726 million in 2008 and last year Time Warner bought back the stake for $283 million. Armstrong has said that 2006 pact… Continue reading: AOL, Google expand partnership – The Boston Globe
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