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Ramakrishnan Laxman
After warning people about it for weeks, Google began enforcing its ban on all Google business profiles this morning, to much consternation from, well, businesses. Yes Google did warn people at the launch of Google+ that any non-human pages would be killed and that people shouldn’t be surprised that the pages were killed…
New York Times Paywall Subscriptions Increase to 224,000
Approximately 224,000 people were paying to get through the Times' fledgling digital paywall at the end of June, with about 100,000 getting free digital access courtesy of a promotion by Lincoln.
Nokia Posts Net Loss as Handset Sales Decline
Nokia, the Finnish mobile-phone maker that's ceding market share to Apple, reported its first quarterly loss since 2009 after handset sales slumped following an accord to shift to Microsoft Corp. software.
The second-quarter net loss was 368 million euros ($521 million), missing the 1.44 million-euro average loss estimate by analysts. Royalty payments totaling 430 million euros at the handset unit helped lift the average selling price of each phone by 2% to 62 euros, Espoo-Finland based Nokia said today.
That Nikon and Canon both have mirrorless cameras solutions in the labs seems like a foregone conclusion. It would be silly for them not to at the very least be looking into it. But this is one of the first glances we’ve had at something other than patent illustrations and spec rumors: a picture that is claimed to be of Nikon’s new compact interchangeable lens camera system. The mount and sensor, specifically &mdsah; no body or anything, though the black finish does suggest it’s more than a lab prototype. Right now it’s known as X810.
The dedicated Nikon fans at Nikon Rumors have done a little extrapolating based on the only element that seems reasonable to estimate: the screws. Assuming they’re ~3mm wide, their calculations put the sensor at about a 2.3-2.6x crop, larger than Pentax’s Q system but smaller than the popular micro four-thirds sensor size seen in cameras from (among others) Panasonic and Olympus.
Apple's Tablet Dominance Unquestioned, But Android Starts To Make Move
Why changing Twitter’s 140-character limit is a dumb idea
Maybe it’s the influence of Google+, but suddenly everyone seems to be talking about what’s wrong with Twitter. First it was the quintessential social-media early adopter, Robert Scoble, complaining that the arrival of Google’s social network has made Twitter “boring,” and recommending all kinds of things the service needs to do to change. Now Slate columnist Farhad Manjoo has jumped into the act, arguing that Twitter needs to drop its famous 140-character limit in order to be more competitive.
Uptake slows compared with e-readers
Google Creates Credit Card for Ad Campaigns
Google has launched AdWords Business credit card for U.S. businesses to supply funding for ad campaigns that they may not have the cash for; however, the business can only buy search advertising on Google, writes Daily Tech. Google's new credit card is a MasterCard that will be issued through the World Financial Capital Bank, and will have a 8.99 percent annual percentage rate.
LinkedIn has carved out a nice niche for itself, but the social
network for professionals is in danger of being snuffed out by the
granddaddy of all social networks: Facebook...
