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Max Levchin Quits Google After Slide Shut

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The news of Max Levchin quitting Google in pursuit of other opportunities comes in the backdrop of the company’s decision to shut down Slide. It was only last year that Google bought Slide for $200 million.
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Analysis: LG Faces Tough Choices for Mobile Phone Division

South Korea's LG Electronics hasn't been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the business and its shares have plummeted.
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Analysis: LG on Mute as Mobile Phone Losses Mount

South Korea's LG Electronics hasn't been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the business and its shares have plummeted.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto

Facebook Served 1 Trillion Page Views in June

It's official: Facebook owns the Internet. Well sort of. The largest social network served up one trillion page view in June, according to figures released for Web traffic that month.
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Tense market falls ahead of Bernanke speech

Stocks fell on Thursday as investors raised cash ahead of a critical speech from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, hoping he will give them a clearer picture of the Fed's plans for the struggling economy.
HP TouchPad

HP TouchPad Seen Running Android OS [VIDEO]

Directly following the discontinuation sale, an HP TouchPad was seen running Android OS in a series of videos that went viral from a user who snagged a $99 TouchPad from Best Buy.
IRENE beach in North Carolina

Irene’s Danger: How Do Experts Measure Catastrophes?

While no one can know ahead of time just how much destruction a Category 3 Hurricane like Irene will do, specialty companies that specialize in catastrophic risk analysis are armed with historical data as well as links to national computer centers that track the storm in real time.
Diamond Planet

Diamond Planet Discovered 4,000 Light Years Away: Study

4,000 light years away exists an exotic planet made of diamond five times bigger than Earth,As part of an ongoing search for pulsars, the diamond planet was discovered by a team of astronomers, led by Professor Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

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