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BaltTech: NFL asks Google to reinstate Chrysler Super Bowl ad

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:21:00 EST

BaltTech: Just got word from an NFL spokesman that the NFL did not ask Google/YouTube to take down Chrysler's popular "Halftime in America" commercial, featuring Clint Eastwood. So what happened? Chatter around the Web suggests that YouTube may have a very finicky automatic copyright detection filter that went a little overboard.

The iPhone's Siri doesn't seem so smart in Scotland

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Many in Scotland find that their voice-activated virtual assistant can't understand them, but that hasn't prevented the new iPhone from becoming a top seller.

D'ye want me tae spaek more clearly, Siri?

BaltTech: Facebook deletes photo of artful nude pregnant woman on Disney-owned site

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:43:00 EST

Kindle-wielding Amazon dips toes into physical world

Alistair Barr — Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:44:03 EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is dipping its toes into the physical world as the largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers.

Facebook looks to mobile devices for revenue: report

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook, the social network giant, is set to begin showing advertisements to users on mobile devices before its $5 billion initial public offering, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge

Sinead Carew and Yinka Adegoke — Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:27:04 EST

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix Inc.

Facebook files to go public

By Jamie Smith Hopkins , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:24:00 EST

Baltimore's T. Rowe Price a significant investor in the social-networking site

Facebook filed paperwork Wednesday to allow it to go public this spring, a deal being closely watched internationally — and especially at Baltimore's T. Rowe Price Group, which holds a stake of about $400 million in the social-networking behemoth through its mutual funds.

Jay Hancock: Price funds grant small but exclusive Facebook entree

Jay Hancock — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Among the elite insiders who got to invest in Facebook before it goes public were several Silicon Valley venture capitalists, a Russian oligarch and the rock star Bono.

Social networking moves to real world

By Gus G. Sentementes , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:00 EST

Once dominated by professional organizations, tech events increasingly springing from community

Call it Event Organizing 2.0. The region's technology community has wholeheartedly embraced online social media to stay connected, to promote its projects and — with increasing speed — to organize real-world events.

Zynga shares soar on Facebook connection

Liana B. Baker — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:33:05 EST

(Reuters) - Zynga shares jumped as much as 22 percent on Thursday in the first trading session after Facebook revealed it made 12 percent of its revenue last year from the video game publisher.