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After Amazon, how many clouds do we need?
With news that Google and Microsoft plan to take on Amazon Web Services with infrastructure services of their own, you have to ask: How many clouds do we need? Legacy vendors IBM, Microsoft and HP are hoping at least a couple more.
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China finally gives blessing to Google’s Motorola buy
Google has finally received approval from China to complete its purchase of Motorola Mobility, Google said Saturday. That paves the way for Google to integrate Motorola, though it remains to be seen exactly how it wants to use the phone maker.
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The cost of losing a customer’s trust
Preserving consumer trust gets a lot of lip service. But a new report from the World Economic Forum actually attempts to translate its value into dollars and cents.
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SpaceX launch scrubbed
The anticipated SpaceX launch was aborted at the last possible second after a computer detected a glitch in one of the rocket's nine engines. The snafu raised anew questions of whether private industry can handle a space program.
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Android this week: Hot home screens; more Nexus partners; Galaxy S III pre-orders
A new intelligent home screen app for Android tablets appears on Kickstarter and for $5, it looks well worth it. Google is finally taking more control by planning several Nexus device partners and more direct sales, plus Samsung's Galaxy S III is already in great demand.
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Facebook doesn’t want world domination: it needs it
Facebook's rise has come on the back of astonishing international growth -- but it needs to keep expanding everywhere, and in every way, to keep up with investors' expectations. Where can it find the silver bullet? And how will it happen?
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Facebook’s foreign foes: five countries to conquer for new growth
After growth slowed just in time for its IPO, Facebook must look overseas for a jump-start. Here are the only five remaining countries where Zuckerberg is not top dog - and the rivals that stand in his way.
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7 stories to read this weekend
Has Facebook fatigue set in? Are you sick and tired of seeing Mark Zuckerberg's face all the time on blogs, in newspapers and on television? Relax, I have some good reading material for you and it doesn't have anything to do with Facebook. 
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The disruption in media and real-time politics at paidContent 2012
As part of paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads on May 23 in New York, I'll be talking with venture capitalist Fred Wilson about the future of media and with Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo and Vivian Schiller of NBC News about real-time politics.
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A journey through a water cleaning plant in Brazil
About an hour drive outside of the packed streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and into the sprawling Sorocaba region, GE has quietly been leading the way on clean water technology.
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