Technology Round-Up: May 25th, 2012

Source: Absolute Punk

Google’s David Lawee: One-Third Of Google’s Acquisitions Are Failures (And Slide Is “Definitely” One Of Them) Doing the math, that works out to roughly 40 deals that didn’t quite pan out the way the folks in Mountain View had hoped. Of course, some them ...
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More Wicked Illustrations by Dan Hipp

Source: Abduzeedo

About 16 months ago we had this awesome post featuring his work, and when I got to visit his personal website and realized the amount of great content he produced in this past year I just had to post more of this great pieces. I really love this illu ...
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A siren song, Facebook’s special, TED , Gatsby and immortality: The week that was in innovation

Source: The Washington Post

It’s Friday! That means it’s time for our weekly Storify wrapping up the week on Ideas@Innovations. It’s worth noting that this is the only place to see my collection of the best in the week’s videos. Also, it's sh ...
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Facebook's IPO whodunit

Source: CNET

Intrigue surrounds Facebook's public offering, while Google wins patent phase of trial against Oracle. Also: Massive AOL layoffs. As Facebook's stock started its first week of trading, there were some startling allegations as to why the ...
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THE APPLE INVESTOR: What If Apple's Launching A Mac TV? (AAPL)

Source: Silicon Alley Insider

(Seeking Alpha) The consensus expectation of an iTV might not be what Apple has in mind. Apple is better than consensus. Consider the following why it makes perfect sense for Apple to launch a Mac TV rather than an iTV: Investing in the ...
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Tim Cook is in the kitchen, tweaking Apple’s recipes

Source: Houston Chronicle

Even if you’ve got a short attention span have the annoying habit of leaving a “tl;dr” comment on long-form articles, settle back in your chair and read this engrossing piece on how Tim Cook is changing Apple, written in Fortune for Adam Lashinsky. Those ...
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Apple CEO Cook's doing a good job, but Jobs 'would have lost his mind over Siri'

Source: Macworld UK

Steve Jobs would have “lost his mind over Siri,” according to an ex Apple employee. The ex-employee told Fortune that people at Apple are “embarrassed by Siri”. Siri is Apple’s voice-recognition ‘PA’ feature on iPhones that has come under fire recently i ...
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Apple Designer Jonathan Ive: “We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable.”

Source: mediabistro.com

In an interview with the Telegraph, long time Apple designer Jonathan Ive discusses his approach to design. The British designer, who has worked for the Cupertino company since 1992, is responsible for leading the design for such groundbreaking p ...
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Sir Jonathan Ive receives his knighthood and talks about his love of design

Source: The iPhone Blog

“I have always felt that I am extremely fortunate to have found what I love to do, and that’s essentially to be able to draw and make stuff.” “So to actually be able to spend all of my time doing that, just that alone is fantastic but to th ...
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