Where 's that Verizon iPhone bump ? If Apple sold 1 million Verizon iPhones in February , it does n't show in ComScore 's data Click to enlarge . Data : ComScore If you look very closely at the Feb. 2011 data in the chart at right you will see slight uptick in the green line that represents Apple 's -LRB- AAPL -RRB- share of the U.S. smartphone market . It 's a subtle change . You might have to enlarge the chart -LRB- by clicking -RRB- to see it . It reflects , according to the ComScore data released Friday , an increase in the iPhone 's market share from 24.7 % in January to 25.2 % in February - a month , according to ComScore , in which the Verizon iPhone was the best-selling smartphone in America . I point this out because one of the great unsolved mysteries of the smartphone wars is the effect of the arrival in February of the long-awaited iPhone for Verizon -LRB- VZ -RRB- . Judging by ComScore 's data , it did n't do much to slow the advance of Google 's -LRB- GOOG -RRB- Android , whose U.S. market share rose that month from 31.2 % to 33 % . And I would argue that it puts the lie to claims in the press that Verizon sold 1 million iPhones in the first two weeks of February . Proving this is a little tricky , because Apple does n't break down iPhone sales by country . Moreover , what ComScore is reporting is market shares , not actual unit sold , in a market that itself is growing , according to Gartner , at a rate of more than 70 % per year . But here we go : Using Gartner 's numbers , 296.6 million smartphones were shipped to U.S. users in 2010 -LRB- up from 172 million in 2009 -RRB- , and 46.6 million of them were iPhones . That suggests that Apple was selling iPhones in the U.S. last year at a rate of about 4 million per month , and probably more toward the end of the year . Let 's assume , conservatively , that total smartphone sales in the U.S. was 25 million in January and February of this year . If it were true that the Verizon iPhone bumped Apple 's sales from 4 million units to more than 5 million in February , Apple 's share of the market would have jumped at least 4 percentage points , not the measly 0.5 % ComScore observed . This math here is pretty shaky , I 'll admit . But it jibes with some first-hand observations . I 've seen the kind of crowds that gather outside Apple Stores on those weekends that the company sells 1 million units of anything . Even if , as Verizon reports , 60 % of its initial sales were pre-ordered online , you would think if 400,000 people showed up to buy iPhones between Feb. 10 and Feb. 13 , someone would have spotted them . Besides , Verizon has been cagey - and Apple silent - about the size of the Verizon iPhone bump . If 1 million iPhones had been purchased first weekend , do n't you think - given Steve Jobs ' penchant for nice round numbers - that Apple would have issued a press release ? We may finally get some answers on April 20 , when Apple reports its earnings for the second quarter of 2011 . Tune in here for our analysis . Also on Fortune.com : Why are the Verizon lines so short ? Verizon halts iPhone orders . An estimated 100,000 units pre-sold Survey : 44 % of Verizon Android users likely to switch to iPhone on Day One -LSB- Follow Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Twitter @philiped -RSB-

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Facebook Launches New Mobile Site In the past , Facebook had used two different mobile sites : one optimised for touch screen devices -LRB- touch -LSB- dot -RSB- facebook -LSB- dot -RSB- com -RRB- , and a standard mobile site for all other devices -LRB- m -LSB- dot -RSB- facebook -LSB- dot -RSB- com -RRB- . In terms of UI aesthetics , the touch site was superior in that it features some nice AJAX support , which made loading things very quick . It was , however , lacking in some functionality ; for instance , you could n't view or manage your pokes . The main feed was also plagued by the issue of it displaying posts and status updates from eight hours ago , rather than showing the latest -LRB- at least , that was an issue I experienced -RRB- . The new site looks like a sort of combination between the previous two incarnations of Facebook Mobile , and also is much more of a Web app rather than a bog standard mobile version of Facebook . Every feature is there , including the ability to check in to venues using Facebook Places . There are certainly a lot of design hints taken from Facebook 's hugely successful iPhone app , in particular the nice little '' `` Like '' '' or '' `` Comment '' '' popup when you press the '' '' + '' '' button next to a friend 's post . The layout of everything , including the three tabs at the top enabling you to access your profile , messages , and '' `` more '' '' options , is reminiscent of the new Facebook layout you see on your desktop . All in all , it 's a pretty cool redesign that irons out all of the issues that the two previous versions of Facebook 's mobile site had , and unifies their better features . So far , I 've had no issues , and as Facebook say , the new site looks great in pretty much every browser .

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Acer pledges efforts to rebound amid slowing sales TAIPEI , Taiwan -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Taiwan 's Acer Inc. has pledged to meet new challenges in the slowing PC market after it replaced its top executive as sales fall amid competition from tablets and other devices . Stan Shih , Acer 's founder and a board member , acknowledged smartphones and tablet computers such as Apple 's iPad have brought '' `` a far greater impact on the PC industry than we had anticipated . '' '' '' `` I hope once again we can face the challenges with a new strategy ... and push again for corporate reconstruction , '' '' Shih said in a statement . Henry Wang , director of Acer 's corporation relations , said the company will seek to enhance its brand by offering users '' `` a different experience '' '' and better services . Acer announced Thursday its chief executive Gianfranco Lanci has resigned over differences with board members about the company 's future . The company announced last week its first-quarter results would be worse than expected -- a 10 percent quarter-on-quarter drop in revenue against an earlier forecast of a three percent increase . Acer also missed its revenue target in the previous quarter . The company said that board members failed to agree with Lanci on various business priorities . '' `` The personal computer remains the core of our business , '' '' J.T. Wang , who 's taking over as interim chief executive , said in the statement . '' `` In addition , we are stepping into the new mobile device market , where we will invest cautiously and aim to become one of the leading players . '' ''

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New Jersey District Suspends Teacher Over Facebook Post A first-grade teacher in Paterson , N.J. , was suspended on Thursday after she posted on her Facebook page that she felt like a warden overseeing future criminals , district officials said . The teacher , who has not been publicly identified , was suspended with pay from her position at School 21 after parents complained to the school and asked that their children be removed from her class , district officials told The Record of North Jersey . Terry Corallo , a spokeswoman for the Paterson district , e-mailed a statement on Friday confirming that the teacher was on paid administrative leave , adding that `` this matter is a personnel issue that is under investigation . '' On Friday , the teacher declined through her lawyer , Nancy Oxfeld , to comment . Ms. Oxfeld said any comments that the teacher had made on Facebook were done on her own time and to her friends . `` My feeling is that if you 're concerned about children , you 're concerned about what goes on in the classroom , not about policing your employee 's private comments to others , '' Ms. Oxfeld said . Ms. Oxfeld , who was contacted through the New Jersey Education Association , declined to give her client 's name . Word of the Facebook comment spread across Paterson and beyond , and spurred e-mail exchanges , water-cooler gossip and more postings on Facebook . Irene Sterling , president of the Paterson Education Fund , a nonprofit group that supports the local school community , said parents were angry about the teacher 's comments because anyone , including her own students , could have read the negative characterizations . She said it highlighted a lack of commitment by some teachers . `` It 's horrible , '' she said . `` And unfortunately , I do n't think she 's the only teacher in Paterson who thinks that way . '' The Paterson district , with 28,000 students and 2,425 teachers , has long been one of New Jersey 's most troubled school systems ; it was taken over by the state in 1991 because of fiscal mismanagement and poor academic performance . In a similar episode , a high school English teacher in Doylestown , Pa. , was suspended recently after she called students `` disengaged , lazy whiners '' on her blog . Jonathan Zimmerman , a New York University history professor who has written about education , said teachers , like other professionals , had responsibilities . He compared the episodes to a doctor talking loudly about cases on a crowded train . `` It seems to me with professional responsibility comes a duty to exercise discretion , '' he said .

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Time Warner Cable boosts iPad app channel lineup Making good on its promise to fill the void left by yesterday 's removal of nearly a dozen channels from its iPad app , Time Warner Cable has added 24 new ones . Sixteen of the new channels are immediately available to all customers ; three local channels are only available to users in the Austin and New York markets , according to the company . Included in the main list are news stations like CNN , C-SPAN , and MSNBC , along with entertainment diversions like the Food Network and Travel Channel . Joining that list by tomorrow morning are five more including Bloomberg , Sprout , Hallmark Movie , Current , and TruTV . Facing mounting legal pressure from News Corp. , Viacom , and Discovery , Time Warner Cable yesterday announced the immediate removal of 11 of its channels from those networks . The company vowed it would fight to get the cooperation of those networks , but said that it was removing the offending channels in the interim . Time Warner Cable 's iPad app arrived on Apple 's App Store a little more than two weeks ago , and has since been download 300,000 times , according to the company . Using the app , people who are subscribers of Time Warner Cable 's TV and Internet services can watch live TV while on a Wi-Fi network .

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Music Industry Will Force Licenses on Amazon Cloud Player -- or Else Amazon 's decision to launch its new Cloud Player without securing additional music licenses has been described as a `` bold move '' by many observers . It takes serious guts for Amazon to simply declare that it does n't need licenses -- especially when even casual observers know the music industry thinks otherwise . Still , this is n't a one-dimensional issue , and the law has yet to deal much with services like Amazon 's . Record companies fantasize about huge revenues from streaming services , and they fear digital lockers like the plague . ` The word streaming and the word download are nowhere in copyright law ' -- MP3tunes ' CEO Michael Robertson If the record labels do n't come to a licensing agreement with Amazon soon , they will either be forced to take legal action or implicitly allow other music companies to ditch cloud licenses too . Amazon vs. the music industry Amazon launched two new services , Cloud Drive and Cloud Player , earlier this week . U.S. Amazon customers can get free online storage from Amazon to use for whatever they please , but users are heavily encouraged to upload their local music libraries . All Amazon MP3 purchases are automatically synced to the user 's Cloud Drive without counting against the quota , too . Once the music is copied to the remote drive , users can then use the Cloud Player Android or Web app to stream the music to any compatible device or browser , even if the files themselves had not been synced there . Both Apple and Google are expected to launch very similar services in the future , but neither has made an announcement . Google 's music service is rumored to offer both music downloads and streams to go with its own digital locker -- the service would scan a user 's computer and automatically add any tracks that Google has licensed to that user 's online locker . Apple 's may involve unlimited music redownloads and streams to iOS devices as part of a MobileMe revamp , and Apple is currently believed to be in talks with the Big Four music labels -- Sony Music , Universal Music Group -LRB- UMG -RRB- , Warner Music Group -LRB- WMG -RRB- and EMI -- to make it happen . If Apple and Google are dutifully trying to hammer out licensing deals , why did Amazon go ahead and launch Cloud Player without them ? Amazon argues that Cloud Drive and Cloud Player are just services that let users upload and play back their own music , just like `` any number of existing media management applications . '' After all , licenses should n't be necessary for users to play their own music , right ? The labels seem to disagree -- they expressed shock following Amazon 's announcement , with a Sony Music representative implying that the company was looking into legal options . But are licenses required for users to play back music that they have legally purchased , even if that playback is coming from `` the cloud ? '' Continue reading ...

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The week 's top 10 videos on MarketWatch In case you missed them , here are the 10 most popular videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of March 28-April1 : Mozilla strikes back with Firefox 4 In the long browser wars , Mozilla 's Firefox has lost its dominance in recent years to Google 's Chrome and Apple 's Safari . Walt Mossberg tests the newly released Firefox 4 , and finds it is an improvement , but says many of its new features are catch-ups to the other browsers . Watch Video Report . Dow wraps up best Q1 since 1999 Laura Mandaro and Bob O'Brien discuss why the Dow managed to end the first quarter of 2011 with its biggest percentage gain for the period since 1999 despite the recent disaster in Japan as well unrest in the Middle East . Watch Video Report . Trading Strategies : Stock buyers beware Middle East upheaval and questions about U.S. economic strength cloud the outlook for stocks , says Bernard Baumohl , chief global economist at The Economic Outlook Group . Investors should boost allocations to cash , gold , and consumer-staples stocks . Watch Video Report . Rex on Techs : Kodak 's moment Rex Crum says that a favorable trade commission ruling against Apple and RIM may just help Kodak from going the way of Kodachrome . Watch Video Report . Paul Allen slams Bill Gates in memoir According to a new memoir by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen , Bill Gates schemed to take shares in Microsoft following his partner 's treatment for cancer . Kevin Delaney and Julia Angwin discuss the roles the two men have played over the years and whether divergent paths at the top of the tech world are unavoidable . Watch Video Report . Violence as U.K. workers protest against cuts A splinter group is blamed for smashing windows and attacking police vans as tens of thousands march against government cuts . Watch Video Report . Large-cap stocks may be in favor U.S. stocks overcame rough spots to post solid gains in the first quarter . Max Bublitz , chief investment strategist at SCM Advisors , discusses which stock sectors will fare best in the second quarter and what to expect as policy-makers consider reining in liquidity . Interview by Laura Mandaro in San Francisco . Watch Video Report . That tax credit could cost you Because of a snag in the Making Work Pay Credit , millions of taxpayers , especially seniors , could end up with an unexpected tax bill . Kelsey Hubbard talks with Rachel Ochman about how to know what you owe . Watch Video Report . Why more kids are learning to say '' `` namaste '' '' Yoga for children is taking off in studios , hospitals and schools across the country , as parents look for new activities that can help motor skills development and even behavioral problems . Watch Video Report . Tsunami survivors return to ruined village Residents return to tsunami-ravaged areas of Japan to salvage belongings as many fear their communities will become ghost towns .

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Tech Ticker Netflix Adds more shows Netflix -LRB- NFLX -RRB- , the Los Gatos online DVD rental company turned Internet streaming destination , is adding previous seasons of '' `` Glee '' '' and '' `` Sons of Anarchy '' '' to its instant viewing service . In an expanded deal with Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox , Netflix also will be able to show older television series including '' `` Ally McBeal '' '' and '' `` The Wonder Years . '' '' '' `` Our members love TV shows , and making such pop-culture hits like '' `` Glee '' '' and '' `` Sons of Anarchy '' '' available to watch instantly reinforces our commitment to provide them a wider selection of programs , '' '' Ted Sarandos , Netflix 's chief content officer , said in a news release Friday . Netflix 's online streaming service is available to subscribers who pay $ 7.99 a month or more . Customers can view movies and TV shows on Mac and Windows computers , mobile devices and TVs connected to numerous consumer electronics products including the Xbox 360 , Nintendo Wii and Sony 's PlayStation 3 . - Frank Russell , Mercury News TiEcon Case to speak AOL co-founder Steve Case - now chairman of the Startup America Partnership - will give the keynote speech at this year 's TiEcon conference in Silicon Valley . Startup America , a nonprofit formed to encourage high-growth enterprises across the U.S. , was launched in January at the White House with support from Silicon Valley tech companies including Google -LRB- GOOG -RRB- , Intel -LRB- INTC -RRB- , Hewlett-Packard -LRB- HPQ -RRB- and Facebook . '' `` At TiE , we strive to nurture the innovation of entrepreneurs , and admire the work that Steve has done in creating the Startup America Partnership , '' '' Vish Mishra , president of TiE Silicon Valley , said in an email this week . TiE 's conference is scheduled for May 13-14 at the Santa Clara Convention Center . More information can be found at www.tiecon.org . - Frank Russell , Mercury News Airwaves Auction discussion The Obama administration plans to discuss its plan to auction underused TV airwaves at a White House event April 6 featuring Google 's chief economist and Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee . Potential benefits include reducing the deficit , fostering the next generation of wireless technologies and expanding wireless coverage , according to a White House news release Friday . The administration wants to devote more spectrum to wireless high-speed Internet service , or broadband , and proposes paying television-station owners who voluntarily surrender excess airwaves . The proposal needs congressional approval . Broadcasters say they want the U.S. to examine how spectrum is used before beginning any auctions . - Bloomberg News

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Gmail Motion April Fools ' gag inevitably turned into reality using Kinect -LRB- video -RRB- It had to happen . When Google showed off a new and revolutionary Gmail Motion control scheme yesterday , it failed to fool most people , but it did n't fail to catch the attention of some motion control geeks with Kinect cameras on hand . Yep , the FAAST crew that 's already brought us a Kinect keyboard emulator for World of Warcraft has taken Google to task and actually cooked up the software to make Gmail Motion work . All your favorite gestures are here : opening an email as if it were an envelope , replying by throwing a thumb back and , of course , '' `` licking the stamp '' '' to send your response on its way . Marvelous stuff ! Jump past the break to see it working , for real this time .

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Verizon iPhone tops in cell phones in February , but Android continues to surge Follow me on Twitter and on Facebook A new report from comScore citing the state of the U.S. mobile phone market at the end of February , 2011 showed that the Verizon iPhone was the most popular cell phone model -LRB- not just smartphone model -RRB- in February . That enabled Apple 's market share to rise from Nov. 2010 '' `` s report to Feb. 2011 report . Despite that , however , the report showed that Android 's market share surge was unabated , as its market share rose 7 percent to 33 percent or one-third of the U.S. smartphone market . Meanwhile , Apple 's share rose slightly , to 25.2 percent . It was 25.0 percent in November . Android continued to take share out of all the other platforms . RIM was hurt the most ; it saw its share drop 4.6 percent , falling below 30 percent for the first time , to 28.9 percent . Windows Phone 7 did not forestall Microsoft 's declining fortunes , as its market share dropped from 9 percent to 7.7 percent . HP dropped from 3.9 percent to 2.8 percent . Advertisement As opposed to platforms , when one looks at mobile OEMs , since Android is split across many OEMs , there 's little way for a single Android manufacturer to stem the tide of the iPhone and Apple in overall cell phone manufacturing share . Among OEMs , Apple was up nearly a full point to 7.5 percent , nearing RIM , which dropped slightly to 8.6 percent . Top OEM Samsung gained market share to hold on to the lead at 24.8 percent ; LG was flat ; Motorola dropped nearly 1 percent to 16.1 percent , as its feature phones too much for Motorola 's smartphones to make up for .

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James Franco , earnest in D.C. , on quitting Twitter , getting his PhD Franco poses with 826 student Angelita Bowden . -LRB- Keith Lane -RRB- Ten years ago , on the TV show `` Freaks & Geeks , '' James Franco played a burned-out heartthrob who loved 10-sided dice and Dungeons & Dragons . Maybe he was n't acting . On Thursday night , Franco turned up at D.C. 's Hotel Monaco . The actor/writer / soap-star had signed on as donor-bait for a dinner benefiting 826 D.C. -- a Columbia Heights nonprofit that 's one part bizarro gift shop , one part Dave Eggers - founded writing center for underprivileged kids . Turns out he 's a geek-dreamboat in real life , too . Dressed in a gray suit and black shirt , Franco bumbled his way through a pre-meal press gaggle . The great reads of his youth ? `` The Wizard of Oz '' and lots of Tolkien . His favorite place to read in the District ? `` I 'm not the D.C. master , '' said Franco . For now , he prefers his hotel room . Also , he 's calling it quits on Twitter . `` It 's over . You heard it first . It 's still up there , it 's going down , '' he explained . `` I got in too much trouble . '' When he hosted the Oscars in February , Franco 's performance was so stiff that critics accused him of being stoned . But maybe he 's just wired that way . In person , he 's an earnest dude , not standoffish but not inclined to quippy star-babble , either . Questions about art and writing got serious answers . Halfway through dinner , organizers screened the Franco-directed short film `` The Clerk 's Tale , '' a 15-minute meditation on the sadness and solitude of a men 's formalwear salesman . `` See us loosening our ties among you . We are alone , '' read the film 's closing text . `` There is no longer any need to express ourselves . '' Not bad -- but probably not what `` Pineapple Express '' fans were expecting . Some of 826 's star students came onstage to give the actor another grilling . `` After you get your PhD and everything , where do you go from there ? Where do you see yourself in five years ? '' asked Angelita Bowden , a senior at Wilson High School . Franco gave the teen his most thoughtful answer . `` The degrees , they 're not going to provide work that I ca n't get right now . They 're not any kind of endpoint for me . These programs , they just push me to work a lot harder than I would on my own , '' he explained . `` So I assume I 'll just be doing a lot more of the same . '' From Saturday 's Names and Faces column

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Proposed tax break to keep Twitter in city leads to classic San Francisco fracas SAN FRANCISCO - In the shadow of San Francisco 's stately City Hall , sidewalks abound with transients , drugs and crime . Into this neighborhood , one of the world 's hottest social media companies has promised to stride , offering urban rebirth in exchange for a tax break . Tax incentives to bring businesses to blighted streets are not unusual . But this is San Francisco . And Twitter . The mayor supports the plan , but progressive politicians -- and now the city 's largest public employee union -- call the proposal a poorly crafted giveaway to the rich . The conflict comes at a time when the city 's high tech economy teems with energy not seen since before the first Internet bubble burst more than a decade ago . At issue is the city 's payroll tax . San Francisco is the only city in California to levy its business tax based on how much companies pay workers , rather than how much money they take in . Since Twitter emerged as a side project of a San Francisco podcasting company in 2006 , the business has grown from a handful of employees to a few hundred . With investors pouring money into Twitter , the company expects to grow to more than 3,000 . To do that , Twitter needs a lot more space . One option would be to flee to a sprawling suburban campus in Silicon Valley , where adding more employees would not mean adding to the tax bill . But earlier this month , recently appointed Mayor Ed Lee announced what seemed like a winning solution for everyone . Twitter had signed a letter of intent to sign a six-year lease on several hundred thousand square feet of office space in a historic building in the struggling Mid-Market neighborhood . The only condition : The city must agree to exempt Twitter from paying any new payroll taxes on any additional hires . For a company that expects to add thousands of new of employees in the next few years , the savings would add up quickly . '' `` This is the moment we have been waiting for , '' '' Lee said of the proposed deal . '' `` The transformative nature of an anchor tenant like Twitter will revitalize this community . '' '' Yet in San Francisco , where an overall economy largely untouched by the recession has kept real estate prices among the highest in the country , some low-income residents worry that revitalization will just lead to higher rents . And city employees facing layoffs and contract concessions thanks to a massive budget shortfall resent what they see as a giveaway to venture capitalists and a bailout for landlords . '' `` Who are the -LRB- Twitter -RRB- investors ? '' '' Supervisor John Avalos told The San Francisco Examiner . '' `` Probably some of the wealthiest people in this country . And we are giving them more wealth . '' '' Last Tuesday , members of a neighborhood group protested outside Twitter 's current headquarters , about a mile from the proposed new offices . They accused Twitter of not living up to its pledge to be a good neighbor . They complained neither the city nor the company have considered the low-income residents who would be adversely impacted by rising rents spurred by the prosperity Twitter could bring . '' `` The residents are feeling that if they 're not going to benefit from this revitalization that the city is pushing for , it really does n't make sense for these companies to stay in San Francisco , '' '' said Angelica Cabande , director of South of Market Community Action Network . Twitter declined to comment on the tax-break fracas . As a result of the controversy , a lawmaker on the Board of Supervisors ' progressive wing , Ross Mirkarimi , has proposed an alternative measure he says will fix an underlying legal flaw that has led to anxiety among hot tech companies looking to grow . San Francisco 's payroll tax is unusual enough , but one provision makes it even more unique . The city in 2004 added language to the tax code to make clear that tax collectors considered stock options a part of employees ' compensation and hence taxable as part of the payroll . For tech startups , stock options are one of the most common ways to hold onto employees , especially when a lack of funds does n't allow them to offer competitive salaries . When lucky companies reach a point where they can make their initial public offering of stock , those options can turn into a major windfall for workers . But for companies in San Francisco , that windfall sticks employers with a huge tax increase right at the time they 've issued the stock in an effort to expand . Mirkarimi 's proposal would place a two-year moratorium on taxing any company 's stock options to ease the fears not just of Twitter , but other San Francisco-based startups like social gaming leader Zynga and consumer review website Yelp . '' `` You do n't want to write law in a way that only helps one company or one neighborhood in one part of the city , '' '' Mirkarimi said . The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the Twitter package , and Mirkarimi predicts it will pass even without his vote . If that happens , Service Employees International Union Local 1021 , the public employees union , may seek a ballot measure that could delay the deal until voters weigh in . City economic officials paint any failure of the deal not as a loss to Twitter but as a loss for the neighborhood , where more than half of the available commercial real estate sits vacant . While Twitter is the big fish the city is seeking to catch , any businesses within the geographic zone defined by the legislation would get a similar tax break . '' `` The benefit we want , which is jobs in this area , is not happening without some incentive , '' '' said Jennifer Matz , director of the city 's Office of Economic and Workforce Development . Without such incentives , she said , the neighborhood has not seen improvement for a generation . '' `` It resisted the last dot-com boom . '' ''

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Bye , Bye Qwest and Hello Cloud ! The merger between CenturyLink and Qwest officially closed today , creating the nation 's third-largest phone company in a world where being a phone company means less and less . To honor the occasion , CenturyLink -LRB- we lose the Qwest name -RRB- offered to have Christopher Ancell , president of business markets , talk with me about what the future holds in his division , which includes corporate telecommunications customers and those buying data center services . The two big themes are that bandwidth demand is continuing to grow and that the new scale gained through this acquisition might help CenturyLink make some cloud-related deals . In the last year , Qwest had tiptoed into the on-demand services market by providing application recovery and interactive voice recognition on demand , but it was n't as large a player as Verizon with its Compute-as-a-Service products . And in January , Verizon said it would purchase Terremark , a provider of private clouds and data centers in a deal valued at $ 1.4 billion , saying cloud services were a big growth area for the company . Ancell agrees , although when I asked about the likelihood of a CenturyLink acquisition in this space , he replied , `` Glen -LSB- Post -RSB- is an acquirer and has been the CEO for 19 years and has a track record of acquiring companies , and I would expect that to continue . '' Ancell says the merger gives CenturyLink scale and larger free cash flow , which could boost its deal-making capabilities . The company is trying to figure out what customers want from Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers and what they want as software . Qwest had 17 data centers that it brings to CenturyLink , which as of the end of 2010 , reported $ 172.94 million in cash and $ 2 billion in operating free cash flow . It does have more than $ 7 billion in debt , however , and none of that includes Qwest 's contribution . Aside from a possible rush to the cloud , CenturyLink closes this deal with 190,000 miles of fiber , after adding 75,000 miles of Qwest local fiber and 30,000 miles of Qwest backbone fiber . As it seeks to serve businesses and data centers , the biggest constant is bandwidth demand continuing to grow . Ancell echoed what I had heard recently about larger corporations wanting to upgrade to 100 Gigabit access from 10 Gigabit pipes -- completely skipping over the 40 Gigabit access . He cautioned that not everyone was skipping 40 Gigabit access , but that the awesome demand for video and other applications was causing companies to look hard at their upgrades . With 40 percent of network traffic being video , the demand is continuing to rise , he said . `` People just need more and more bandwidth at rates that almost have us saying , ` What is going on ? ''' Ancell said . Image courtesy of Flickr user Torkildr . Related content from GigaOM Pro -LRB- subscription req 'd -RRB- : Verizon Buys Terremark , and Rackspace Looks Even Better Mobile Operators ' Strategies for Connected Devices Report : Delivering Content in the Cloud Copyright 2011 GigaOm . All Rights Reserved . GigaOm is an independent blog network . Read More '' ''

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1,000 Tests Prove Sprint 's 4G Network Is a Joke Compared to Verizon 's Sprint may have been the first US carrier to deploy a 4G network , but it looks like it may be paying the price for being an early adopter of WiMax 4G technology . According to a series of 1,000 speed tests conducted by BTIG Research in New York City over the past few weeks , Sprint 's 4G network gets download speeds of around 1 megabit per second on average -- far slower than even 3G networks on rival carriers . In comparison , Verizon 's 4G network -- which runs on competing LTE technology -- achieved download speeds nearly 10 times as fast on average . The test reveals Sprint 's deep dark secret about its 4G network : it 's simply not that fast . That 's mainly due to the company putting its weight behind WiMax technology years before it could see the potential of LTE . Now with faster LTE networks being deployed by Verizon and AT&T , Sprint 's going to have a hard time convincing consumers that they should pay extra for its slower 4G speeds . BTIG tested the networks by using the wireless hotspot functionality on Sprint 's flagship Evo 4G phone and Verizon 's recently launched HTC Thunderbolt . The research firm tracked the speeds of both an iPad 2 and a Toshiba laptop connected to the hotspots . Indoors , Verizon 's network averaged download speeds of 8.3 Mbps and upload speeds of 4.47 Mbps . Sprint 's , on the other hand , clocked in at 1.19 Mbps down and .39 Mbps up . You can see the full speed results at the chart below . BTIG also pointed out that Verizon 's network was more reliable , and the Thunderbolt achieved better battery life than the Evo . It should be noted that BTIG 's Sprint 4G speeds seem slower than other speed tests , where Sprint normally achieves download speeds of around 2 Mbps to 3 Mbps . But even that seems difficult to call 4G -- both AT&T and T-Mobile 's 3G networks can hit those speeds without issue . And when you compare Sprint 's 4G speeds to Verizon 's ridiculously fast LTE , it definitely seems like Sprint 4G customers are getting shortchanged . Via Boy Genius Report Calling all mobile executives : This April 25-26 , VentureBeat is hosting its inaugural VentureBeat Mobile Summit , where we 'll debate the five key business and policy challenges facing the mobile industry today . Participants will develop concrete , actionable solutions that will shape the future of the mobile industry . The invitation-only event , located at the scenic and relaxing Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito , Calif. , is limited to 180 mobile executives , investors and policymakers . We 've pretty much finalized the invite list , but have a few spots left . Request an invitation . Tags : 3G , 4G , Evo 4G , LTE , Thunderbolt , WiMax Companies : sprint , Verizon , Verizon Wireless Copyright 2011 VentureBeat . All Rights Reserved . VentureBeat is an independent technology blog . Read More '' ''

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Google prank 2011 : Gmail Motion Gmail action MANILA , Philippines -- If you were among those who started practicing how to gesture in front of your computer screens in the hope of being able to control Gmail with your acrobatics , then you 've been had . By Google . Again . True to its notorious April Fools ' Day tradition of jokes and hoaxes , Google `` officially announced '' the availability of Gmail Motion for all to see , and for some to believe . Gmail Motion is allegedly `` a new way to communicate '' via the super futuristic and efficient human computer interaction . In other words , you gullible people , can control your Gmail with your body . If you were able to download this amazing-beyond-your-imagination application . And here is how it works , allegedly . Gmail Motion uses your computer 's built-in webcam and Google 's patented spatial tracking technology to detect your movements and translate them into meaningful characters and commands . Movements are designed to be simple and intuitive for people of all skill levels . You can familiarize yourself with some of the basic functionality of Gmail Motion using a printable guide of sample gestures . With it , you 'll be able to start writing and responding to emails -- with your body -- in no time . -LRB- see illustraions -RRB- Google even came out with some safety precautions -- which should give you a strong hint that something 's just not right in the equation , or application . `` Using Gmail Motion is not only safe but also healthy and fun . As with any physical activity , certain precautions are recommended . First , make sure to clear the area around you . Second , try to take short breaks every 30-40 minutes , just as you would if you were typing . And finally , take time to stretch after each session to give the muscles you 'll be using some relief . '' `` This new motion detection technology does n't stop with Gmail . We 're excited to announce that Google Docs Motion will be coming later this year . Learn more . '' Learn more ? No , it 's better to learn your lesson . Google has a tradition of creating April Fools ' Day jokes . Some of the most memorable , especially to those who were easilly duped into believing , were the Google MentalPlex which allegedly featured the use of mental power to search the web . Four April Fools ' Days ago , Google announced a free Internet service called TiSP , or Toilet Internet Service Provider , where one obtained a connection by flushing one end of a fiber-optic cable down their toilet . On the same day and year , Google 's Gmail page displayed an announcement for Gmail Paper , allowing users to have email messages printed and shipped to them . In 2010 , Google jokingly changed its company name to Topeka in honor of Topeka , Kansas , whose mayor actually changed the city 's name to Google for a short amount of time in an attempt to sway Google 's decision in its new Google Fiber Project . And 2011 is no different . After Gmail Motion , other Google pranks available for downloading -- if you can -- are : Comic Sans -- searching ` Helvetic ' on the Google changes the font on the search page to everyone 's favorite font : Comic Sans ; Chromercise ; Google Earth -- search for various wild and mythical animals on its maps on Google Earth ; Google Blimp Ads -- display your ads thru Google blimps ; Google Teleport -- is a website written in Simplified Chinese that allows the user to travel through space and time ; and Job Openings For Autocompleters , whatever that is . Attachment

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Doubts follow new Google CEO Larry Page San Francisco -- Google co-founder Larry Page is known for his vision , passion and intelligence . Yet there is a fair amount of concern that Page 's other known traits -- his aloofness , rebellious streak and affinity for pursuing wacky ideas -- might lead the company astray . The East Lansing native takes over as CEO on Monday as fast-rising rivals and tougher regulators threaten Google 's growth . Investors used to Google Inc. '' `` s consistency in exceeding financial targets worry that new leadership will bring more emphasis on long-term projects that take years to pay off . And many still are n't sure he has enough management skills to steer the Internet 's most powerful company . Page , a University of Michigan grad , already has learned that smarts alone wo n't make him a great leader . Although Page impressed Google 's early investors with his ingenuity , they still insisted that he step down in 2001 as Google 's first CEO . He turned over the job to Eric Schmidt , a veteran executive who began working in Silicon Valley in the early 1980s while Page was still in grammar school . Page 's admirers say that at 38 , he is more mature and less apt to be chronically late to meetings or tune out of conversations that do n't stimulate his intellect -- habits that he fell into during his first stint as CEO . '' `` There are parts of being CEO that do n't fit Larry 's personality , '' '' said Craig Silverstein , the first employee who Page and Google 's other founder , Sergey Brin , hired when they started the company in 1998 . '' `` You wear a lot of different hats when you 're CEO . Some of them are very interesting to Larry and some of them , presumably , are less interesting . '' '' True to his taciturn form , Page has n't said much publicly since Google made its stunning announcement in January that he will replace Schmidt as CEO . Google said Page was n't available for an interview . Subscribe to Detroit News home delivery and receive a SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER .

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