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Tech News Flash: Monday -- May 5, 2014

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Microsoft vs. Google: Chasing Butts While Running From Risks
Nokia Launches Fund to Invest in Smart Vehicles
Microsoft Gives XP One last Hug
Snapchat Adds New Features to Keep Users From Disappearing

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Today's Story Highlights

Microsoft vs. Google: Chasing Butts While Running From Risks
Google and Microsoft are positioned against each other as primary
competitors, and that could mean trouble. I remember past dynamics
similar to theirs that didn't end well for either company. Apple focused
on IBM (the 1984 ad) and didn't see Microsoft coming. Microsoft focused
on AOL and didn't see the Internet coming. Intel focused on AMD so much
it missed both Transmeta and ARM.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80385.html

Nokia Launches Fund to Invest in Smart Vehicles
Nokia has created a $100 million fund earmarked for investing in firms
that specialize in connected and smart vehicles. The move comes days
after the Finnish firm forked over its handset unit to Microsoft. Nokia
already has a mapping-and-location company called "Here." The new fund
will be designed to support the growth of the ecosystem around Here's
mapping and location products and services.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80393.html

Microsoft Gives XP One last Hug
When Microsoft included Windows XP in the Internet Explorer zero-day
browser vulnerability patch it issued this week, some industry observers
were stunned. Had the company decided to backtrack on its assertion that
it would no longer support XP? Had it knuckled under to user protests?
Not really. Redmond has not decided to backtrack on killing support for
Windows XP; it made a one-time exception.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80390.html

Snapchat Adds New Features to Keep Users From Disappearing
Snapchat built its popularity on pictures that disappear, but new
features added to the latest version of the app show its creators want
it to be more than a one-trick pony. Both text and video chatting on
Thursday became available in the mobile app for Android and iOS devices.
"Until today, we felt that Snapchat was missing an important part of
conversation: presence," reads the company blog.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80388.html

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