Herea4ぎa4г our roundup of the weeka4ぎa4г biggest tech business news. First, the most popular stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Ikeaa4ぎa4г war on Edisona4ぎa4г light bulb &8212' The mass furniture and household goods retailer announced Tuesday that it will no longer stock or sell traditional light bulbs, making good on a plan announced last year.
Microsoft gives LCDs the power to see with Surface 2.0 &8212' Microsofta4ぎa4г Surface touchscreen technology for large displays has shed a lot of bulk in its newest iteration, and in the process it has also given liquid-crystal displays the power to see with its new PixelSense technology.
Just give up on using your iPhone as an alarm clock &8212' One of the running jokes about the iPhone is that ita4ぎa4г amazing, unless you actually want to use it as a phone. I guess it doesna4ぎa4д make a reliable alarm clock either.
AT&'Ta4ぎa4г answer to the Verzion iPhone: A $49 iPhone 3GS &8212' AT&'T has come up with one way to combat the fabled Verizon iPhone: Halve the price of the iPhone 3GS from $99 to $49.
Android 3.0 for tablets looks like a leap beyond iPad for Google (video) &8211' Google previewed its upcoming tablet-friendly Android 3.0 update at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it looks unlike any version of Android wea4ぎa4ёe ever seen.
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Privacy setting on Facebook financials to change in 2012 &8211' A document sent to potential Facebook investors suggests that the social networking company intends to hold its initial public offering by mid-2012, though there is still plenty of ambiguity about Facebooka4ぎa4г plans.
Tesla employee: Model S alpha prototype up and running &8212' A Tesla manufacturing team employee, commenting on Engadget, appeared to confirm a test of the much-anticipated all-electric sedan, Teslaa4ぎa4г first mass-market model. The company later showed off the prototype on its blog.
Exit activity leapt 25% in 2010, but is 2011 the a4ぎAYear of the IPOa4ぎ &8212' Successful exit activity for venture-backed companies rose 25 percent in 2010 from the previous year, reaching levels close to those seen before the recession.
Salesforce buys Web-collaboration startup Dimdim to bring Chatter up to speed &8212' The race continues between enterprise-focused social networking services Chatter, run by Web-software giant Salesforce.com, and Yammer, a darling of the venture-capital set.
VentureBeata4ぎa4г top 10 tech trends of 2011 (vote for your favorite) &8212' We gaze into the crystal ball.
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Companies: AT&'T, DimDim, Edison, Facebook, IKEA, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Tesla Motors, Verizon
Companies: AT&'T, DimDim, Edison, Facebook, IKEA, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Tesla Motors, Verizon
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