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Accel Partners is launching a US$100 million fund to identify -- and fund -- entrepreneurs at every layer of the big data stack, in particular, those developing projects for the Apache Hadoop platform. ...

Google has introduced Google+ Pages, an element of its Google+ social network that has been much anticipated by corporate brands. ...

The CRM Idols have been announced. The goal of the contest was to identify the best corporate video developed by an up-and-coming CRM company. ...

Google is reportedly taking aim at one of the few digital screens and content sources it doesn't dominate -- paid television. ...

Before it went public, Groupon priced its stock at what turned out to be a highly conservative US$20 dollars per share. Ha! was the market's response Friday morning, the day Groupon finally debuted on Nasdaq. ...

Google is introducing a change to its search algorithm that will impact some 35 percent of searches on the Internet. ...

SAP has updated SAP Business One, rolling out its 8.82 iteration for both the on-premises and hosted versions. ...

Net Applications' browser market report for October continues to track Internet Explorer's steady decline, from 60.99 percent in October 2010 to 53.39 percent in September 2011 to 52.63 percent in October 2011 ...

Research In Motion is launching a music app for BlackBerry users that it hopes will spread via its incentives for users to share songs by BlackBerry Messenger ...

Google is rolling out a revamped Gmail, as it indicated it would earlier this year. Users can opt to use the new look immediately by clicking on the switch icon on the bottom-right corner of the Gmail page ...

Bank of America has decided to back off from a controversial fee that it announced in September: a US$5 ding every month for consumers who use their debit cards to make a retail purchase. The plan had endured sustained consumer outrage since it was publicly revealed ...

Yahoo may have shelved the prospect of a company sale, or at the very least pushed the idea to its back burner. Instead, it is reportedly giving serious thought to selling its Asian assets and redistributing the proceeds to shareholders via a special dividend or buyback shares, according to a Bloomberg article citing unidentified sources. ...

Barnes & Noble has sent out invitations to a press conference this week in New York City. The specific topic of the event, set for Nov. 7, is unclear -- but it's almost certain the spotlight will be on its Nook ...

The Federal Communications Commission has voted unanimously to reform the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation system. It is creating a new Connect America Fund, with a budget of US$4.5 billion to meet the end-goal of this policy shift: extending broadband infrastructure to rural Americans, as opposed to subsidizing rural phone service.

Google has made a slew of updates to its Google+ social network. It has added new features, provided integration with Google Apps, and made the network available to businesses, universities, and schools that use Google Apps ...

Salesforce.com has a developed a new tool for companies to help them develop and publish Web pages and landing pages specifically for marketing campaigns. ...

Research In Motion has not heard the last of the days-long outage of its network earlier this month. Lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed against the company in both the United States and Canada, seeking damages for the loss of service. ...

Sprint delivered third quarter earnings with a relatively nice surprise -- its losses were less than expected. Any good feeling from its numbers, however, was short-lived as Sprint went on to remind shareholders that it would be seeking capital -- as much as US$7 billion -- to fund new handsets and a network upgrade. ...

IBM debuted industry-specific data analytics tools for the healthcare and communication sectors at its Information on Demand conference. These packages are part of IBM's drive to help companies manage their information processes and data storage needs as efficiently as possible. ...

Android has become the platform for mobile advertisers to target, it would seem, based on separate reports from ABI Research and Millennial Media. ...