Here’s a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Friday, May 25.
Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios lays off all staff [Boston Globe]
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a key company consultant.
Exclusive: HP’s core webOS Enyo team is going to Google [The Verge]
The HP team responsible for Enyo — webOS’s HTML5-based application framework that debuted on the TouchPad — will be leaving the company and starting at Google shortly…
Security Expert Fools, Records Fake Antivirus Scammers [Dark Reading]
Fake antivirus scammers recently got more than they bargained for when they unknowingly dialed the home number of a Sourcefire security researcher who then lured them to an impromptu honeypot and recorded their activity on his machine.
Google names names on copyright takedowns; Microsoft is #1 [Ars Technica]
The data shows that, since July 2011, 2.5 million takedown requests have been filed on behalf of Microsoft. NBC Universal, the next highest, made only 985,000.
Apple CEO gives up $75 million in dividend income [Reuters]
Cook had asked to be excluded from a recently instituted company program through which employees can accumulate dividends on their restricted stock units that are still vesting.
What Yahoo Founder Jerry Yang Should’ve Learned From Firefox In 2005 [Fast Company]
Former Mozilla CEO John Lilly watched Yang blow his top when presented with a browser that put Yahoo competitors front and center. Seven years later, Yahoo finally got around to launching a browser of its own.
How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus [The Atlantic]
Look, Google, we’ve got a plan to help you win on social. There’s only one catch: You have to give up on the notion that animates Google Plus.
PayPal strikes deals with 15 retailers [Reuters]
For retailers, the service may attract more shoppers, provide more information about consumers, and help reduce costs associated with credit card payments.
Is that smile real or fake? [MIT News]
Can you tell which of these smiles is showing happiness? Or which one is the result of frustration? A computer system developed at MIT can.
Google Introduces in-App Subscriptions for Android [Wired]
Google launched in-app subscriptions for Android apps on Thursday, copying, and in some ways improving on, a model carved out by Apple.
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