Uber Taps Into Google And Facebook Rivalry For Palo Alto Launch

Looks like Uber is putting the $11 million dollars it raised on Valentine's to good use, expanding into Palo Alto officially today, with one catch. The Uber Marketing Department has apparently taken its cue from Charlie Sheen and hatched up a wacky stunt contest between Google and Facebook employees. What's even stranger is that the company does not actually have any marketing staff, yet keeps coming up with this kind of stuff. Well, what is the contest you say!? Well, because the tech industry did not have enough venues for smackdowns, Uber will be pitting Googlers and Facebookers against each other for two weeks, between 3/1 and 3/15, to see who can rack up the most Uber rides. If Facebook wins, all Uber fares from Facebook to Google are free, if Google wins all Uber fares from Google to Facebook will be twice the price. Heh.

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Apple Will Charge $500 for Geniuses to Visit Businesses and Fix Their IT Issues [Apple]

Aimed at small businesses, Apple's Joint Venture will cost $499 for five users annually, with additional users being tacked on for $99 each. The (likely) tax-deductible cost will save hapless office managers from schlepping into Apple stores and waiting for Geniuses there, and with any luck strike the foolish IT guy from the payroll, too. More »

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LG Optimus 2X coming to Europe in March, a little later than planned

European dual-core aficionados were promised their fix way back in January from LG, however the Korean company's delivery schedule evidently slipped a tiny bit as we're today bidding adieu to the month of February. Good news is that LG will definitely, totally, honestly be releasing its Optimus 2X in "key European markets" this March. It'll ship with Froyo on board, however a Gingerbread update is expressly promised, which should allay fears of being left with a very powerful but outdated piece of hardware. Last time we looked, Amazon's German branch had priced this handset, to be known as the Optimus Speed in Deutschland, at just under €500, which sounds about right for its eventual unlocked price.

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