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Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
IPhone Software Sales Take Off: Apple's Jobs — CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Inc.'s bet on cellphone software appears to be paying off. — In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone …
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Scott Moritz / Fortune:
Analyst: 3 million iPhones sold in first month — Momentum isn't showing any signs of a dip; sales blow past expectations. — NEW YORK (FORTUNE) — Talk about your summer scorchers. — One month after its debut, Apple's new iPhone has hit the 3 million sold mark, according to analyst Michael Cote of the Cote Collaborative.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
iPhone App Downloads Are Up. What About Their Usage? — The iPhone App Store is red hot: In its first month, more than 60 million software programs were downloaded, and it generated about $1 million a day in sales. That information comes from Steve Jobs in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
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One More Thing:
Apple, AT&T mum on iPhone 3G issues — Note: CNET News' Tom Krazit and Marguerite Reardon co-wrote this article. — After his third iPhone 3G continued to cut him off in the middle of his conversations, Ryan Shaw had seen enough. — “The phone was a disappointment from the standpoint …
Jonathan Skillings / One More Thing:Jobs confirms iPhone app blacklist feature
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Kenneth G. Brill / Forbes:
Servers: Why Thrifty Isn't Nifty — We are currently in the biggest data center construction boom in history. At the same time, this boom is dramatically weakening the future flexibility and financial performance of information technology. — How can this be? It's the old domino effect at work again.
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld / Between the Lines:
The Olympics Watch: Not That Much — The Internet did not break, melt or probably even much notice the Olympics, in its first weekend. — On Saturday, for instance, only about 4.8 million people watched 3.1 million video streams on Saturday, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
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Richard Spencer / Telegraph:Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony giant firework footprints ‘faked’
Bryan Appleyard / Times of London:
Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop — Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world's poorest children. And then the fat-cat multinationals got scared and broke it... Mousetrap weblog: In pictures - the revamped $100 laptop
Caroline McCarthy / Crave:
Best Buy kiosks, coming to an airport near you — Electronics retailer Best Buy is picking up on the trend of installing vending machine-like kiosks in airports, in order to appeal to stressed travelers who left their cell phone charger at home or need a last-minute gift to appease cranky relatives.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple's Macs To Get A Video Upgrade? (AAPL) — Is Apple planning to improve the video capabilities on its Mac computers? And is that the mystery “future product transition” Apple alluded to on its Q3 earnings call — one of the reasons it expects margins to be lower this quarter?
Nature:
Letter — doi:10.1038/nature07247; Received 20 March 2008; Accepted 11 July 2008; Published online 11 August 2008 — Three-dimensional optical metamaterial with a negative refractive index — NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), 3112 Etcheverry Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Chris Lee / Ars Technica:New meta-material doesn't actually render anything invisible
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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Salon launches blogger ‘tipping’ system — So you liked that blog post you just read—why don't you toss the writer a buck or two? — That's the rationale behind new-media outlet Salon's latest initiative. Members of its “Open Salon” user-generated content community can now “tip” …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo Exposes Part Of Google Search Deal Terms In SEC Document — Both Reuters and CNET report on a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Yahoo that contains many of the details of its paid search deal with Google. It's a redacted version of the agreement the two companies signed.
Business Wire:
JDA Software Group to Acquire i2 Technologies — Acquisition Combines Two Industry Leaders Resulting in One of the Most Comprehensive Global Supply Chain Management Offerings — Strengthens JDA Market Position with More Than 6,000 Customers, Offering Unparalleled Supply Chain …
Dow Jones Newswires:
US Mobile Phone Shipments Rise 5.3% In 2Q - Consulting Firm — Mobile phone shipments in the U.S. managed a 5.3% increase in the second quarter, as cellphone companies beat the weak economy and posted strong results. — Strategy Analytics, an independent consulting firm …
Jack Schofield / Guardian Unlimited:
The power of the Hawk is a problem for SF-MoMA — Throwing the esteemed Thomas Hawk out on his ear is not the way to win friends and influence people — Thomas Hawk is the pen name of a photographer, blogger and web startup CEO who operates in the San Francisco Bay Area …
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Is Content King Again? — Which is a better business to be in right now: content creation or distribution? The New York Times alluded to this question in a piece about Warner Bros. this weekend. From the article: … The Times is quick to point out that Apple has benefited …
