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8:10 AM ET, May 1, 2010

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Leland Rechis / Twitter Blog:
Twitter for Android: Robots like to share too  —  When we tweet what's happening around us, we share not only our thoughts, but also web pages, photos, videos, location...anything.  Mobile phones are increasingly part of our lives, and we seem to be doing everything but making phone calls.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Android Fragmentation In Action: Twitter's New Official App …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Official Twitter for Android app goes live, will go open source
Discussion: Android Phone Fans
Charles Starrett / iLounge:
iPad 3G video downscaled, blocked over AT&T network  —  In our early testing, iLounge has learned that some video delivery applications act differently over the 3G network than they do on Wi-Fi.  The iPad's built-in YouTube application strips both standard and HD videos to a dramatically lower resolution …
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Dan Moren / Macworld:
First Look: iPad Wi-Fi + 3G  —  At last, the prophecy has been fulfilled: the second half of the coming of the iPad is upon us.  I have in my hands (well, on my ottoman as I write this), an iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, which is Apple's somewhat long-winded moniker for describing an iPad with cellular data access …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
AT&T On The iPad 3G Video Restrictions: “That's something you need to ask Apple”  —  Today in the U.S. people are getting their hands on the 3G version of the iPad for the first time.  The hardware is supposed to be exactly the same as the WiFi-only version except, of course …
Discussion: Gizmodo, TUAW and MacRumors
Erica Sadun / TUAW:
Skype calls not allowed over iPad 3G connections
Discussion: MacRumors and Switched
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
The Official Verdict in the stolen iPhone Case  —  http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim//2010/04/ 26/gizmodo.jpg  —  Jason Nation Mailing list: http://jasonnation.com  —  Unsubscribe: email unsubscribe@calacanis.com  —  Last Show: Sky Dayton http://bit.ly/b5Rsi1  —  Rights: Forwarding by email OK, but please do not publish on web
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Nick Bilton / Bits:   iPhonegate: Q.&A. With Mark D. Rasch, Computer Security Expert
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:   Apple Reported IPhone Prototype as Stolen, Law Enforcement Official Says
Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Inside the mind of Boy Genius, whose blog sold for millions  —  Like that, the veil was lifted.  —  One boy (now, man) made such a racket for mobile industry executives over the last 3 1/2 years that he seemingly upended how mobile juggernauts approach product leaks.
Thanks:labnol
Hugo Roy / hugo's blog:
Open Letter to Steve Jobs  —  update 16:00: Steve Jobs answers to my open letter, see below.  —  Dear Steve Jobs,  —  Having read your Thoughts on Flash, I could not agree with you more.  Flash is not the Web, and I am glad Apple seizes the opportunity of open standards to build better products for their customers.
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Jim Lanzone / Clicker Blog:
Fact-Checking “Thoughts on Flash”  —  Yesterday the Web was a-gog over the six-point uppercut Steve Jobs laid on Adobe in his blog post, “Thoughts on Flash”.  —  While Jobs had valid points on some issues, on others he was in sales mode, like when explaining that Apple users are in no way deprived …
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CNET News:
Free Android phones coming to Adobe employees  —  This will come as little surprise to anyone who followed technology news this week, but let there be no doubt about the preferred smartphone platform at Adobe: it isn't the iPhone.  —  Adobe confirmed Thursday that it plans to demonstrate …
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Why iPad mags cost $4.99 each  —  Because that's what the market will bear — at least for now  —  If you buy the digital editions of Popular Science or TIME Magazine on the iPad, they cost $4.99 each — same as on the newsstand.  —  However, one-year subscriptions to Popular Science …
The Huffington Post:
Social Network Led To Man's Murder, Police Say  —  *See update below*  —  Phoenix resident Mark Woodland, 54, was found beaten and stabbed to death in his apartment last week.  Police believe he may have been murdered by 19-year-old Tommy Reed, whom Woodland met over a social network.
Christopher Mims / Technology Review:
Blog: Why Twitter Is the Future of News  —  An unprecedented analysis reveals that the micro-blogging service is remarkably effective at spreadi ng “important” information.  It's basically impossible for a journalist who relies on Twitter to find stories, stalk editors, rack up “whuffie” …
Phil Nickinson / Android Central:
LG Ally spotted in new Iron Man 2 commercial  —  Want more on the LG Ally for Verizon?  We've got it.  It's in a commercial for “Iron Man 2,” and it's clearly running Android.  That keyboard looks pretty darn usable, but the D-pad could be interesting.  We've confirmed that in fact it's Android 2.1 …
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Facebook's impending fight with D.C. (FAQ)  —  You probably have a Facebook account—well over 400 million people do.  You've probably noticed that the look and feel of your profile have recently changed (again).  —  And you've probably heard a lot recently about Facebook changing its privacy policies (again).
Discussion: Inside Facebook
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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:   Activist groups launch new Facebook privacy offensive
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Waiting for iTunes.com?  Don't Hold Your Breath  —  Apple is shutting down its Web-based music service in a month.  When will it open a new one?  —  No time soon, from what I can tell.  —  I've been on the phone all day with music industry sources.  None of them know of any specific plans Apple …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Posterous Starts Automatically Inserting Affiliate Links Into Sites, Forgets To Tell Users  —  We've been tracking simple-simple publishing service Posterous for quite a while now, and for the most part they've turned us into big fans.  Unfortunately, they've just committed a fairly serious blunder.
Discussion: Alexey Shamrin
 
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Hard Labor: Adobe Rebuilds Its Wired Magazine App to Fit Apple's Flash-Free Agenda
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
City of LA: Despite what you've heard, we still like Google
Discussion: TechCrunchIT
Megan Woolhouse / Boston Globe:
Family, Verizon far apart over nearly $18,000 phone bill
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
AT&T wants 3 strikes tribunal, government website blacklist
Discussion: Boing Boing
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Tests Phone Numbers In AdWords Ads
Discussion: Maboot.com, Thanks:atul
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time
 Earlier Items: 
Scott Austin / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Google Ventures' Entire Investment Team Finally Revealed
Thanks:louisgray
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
New Chrome fires up geolocation ability
Discussion: Maximum PC
Chris Saad / Paying Attention:
Open is not enough. Time to raise the bar: Interoperable
Discussion: Brij Singh's Blog, Thanks:chrismessina
 

 
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