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1:45 PM ET, May 11, 2010

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Noah Robischon / Fast Company:
Square Brings Credit Card Swiping to the Mobile Masses, Starting Today  —  Now that Square is publicly available for iPhone and Android OS, with millions of card readers being shipped free-of-charge, Jack Dorsey tells Fast Company how his business model will disrupt the way you pay.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Square's iPhone App Hits The App Store  —  A month after the iPad app launched, Square's iPhone app is now generally available to users in the App Store.  You can download the free app here.  —  Founded by Jack Dorsey, Square was unveiled last December as an innovative way to let people quickly …
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Android market share over iPhone not as impressive as it looks  —  When news broke on Monday that Android had taken over the second spot from Apple's iPhone OS, I thought the Internet was going to blow itself to pieces.  But there is more to the numbers than a simple boost in Android sales and Apple agrees.
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Chauncey Dupree / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple responds to Android sales numbers
Discussion: ZDNet
Mike Beltzner / beltzner:
Firefox 4: fast, powerful, and empowering  —  Today, I presented an early product plan for Firefox 4 to the Mozilla community (live, over the web!) to share our vision for the next version of Firefox, and what projects are underway to realize it.  Then I invited everyone to get involved …
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Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Mozilla's Plans for Firefox 4: Faster, Sleeker Interface & Better Privacy Controls
Discussion: Softpedia News and The Register
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Rumor: Landor Associates working on upcoming iPhone campaign for Verizon  —  The rumor mill is churning about a company called Landor Associates “working on an advertising campaign” for Verizon for the upcoming iPhone (you know, the one that the police knocked down Jason Chen's door down to get generally more information about?).
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Confirmed: Apple and AT&T signed five-year iPhone exclusivity deal …
Matthew Glotzbach / Google Enterprise Blog:
Upgrade here  —  This week Microsoft will take its Office 2010 suite out of beta.  If you're considering upgrading Office with Office, we'd encourage you to consider an alternative: upgrading Office with Google Docs.  If you choose this path, upgrade means what it's supposed to mean …
Discussion: ZDNet and Fortune
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Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:   Google To Businesses: Don't Upgrade To Office 2010 Tomorrow!  (GOOG, MSFT)
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Bing Adds Voice-Guided Turn-by-Turn Navigation To Windows Mobile App  —  Bing has added voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation to the Bing mobile app for Windows Phones 6.1 and above.  Bing thus joins Google, Nokia and to a lesser degree MapQuest in offering free mobile navigation services.
Discussion: MobileCrunch
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Justin Jed / Bing:
Updated Bing App For Windows Phone
Discussion: mocoNews, LiveSide.net and ZDNet
Arn / MacRumors:
iPad Wi-Fi Issues to be Addressed in Software Update  —  Apple recently updated a support document detailing current solutions to Wi-Fi connectivity issues surrounding the iPad.  There have been several distinct Wi-Fi issues reported on various discussion forums.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Yelp Security Hole Puts Facebook User Data At Risk, Underscores Problems With ‘Instant Personalization’  —  As if Facebook's Instant Personalization needed another knock against it, tonight comes news of a security issue that makes the feature even more unnerving.
Jakob Nielsen / Alertbox:
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing  —  Summary: iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with frequent user errors due to accidental gestures.  An overly strong print metaphor and weird interaction styles cause further usability problems.
Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:
Windows Phone 7: Near-Final Screenshots  —  This week, a ROM image of a near-final (RC1 escrow) version of Windows Phone 7 leaked online, providing us with a near-final look at Microsoft's next smart phone operating system.  (It's an unlocked version of the April CTP, for those who are curious.)
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Twitter to Launch Twitter Business Center [SCREENSHOTS]  —  We have confirmed with Twitter that beta testing of its new business features, dubbed the “Twitter Business Center,” has begun.  —  According to the company, “only a handful of accounts have these features presently,” but it will expand on a gradual business to more accounts.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
April Search Numbers Out!  Yahoo Gains Share Because Of New Slideshow Tool (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)  —  April's comScore search numbers were released tonight.  —  At first glance, Yahoo appears to be the big winner at Google's expense.  But that's mostly because of a new “slideshow” …
Connie Guglielmo / Bloomberg:
Apple's Jobs ‘Fully Operational’ One Year After Transplant  —  Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs, a year after getting a liver transplant that saved his life, is back at work full tilt, overseeing product development, leading a campaign against Adobe Systems Inc.'s Flash and endorsing a California law that promotes organ donations.
Discussion: Yahoo! News, AppleInsider and MacNN
Stuart J. Johnston / Datamation:
SharePoint Could Drive Enterprises' Office 2010 Plans  —  Microsoft will launch Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on Wednesday in what the company says is a major part of the biggest wave of enterprise products that it has released so far.  —  However, key to volume purchasers making …
Discussion: CNET News and internetnews.com
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Android 2.2 desktop spied on Nexus One  —  Adobe evangelist Ryan Stewart has taunted us before and he is back again with a new YouTube video.  In his latest upload, Ryan is showing off the latest version of Flash 10.1 on his Nexus One.  Adobe gave all their employees Android phones …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Computex 2010: MSI to showcase a tablet PC using Intel MID platform  —  Micro-Star International (MSI) will showcase a tablet PC, the MSI Slatebook, based on Intel's mobile internet device (MID) platform at Computex 2010, which will be held from June 1-6 in Taipei, Taiwan, according to sources from notebook players.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Microsoft confirms Natal launch in October (video)  —  We've heard it before, now Microsoft's Syed Bilal Tariq is repeating the October launch date for Natal.  Speaking to GamerTagRadio, Microsoft's marketing manager for Saudi Arabia says that the Natal launch, … So there you have it.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Swipely Nabs $7.5 Million in Series A Funding for Social Spending (And to Attack Blippy!)  —  Oh, joy: More venture bucks for more socializing of credit card information.  —  Today, it is Swipely's turn to grab the spotlight in the ever-crowded space to, as the start-up's press release so aptly says …
Kelly Hodgkins / Boy Genius Report:
LG Ally pre-orders begin May 13th, available in all channels on May 20th  —  Look what we have here...details on the upcoming LG Ally; the entry-level, Android-powered handset that is poised to take on the Motorola Devour.  Not nearly as promising as the rumored 1GHz, HD-capable Aloha …
 
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Intel will ship a billion chips a year within five years
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Apple's no-nipples policy means fashion mags are censoring their iPad editions
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Office 2010: Microsoft to charge PC makers less for preloading more
Discussion: Download Squad and Neowin.net
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Web 3.0, The Movie [Video]
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Discussion: ZDNet
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
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Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
The DealMap: ‘CityGrid for Local Deals’
Discussion: Bits, Search Engine Land and VentureBeat, Thanks:atul
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Lenovo launches series of newfangled desktops, laptops and netbooks
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
4Mbps broadband for all to cost $23 billion, won't use fiber
Discussion: Digital Society
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
It's hip to be square (and Android 2.1-powered): Meet the Motorola Flipout