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Apple:
Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines — The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed. With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world's largest mobile application platform and App Store developers …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Fingers Crossed: Google Voice May Be Returning To The App Store — On July 28 2009, a pair of iPhone applications that offered support for Google Voice were unceremoniously, and without warning, removed from Apple's App Store. We then learned that Apple had blocked the official Google Voice application …
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Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac, IntoMobile and Electronista
Adobe Corporate Communications / Adobe Featured Blogs:
Great News for Developers — Apple's announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines has direct implications for Adobe's Packager for iPhone, a feature in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring tool. This feature was created to enable Flash developers …
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AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, Ed Burnette's Dev …, MacRumors, TiPb, L.A. Times Tech Blog, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, MobileCrunch, PC World, CNET News, SlashGear, Erictric and App Advice
Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Did FTC Probe Cause Apple to Change App Rules? (UPDATED) — Apple's unexpected announcement Thursday that it would let programmers use third-party tools to write apps for the iPhone and iPad may deflate a federal investigation into whether the restrictions were anti-competitive …
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Gadget Lab and Gizmodo, Thanks:rsingel
Omar Hamoui / Google Mobile Ads Blog:
An Update on Apple's Terms of Service
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eWeek, Digits, Mashable, Boy Genius Report, Erictric, Mobile Magazine, CNET News, BloggingStocks, IntoMobile, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Cult of Mac, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, MediaPost, TiPb, Electronista and MediaMemo
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Apple's App Store Review Guidelines: 'we don't need any more fart apps'
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TechCrunch, Nieman Journalism Lab, Boy Genius Report, DailyFinance, PhoneDog.com, Geek News Central, Electricpig.co.uk, MobileCrunch, BetaNews, Neowin.net, TiPb, Download Squad, everythingiCafe, TUAW, The Register, Gizmodo, Phones Review, Digital Daily and MacRumors, more at Mediagazer »
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Seesmic Desktop Goes Beyond Twitter: Becomes a Platform for All Things Real Time — At last year's Microsoft PDC, Seesmic announced that it was working on a major Silverlight-based rewrite of its desktop clients for Windows and Mac. After almost a year of development, the company just launched the final version of Seesmic Desktop 2.
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Seesmic Blog, GigaOM, The Next Web and Mashable
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
With 40+ Customizable Plugins, Seesmic Desktop 2 Aggregates The Realtime Web — After a year's worth of work, Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur just announced the launch of Seesmic Desktop 2 (SD2), a desktop client that goes beyond Twitter; “We want to be the first platform for platforms,” says Le Meur.
Business Week:
The Man Who Makes Your iPhone — Foxconn founder Terry Gou might be regarded as Henry Ford reincarnated if only a dozen of his workers hadn't killed themselves this year. An exclusive look inside a postmodern industrial empire — Tony Law — On a crushingly hot mid-August …
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Gizmodo
Jenna Wortham / Bits:
Betaworks and The Times Plan a Social News Service — Something is stirring deep within the technology incubator Betaworks: A personalized news service called News.me that is being developed in collaboration with The New York Times. — On Thursday, a cryptic placeholder for the service went live.
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The Next Web, paidContent and Lost Remote, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Maps for Android Gets Turn-By-Turn Walking Directions, Satellite Imagery — For smartphone owners, asking people on the street for directions is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Why bother trying to remember a series of turns and landmarks when your phone can do that and more?
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Google LatLong, AndroidGuys, Phone Arena, Google Maps Mania, Android Phone Fans, WebProNews and Boy Genius Report
Marcus Foster / Google Voice Blog:
Fast Access to Google Voice with Android Widgets — Mobile is all about getting super fast access to what you're looking for and Google Voice is no exception. So, today we're releasing an update to the Android app, which gives you immediate access to your Google Voice Inbox and settings via two new home screen widgets.
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IntoMobile, Computerworld, Gadgetell, Phone Arena, Boy Genius Report, EuroDroid, Mobile Magazine, pocketnow.com, Android Phone Fans, Thoughts from the Sidelines, WebProNews, Download Squad, AndroidGuys, Gizmodo, Erictric, Search Engine Journal, Droid Life, Electronista, Crave, The Next Web and MobileBurn.com
Reuters:
Judge rules for eBay over Craigslist rights plan — (Reuters) - A judge rescinded a protective measure adopted by the board of popular classifieds site Craigslist to block a potential hostile takeover by e-commerce site eBay Inc. — EBay had complained that the measure diluted its stake …
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Wall Street Journal, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, Bronte Media and Reuters
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Jonny Evans's blog:
Interview: Apple's AirPlay is a big, big business — Perhaps you didn't see it, but Apple last week helped create a brand-new $15 billion business when it introduced its new AirPlay music streaming system, which it is licensing to third party developers. — AirPlay will mean anyone with an iPod …
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Geek.com, TUAW, iClarified, Engadget and Electronista
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Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Forget Apple TV. AirPlay Is Apple's Sneak Attack On Television
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Engadget
Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
Commentary: Dear Craigslist, Grow Up — The website shuttered its U.S. “adult services” section. If it really wants to fix the problem, it has to operate like the mainstream site it is — Serra Sippel is not accustomed to receiving large, unsolicited donations in the mail.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Digits:
‘Censored’ Gone; Craigslist Could Go Before Congress
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SFGate
Ben Gomes / The Official Google Blog:
Google Instant, behind the scenes — Yesterday we introduced Google Instant, a change to make search fast and interactive by showing you results instantly as you type. With Instant we've turned search from a static HTML page into an AJAX application, just as we did with Google Maps and Gmail.
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Lauren Weinstein's Blog, The Microsoft Blog, PC Magazine, CNET News, High Scalability and Internet Evolution
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ex-MySpace Execs Quietly Building New Startup Called Namesake — One good thing to come out of MySpace's slow demise: a bunch of former employees are creating startups left and right, mostly in Los Angeles and helping to grow the startup ecosystem there. We're tracking Gravity, Mindjolt, Gogobot and Beachmint.
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
EXCLUSIVE: Windows Phone 7 launching 11 October — Pocket-lint told launch date by multiple sources — Multiple sources?familiar?with the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint that Microsoft will launch its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, on 11 October 2010.
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Phone Arena, WMExperts, Engadget, InformationWeek, PhoneDog.com, Boy Genius Report, IntoMobile, SiliconANGLE, iThinkDifferent, SlashGear, Computerworld, 901am, DailyTech, WMPoweruser.com, Obsessable, Mobile Magazine, I4U News, Neowin.net, Network World, T3.com News, Softpedia News, GeekSmack, Erictric, Covering Web, Windows Phone Thoughts.com, LiveSide.net, The Next Web, Electricpig.co.uk, Go Rumors and Gadgetell, Thanks:stuartmiles
Jerry Cain / Facebook Developer Blog:
New Like Button Features Mean More Opportunities for Liking — Since we launched social plugins in April, we've been listening to user feedback and working with developers to optimize the Like button to make it as seamless as possible for people to like content around the web and share it with their friends.
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Inside Facebook, TechCrunch, Mashable, Erictric and All Facebook
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Google TV Will Have Its Own Instant Search — Ever since Google Instant launched yesterday, I've been asking myself, “Where have I seen this before?” Today, it finally hit me: Google TV. The TV platform set to launch this fall with initial devices from Logitech and Sony will put search front and center …
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Silicon Alley Insider:
CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Passes Google In Time Spent On Site For First Time Ever — If Google wasn't already scared of Facebook, this ought to do the trick. — Time spent on Facebook was greater than time spent on Google sites in the U.S. in August for the first time in history, according to fresh data from comScore.
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ReadWriteWeb and Communications …
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Trying to Be Something You're Not: Works for Drag Queens, not for Google — Contrary to popular opinion, the reason Yahoo's metrics have been stagnant and its stock has lost half its value in the last two-and-a-half years isn't because Google did search better than Yahoo.
Zachary Rodgers / ClickZ:
Facebook Begins Reporting on ‘Social Context’ In Ads — Facebook has begun offering metrics on social endorsements in ads - those little footnotes that tell users if a friend has taken the step to “like” a brand or its paid placement. — Marketers using the Facebook ads platform can now learn …
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Inside Facebook
Matthew Campbell / Bloomberg:
Google Promises New France Investment After Regulatory Battles — Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. will increase its investment in France and establish a research and development center in Paris, raising its profile in a country where it has clashed repeatedly with regulators.
