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Edward Helmore / Guardian:
iPad ‘newspaper’ created by Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch — Apple and News Corp reportedly set to launch joint iPad news publication exclusively via download — Rupert Murdoch, head of the media giant News Corp, and Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, are preparing to unveil a new digital …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
What Should An iPad Newspaper Look Like? — News Corp is taking the iPad very seriously as a new way to distribute the news. The media giant is taking it so seriously that it is developing a new publication called the Daily which will only be available on the iPad (no print edition, no Website).
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction — REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — On the eve of a pivotal academic year in Vishal Singh's life, he faces a stark choice on his bedroom desk: book or computer? — Your Brain on Computers — Staying on Task — Articles in this series examine how a deluge …
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Rupert Neate / Telegraph:
Apple's iPhone SIM card plan thwarted — Apple has ditched its plan to create its own iPhone SIM cards after mobile operators threatened to stop selling the iconic device. — Apple had wanted to exclude operators, such as Vodafone and O2, from the sale process in order to build a more direct relationship with customers.
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Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
Steve Jobs Gets His Head Shaved And Other Youthful Stories [Early Playboy Interview] — I've read a lot of Steve Jobs interviews but until now I'd not seen this 1985 interview from Playboy. — It catches Steve Jobs at age 29, one year after the Macintosh was launched.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Is the tech press needed anymore? (how Apple iPhone apps take off now) — Datapoint one: John Gruber is noting that Android doesn't have very many of the industry's best apps. — Datapoint two. Starbucks CIO says that he's forced to use HTML 5 to support Apple iOS users …
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Victoria Barret / Forbes:
Salesforce.com: The Web's Big Upstart — Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff is shooting to become the biggest player in tech. He's kidding, right? — Marc Benioff simply can't let go. Beefy, intense, talkative, uninterruptible, jovial, sarcastic and relentless—his ferocious tenacity makes …
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Lone TSA Twitter Account Fights Entire Internet — In case you're confused by @tsagov, @tsabloggerbob, @tsaagent, @TSAsupervisor, @tsablog and countless other parody accounts, the real Transportation Safety Administration is actually on Twitter at @TSABlogTeam and wow, talk …
Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Facebook:
The Nuts and Bolts of Facebook's Acquisition Strategy — Mark Zuckerberg has famously said that Facebook acquires people, not products. — Since making its first acquisition in 2007 with Parakey, the company has picked up small teams that may not have seen broad traction but clearly have gifted technical talent.
Fred / A VC:
Pacing Yourself — I've been pretty clear as of late that I think the market for investing in web startups is getting overheated. When I talk to some people about this, they say “you should shut down and ride out the bubble on the beach.” To which I say “we don't think we can time markets.”
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Chris Chang / M.I.C gadget:
Phenomenal Steve Jobs Figure Hands-on — I have been wanting an action figure version of Steve Jobs for a long time. Today, my dream comes true when I received the most phenomenal Steve Jobs action figure ever. It looks insanely like Steve, and here's my first hands-on impressions:
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Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Windows Phone 7 hitting Verizon stores ‘this holiday season,’ according to Microsoft tweet (update) — Looks like Microsoft took Big Red's challenge and decided to respond in kind, as the official Windows Phone Twitter feed claims that Windows Phone 7 devices are finally headed to Verizon.
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