Top Items:
Philip Su / Facebook Blog:
Call Your Friends Right From Facebook — Over the last year, the messages team has been working to make it easier to have one on one conversations with your friends. In November, we launched the new messages, which brings together your chats, texts, emails and messages all in one place.
Discussion:
GeekWire, App Advice, AppleInsider, LAPTOP Magazine, SiliconFilter, 9to5Mac, CNET News, Friending Facebook Blog, This is my next, The Business Insider, BGR, ZDNet, Gizmodo, All Facebook, Search Engine Land, Inside Facebook, Digits, TechCrunch, Techland, WinRumors, @thepeterha, @dancosta, @maggieshiels, @rhodri, @maggieshiels, @larrymagid and MarketingVox News & Trends
RELATED:
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook Launches Skype-Powered Video Calling — Confirming our report last week, Facebook has just announced a major new feature that it's launching in tandem with Skype: video calling. — It's a feature that's been rumored for quite a while, and it's one that Facebook is putting a lot of weight behind.
Discussion:
Telegraph, mocoNews, AllThingsD, The Big Blog, PC Magazine, Macworld, CNET News, Gadget Lab, IntoMobile, The Next Web and Mashable!
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Launching Ad Hoc Group Chat, New Chat Design, Skype Video Calling — CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced that Facebook would be launching several new features, including ad hoc group chat, a new design for its Chat interface, and a Skype integration to allow for video calling.
Discussion:
Engadget, The Tech Trade, The Seattle Times and Mashable!
Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Facebook:
Zuckerberg Confirms That Facebook Has Reached 750 Million Monthly Actives
Discussion:
The Next Web and Mashable!
Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Preparing For New iPhone in Third Quarter — TAIPEI—Apple Inc. has placed orders for key components used in a next-generation iPhone it is preparing to launch sometime in the third quarter, according to people familiar with the situation. — According to some suppliers of components to Apple …
Discussion:
Ars Technica, Fast Company, PC Magazine, Mobile Marketing Watch, The Tech Trade, The Business Insider, CNET News, Appolicious Advisor, Between the Lines Blog, App Advice, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, GottaBeMobile, DisplayBlog, AllThingsD, Techland, everythingiCafe, GigaOM, Apple Bitch, Mac Post, Digital Trends, MacRumors, I4U News, PhoneArena, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, iPhone Buzz, BGR, Gadgetsteria, iThinkDifferent, Electronista, FierceWireless, iPhone Download Blog, IntoMobile, TiPb, SlashGear, TUAW and Gothamist
RELATED:
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
WSJ: Apple plans to build 25M thinner, lighter next-gen iPhones this year
Discussion:
Appolicious Advisor and GottaBeMobile
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
OmniVision's Production Issues Diverting iPhone Image Sensor Orders to Sony?
Discussion:
Tech Trader Daily and The Tech Trade
Miyoung Kim / Reuters:
Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license: report — Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system as the software giant has a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform, local media reported on Wednesday.
Discussion:
L.A. Times Tech Blog, GeekWire, eWeek, The Business Insider, VentureBeat, The Next Web, TechFlash, CNET News, Digital Trends, Seattle Times, ZDNet, AndroidOS.in, TechCrunch, Techie Buzz, MobileSyrup.com, Gizmodo, GamePolitics News, Android Phone Fans, PhoneDog.com, TechSpot, Hardware 2.0 Blog, IntoMobile, FierceWireless, SlashGear, Geek.com, Android Community, WMPU, Inquirer, WinRumors, Digitizor, PhoneArena and Electronista
RELATED:
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Google:
Microsoft seeking royalties from Samsung potentially worth $200 million a year on Galaxy S smartphone alone
Discussion:
GigaOM, Digital Trends, eWeek, BGR and @fosspatents
Jon Brodkin / Network World:
Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors
Discussion:
GMSV and Seattle Times
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
Official: Spotify announces it's coming to the US — It's official. Hot off the heels of its $100 million funding round, Spotify, Europe's most popular music service, has just announced it's coming to the U.S.
Discussion:
The Business Insider, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Engadget, TechCrunch Europe, Mashable! and Evolver.fm
Chris Van Der Westhuizen / The Official Google Blog:
Google Maps 5.7 for Android introduces Transit Navigation (Beta) and more — (Cross-posted on the Google Lat Long Blog and the Google Mobile Blog) — Today we're releasing Google Maps 5.7 for Android. From Bangkok to Baltimore, we've added Transit Navigation (Beta), updated access to directions …
Discussion:
Gizmodo, PhoneArena, Android and Me, The Next Web, IntoMobile, AndroidGuys, MobileBurn.com and Lifehacker
Jenna Wortham / Gadgetwise:
Is Google's Hangouts Its Killer App? — Last night a chatroom changed my life. — But it wasn't just any chatroom. It was a virtual “hangout,” the group video chat service that is a prominent feature of Google+, Google's new social-networking service that aims to challenge Facebook..
Discussion:
TechCrunch, Between the Lines Blog, Evolver.fm, Singularity Hub, Googling Google Blog, GMSV, The Next Web, NBC Bay Area and NBC Bay Area
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
On The Eve Of One Facebook Event, The Spartans Prepare For Another — Tomorrow morning at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Facebook is holding an event to show off an “awesome” new product. Our sources tell us that product with be the long-rumored Skype integration within Facebook for full …
Discussion:
TUAW, All Facebook, Friending Facebook Blog, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, OurielOhayon, Beth's Blog, MacStories, Softpedia News and SlashGear
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
The Perk Bubble Is Growing as Tech Booms Again — To Woo and Keep Employees, Start-Ups Stress Playthings; a Nap in the Tree House — At the new headquarters of San Francisco startup Airbnb, quirky amenities like an in-house tree house and a “peace room” give the office a “back to the dotcom '90s” feel.
Discussion:
The Business Insider, Gawker and Digits
NielsenWire:
Play Before Work: Games Most Popular Mobile App Category in US — Games continue to be the most popular app category, and according to Nielsen research, 93 percent of app downloaders — those who have downloaded an app within the past 30 days - are willing to pay for the games they play.
Discussion:
TechFlash, Computerworld, Hardware 2.0 Blog, CNET News, BetaNews, Mobile Marketing Watch, Communications …, mocoNews, Internet2Go, BGR, PhoneArena, GigaOM, WebProNews, FierceMobileContent and AllThingsD
Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Exclusive: redesigned Motorola Droid Bionic looks confirmed in Best Buy leak — “With the ferocious force of Verizon 4G LTE, the Droid Bionic is an all-powerful, unstoppable machine.” Pretty graphic language, isn't it? That's the opening line in this leaked Best Buy Mobile promo material …
Discussion:
The Business Insider, Engadget, Gizmodo, Android Community, GottaBeMobile, Android Phone Fans, SlashGear, Droid Life, VzBuzz, Android Central Podcast and Fonehome
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
With “Beyond Check-In” Notifications, Foursquare Goes Android-First — Over their history, Foursquare has been an iPhone-first company. The app initially launched on the iPhone back in 2009, and new features have typically rolled out to iPhone first. But with a new feature today …
Discussion:
Digital Trends, Android News, Rumours …, Foursquare Blog, WebProNews, VatorNews, WPCentral.com, MobileBurn.com and Techland, Thanks:luizgiannini
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Apple Escalates Samsung Fight With ITC Case — Apple Inc. (AAPL) filed a U.S. trade complaint that seeks to block imports of Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones and tablet computers, days after asking a federal court to halt sales of the devices. — The complaint submitted yesterday …
Discussion:
FOSS Patents, InfoWorld, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, PhoneDog.com, Phone Scoop, The Next Web and Electronista
Matt Weinberger / Googling Google Blog:
Google, Microsoft, AOL sued over Street View patent — Google, Microsoft, and AOL have found themselves the target of a lawsuit over a Louisiana company's patent on street-level views in online maps. — Details are fairly sparse, according to the original Reuters report.
Discussion:
Engadget, Pulse2 and Neowin.net
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Tests Google+ for Domains — A reader of this blog spotted some interface elements which show that Google+ will be available in Google Apps. … Right now, there's no support for Buzz or Profiles in Google Apps, but that should change in the near future.
Discussion:
VentureBeat, The Next Web, TechCrunch, www.thehostingnews.com, Adotas, Techland and Dice Blog Network
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Steve Jobs' bio gets a new title — “iSteve: The Book of Jobs” was the publisher's idea. The author had second thoughts. — Amazon still doesn't have the title quite right — The first biography of Apple's (AAPL) CEO to get Steve Jobs' blessing — and cooperation — hasn't yet been published.
Discussion:
Shiny Objects, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Observatory and iPhone Download Blog
