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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Launching New iPhone in October, Not September — So those rumors claiming the iPhone 5 will debut in late September? They're wrong. — Instead, it's going to be an October surprise — the month in which Apple will be launching its next-generation iPhone.
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Farewell Flash? Adobe Launches HTML5 Web Animations Tool “Adobe Edge” — Today, Adobe is launching a new tool called Adobe Edge which will allow creative professionals to design animated Web content using Web standards like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Not Flash.
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Bloomberg:
Apple Suit Puts Samsung Tablet Sales in Australia on Hold — Apple Inc. escalated a patent dispute against Samsung Electronics Co. and won an agreement that the South Korean company won't sell the newest version of its tablet computer in Australia until a lawsuit is resolved.
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Google Chrome overtakes Firefox to become UK's second most popular web browser — Internet browser passes Firefox, with speed and a nationwide advertising campaign credited for the rise in popularity — Google's Chrome is Britain's second most popular browser, a sign of the internet giant's increasing grip on the UK search market.
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Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Windows Phone revenue “abysmal”, still better than Android — The Seattle PI has done some sleuthing in Microsoft's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and found out that by subtracting a few figures, you get a rough $600 million dollars in revenue for fiscal year 2011 for Windows Mobile and Windows Phone.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Best Buy moves into the connected TV business with Tivo's user interface — Internet connected TVs are becoming a lot more mainstream. The latest sign of that is that Best Buy is announcing its own house label model, dubbed the Insignia Connected TV. — Best Buy, the nation's largest …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Square Now Processing $4 Million In Mobile Payments Per Day — Flush with $100 million in new funding, Square is continuing to grow like a weed in the mobile payments space. After passing the $3 million mark at the end of May, Square is now processing $4 million in mobile payments daily …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth Pipes Everywhere” — This last week we've all watched in horror as the story unfolded about an Airbnb user who had her home ransacked a month ago. — Other than the sideshow of us getting dragged into the story, it seemed to be winding down yesterday.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The iPhone's First Full Quarter on Verizon — Jenna Wortham, reporting for the NYT last week: … Wortham's story is about Verizon, so it makes sense to focus first on the fact that the iPhone continues to sell better on AT&T. But what I find interesting is how much better it's selling than Android phones:
John Markoff / New York Times:
Data Centers' Power Use Less Than Was Expected — SAN FRANCISCO — Data centers' unquenchable thirst for electricity has been slaked by the global recession and by a combination of new power-saving technologies, according to an independent report on data center power use from 2005 to 2010.
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Mike Elgan / Cult of Mac:
Why Google is a Better Apple Friend than Enemy — A casual observer might be forgiven for thinking that to Apple, Google is Enemy #1. Apple's most profitable (and therefore important) businesses center on the iPhone and iPad. The most serious competitors in both these product categories run on Google's Android platform.
Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Facebook expands UK operation — Facebook is moving into a larger office in London as it expands its advertising business operation in the UK. — Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook's founder and chief. — However, the social networking company has shunned Silicon Roundabout …
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