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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Exclusive: Android ‘Jelly Bean’ comes after Ice Cream Sandwich (update) — We're hearing from a trusted source this afternoon that the next version of Android after Ice Cream Sandwich will be known as “Jelly Bean,” continuing Google's longstanding tradition of naming Android builds after sweet treats in alphabetical order.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Sprint Is Said to Plan Unlimited Data With IPhone 5 to Stand Out From Pack — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) will offer Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone next month with unlimited data service plans to distinguish itself from rivals AT&T Inc. (T) and Verizon Wireless, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Sprint blacks out first half of October for iPhone 5 launch
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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Sprint To Offer Unlimited Data For iPhone, But Will It Last?
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The New Apple Advantage — Peter Bright wrote a good piece earlier this week at Ars Technica, documenting his attempt to buy a MacBook Air-like Windows laptop (he doesn't want an Air running Windows using Boot Camp because he doesn't like Apple's U.K. keyboard) and finds the experience confusing …
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Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
More Bad News For Groupon: Sales Team Files Class-Action Suit — Earlier this week came reports that the daily-deals site, suddenly unpopular with both users and investors, is considering shelving its long-expected IPO. Now comes more bad news—Groupon's own employees have filed a class-action suit against the company.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft to give Hotmail an image (and feature) makeover — Summary: Microsoft is planning a Hotmail press event in October that may mark the introduction of a new (and maybe HTML5-based) version of its Web-based e-mail service. — Microsoft is inviting New York and San Francisco press …
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Graham Cluley / Naked Security:
NBC News Twitter account hacked with fake news of 9/11 Ground Zero attack — Sick-minded hackers have broken into the Twitter account of NBC News and posted messages claiming that there has been a terrorist attack at Ground Zero in New York. — The bogus messages claimed that Flight 4782 …
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Google's Zagat buy could give search critics more ammo — Google's acquisition of Zagat, which was announced on the Google blog on Thursday, is a relatively small one for the search-engine giant: less than $66 million, according to some estimates. But the ripples created by the deal …
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Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
WSJ: Google Paid $125MM for Zagat
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Tempting f8 — We're now less than two weeks away from Facebook's f8 conference. While it's later than usual this year, Facebook uses the event to lay out their vision for the upcoming year and beyond. Typically, the event is big for developers, but this year may feature a few user-facing surprises as well.
Jonny Evans / Computerworld:
Adobe brings Flash-free-Flash to Apple iPad, iPhone — At long last Adobe Flash has come to an iPad or iPhone. At long last, Adobe finally seems to have got the idea in its long-running dispute with Apple [AAPL] over the once important media encoding technology. Flash will in future run on Apple devices — no Flash required.
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Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Will Yahoo Acquire AOL? Apparently Not — Rumors come, rumors go. — AOL shares brief got a boost earlier today after Bloomberg reported that CEO Tim Armstrong is taking with advisers to Yahoo about a potential combination of the two struggling online content companies.
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Tom Loftus / Digits:
Thinking Big: Square Expands Retail Reach of Tiny Device — San Francisco's Square is counting on big boxes to sell a lot tiny credit card readers. — The Square Card Reader, the inch-wide device that attaches to Apple iOS and Google Android devices for credit card and debit transactions …
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Facebook Begins Testing Friend Filters in News Feed [PICS] — Facebook has begun testing a slew of changes to the News Feed, including friend list filters and Smart Lists that automatically categorize your friends. — The changes seem to be aimed at making the content within the News Feed more relevant.
Mike Rosenberg / Mercury News:
Cupertino residents fear traffic boom from Apple Campus 2 — Not everyone is thrilled at the prospect of living next to one of the biggest buildings in the Bay Area, as residents from three cities told Cupertino officials Thursday that Apple's plan for a second mega-campus may simply be too big and busy.
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Todd Haselton / BGR:
Netflix app now supports all Android Froyo/Gingerbread devices — Netflix updated its Android application on Friday with support for any smartphone running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Netflix launched an Android app in May of this year, but it initially only supported a handful of high-end devices.
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Agam Shah / Computerworld:
Nvidia CEO: Intel ousted company from chipset market — Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Intel preferred it not stay in the chipset business — IDG News Service - Nvidia concluded that it would exit the chipset business as Intel made it impossible for the company to operate in the market …
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Bloomberg:
Intel Said to Weigh InterDigital Bid — Intel Corp. (INTC) is among companies considering submitting bids for InterDigital Inc.'s patent portfolio this month, while Google Inc. (GOOG) is losing interest in the assets, said people with knowledge of the matter.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Car Rental Marketplace Getaround Gets Around $3.4 Million — Car rental community Getaround is announcing a $3.4 million seed round today, with participation from Netflix founder Marc Randolph, Powerset founder Barney Pell, WordPress' Matt Mullenweg, Redpoint Ventures, General Catalyst, Michael Arrington's Crunchfund and others.
Zach Epstein / BGR:
RIM may be rushing BlackBerry Colt QNX phone amid weak BlackBerry 7 sales — Research In Motion is said to be rushing its first QNX-powered smartphone to market in light of underwhelming BlackBerry 7 devices sales. In a note to investors on Friday, Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek suggested demand …
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Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
Apple tops J.D. Power customer satisfaction survey, grim reading for RIM and Nokia — Not only is Apple shipping the most smartphones, it's also shipping the best smartphones — if you believe the stats in J.D. Power and Associates' latest US customer satisfaction survey.
