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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Apple announces iPhone 5 event for Oct. 4 — Apple on Tuesday officially announced its iPhone 5 launch event. According to the invitation received by The Loop, the event will be held on October 4 at Apple's Cupertino, Calif. campus. The event will begin at 10:00 am PT.
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Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
How the teardrop iPhone design wound up in the hands of every case maker in China — The idea of a next-generation iPhone shaped like a teardrop dates back to a report published by This is my next in late-April, describing a 3.7-inch iPhone with edge-to-edge glass and striking new design shape akin …
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Announces October 4 Event: Let's Talk iPhone — Apple this morning announced an invitation-only special event to be held at company headquarters in Cupertino on Oct. 4, a Tuesday. “Let's Talk iPhone,” the invitation reads. — While the next-generation iPhone's design has been heavily debated …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple's iPhone 5 very likely to be released on October 14th, iOS 5 on the 12th
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Let's talk: 1 new iPhone, not 2?
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9to5Mac, Business Insider, Real Dan Lyons Web Site and TechPinions
Victor Agreda, Jr / TUAW:
Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic — We've been sitting on a tip for a while until things came into greater focus, but now that the speculation meter has exploded (see this CNet story), it's a good time to tell you all what we've heard. It seems that the “product transition” …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Groupon Closes The Redemption Loop With Loyalty Rewards — Groupon may be struggling to get its IPO out the door, but that is not stopping it from introducing new products. Up until now, Groupon has built a billion-dollar business by getting local merchants to offer great one-time deals to consumers.
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Ryan Block / gdgt:
Oh, one more thing about the Amazon tablet: the second, better version is coming very soon — Yesterday I posted about how the Kindle teams used the RIM PlayBook to get a color e-reader product out the door (gdgt.com/discuss/the- amazon-tablet-will- look-like-...).
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Jeffrey Meisner / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft Neutralizes Kelihos Botnet, Names Defendant in Case — Building on the recent successes of the Rustock and Waledac botnet takedowns, I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft has taken down the Kelihos botnet in an operation codenamed “Operation b79” using similar legal and technical measures …
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Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Google's Biggest Threat Is Google — Google faces antitrust inquiries and competition from all corners. But its biggest threat is Google itself, Larry Page, its chief executive and co-founder, said Tuesday. — “There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions,” …
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AllThingsD, Search Engine Land and Digits
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
“Tizen” is Intel and Samsung's answer to Android — This is that combination of MeeGo and LiMo — neither of which have any serious adoption — that I wrote about earlier. It looks like an Intel- and Samsung-led rival to Android — which is selling well, but has patent issues, and is increasingly under Google's control.
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Ingrid Lunden / mocoNews:
Don't Count MeeGo Out Yet: Report Says Samsung, Others To Join Intel
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Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Hackers leak data of Goldman Sachs CEO — Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, is the latest target of hackers leaking personal information. — Hackers today released personal information for Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein.
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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Windows Phone 7.5 ‘Mango’ release details and updated review — As promised, Windows Phone 7.5 will start rolling out to existing handsets starting this week, capping off a journey that began back in February when Microsoft first teased milestone features like multitasking and IE9 integration …
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Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Toshiba Thrive 7-inch coming in early December for less than $400 (hands-on) — Release a 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb tablet. Shrink it. Shave a few dollars off the price and release it. That seems to be the checklist on the desk of every major Android tablet manufacturer …
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Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Mobile Chief: Within 1-2 Years, We're Going To Be A Mobile Company — Facebook has their sights locked on mobile. We know that. This afternoon at GigaOm's Mobilize conference, Facebook Mobile Chief Erick Tseng touched on just how crucial mobile is to them — and more importantly, how crucial it will be.
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Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Get ready for the great cable unbundling — The cable industry is pulling an about-face on the issue of a la carte programming, due to increasingly expensive content rights and a weakening economy making bundles of network programming less affordable for the average consumer.
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AVOS:
A New Flavor...Still Delicious — Hey there, we have some great news - the new Delicious site is now live! Today's a big day for us, and there's lots to share. We'll try to keep it brief so you can start using the new service and giving us feedback! — Back to Beta — “What if they say I'm no good?
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Matt Lingard / mattlingard tumblr:
Delicious fail — While i understand the need for Beta …
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Owen Billcliffe / my glass eye:
Instagram 2.0 review: Insta-grumble — Instagram has been my favourite iPhone photo app for about a year now. It doesn't have the nebulous wealth of filter options of PictureShow or the ubiquitous Hipstamatic but it's simple, effective, social and fun; the dozen or so filters are varied and distinct …
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Daring Fireball and MacStories
Electronista:
Firefox 7 goes live with leaner, faster design — Mozilla posts Firefox 7 final to FTP — Mozilla on Tuesday posted the finished versions of Firefox 7 (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows). The new release is still part of Mozilla's fast track schedule and focuses most on running faster and more efficiently than before.
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0 Blog:
Mozilla adds ‘telemetry’ feature to Firefox 7
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony to Stop Paying for 3D Glasses in May 2012 (Exclusive) … Sony Pictures Entertainment has notified theater owners in a letter that it will no longer pay for 3D glasses, beginning in May 2012, marking a major policy shift that many other studios are likely considering.
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Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
SYNERGISTIC! Actor Ashton Kutcher Name Drops Startup Investments During Two & A Half Men — Actor and VC Ashton Kutcher used a laptop splattered with startup logos during Two & A Half Men last night. — Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley noticed. — A couple of the startups - including Foursquare - are Kutcher investments.
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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Fortune releases new Kindle-exclusive eBook on the rise of Steve Jobs — Fortune magazine on Tuesday released “All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple from the pages of FORTUNE,” an eBook available exclusively from Amazon's Kindle Store. — The eBook, which can also be read …
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Electronista, TUAW and The Next Web
Roger Cheng / CNET News:
Sprint to launch own 4G LTE network in early 2012 (scoop) — Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse speaking at an emerging technology conference last year. — Sprint Nextel will launch its own 4G LTE network early next year. — The company is already installing LTE equipment …
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple complains about timing of Verizon's proposed amicus brief in Samsung case — On Friday, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon, asked a federal court for permission to file an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief in support of Samsung against Apple, and provided its proposed brief at the same time.
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Why Facebook Works for All, Twitter for Some — It finally makes sense to me. — On Friday evening I was in Los Angeles, Calif., visiting my sister. We were at a restaurant, chatting away about life, when my sister ebulliently announced that she wanted to “Tweet about our meal.”
