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Confirmed: iPad 3 Has a 2048x1536 Retina Display — Over the past couple of months, several photos of displays claimed to be for the iPad 3 have surfaced from various sources. Such parts leaks are typical with the device's expected debut early next month.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple grants ABC access to its Chinese supply chain, report to air February 21st — Perhaps the most mainstream technology-company-related controversy within past few weeks has been in regards to Chinese supplier working conditions. In January, the New York Times published a lengthy … | Peter Burrows / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn Auditor Finds ‘Tons of Issues’ — Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — The Fair Labor Association, a watchdog monitoring working conditions at makers of Apple Inc. products, has uncovered “tons of issues” that need to be addressed at a Foxconn Technology Group plant in Shenzhen, China, FLA Chief Executive Officer Auret van Heerden said.| Clare Jim / Reuters: |
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Redesigning the Windows Logo — We have said that Windows 8 is a complete reimagination of the Windows operating system. Nothing has been left unexplored, including the Windows logo, to evaluate how it held up to modern PC sensibilities. The Windows logo is a strong and widely recognized mark … | Greg Sandoval / CNET: |
Microsoft mulls plan for new music service (exclusive) — The software maker has discussed with some of the major record companies about creating a music service to serve Xbox as well as an upcoming Windows-based phone. — Microsoft is in talks with some of the major record companies … | Jonathan Mayer / Web Policy: |
Safari Trackers — Apple's Safari web browser is configured to block third-party cookies by default. We identified four advertising companies that unexpectedly place trackable cookies in Safari. Google and Vibrant Media intentionally circumvent Safari's privacy feature.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
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Pinterest Is Not “Playing Dumb” About Making Money — It seems like everyone's discovered Pinterest this week! Alongside the countless posts dissecting its userbase over, sideways, and under have been a series of stories about how it's “secretly” “monetizing” — a fact unearthed … | Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
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iOS 5.1 GM hands-on: Japanese Siri support, new lock screen confirmed — We've got a hold of what is said to be Apple's iOS 5.1 GM, the version that will be released to the public on or around March 9th, and we can now confirm an earlier report detailing two new changes.| Felix Salmon: |
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Groupon On A Buying Spree: Buys Mobile Payment Specialist Kima Labs — Another acquisition for Groupon, and a sign of how the e-commerce company is getting more focused on mobile as a route to future growth: it has picked up Kima Labs, which makes mobile barcode reading app Barcode Hero and mobile payment app TapBuy.| Jenna Wortham / Bits: |
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iPhone 4 antennagate class-action lawsuit settled, owners to receive $15 or a free case — According to CNET, a class-action lawsuit over the iPhone 4's troublesome antenna, aka Antennagate, has been settled. The planned resolution will net US residents who bought one and presumably either $15 in cash or (another?) free bumper case.| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Current flash memory technologies won't scale beyond 2024, researchers say — NAND flash memory has become increasingly popular in recent years, giving new zip to computers through solid-state drives and providing storage in almost all modern mobile devices.| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
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Apple's Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork — There has been plenty of evidence that Apple is planning for ultra high resolution Mac displays. In July 2011, we first detailed the existence of a new “HiDPI” mode in OS X Lion. This HiDPI mode was put in place in anticipation … | Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
Improving Your Odds with mHealth — “Primary diagnoses are right 48% of the time. So if you go to the doctor and ask 'what's wrong with me' you'll have about a 50/50 chance of getting the right answer,” says Don Jones, VP of Qualcomm Life and l
Cloud Foundry Supports Node.js Modules with NPM — We are pleased to announce support for npm (Node Package Manager) which manages Node.js application module dependencies on CloudFoundry.com.
Episode 81 - Windows Azure Media Services — Join Nate and Nick each week as they cover Windows Azure. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow. — In this episode, we are joined by Alex Zambelli …
Meet Atlassian Stash: Git Repository Management for Enterprise Teams — Atlassian now offers a centralized solution to manage Git repositories behind the firewall. Streamlined for small agile teams, powerful enough for large organizations.
A milestone for the record books: 50 million people choose OpenDNS — Today is a big day for OpenDNS. We announced we're now 50 million strong. More than 50 million people around the world … This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:05 AM ET, February 18, 2012.
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