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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.
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PC World, Forbes, Hardware 2.0 Blog, App Advice, Apple Bitch, Phones Review, MacGazette, Softpedia News, PC Magazine, PadGadget, Examiner, TUAW, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup.com, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, Redmond Pie, Geek.com, The Verge, VentureBeat, Mashable!, The Next Web, iPhone, iDownloadBlog.com, iPad in Canada Blog, WebProNews, Engadget, Gizmodo, everythingiCafe, 9to5Mac, Electronista and Slashdot. Thanks:@wildcowboy
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple grants ABC access to its Chinese supply chain, report to air February 21st — The most mainstream technology company-related controversy within the past few weeks is most likely the issue of Chinese supplier-working conditions. In January, the New York Times published a lengthy …
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Faster Chromebooks to leapfrog today's slowpokes — Even for those who buy into cloud computing, the first-generation Chromebook can be painfully pokey. But next-gen models should appeal to more people. — Sundar Pichai, SVP of Chrome — Because I've got cloud-computing religion …
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| 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 … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Coming March 22: Angry Birds Space — It seems that planet Earth isn't big enough for Angry Birds anymore. The cute cartoon characters are headed into the void with the upcoming Angry Birds Space game from Rovio. — Angry Birds has been the major success story of mobile games …
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Rovio, MacStories, IntoMobile, PC World, Softpedia News, Joystiq, Engadget, BGR, The Verge, WebProNews, VG247, Gotta Be Mobile, Kotaku, TechCrunch and AllThingsD. Thanks:@deantak
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
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.
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Apple Files Competition Claim Against Motorola Mobility — Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. said Apple Inc. filed a complaint with the European Union's competition authority accusing the company of violating a pledge to license industry-standard patents on fair terms.
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
New Charges Against Megaupload — A Virginia grand jury filed additional criminal charges on Thursday against Megaupload, the online file sharing site that U.S. authorities shut down in January and charged with copyright theft. — The new indictment, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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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| Jonathan S. Geller / BGR: |
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.| TechCrunch: |
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 …
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| Felix Salmon: |
Aleynikov goes free — Count me in, with Choire Sicha, as being very happy that Sergey Aleynikov is once again a free man. To cut a long story short, Aleynikov used to work in high-frequency trading for Goldman Sachs, earning $400,000 a year. He then got offered a job in Chicago, earning three times that amount.
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