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| Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: |
iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars server logs — A snippet of our server logs that show iPads coming from Apple's corporate IP block allegedly running iOS 6 — Are employees at Apple already using the so-called iPad 3—possibly running iOS 6—to surf the Web ahead of its expected announcement on March 7?
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Digital Trends, The TechBlock, SlashGear, TUAW, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup.com, PadGadget, IntoMobile, Mashable!, Redmond Pie, Geek.com, WebProNews, iClarified, OS X Daily, iDownloadBlog.com, Macgasm, Gotta Be Mobile, Business Insider, The Verge, eBookNewser, Gizmodo, Know Your Cell, I4U News, PhoneArena, Current Editorials, everythingiCafe, The Next Web, iLounge and App Advice
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| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Apple throws weight around in TV negotiations — While Apple harbors big TV ambitions, it's having a tough time getting media companies to play along. — Apple is pushing ahead with plans to launch a streaming TV service by Christmas — despite making little headway in its negotiations with content providers, The Post has learned.
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Ars Technica, Business Insider, Computerworld, Washington Post, Fudzilla, DailyTech, LAPTOP Magazine, TUAW, Apple Bitch, Pulse2 Technology …, VentureBeat, MacNN, App Advice, BGR, PadGadget, paidContent, I4U News, AppleInsider, DSLreports, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, The Verge, everythingiCafe, iClarified and PalmAddicts
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Channels as apps? How Apple could reinvent television — The reports of Apple's attempts to come out with a new television product just got a little more interesting. — The New York Post has behind-the-scenes details on Apple's attempts to convince content providers to make their shows available …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Giant Bing Search Box Appears On Facebook's Logout Page — Soon when you logout of Facebook, you could be greeted with a full recreation of the Bing home page, complete with pretty photo and an active search box. Facebook has wasted no time launching the new logout page ad unit it unveiled on Wednesday.
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| Brendan McGarry / Bloomberg: |
Air Force Gives $9 Million Award for as Many as 18,000 IPads — The U.S. Air Force awarded a $9.36 million contract to buy as many as 18,000 Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPad 2s in one of the military's largest orders of computer tablets. — Air Mobility Command announced the award today …
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Apple Claims Credit for 514,000 U.S. Jobs — Many people are concerned about the labor that supports the creation of Apple products overseas, for instance at the enormous Foxconn facility in China. But look over here, Apple said today. Among manufacturing, transportation … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iPad 3 prices and features matrix revealed — iPad 3 price matrix will be the same as iPad 2, above — One of the remaining mysteries ahead of the iPad 3 launch next week are the prices and configurations. If you don't like surprises we have good news.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Yelp Shares Pop Over 60 Percent In Early Trading; Valued At $1.3 Billion — Wow. Reviews site Yelp just saw a huge pop it early trading of its stock on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. Yelp opened at $22 per share, after pricing at $15 last night.| Tim Stevens / Engadget: |
Windows 8 registry shows nine separate flavors to choose from — With each subsequent release of Windows we're left bracing for what will surely be another overwhelming assortment of retail packaging options. With Windows 7 there was a dizzying 6 SKUs to choose from, and we're sorry to say that …
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| Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal: |
Retailers Join Payment Chase — Two Words: Digital Wallet—Wal-Mart and Target Join Project Aiming to Make Plastic Obsolete — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are among roughly two dozen retailers working together to develop a mobile-payments system to compete with similar products … | Electronista: |
Intel accidentally confirms entire Ivy Bridge launch lineup — Intel spoils own Ivy Bridge processor mix — Intel committed one of its bigger gaffes in recent memory after it briefly posted a product list (PDF, since pulled) showing the Ivy Bridge processor lineup for launch.| Tom Markworth / The Official Roku Blog: |
Introducing the Roku App for Android — The Roku app is now available on the Android Market! Use the app to explore, rate channels, and much more - all with the tap of a finger. — What else does it do? Glad you asked: — Instantly replay your favorite movie moments.
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Android Market, Engadget, Zatz Not Funny!, PhoneArena, The Next Web and Electronista
| Zach Epstein / BGR: |
Samsung Galaxy S III launch reportedly confirmed for April — The sequel to Samsung's wildly popular Galaxy S II will launch in April. ZDNet Korea claims to have confirmed the time frame with Cheil Worldwide, Samsung's marketing and advertising agency. The firm is reportedly planning … | Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Apple TV stock shortages appear, sources say new model imminent — It looks like there may be a little more fact behind some of the Apple TV fiction we've been hearing over the past few days. According to sources (as well as Apple Store stock counters), the current Apple TV …
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| John Plunkett / Guardian: |
Google wins libel case over Blogger comments — Man took action after comments were written about him on the London Muslim section of Google's Blogger.com website — A former Tory local council candidate has failed in his libel action against Google over comments posted about him on a blog.| Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
Police Censor Google, Facebook and 8,000 Other Sites by Accident — Censorship online is an emotive issue. — Some people believe that all information should be free and as adults it should be our right to be able to make our own choices in deciding what to view.
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| Dirk Singer / Lies, damned lies and statistics: |
Instagram hits 25 million users - you heard it here first — Since Christmas the mobile photo network Instagram has gained over ten million users. This makes Instagram the largest mobile only social network with a global reach (see comment and update below). Foursquare by comparison is on around 22 million.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Foursquare's Inflection Point: People Using The App, But Not Checking In — When Dennis Crowley, the CEO of Foursquare, visited the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last year, he told me he spent a lot of time explaining Foursquare to the operators and vendors that are the main visitors at this event.Thanks:@saurini
| Georgina Prodhan / Reuters: |
Analysis: Facebook seeks breakthrough in mobile ad market — (Reuters) - For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer — exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half a billion mobile phone users as a way of opening up the mobile market to blue chip advertisers.
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Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
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99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
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University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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