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| Ira Glass / This American Life Updates: |
Retracting “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory” — I have difficult news. We've learned that Mike Daisey's story about Apple in China - which we broadcast in January - contained significant fabrications. We're retracting the story because we can't vouch for its truth. This is not a story we commissioned.
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Tweets: @eldon, @mims and @emilydparker
See also Mediagazer| Rob Schmitz / Marketplace from American Public Media: |
An acclaimed Apple critic made up the details — Apple got a lot of attention recently over conditions in the Chinese factories that make its iPhones and iPads. The public radio show “This American Life” aired an electrifying account of one man's visit to several factories.
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See also Mediagazer| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
This American Life Retracts Its Damning Episode About Apple and Foxconn — This American Life has retracted its episode on Apple and Foxconn. — The episode detailed life at Foxconn and painted a damaging picture of life for employees. — This American Life says the show was “partially fabricated.”
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Tweets: @pkafka, @anildash and @hotdogsladies
See also Mediagazer| Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me: |
Rumor: Nexus tablet is a “done deal”, to retail for as low as $149 — Earlier this month we revealed that Google had chosen ASUS to produce their upcoming “Nexus tablet.” This report was later echoed by Digitimes, who said the 7-inch tablet could arrive as early as May.| Lukas Mathis / ignore the code: |
The New iPad's Screen Under the Microscope — Like any self-respecting UI designer, I have a cheap digital microscope sitting on my desk.1 Here are some pictures comparing a bunch of different screens. They're all taken at approximately the same magnification.2
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| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
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| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
New Verizon iPad Runs on AT&T 3G Networks with AT&T Micro-SIM — One of the major selling features of the new Verizon iPad Wi-Fi + 4G LTE is its compatibility with GSM networks for international roaming purposes. But what hasn't been clear is whether users could insert an AT&T micro-SIM card …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Zynga No Longer Has The Biggest Game On Facebook By Daily Users. OMGPOP Does. — Here's a crazy turn of events: Zynga no longer has the biggest game on Facebook by daily active users. — OMGPOP, the New York-based casual gaming company that has had a huge comeback in the last month … | Kevin Rose / Google+: |
I'm beyond excited to announce that the Milk crew (+Kevin Rose +Daniel Burka +Chris Hutchins +Joshua Lane) is joining Google! It's been a privilege to use Google products over the years (I still remember begging for a Gmail invite) and I can't wait to be a part of the amazing team that is shaping the future of the web. :)
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Tweets: @jason, @chergaoui, @om, @elatable, @om and @spencerchen
| Jonny Evans / Computerworld: |
Collected video: the whole world wants an iPad in its hand — The new Apple [AAPL] iPad briefly hits store shelves across ten countries this morning and the video evidence shows thousands are rushing to get hold of the new device, demand for which is “off the charts”.| Jenna Wortham / Bits: |
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AppleInsider, Electronista, Telegraph, The Register, AppleInsider, The Register, CNET, Bloomberg, Reuters, Computerworld, AllThingsD, GeekWire, Shiny Objects, Fortune, Softpedia News, MacDailyNews, Appolicious Advisor, NBC Bay Area, ABCNEWS, MacRumors, MacStories, CNET and App Advice. Tweets: @scobleizer
| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Will Retina-ready iPad apps explode in size? Not necessarily — In case you hadn't heard, the sky is falling. iPad apps as we've known them are about to get super-sized and are now on a collision course with whatever space you thought you had on your iPad—old or new.
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Said to Plan Debut of New Xbox in 2013 at Earliest — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will release the next version of its Xbox console in 2013 at the earliest, as the company squeezes at least one more year of sales out of its current model, said two people with knowledge of the matter.
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| James Bamford / Wired: |
The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) — The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze. Bluffdale sits in a bowl-shaped valley in the shadow of Utah's Wasatch Range to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west.
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The Firewall, The Awl, Gizmodo and dailywireless.org
| Cristina Cordova: |
Oink's Data Privacy Breach: Download the Data of Any User with Their Own Export Tool — When Oink shut down yesterday, I used their export tool so that I could do something useful with the information I gave them. In requesting my data, which I did simply by filling out a form with only my username, I received the email below.
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PC Magazine, The Verge, VentureBeat and App Advice
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft seeks patent on monetizing buttons of TV remote — How much would you pay to watch a replay of a great play, or skip a bunch of television commercials? And should you have to? — Those are a couple of the questions raised by a newly surfaced Microsoft patent application.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Satisfaction, Thy Name Is iPhone — Here's a data point sure to get prominent mention during Apple's next big media event. The iPhone has once again claimed the top ranking in J.D. Power's semiannual smartphone satisfaction study. — For the seventh consecutive time.| Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal: |
Google in New Privacy Probes — Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with the investigations. Google stopped the practice last month … | Tim Rowe / AllThingsD: |
The New Law That Will Turn the Start-Up World Upside Down: Crowdfunding — Remember that special moment when we all realized that the Web was going to remake yard sales and auctions, but we didn't know yet who was going to win? (And then eBay left the rest in the dust?)
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the Econsultancy blog and BostInno
| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Transfer files inside Facebook, thanks to Pipe — File transfer is coming to Facebook early next week in the form of a new app called Pipe. — The app is set to go into beta on Monday after an official unveiling at the London Web Summit. — Yes, it's already possible to transfer files …
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The Verge and All Facebook
| Wall Street Journal: |
Kleiner Perkins Planning to Raise New Venture Fund — Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers plans to start fund raising for a new early-stage fund, said people familiar with the plans. — The Menlo Park, Calif., venture firm, which has backed tech companies such as Google Inc …
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