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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: @emilydparker and @mims
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: @hotdogsladies, @pkafka and @anildash
See also Mediagazer| Rob Schmitz / Marketplace from American Public Media: |
| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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: @om, @chergaoui, @spencerchen, @om, @jason and @elatable
| 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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| 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.| 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 …
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Bits, All Facebook, Business Insider and New World Notes
| 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 … | 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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VentureBeat, VatorNews, Ars Technica, The Next Web, TechSpot, The Next Web, Kotaku, ITworld.com and MCV: Home Stream
| 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.
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eWeek, Daring Fireball, Internet2Go, The Register, Fortune, CNET, Telecompetitor, 24/7 Wall St., SlashGear, parislemon, PhoneArena, The Next Web and J.D. Power
| Bobbie Johnson / GigaOM: |
Groupon UK told to clean up after record complaints — Over the last year, the U.K. arm of Groupon has been the subject of a record number of complaints about the way it advertises deals to users, makes claims about products on sale and treats users. — Now the company has been told … | 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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| 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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VentureBeat and App Advice
| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
Evidence of Apple chip design change in iPad teardown — Apple needs some serious silicon to drive that gorgeous, pixel-dense display. — (Credit: Apple) — Apple has changed the design of the main chip in the new iPad with tweaks to accommodate a higher-performing chip, according to teardown analysis.
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Recent Teardowns, PadGadget, BGR and TUAW
| Brian Caulfield / Shiny Objects: |
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Business Insider, Computerworld and Geek.com
| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Confirmed: Sprint pulls the plug on LightSquared 4G contract, repays $65 million — Reports suggested it was imminent but today Sprint has officially confirmed that it has pulled the plug on its LTE 4G contract with LightSquared, which will return $65 million in repayments to the struggling wireless company.
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Engadget, BetaNews, Sprintfeed, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, BGR, GeekWire, The Verge, Business Wire, Bloomberg, The Register, PhoneNews.com, SlashGear and IntoMobile
| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
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