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Apple Says it Has Fixed Server Bug Led to Crashing Apps — Apple said late Thursday that it has resolved a glitch that was causing some apps downloaded from its online store to crash upon launch. — “We had a temporary issue that began yesterday with a server that generated DRM code … | Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch — Last night, within minutes of Apple approving the Instapaper 4.2.3 update, I was deluged by support email and Twitter messages from customers saying that it crashed immediately on launch, even with a clean install.
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Amazon Said To Plan Smartphone To Vie With Apple — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is developing a smartphone that would vie with Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone and handheld devices that run Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Android operating system, two people with knowledge of the matter said.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft confirms enthusiasts' fears: No more versions of Windows Home Server — Summary: Windows Home Server 2011 is the last version of Microsoft's home-server operating system, company officials have finally confirmed. — Follow @maryjofoley — After a year-plus of hints and rumors …
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“Search & discovery in @twitter set to change forever after tmrw.” says Twitter engineer — Twitter is preparing to make a major update to the search and discovery side of the popular microblogging platform tomorrow, according to one of its senior engineers.| Joanna Stern / ABC News: |
Google Confirms Galaxy Nexus Sales Stopped in Apple-Samsung Case, Fix Coming Next Week — While Apple and Samsung's phones and tablets battle it out on store shelves, the companies (and Google) have been battling it out in the courtroom in ongoing patent disputes.| Scott Austin / Digits: |
Security Researchers Backtrack on Android Malware Claim — Internet security researchers said Thursday they may have been mistaken about claims that mobile devices powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system were hacked and used to send spam emails. — The researchers …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo CEO Search in Final Stages, With Levinsohn and Kilar in Lead — According to sources close to the situation, the search for a new CEO for troubled Internet giant Yahoo is closing in on several key candidates in the mix, in what appears to be coming down to a contest between interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
Researchers Say iPhone Users Hit With App Store's First Ever Spam-Sending App — A screenshot from Find and Call's website. — Just as antivirus researchers congratulated Apple for keeping the iPhone free of nasty apps five full years after its release, spammers seem to have finally tarnished that spotless record.| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
| Ann Zimmerman / Wall Street Journal: |
Best Buy Tries On Apple's Sleek Look — RICHFIELD, Minn.—Best Buy Co. is testing a new turnaround strategy: making its cavernous electronics emporiums look more like Apple Inc.'s sleek retail outlets. — The heart of a test store near Best Buy's headquarters here is a Solution Central help desk …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft reportedly killing off desktop gadget support in Windows 8 — Windows desktop gadgets, originally introduced in Windows Vista, will reportedly be removed from the final version of Windows 8. That's the word from Win8china, a site that has obtained one of the latest internal builds of Windows 8.
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| Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed: |
The Pauls' New Crusade: “Internet Freedom” — Defending the Internet — and the corporations that invest in it — from government regulation is the new “End the Fed,” Paul advisors tell BuzzFeed exclusively. A new Paul manifesto: “This is our revolution.”| Tony Chan / CommsDay: |
Facebook becomes a telco: invests in Asia subsea cable — Facebook has made its first investment in a subsea cable system: the Asia Pacific Gateway. According to a Malaysian stock exchange filing by Malaysia's Time dotCom, the latest member to join the APG cable consortium …
| Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Samsung's Galaxy powers record $5.9 billion profit — (Reuters) - Soaraway sales of the Galaxy smartphone drove record quarterly profit of $5.9 billion at Samsung Electronics, though the South Korean tech giant is sweating over how Europe's debt crisis is denting demand in its biggest market for televisions and home appliances.| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Google+ Hangouts get live captions — Hearing-impaired users of Google's Hangouts group video chats can now follow the conversation through live captions, thanks to a new Hangouts app released Thursday at the National Association of the Deaf's annual conference in Louisville …
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Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync — (Reuters) - The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) smartphone technology battle is questioning whether patents should cover software or most other industries at all.| Carl Bildt / New York Times: |
A Victory for the Internet — In a ground-breaking vote on an issue that affects all of us, the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday endorsed a resolution upholding the principle of freedom of expression and information on the Internet. — The broad support for the resolution demonstrated …
| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
Index Shows iOS Programming Language Now In Top 3 As Mobile Development Booms — According to the TIOBE Index, Objective-C is now more popular than C++, showing proof that mobile development is surging ahead as we enter the post-PC era. — Objective-C is the object-oriented programming language used by developers for iOS.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Opera Web Browser Unblocks The Pirate Bay — Back in 2006 Opera was the first major browser to include BitTorrent support. Today, however, it has another interesting feature for BitTorrent users. The browser offers a “Turbo” service which makes websites load faster for users on a slow connection.
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| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
IFAB gives goal-line technology the nod, first official run will be at this year's FIFA Club World Cup — For years and years now, football (soccer) fans have been asking themselves when FIFA would finally realize the “beautiful game” needed to start implementing some sort of tech to help referees …
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Supply of Apple's 27" iMac drying up as Ivy Bridge upgrade awaits — With the last iMac update having arrived more than a year ago, third-party resellers are now starting to see limited availability of Apple's big-screen 27-inch desktop Mac. — As of Wednesday, AppleInsider noticed stock-outs …
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Computerworld and WebProNews
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Archos announces Carbon 97, a 9.7-inch $249.99 tablet with Android 4.0 — Archos isn't the biggest name in tablets, but the company has been brisk about offering Android 4.0 at bargain prices. After the launch of the Child Pad in late May, Archos is apparently turning its attention to competing with the Nexus 7.Sponsor Posts
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