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| Bloomberg: |
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.
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Telegraph, Computerworld, GeekWire, Tech Source, Pocket-lint, 24/7 Wall St., Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, MobileSyrup.com, Gizmodo, Engadget, 9to5Google, Mobile Industry Review, SoMobile, Android Authority, The Next Web, Phones Review, SplatF, UnleashthePhones, Android Phone Fans, CNET, Softpedia News, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, Gadgetsteria, USA Today, digitaltrends.com, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, DroidMatters.com, IntoMobile, CNET, Pocketnow, I4U News, Webomatica and Business Insider
| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
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 …
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iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, WebProNews, SoMobile, VentureBeat, CNET, Digits, Los Angeles Times, PadGadget, Engadget and Computerworld
| 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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AllThingsD, ZDNet, Apple Bitch, Macworld, Glasshouse Apps, Betabeat, Macworld Australia, MacStories, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Gadgetsteria, TechSpot, The Next Web, CNET, PC World, Mashable!, Neowin, Mobile Magazine, PadGadget, Digital Media Wire and TechCrunch. Tweets: @stuartgibson. See also Mediagazer
| 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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The Seattle Times
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
“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.| 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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| 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.
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Know Your Mobile, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Phones Review, Droid Life, GadgeTell, Jailbreak | iOS, Android News, Rumours …, PhoneArena, DroidMatters.com, WebProNews, Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, Gadgetsteria, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Google, IntoMobile, The Verge, Engadget, Pocketables and Phone Scoop
| Slash Lane / AppleInsider: |
Apple's next iPhone rumored to feature quad-core processor — Apple's next-generation iPhone will be powered by a quad-core ARM processor based on Samsung's Exynos 4 architecture, according to a new report. — The claim comes from the sometimes-reliable DigiTimes, which cited … | 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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The H Open Source, eWeek, PhoneArena and InfoWorld
| 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.| 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 … | 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.| Lucy Tobin / Evening Standard: |
British Airways flies into privacy storm over Google identity checks on passengers — British Airways today faced a backlash from privacy campaigners after it revealed plans to use the internet to create “dossiers” on passengers. — The airline said it wanted to be able to deliver a more personal touch by researching passengers.
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Telegraph, Gizmodo UK, Mobile Industry Review, TechCrunch and Neowin
| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Apple snags patent for water-damage detection — The water-detection indicator in Apple's iPhone 4/iPhone 4S. — (Credit: Apple) — Apple has won a patent related to detecting water damage in a gadget. — The patent, 8,210,032, describes a method by which customer service representatives …
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AppleInsider
| 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.| Joel Bernstein / Cast Irony: |
The case for a 7.8″ iPad — I've been talking to some people on twitter about the technical feasibility of Apple one day introducing a smaller and lighter iPad. The general opinion I'm seeing is that it would require a change to the dimension of the screen in points …
| 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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Softpedia News, Mashable!, Ubergizmo and The Verge
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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
| 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.| Mickey Meece / New York Times: |
Car-Pooling Makes a Surge on Apps and Social Media — The annual ritual of piling into the car for the great American summer road trip has a new twist as more travelers are inviting strangers along for part of the ride. — Long-distance travelers as well as commuters are connecting on sites …
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TechCrunch
| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
YP: Restaurants Remains Top Local Search Heading, Medical The Top-Spending Ad Category — Local publisher and ad network YP (the private-equity owned combination of AT&T Interactive and AT&T Advertising Solutions) has released its US-focused Q2 “Local Insights Report.”
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WebProNews
| 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 …
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