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July 6, 2012, 6:35 AM

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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 …

More: iDownloadBlog.com, SoMobile, WebProNews, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, Digits, Los Angeles Times, PadGadget, Engadget, Computerworld, Gadgetsteria and The Next Web

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.

More: 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, TechCrunch, Mobile Magazine, PadGadget, Digital Media Wire, SoMobile, BGR, TUAW and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @stuartgibson. See also Mediagazer

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.

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 …

More: BBC, Naked Security, ZDNet, The Verge, Softpedia News, The Register, SlashGear, CNET, DailyTech, Network World and Know Your Cell

BBC:

Android smartphones ‘used for botnet’, researchers say

More: Gizmodo UK, MSDN Blogs, Geek.com, msnbc.com, PC World, TechnoBuffalo, eWeek, WebProNews and SiliconANGLE

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 …

More: The Seattle Times

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft goes public with Windows Server 2012 versions, licensing

More: We Got Served, gHacks Technology News, NoGeekLeftBehind.com, Ars Technica, ReadWriteWeb, Software Ruminations, The Register, PC World, Neowin, LiveSide.net, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, CNET and Engadget

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.

More: Business Insider, Softpedia News, memeburn and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @pankaj

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.

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 …

More: CNET, DigiTimes, SoMobile, Softpedia News, Macworld Australia, MacNN, Tech Source, PC Magazine, SlashGear, IntoMobile, iClarified, Redmond Pie, Gotta Be Mobile, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo, Droid Life and Pocketnow

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.

More: Engadget, Pocket-lint, IntoMobile, Android Phone Fans, DroidMatters.com, The Verge, UnleashthePhones, Wall Street Journal and AppleInsider

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 …

More: msnbc.com, PC World, TUAW, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo and Business Insider

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.

More: Business Wire, Gizmodo, Unwired View, Mashable!, PhoneDog.com, MobileSyrup.com, Softpedia News, PC Magazine, PC World, Pocket-lint, dailywireless.org, BetaNews and SlashGear

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.

More: VentureBeat, Reuters, Guardian, paidContent, SlashGear, AdExchanger.com, Business Insider, bizjournals and socalTECH.com

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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 …

AppleInsider:

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 …

More: Computerworld

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 …

More: TechCrunch

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.

More: Telegraph, Mobile Industry Review, TechCrunch and Neowin

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.

More: eWeek and InfoWorld

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.

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 …

More: Mashable!, Ubergizmo, The Verge and WebProNews

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 …

More: dailywireless.org, BBC, Wired, ZDNet, WebProNews and The Register. Tweets: @qthrul

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 …

More: AppleInsider and Ubergizmo

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