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New purported next-generation iPhone parts photos show fully assembled device — You'll remember that 9to5Mac was the first to show photos of purported next-generation iPhone parts. Since then, many of the details - including the smaller dock connector - were affirmed by multiple mainstream reports.
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VentureBeat, CNET, PC Magazine, MacRumors, Engadget, BGR, Wired, Business Insider, GizmoCrazed, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Gizmodo, PhoneArena and The Verge
| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
Disruptions: Innovations Snuffed Out by Craigslist — In 1995, a good-hearted programmer named Craig Newmark thought of a way to make newspaper classified ad listings simple, and in turn, people's lives easier. His free Web site, called Craigslist, quickly gained millions of users.
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TechCrunch and Uncrunched. Tweets: @mat, @markmilian, @nickbilton, @craignewmark and @parneetg
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Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told — (Reuters) - Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage. — Commentators on Saturday's men's … | New York Times: |
Apple Officials Said to Consider Stake in Twitter — Apple, which has stumbled in its efforts to get into social media, has talked with Twitter in recent months about making a strategic investment in it, according to people briefed on the matter. — While Apple has been hugely successful …
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Bloomberg, The Verge, PhoneArena, SlashGear, PC Magazine, USA Today, Current Editorials, AllThingsD, Fortune, Reuters, Gizmodo, VatorNews, New York Magazine, Forbes, Apple Bitch, App Advice, Daring Fireball, Examiner, VentureBeat, AllTwitter, Pulse2 Technology …, Redmond Pie, Business Insider, Wireless Device Strategies, Ars Technica, Techie Buzz, Los Angeles Times, MacRumors, AppleInsider, GeekWire, New York Times, Pocketnow, Stowe Boyd, GigaOM, TUAW, TODAYonline, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, ABCNEWS, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Business Insider, Forbes, blogs.ft.com, SplatF, iClarified, MacStories and Slashdot
Tweets: @dondodge, @stevenlevy, @jilliancyork, @pkedrosky, @eldon, @splatf, @scobleizer and @nytjim
| Harry McCracken / Techland: |
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
In Week Two, Marissa Mayer Googifies Yahoo: Free Food! Friday Afternoon All-Hands! New Work Spaces! Fab Swag! — Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer's second week is showing even more signs of what the company will be like under her regime. — In short: It will be just like Google from whence she came.| Kurt Eichenwald / Vanity Fair: |
Microsoft's Lost Decade — Once upon a time, Microsoft dominated the tech industry; indeed, it was the wealthiest corporation in the world. But since 2000, as Apple, Google, and Facebook whizzed by, it has fallen flat in every arena it entered: e-books, music, search, social networking, etc., etc.
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Global Nerdy, VentureBeat, Pulse2 Technology …, Slashdot, Stowe Boyd and 9to5Mac
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
How to Fight iPhone Theft — Device theft has exploded. New solutions are on the way. Is the industry doing enough about ‘Apple picking’? — Police across the nation are fighting surges in mobile phone and tablet thefts. But can technology and blacklists help bring down the statistics?
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Business Insider, TUAW and Slashdot
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Instapaper for Android sees a 600% jump in downloads on release of Nexus 7 — The Nexus 7 is being talked about, that's one thing we know for sure. It's gotten a ton of press as a device that is so good it makes the case for small tablets in general. It's certainly one of the most well received non-iPad tablets ever.| Matt Rosoff / Business Insider: |
Google Fiber Is The Most Disruptive Thing The Company's Done Since Gmail — Remember how blown away people were when Gmail launched in 2004? — Google Fiber feels like the same leap of innovation. It's been a long time since we saw anything like this from the search and advertising giant.
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TechCrunch, TechCrunch, GigaOM and Growthology
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows Phone 8: a video preview of unannounced features — Most hubs have been updated with functionality. The built-in Maps app is now powered by Nokia and you can download maps to use offline. Internet Explorer now includes settings to allow you to change the functionality …
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Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketables, WMPoweruser, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile and Engadget
| Christopher Soghoian / slight paranoia: |
The known unknowns of Skype interception — Over the past few weeks, the technical blogosphere, and most recently, the mainstread media have tried to answer the question: What kind of assistance can Skype provide to law enforcement agencies? — Most of the stories have been filled with speculation …
| James B. Stewart / New York Times: |
How eBay Defied Convention and Turned Itself Around — Remember Myspace, Friendster, eToys, Webvan, Urban Fetch, Pets.com? Like meteors, they burned with dazzling brilliance before turning shareholder dollars to ash. EBay, Yahoo and AOL, the dominant Internet triumvirate circa 2004, seemed destined for a similar fate.
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Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Hortonworks » Blog:
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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