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| Rene Ritchie / iMore.com: |
Apple iPhone 5 and iPad mini event planned for September 12, iPhone 5 release date for September 21 — iMore has learned that Apple is planning to debut the new iPhone at a special event on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, with the release date to follow 9 days later on Friday, September 21.
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eWeek, Computerworld, The Register, iLounge, Forbes, Wired, Ars Technica, GigaOM, Examiner, WebProNews, InvestorPlaceGadgets …, Telegraph, TUAW, 1001 Noisy Cameras, DSLreports, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, msnbc.com, Tech Trader Daily, App Advice, parislemon, VentureBeat, Los Angeles Times, digitaltrends.com, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors, everythingiCafe, Apple Bitch, iDownloadBlog.com, TechGuySmartBuy, IntoMobile, Appolicious Advisor and Pocket-lint. Thanks:@marvinvista
| Nate Ralph / The Verge: |
Apple refutes claim it cribbed notes from Sony, reveals prototype ‘Purple’ (update: Jony phone out of trial) — When we last checked in on the Apple vs Samsung trial, filings revealed Samsung's aggressive plans to beat Apple, but also suggested a glimpse at Apple's Sony-inspired design process.| The Verge: |
Apple vs. Samsung: the complete guide to a billion-dollar trial — Calculating damages in a patent case can be just as complicated as the technical arguments involved. Happily, there's no real need to break down the nuances and alternate theories presented by Apple — we just need to generally understand the numbers.
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Business Insider, Washington Post, Fortune, AllThingsD, MacStories and TUAW
| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
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v1 preview — Digg v1 will launch this week after a six-week sprint to rebuild the site from scratch. Here's a first glimpse. We want the new Digg to deliver the best of what the Internet is talking about right now. It must be alive and responsive to its participants.
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| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
Surface to arrive with Windows 8 on 10/26, says Microsoft — Microsoft's Surface tablet will land on the same date as Windows 8. A lot is riding on Windows 8 and Surface, as Microsoft makes clear in its annual report. — Follow @mbrookec — Microsoft Surface: shown … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
New Windows 8-ready mice and keyboards from Microsoft Hardware — Today Microsoft Hardware is announcing new mice and keyboards that are designed to take advantage of Windows 8. These new mice and keyboards will help people interact with their Windows 8 PCs and devices. They will be perfect companions to Windows 8.
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Microsoft Corporation, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, Pocketables, Liliputing, AllThingsD, The Verge, GeekWire, Network World, ZDNet, DailyTech, Redmond Pie and WebProNews
| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
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| John Koblin / Deadspin: |
NBC's No. 1 Tweeting Critic Has Been Suspended From Twitter — Guy Adams is The Independent's Los Angeles bureau chief. During the Olympics so far, he has carved out a nice spot on the how-much-NBC's-coverage-sucks beat. Now his Twitter account has been suspended—supposedly because NBC had it cut off after he complained:
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Tweets: @producermatthew, @timwindsor and @hblodget
See also Mediagazer| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Samsung planning dual-core ‘Odyssey’ and ‘Marco’ Windows Phone 8 devices — Samsung has revealed at least two potential Windows Phone 8 devices in court documents this week. Submitted as part of the Apple vs Samsung trial, the documents show that Samsung is planning “Odyssey” and “Marco” Windows Phone 8 handsets.
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Engadget, CNET, Inquirer, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News, SlashGear, MobileSyrup.com, Mobile Magazine and GigaOM
| James Covert / New York Post: |
MTA gave Apple unfair edge for Grand Central shop, state audit says — Note to all lease applicants: An Apple Store is strongly preferred. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority gave the iPad maker an unfair edge last year as Apple ruthlessly bid for its prime retail perch overlooking … | Justin Rubio / The Verge: |
Samsung's projector-equipped Galaxy Beam now available in the UK — Sasmung's Galaxy Beam, one of the company's most unique handesets, is now available in the UK, albeit a little later than pre-orders had originally suggested. Previously shown off at Mobile World Congress …
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| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Apple's Case Against Samsung Gives Rare Glimpse at Dozens of iPhone and iPad Prototype Designs — One of the fun side benefits of the Apple's court case against Samsung is being given an inside peek at how the Cupertino, Calif.-based company develops its new products.
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ReadWriteWeb, Guardian, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and App Advice
| Ken Segall / Observatory: |
New Mac ads: landing with a serious thud — Repeat after me: “The sky is not falling. The sky is not falling.” — I know it's hard to say after viewing the new batch of Mac ads that debuted on the Olympics. I'm still in a bit of shock myself. — Sure, Apple has had a low point …
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BGR, GigaOM, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Business Insider, PC Advisor and InvestorPlace
| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's radical new business plan is hidden in plain sight — Summary: Microsoft is reimagining its entire business model, and they've laid out the details for anyone to inspect. You just have to read between the boilerplate sections in the company's most recent 10-K. — Follow @edbott
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook revamps photos with new mosaic view and simpler UI — Facebook just rolled out a new look to its user Photos page that includes a mosaic view of all of a user's photos, as well as three new tabs that adorn the top of the page: photos of you, photos you've shared, and albums you've created.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Replaces Gmail Video Chats With Google+ Hangouts — This was probably inevitable: Google today announced that it is replacing video chats in Gmail with Google+ Hangouts. The company first brought video chat to Gmail in 2008, but ever since the launch of Google+ …
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BetaNews, ZDNet, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Gmail Blog, Google Enterprise Blog, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, GigaOM, The Verge, The Next Web and CNET. Thanks:@forrestkoba
| Olivia Solon / Wired.co.uk: |
Jonathan Ive: Apple's goal isn't to make money — Apple's goal is not to make money, but to make good products, said Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, speaking at the British Embassy's Creative Summit. — “We are really pleased with our revenues but our goal isn't to make money.| Reuters: |
Taiwan university sues Apple over speech recognition patents — (Reuters) - A Taiwan university has filed a patent infringement suit against Apple Inc in a U.S. court over the iPhone maker's Siri speech recognition system, which lets users place calls or perform other tasks with voice commands, and is seeking undisclosed damages.
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PC Magazine, Inquirer, CNET, GigaOM, The Verge, Know Your Cell and iDownloadBlog.com
| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Get your droid on: 16GB Nexus 7 back in stock in Google Play store — Google's 16GB Nexus 7 tablet is back in stock online a week after it sold out in the Google Play store. — The Nexus 7 has seen much interest since it was introduced about a month ago at Google's I/O conference.
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BetaNews, BGR, Ars Technica, CNET, 9to5Google, The Verge and Android Central
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Silicon Valley Investors Flock to Massive Upstart Humor Site 9GAG — 9GAG — the fast-growing community site for memes, comics and other Internet humor — has raised $2.8 million. — I wrote a profile of 9GAG — which went through Dave McClure's 500 Startups incubator, kind of — back in April.
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BetaKit, VentureBeat, The Next Web, VatorNews, WebProNews and True Ventures
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Aileen Lee Almost Done Raising $40 Million For New Seed Called “Cowboy Ventures” — In April, news broke that Aileen Lee, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was starting a venture fund that would be focused on smaller, “seed-stage” investments. The fund is separate from KPCB …
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Former NSA Official Disputes Claims by NSA Chief — Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command appearing at the 2012 DefCon hacker conference in Las Vegas on Friday. Photo: Kim Zetter/Wired — LAS VEGAS — A former NSA official has accused the NSA's director … Sponsor Posts
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