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August 15, 2012, 6:40 PM

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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Hits Stores August 16: $499 For 16GB, $549 For 32GB  —  As expected for quite a while, Samsung has just announced pricing and availability for the Galaxy Note 10.1.  As you may have guessed, it's a 10-inch WiFi tablet that includes the somewhat-pointless …
Ed Bott / ZDNet:
Surprise!  What you can expect from Windows 8 RTM  —  Summary: Microsoft has officially made the final release of Windows 8 available to subscribers of its MSDN and TechNet services.  You'll find a handful of small surprises, one very large change from Windows 7, and a momentous name change.
Christopher Van Der Westhuizen / The Official …:
Google Maps now has schedules for more than one million public transit stops worldwide  —  Since 2005, we've collaborated with hundreds of transit authorities around the world to make a comprehensive resource for millions of riders to find out which bus, train, subway or tram can take them to their next destination.
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Nokia and Microsoft holding Windows Phone 8 press event on September 5th  —  We've been waiting to find out when Nokia would unveil its first lineup of Windows Phone 8 devices, and it looks like we'll be getting all the details on September 5th at 9:30AM in New York City.
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Amazon's Next Kindle Fire Android Tablet Clears the FCC  —  Do you recall all those rumors about Amazon is working on a larger Kindle Fire, and how that tablet is expected to be released this fall?  I think it cleared the FCC yesterday.  —  Now here's something guaranteed to wake you up this morning.
Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times:
Germans Reopen Facebook Privacy Inquiry  —  BERLIN — Data protection officials in Germany reopened an investigation into Facebook's facial recognition technology Wednesday, saying the social networking giant was illegally compiling a vast photo database of users without their consent.
Karen Haslam / Macworld UK:
Microsoft not planning to fix Retina Display Office issues  —  Office for Mac users are complaining that the Retina Display makes Office look ‘crap’  —  Mac users are complaining that Microsoft Office for Mac is unusable on the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
More: BGR, TUAW, The Verge and 9to5Mac
Joel Falconer / The Next Web:
Uber cleared to continue operations in Boston  —  Uber has been cleared to continue its operations in Boston, Massachusetts after a cease and desist from the city put a stop to their operations recently.  —  The order was made after the Division of Standards decided Uber's operations …
More: Uber BlogTweets: @scottkirsner, @hunterwalk and @gmc
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:
Trello versus Asana  —  For the past several years I've undertaken many initiatives to “get more organized,” which basically means to make another attempt at implementing and running a solid task list that I can share with others with whom I collaborate.  —  I seem to be really good at kicking off …
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