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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook for iOS goes native, waves goodbye to HTML 5 — Facebook today announced the culmination of more than six months of work, a native version of the Facebook app for iOS that's twice as fast. “Up until now we've looked at scale,” iOS Product Manager Mick Johnson says …
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Tweets: @scobleizer, @facebook, @danielpunkass, @stevestreza, @stevestreza and @trevoragilbert
| Owen Thomas / Business Insider: |
Facebook Is Forcing Its Employees To Use Android Phones Because Its Android App Is Just Awful — Facebook just updated its iPhone app. Great! — That's no consolation to its employees, who are increasingly getting nudged, cajoled, and even ordered to give up their iPhones for Android devices.| Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits: |
Facebook Speeds Up iPhone and iPad Apps — Facebook on Thursday released major upgrades to its iPhone and iPad apps. Those who have suffered from the sluggishness of the current apps can breathe a collective sigh of relief: these new versions are much faster. — The apps look nearly identical to their predecessors.
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| Janet I. Tu / Seattle Times: |
Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987 — A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo, and Microsoft changed it a number of times in its early years. — For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft is changing its corporate logo. — Microsoft, which has used its solid …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple vs. Samsung: inside a jury's nightmare — Will nine strangers be able to decide the tech trial of the decade? — By Nilay Patel, Matt Macari, and Bryan Bishop — After weeks of trial and impassioned closing arguments from both sides, the historic Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit is now in the hands of the jury.| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Apple v. Samsung: When will the jury deliver a verdict? — Legal experts speculate about what's going on right now in that jury room — FORTUNE — I've served my share of jury duty on cases ranging from personal injury to homicide, but I've never sat on a case as long or complicated as Apple's … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Digital Chief Jon Miller Leaving News Corp. — According to sources close to the situation, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller will soon be leaving the media giant. — It seems to be a cordial, although perhaps inevitable, parting — sources said Miller will remain …
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See also Mediagazer| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Sharing the Stage — Back in February, MG Siegler, among others, noted a remarkable milestone: … You'd be on solid ground arguing that the iPhone is the single most profitable product in the world today, and without question, it is the most important single product in Apple's lineup.
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parislemon, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Techie Buzz, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, VR-Zone and The Loop
| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
FCC approves Verizon's controversial spectrum purchase from cable companies — Following the Department of Justice's lead last week, the FCC has now approved Verizon's acquisition of a large swath of AWS spectrum from a consortium of cable companies operating as SpectrumCo that includes Comcast and Time Warner.
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CNET, GigaOM, Reuters and dailywireless.org
| Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: |
Amazon to hold press conference on September 6th in Santa Monica, Kindle Fire 2 or Phone are our bets — TNW has just been invited to an Amazon press conference for September 6th, although we're not sure what it's all about. We'll be there though. — Could it be the new Kindle Fire?
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Computerworld, TechCrunch, Digits, Mashable!, Engadget, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, CNET, WebProNews, Current Editorials, Gotta Be Mobile, The Verge, ZDNet, BetaNews and Android News, Rumours …. Tweets: @stevekovach. Thanks:@panzer. See also Mediagazer
| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
‘Wiki Weapon Project’ Aims To Create A Gun Anyone Can 3D-Print At Home — An AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and a 3D-printed lower receiver for the weapon shown below it. Both images were posted Defense Distributed's website. — Cody Wilson has a simple dream: To design the world's first firearm … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia set to unveil ‘Arrow’ and ‘Phi’ Windows Phone 8 handsets with AT&T as main carrier — Nokia is planning to unveil two new Windows Phone 8 devices at a joint event with Microsoft on September 5th. Sources familiar with the two companies' plans have revealed that Nokia is working on an … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Video Comparison of ‘iPhone 5’ Front Panel and Flex Cables to iPhone 4S Parts [iOS Blog] — Repair firm SmartPhone Medic has just posted a new video comparing several parts from the next-generation iPhone to their counterparts from the iPhone 4S. — The parts shown include the front panel …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They're f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes — Dave McClure on his way to BC on “Geeks on a Train.” Photo via Kyle Kesterson. — Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist. He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor.| Rachel Metz / Technology Review: |
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| Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: |
DOJ compares Apple and publishers to big oil in ebooks case — In its response to recent filings from Apple, publishers and booksellers on its proposed ebook settlement with three publishers, the Department of Justice addresses few specific complaints (PDF; full filing embedded below).| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnLive CEO stays on board to take the company ‘to a higher level’ — OnLive has revealed to OnLive Fans that it will keep Steve Perlman as its CEO following the turmoil the company has seen over the past week. Perlman's position was up in the air when the company shut down last week and laid off many of its staffers.| Alina Selyukh / Reuters: |
Obama campaign to start accepting text message donations — (Reuters) - In a election dominated by multimillion-dollar donations, Democratic President Barack Obama's campaign is about to give small donors a new weapon by starting to accept text message donations for the first time in history.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Pandora Ships Its Biggest Android Update Yet With A Redesign, Music Exploration Features And More — Pandora has been fairly open about the fact that mobile is a major focus for the music streaming company. More than 70% of listening on Pandora takes place on a mobile device …
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VentureBeat, Liliputing, Mobile Magazine, 9to5Google and Engadget
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Facebook for Android app updated with messaging emoji, easy event creation and a bit more — If you were wondering what features would be on the way after Facebook ditched pre-Froyo Android support for its app your questions have been answered. This revision lets users easily create events …
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9to5Google, The Verge, WebProNews, GigaOM and MobileSyrup.com
| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more … Apple just released OSX 10.8.1 Mountain Lion via Software Update. The delta update weighs a paltry 7.28MB on my Retina MacBook Pro, but your mileage may vary.
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| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Autodesk down 22% in after-hours trading on disastrous earnings — Design software firm Autodesk has lost 22 percent of its value in after-hours trading on the NASDAQ exchange after a particularly bad earnings report for its fiscal second quarter. — Autodesk is a leading maker of 3D design and engineering software.
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Business Wire, Bloomberg, Tech Trader Daily, Forbes, MarketWatch and 24/7 Wall St.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
1DollarScan Integrates With Evernote To Add Your Scanned Books To Evernote's Data Store [Updated] — View Staff Page Follow me on twitter — Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London. She comes from paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer …
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