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August 30, 2012, 1:55 AM

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Note II official with 5.5-inch screen and Android Jelly Bean (video preview)  —  After dominating IFA 2011 with its Galaxy Note introduction, Samsung is hoping to repeat the feat today with the Galaxy Note II.  Now thinner and lighter, the new Note device comes with a redesigned S Pen stylus …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Samsung Ativ S officially announced: 4.8-inch 720p display, Windows Phone 8  —  It's official: Samsung is first out of the gate to announce a Windows Phone 8 device: The Ativ S. As we revealed just a short time ago, it has a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor …
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Mark your Microsoft calendars: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 launch dates revealed  —  Summary: Expect September to be a month of Windows Phone 8 handset reveals, and late October to be the official launch of the coming devices.  —  We Microsoft watchers already knew October was going to be a crazy month …
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Exclusive: Why Yelp stock spiked  —  The insiders didn't sell.  —  FORTUNE — This was supposed to be the day that Yelp (YELP) shares took a dive, as early investors were unshackled from lockup provisions attached to the local business review site's March IPO.  So why on earth is the stock up nearly 19% as of this writing?
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
If Content Is King, Multiscreen Is The Queen, Says New Google Study  —  New research out from Google, working with market analysts Ipsos and Sterling Brands, puts some hard numbers behind the often-noticed trend of how people in the U.S. are using a combination of phones, tablets, computer and TVs to consume digital content.
Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:
GIMP is Now a Self-Contained Native App for Mac OS X  —  GIMP, the image editing program that's a popular open-source alternative to Photoshop, is now easier than ever for Mac users to start using.  Though it was completely free, installing it has long required that X11 also be installed — a major pain in the butt.
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Google Now updated with movie showtime suggestions, emergency alerts, and more  —  One of the headline features of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is Google Now, the company's riff on the automated mobile assistant — and today Google has released an update that adds some new features to the mix.
More: 9to5Google and Engadget
Alana / Nielsen Wire:
Apps Dominate Mobile Time Spent Accessing Travel in U.S.  —  As the summer travel season comes to a close, Nielsen looked at the usage of travel-related mobile apps and websites during June 2012.  Findings showed that U.S. Android and iOS users spent 95 percent of their time accessing travel information …
Sean Buckley / Engadget:
Zune's last days: Microsoft pulling Zune HD apps, select features on August 31st  —  Microsoft's oddly named music service put its official resignation in earlier this summer, but the Zune brand isn't in its coffin just yet — although Redmond is certainly driving in the nails.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Pandora's Q2 2013: $101.3M In Revenue, 54.9M Active Users, And A Net Loss Of $5.4M  —  Internet music service Pandora just announced its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal 2013.  The company posted total revenue of $101.3 million, which was up 51 percent year-over-year.
Laura June / The Verge:
Romney 2012 is first political campaign to buy Twitter trending topic  —  Hot on the heels of President Obama's Reddit AMA, The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Romney campaign will leverage a little bit of the internet, too: it has bought a national trending topic on Twitter for Thursday night.
Dana Wollman / Engadget:

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