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| Dan Moren / Macworld: |
Review: Refined iOS 6 highlighted by stunning Maps overhaul — Every iOS release has its marquee feature, and with iOS 6 it's unquestionably Maps. The app has gotten a in-depth makeover, perhaps the most thorough ever to be applied to one of iOS's built-in applications.| Anil Dash: |
Who benefits from iOS6's crappy maps? — The classic criticism that thoughtless Apple haters use against the company is that it makes products that are pretty but dumb. Usually those criticisms are by people who don't understand the value of a comprehensible user experience …
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Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Forbes, Lumatic City Maps, The Tech Block and Daring Fireball
| Kevin Smith / Business Insider: |
Apple's New iPhone Software, iOS 6, Is Available Now! — Apple's new operating system for iPhones and iPads, iOS 6 is out now. — The update is rolling out slowly, probably to save Apple's servers from going down. So if you don't see it right away, keep checking.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
How To Undo Facebook Hiding Your Email Address Before Your Friends Use iOS 6 Contact Sync — Millions of people are downloading iOS 6 right now, and many will use the Facebook contact sync feature to pull in photos and current phone numbers of friends. But rather than your real email address … | Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
As Google Maps Disappears In iOS 6, Google Remains Cagey About Releasing Its Own App — The latest version of Apple's operating system for iPhones and iPads, iOS 6, is now out. As people upgrade, the Maps application previously powered by Google is now being replaced by Apple's own homegrown one.
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Marketing Land, Mashable!, LAPTOP Magazine and Gizmodo UK
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia slams HTC's Windows Phone 8 announcement, calls it a ‘tactical re-branding’ — HTC has just unveiled two new Windows Phone 8 devices today, making them the signature phones for Microsoft. We asked Nokia about today's announcements and the company's head of marketing, Chris Weber …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows Phone 8X by HTC has a 4.3-inch display and Beats, launches early November — HTC is unveiling its flagship Windows Phone 8 handset today, the Windows Phone 8X. The branding might sound Microsoft-like, but there's a good reason for that — the two companies have joined forces … | Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
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iPhone 5/A6 SunSpider Performance: Faster than Intel's Atom Z2460 — The first iPhone 5 reviews have lifted, confirming the leaked Geekbench data we saw in our earlier post. Apple's A6 appears to feature two custom ARM cores running at up to 1GHz. A new datapoint comes courtesy …
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| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
| Aaron Greenspan: |
The Lost Chapter — 2003: Cambridge, Massachusetts — In college, my computer's filing system was relatively straightforward: I had a folder for each year of school, and within each of those folders there were additional folders for each course I was taking.
| Gideon Spanier / London News: |
Sir Jonathan Ive and entire Apple design team fly to London to collect prestigious D&AD awards — Apple has been named the best brand and the best design studio of the last 50 years at the D&AD Awards, one of the world's most prestigious prizes for advertising and design.
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Computerworld, The Next Web, MacRumors, PalmAddict, Macgasm, iLounge, Techie Buzz, Softpedia News and TUAW
| Claire Cain Miller / NYT Bits: |
Google Updates Android Maps App as Apple Moves On — The fight over mobile maps is on. — Google plans to add new features to its Google Maps app for Android phones on Wednesday. Conveniently, it is the same day that Apple's latest mobile operating system is due to be released …
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The Next Web, CNET, AllThingsD, The Verge, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, Neowin and IntoMobile
| Mihir / Groublogpon: |
Introducing Groupon Payments — In the past, our merchant partners have often told us that their traditional payment systems are expensive and cumbersome-so we stepped up to the plate and developed our own payments service guaranteed to be the simplest and lowest cost option for Groupon merchants to accept credit cards.
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| Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
Keynote: Marc Benioff wants to lead a ‘social revolution’ in the enterprise — SAN FRANCISCO — “Are you pumped up and ready to go? We are here to excite you!” Marc Benioff addressed a screaming crowd at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this morning, after an opening performance by rapper MC Hammer.
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CITEworld, TechCrunch and blogs.salesforce.com
| Spencer E. Ante / Digits: |
Former TechCrunch Editor Erick Schonfeld To Run DEMO — The technology conference wars just got a bit more dramatic. Former TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld is taking over the management of DEMO from VentureBeat editor in chief Matt Marshall, who is returning to the tech blog exclusively … | Ryan Naraine / ZDNet: |
Mobile Pwn2Own: iPhone 4S hacked by Dutch team — Summary: How long would it take a determined attacker to hack into Apple's iPhone 4S from scratch? A Dutch research team uses the Pwn2Own contest to provide the answer. — Ryan Naraine — AMSTERDAM — How long would it take a determined attacker …
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9to5Mac, BGR, The Next Web, eWeek, Ars Technica and iDownloadBlog.com
| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Zynga Chief Security Officer Nils Puhlmann Has Resigned From Company — We're hearing that Nils Puhlmann, the cloud security expert who has worked as Zynga's Chief Security Officer since 2009, resigned from the company yesterday, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
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The Verge, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Macgasm and GamesIndustry International
| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
True to form, Samsung mocks iPhone 5 buyers in latest commercial — We caught Samsung preparing its latest salvo against Apple last week, and now the company's next big attack ad is finally here. Staying true to the theme of its earlier commercials, Samsung's new ad mocks those waiting early …
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Computerworld, The Tech Block, VentureBeat, The Next Web, BGR, 9to5Mac and Business Insider
| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
MakerBot unveils Replicator 2, 2X and launches retail store, we go eyes-on — The Replicator may have just been pushed off this writer's Christmas list. (Note to self: send updated letter to Santa.) But, this isn't a loss for MakerBot Industries, because it's being replaced by the Replicator 2 …
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Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Wired and TechCrunch
| David Talbot / San Francisco magazine: |
How Much Tech Can One City Take? — Shaken by the latest digital gold rush, San Francisco struggles for its soul. — Last year, when Mayor Ed Lee heard that Twitter was planning to move its headquarters out of San Francisco and down to the peninsula, he quickly consulted with his digital experts …
Tweets: @jtemple, @chrismegerian, @eldon and @gerryshih
| Kristin Jones / Wall Street Journal: |
AOL Names Karen Dykstra As Finance Chief — AOL Inc. named former hedge-fund executive Karen Dykstra as its chief financial officer, filling a role vacant at the Internet company since June, when the former finance chief was promoted. — Ms. Dykstra is a former partner at Plainfield Asset Management LLC …
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Hollywood Reporter and Reuters
| Brad McCarty / The Next Web: |
Apple releases OS X 10.8.2 with single sign on for Facebook, iMessage number merging and more — Hot on the heels of the release of iOS 6 (catch our full review here) Apple has just pushed out the update for OS X 10.8.2 which gives a huge set of new features.
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