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iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S. — The iPhone 5 just launched in the U.S. along the east coast. Fortune's Philip Elmer-Dewitt is at the 5th Avenue Store and notes that the line is longer than last year's iPhone 4S line: … The first day pre-orders for the iPhone 5 doubled last year's iPhone 4S launch.| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
iPhone 5: hundreds queue to buy the new smartphone despite Apple Maps problems — Biggest queues yet as Apple's new iPhone 5 goes on sale around the world — Bad publicity around Apple's new Maps service - which has displaced landmarks and even towns - has not discouraged eager shoppers … | Yoree Koh / Japan Real Time: |
Burglars in Japan First to Get Hands on iPhone 5 … A group of thieves in Japan got a jump start on nabbing Apple Inc .'s iPhone 5 before anyone else in the world Friday morning. — At a time when thousands of eager Apple fans were already lined up outside outlets around the world … | Spandas Lui / ZDNet: |
Are the iPhone queues for the fans or the publicity? — Summary: Apple launch events have turned into a honeypot for companies looking to get some free publicity, and the Australian launch of the iPhone 5 is no exception. — Spandas Lui — My impression of Apple's product launches … | Luke Hopewell / Gizmodo Australia: |
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Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching? — After the original announcement of the iPhone 5, one early concern amongst readers was how well the anodized aluminum back and edges of the black iPhone 5 would hold up over time. — One lengthy thread on our forums … | Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
iPhone 5 review — Apple's latest smartphone gets a bigger screen, LTE, and more power — but does it keep the crown? — Ah, to review the iPhone 5 — what a blessing, and what a curse. It's actually funny to think that there was a time not that long ago that the iPhone wasn't even a thing, let alone an iconic part of pop culture.| iFixit: |
iPhone 5 Teardown — Behold, the sixth generation of iPhone! We shall call it...iPhone 5! Buckle down for the iPhone 5 teardown: the biggest thing to happen to teardowns since teardowns. Follow us on Twitter for all the latest teardown shenanigans, or go on that Facebook thing to keep up with iFixit news.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Wrong turn: Apple's buggy iOS 6 maps lead to widespread complaints — Apple has a maps problem. — The major new feature of the company's new iOS 6 mobile operating system is a new mapping module developed by Apple itself — a replacement for the Google-supplied maps that have been standard on the iPhone since it debuted in 2007.| Chad Catacchio / The Next Web: |
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OpenStreetMap Gets First Major Funding From Knight News Challenge — OpenStreetMap, the increasingly popular Wikipedia-like project to create a map of the world — it's now used by Apple, Foursquare and others — has gotten its first major funding grant. — Knight News Challenge … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Turns Off Facial Recognition In The EU, Gets The All-Clear On Several Points From Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner On Its Review — The ongoing investigation into Facebook's transparency on user data and privacy by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has come to a positive conclusion for the social network.| AppleInsider: |
Rumor of Google Maps for iOS 6 submission likely false — A rumor that Google had submitted an iOS 6-compatible maps app to Apple after the built-in version was removed with the new mobile OS is false, says the well-connected Jim Dalrymple. — In a trademark terse post to his website The Loop … | John Herrman / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook Pulling Back On Frictionless Sharing Apps — On Thursday, Facebook's Manager of Media Partnerships, Andy Mitchell, told a panel of journalists and fellow Facebookers that the site was moving away from “passive sharing,” referring to apps released by the Washington Post … | Reuters: |
China's Alibaba to spin off team developing mobile operating system — (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce firm, will spin off the team developing its Aliyun mobile operating system, which Google Inc claims uses aspects of its own mobile operating system Android.| Omar El Akkad / Globe and Mail: |
RIM restores service after struggling with BlackBerry outages on 3 continents — Research In Motion Ltd. struggled with a service outage that affected BlackBerry users on three continents on Friday. — RIM's U.K. branch acknowledged the problem in a short message on Twitter early Friday morning.| Bloomberg: |
Apple Loses German Court Ruling Against Samsung in Patent Suit — The 4G Price War Brewing Over the IPhone 5 — Apple Inc. (AAPL) lost a court ruling against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) in Germany regarding claims the South Korean company's Galaxy devices infringed patents on the iPhone maker's touch-screen technology.| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Google Welcomes Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's “The Internship” on Campus — You wouldn't know that relations between Google and Hollywood are testy by the week they've had together. — Google has taken in movie stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn with open arms, lending its campus as the set for their upcoming film “The Internship.”| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Testing Feature To Quiz You While You're Watching A Video — YouTube videos may soon be getting a little more interactive. There's now a page on the YouTube website describing a feature called “Video Questions Editor Beta,” which was spotted by the Dutch tech site WebSonic.nl.| Brad Linder / Liliputing: |
Asus to unveil the Padfone 2 in October — The Asus Padfone hasn't exactly taken the world by storm since Asus first introduced the smartphone that can transform into a tablet, notebook, or desktop with liberal use of docking stations. In fact, the Padfone has yet to officially go on sale in the US.| Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online: |
Google News at 10: How the Algorithm Won Over the News Industry — Google's “billions of clicks” are only half of the story. — In April of 2010, Eric Schmidt delivered the keynote address at the conference of the American Society of News Editors in Washington, D.C. During the talk … | Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Google may face EU antitrust proceedings — EU competition commissioner says concessions do not go far enough to ease concerns it used its search clout to block rivals — Europe's antitrust chief has publicly warned Google that it could face charges of breaching EU rules, and be fined … | Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits: |
Salon Sells The Well to Longtime Members — One of the earliest online communities, The Well, has a new owner: its members. — On Thursday evening, Salon Media Group, the previous owner of The Well, said it had sold the community to The Well Group, a private investment group consisting …
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