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September 21, 2012, 8:30 PM
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Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com:
The Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM unlocked, tested with AT&T  —  I can confirm that the Verizon iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked.  Even though I bought an iPhone 5 from Verizon under contract, I was able to cut down my AT&T Micro SIM, and use it in my Verizon iPhone 5 to pick up an AT&T signal.
Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:
iPhone 5 Reaches Same Level of Online Sales in First 3 Days that iPhone 4S Reached in First Month  —  Today, crowds of eager consumers will get their hands on the iPhone 5 as Apple's latest smartphone officially hits stores and mailboxes across the U.S. It's been just over a week since CEO Tim Cook …
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S.
Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:
Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU,  —  Our good friends at UBM TechInsights sent over the first diffusion images of Apple's new A6 SoC.  It's still too early to tell a lot but we have confirmation of a lot of things.  The image above shows two 32-bit LPDDR2 memory channels and three GPU cores.
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
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 …
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
iPhone 5 (vs Samsung Galaxy S3) Drop Tests Show Very Durable Device and Screen
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Verizon finally rolling out Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Nexus  —  Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean back in June and released it for the unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus a few weeks later, but Verizon's version has remained stuck on Ice Cream Sandwich.
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.
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.
John Koetsier / VentureBeat:
Young startup Double Robotics scores $1.2M in sales for iPad-on-wheels robots  —  Double Robotics, the Y Combinator grad that's created probably the best-looking telepresence robots on the planet, announced a $250,000 investment from Grishin Robotics today — and the fact that Double …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft to deliver new Windows 8 and Windows RT Lync app in late October  —  Summary: The product formerly known as Lync MX, a touch-centric, Windows Store app, will be available for Windows 8 and Windows RT PCs and tablets in late October.  —  Testers have been putting the new version …
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.
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.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Facebook tests prompt asking you to snitch on your friends who aren't using their real name  —  Facebook's ongoing war on pseudonyms is well-documented.  The company wants everyone to use their real name on the social network, and ideally this would be their only identity on the Internet.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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