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September 22, 2012, 1:50 AM

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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.

More: SplatF, iMore.com, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Gizmodo, GigaOM, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, Macgasm, Mashable!, BGR, Engadget, digitaltrends.com, Pocketnow, The Verge, Softpedia News, App Advice, iClarified and iLounge

Tweets: @gartenberg, @qthrul and @dannysullivan

Thanks:@idownloadblog

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, < 100mm^2 — 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.

More: Computerworld, BGR, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, CNET, Mashable!, Ars Technica, MacNN and iFixit

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The iPhone 5 Performance Preview — This morning we finally got our hands on Apple's iPhone 5. While we are eager to get started on battery life testing, that'll happen late tonight after a full day's worth of use and a recharge cycle. Meanwhile, we went straight to work on performance testing.

Paul Graham:

Startup = Growth — A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of “exit.” The only essential thing is growth.

Tweets: @mattrosoff, @bill_gross, @cdixon and @robgo

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

The first three iPhone 5 (and Earpod) ads hit: Thumbs, Physics, Cheese and Ears — It sounds like the first iPhone 5 ads are narrated by Jeff Daniels of Dumb and Dumber and Newsroom fame. — Thumbs shows how the 4 inch screen is tailored to the windshield -wiper motion of your thumb.

More: CNET, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors and MacStories

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 …

More: CNET, AllThingsD, VatorNews, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, WebProNews, Forbes, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech Trader Daily and MacNN

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S.

More: iMore.com, Gothamist, Japan Real Time, Gizmodo, Fortune, Washington Post, GigaOM, Redmond Pie, TechCrunch, Guardian, iPhone BlogiPhone Blog, MacNN, Gizmodo UK, Pulse2 Technology …, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal and Fortune

Tweets: @parislemon, @richdemuro and @jyarow

Ms. Smith / Network World:

‘We will find you’ marketing gone wild: Candy bars that guarantee stalkers — What do you get when you mix technology with candy bars? In a cool yet creepy for privacy marketing campaign, Nestle plans to stalk consumers. The “We will find you” promotion involves GPS trackers embedded in chocolate bars.

More: Food Magazine, Techdirt, newlaunches.com, Popular Science, Betabeat and CNET

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.

More: Paul Bernal's Blog, Macgasm, AllFacebook, WebProNews, TPM IdeaLab and Daily Dot

Daniel Rubino / wpcentral:

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 to be priced at $799 with keyboard — Last night we popped by PepCom, a little tech event that happens every few months here in New York City. We were curious if Samsung would be there with their ATIV lineup (answer: no) and we were hoping to maybe spot some interesting tidbits for you folks.

More: Engadget, Ars Technica, The Verge, CNET, Neowin and Windows 8 Beta

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

The Apple iPhone 5 has reportedly been jailbroken — Just hours after the new Apple iPhone 5 was released, it has already been jailbroken. While iOS 6 has been jailbroken on other devices, this development means hackers have already found and exploited security holes to run custom code …

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, Absinthe Jailbreak, Gizmodo and Ubergizmo

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 (vs Samsung Galaxy S3) Drop Tests Show Very Durable Device and Screen — With the launch of the iPhone 5, several companies are performing tests and benchmarks on the new device. One common effort is to put any new iPhone in a series of drop tests to see how well it survives common falls.

More: Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, Jailbreak | iOS, Phones Review, Los Angeles Times, TUAW, IntoMobile, Geek.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, The Tech Block, Sammy Hub, Gizmodo, Pocketables, everythingiCafe, The Words of iFixYouri and 9to5Mac

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching?

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 …

More: VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Softpedia News and TechNet Blogs

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 …

More: Betabeat, The Verge and Singularity Hub

Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch:

You Might Be Able To Download Your Tweets By The End Of The Year … Users might able to download all of their past tweets by the end of the year, according to reports from those attending Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's talk at the Online News Association conference.

More: ONA12, Reuters, The Verge and CNET

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 …

More: TechWeekEurope UK, WebProNews, The Register, Hillicon Valley, FairSearch.org and EU Press Room

Vanessa Mock / Wall Street Journal:

EU Clears Universal-EMI Merger With Conditions

More: EU Press Room, BBC, Engadget, Reuters and Bloomberg. See also Mediagazer

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