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September 25, 2012, 1:00 PM

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Kevin Krolicki / Reuters:

Google says Maps not waiting in wings for iPhone 5 — (Reuters) - Google Inc has made no move to provide Google Maps for the iPhone 5 after Apple Inc dropped the application in favor of a home-grown but controversial alternative, Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said.

Teo Chian Wei / Bloomberg:

Google's Schmidt Says Up to Apple to Decide on Maps App — Google Inc. (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt said it would be up to Apple Inc. (AAPL) to approve the company's map application for Apple's operating system after the iPhone maker's own app was criticized by reviewers.

More: PC Magazine, CNET, Search Engine Land, Redmond Pie, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Anthony Drendel, ITProPortal, MobileSyrup.com, Gizmodo, The Next Web, SeekingAlpha.com, iPhone Savior, iClarified and iLounge

Spandas Lui / ZDNet:

Woz: Apple Maps disappointing, but flaws ‘not that severe’

More: CNET, Business Insider, PadGadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, WebProNews, Mashable!, AppleInsider, Macgasm, MacNN and Gizmodo

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Live: RIM Urges Developers to Hang on For BlackBerry 10 — Once again, Research In Motion is promising its developers that great things are in store if they will just have a little more faith and patience. — For going on a couple years now, the BlackBerry maker has been pitching coders …

More: Gizmodo, CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Reuters, Engadget and Mashable!

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

BlackBerry 10 Beta 3 hands-on photos and video — RIM has just unveiled the latest iteration of the BlackBerry 10 operating system, set to be released on new devices early next year. We have finally gotten a look at the UI RIM will be shipping, and it's an interesting mix …

More: AllThingsD, CNET, Engadget and Pocket-lint

Donald Melanson / Engadget:

RIM shows off native Facebook app for BlackBerry 10, confirms Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn for launch

More: The Verge and TechCrunch

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

RIM: BlackBerry 10 carrier testing starts in October, OS remains on schedule

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Dana Wollman / Engadget:

BlackBerry App World to sell music and movies, open to BB 10 app submissions on October 10th

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Hands-on with the BlackBerry Dev Alpha B, is it the L-Series in disguise?

More: Engadget

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Apple Marketing SVP comments on iPhone 5 scratches and chips: ‘That is normal’ for aluminum products — We just received (and verified headers of) an email exchange from a 9to5Mac reader to Senior Vice President of Marketing Phil Schiller, where the Apple executive gave his take on the small amount …

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iFixit:

Apple A6 Teardown — Geeks rejoice! We have partnered with Chipworks for a double-the-geeks, double-the-fun teardown of Apple's new A6 Processor. The A6 is rumored to make use of two custom 1 GHz CPUs running the ARMv7s instruction set. Along our journey into the A6 …

More: MacRumors, Engadget, The Verge, AppleInsider, Liliputing, iDownloadBlog.com and iClarified. Tweets: @panzer

Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

Apple's Lightning port dynamically assigns pins to allow for reversible use — A cabling expert has taken a closer look at how Apple's new Lightning connector works, and has come to the conclusion that the 8 pins on each side of the plug are dynamically assigned, likely thanks to the use of a unique chip in the iPhone 5.

More: CNET, Ars Technica, everythingiCafe, Gizmodo and TUAW

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

IHS: iPhone 5 Costs Between $207 and $238 To Make, Depending On Storage

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Possible flaw in Samsung's TouchWiz UI leaves smartphones open to data-wiping, SIM locks and more — A bug in the way Samsung's TouchWiz UI interacts with USSD codes on Android smartphones may allow an attacker to perform a factory reset on susceptible devices, simply by embedding a link on a website or sending an SMS.

More: The Register, TechCrunch, ZDNet, InformationWeek, Forbes, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Google, Softpedia News, Sammy Hub, Pocket-lint, GigaOM, Engadget, SlashGear, Neowin, MobileSyrup.com and BGR

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Samsung TouchWiz vulnerability will wipe some phones after just clicking a link

More: LAPTOP Magazine, The H Security, DailyTech, Android Police, Pocketables, Droid Life and MCV: Home Stream

Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate:

iPhone 5 Galaxy S III Display Technology Shoot-Out

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Bloomberg:

Apple Use of Thin Display Seen Driving IPhone 5 Supply Shortfall — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s decision to create a smartphone that boasts a thinner, lighter touch screen contributed to the component shortfall that caused demand to outstrip supply of the iPhone on its debut weekend.

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

StumbleUpon releases new site redesign in beta, featuring Pinterest-like stumbles and lists — Following a traffic nose-dive from last December's site redesign, the loss of its CEO and the recent release of a redesigned iOS app, StumbleUpon is today revealing a site redesign in beta.

More: Marketing Land and VentureBeat

AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Twitter Eyeing Media Bigs, Including Hollywood Mogul Peter Chernin, for Board Seats — Twitter is now interviewing a series of well-known media players for its board, as the San Francisco online social communications service seeks to increase its ties to the entertainment industry …

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Betabeat, Deadline.com and Hillicon Valley. Tweets: @mathewi. See also Mediagazer

Ari Levy / Bloomberg:

Xbox Challenged as Cable Plots to Make Consoles Obsolete — AT&T Inc. (T), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) are gearing up for a push to deliver video games directly to televisions, said people with knowledge of the matter, a strategy shift that poses a threat …

More: DSLreports, MCV: Home Stream, GamesIndustry International, GamePolitics blogs, The Verge and VG247

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Twitter Cofounder Suggests A Replacement For The Follower Count — “The dream metric is how many people saw your tweet,” says Ev Williams. Twitter's own Klout? — Via: @jonsteinberg — Twitter cofounder Ev Williams — who remains on the company's board — hinted Monday that follower counts …

More: Betabeat, Poynter, VentureBeat, AllTwitter and Gizmodo

Tweets: @cbuckser and @buzzfeedben

Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:

Going Beyond E-Books, Barnes & Noble Nook Launches Digital Video Service — Barnes & Noble, looking to capitalize on its fast-growing digital business, is launching a Nook-branded video streaming service that, at first glance, looks a lot like Amazon's and Google's online video services.

More: The Next Web, GeekWire, Washington Post, Computerworld, CNET, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Reuters, paidContent, SiliconANGLE, LAPTOP Magazine, The Verge, Engadget, GadgeTell, WebProNews, Barnes & Noble, Inc., MobileBurn.com and TechCrunch

Amar Toor / The Verge:

Google Play Books update adds definitions, translations, and Maps integration — Google has updated its Books app for Android with a slew of new features, including in-text definitions, translations, and Google Maps integration. The updated Google Play Books app also makes it easier …

More: 9to5Google, CNET, Softpedia News, Android News, Rumours …, Mashable!, MobileBurn.com, Droid Life, Engadget, The Next Web, Official Android Blog and paidContent

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Life beyond JavaScript: Google releases new RoboHornet test — In an attempt to test and therefore improve more than just a browser's JavaScript program speed, Google released a new browser benchmark. It wants others to help improve the benchmark, too. — Google last night unveiled …

More: Paul Irish, The Windows Blog, 9to5Google, Tom's Hardware Guide and gHacks Technology News

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

Adobe announces Photoshop and Premiere Elements 11 with new filters, more beginner-friendly UI — Earlier this year Adobe announced Photoshop CS6 with a new user interface, and now Elements, its line of beginner-level products, are getting a facelift too. The company just introduced Photoshop …

More: BetaNews, GSMArena Blog, Inquirer, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Pocket-lint, Macworld and Softpedia News

Edgar Alvarez / Engadget:

Google updates Chrome app for iOS 6, makes it friendly with the iPhone 5 — Over the next few weeks, we can surely expect iOS developers from all over the globe to start pushing out updates to make their applications better interact with Apple's iOS 6 and that all-new screen found on the iPhone 5.

More: Google Chrome Releases, WebProNews, GadgeTell, Search Engine Roundtable, SlashGear, 9to5Mac and Phone Scoop

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Japan's Recruit Co. Acquires Indeed.com To Extend Jobs Reach From US To Asia — Amid all the recent brouhaha over why Craigslist has failed to improve for so long (in part leading to frustrated developers building things) the entire classifieds market continues to chug along in its various guises.

More: GigaOM, Business Insider, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, A VC, Indeed, Blog Indeed and Tech in Asia. See also Mediagazer

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