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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.
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 9to5Mac: |
RIM serenades fleeing developers with LOLWTF video — RIM Speedwagon says: We are going to keep loving developers at Research In Motion, all the way to BlackBerry 10 and beyond. Watch our leadership team for developer relations bring back the band: Alec Saunders, VP Developer Relations & Ecosystem …
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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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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.| 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.| 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 …
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| 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.
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| Eric Jackson / Forbes: |
Eric Schmidt Says Google Would Love to Replace Microsoft as Yahoo!'s Search Partner — Click for full photo gallery: Eric Schmidt — Overnight, Eric Schmidt, Google's (GOOG) Executive Chairman, spoke in Tokyo at a launch event for a new Nexus tablet. — There are many articles …
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| 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 … | Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Foursquare adds ‘always-on’ notifications to track friends no matter where they are — Foursquare has just added a new notification setting to its check-in system called Always On. As you'd imagine from the title, it allows you to keep track of your friends check-ins at all times, no matter where they are.
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| Bloomberg: |
Windows 8 Bugs Plaguing Microsoft, Intel CEO Said to Tell Staff — Intel Corp. (INTC) Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini told employees in Taiwan that Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system is being released before it's fully ready, a person who attended the company event said.
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
Apple Thefts in New York Outpace Rise in Overall Crime — Thefts of Apple Inc. (AAPL) products in New York City increased more since last year than crime overall, according to the police department. — The Cupertino, California-based company's products were stolen in a total …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Brazilian judge orders arrest of local Google president over negative election ads on YouTube — A Brazilian judge has ordered the arrest of Google's president of operations in Brazil over a pair of YouTube videos that the court says slander mayoral candidate Alcides Bernal.
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The Next Web, Techdirt, 9to5Google, Associated Press and WebProNews. Tweets: @eldon. See also Mediagazer
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Ready, Set ... Stream: Yahoo CEO Mayer Likely to Promise Better CPMs, Home Page, Mail and Search at Employee Confab — The Yahoo “act of radical transparency” meeting by new CEO Marissa Mayer — in which she will unveil to employees her plans to turn the Silicon Valley company around — is starting now.
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| 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 …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
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