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Google Working on Maps for iPhone, iPad — People pining for a Google Maps app on their Apple devices will get one eventually, but likely not for another couple months or so. — Google is developing a maps application for iPhone and iPad that it is seeking to finish by the end of the year …
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BGR, Business Insider, Redmond Pie, Softpedia News, Cydia Blog and Gizmodo
Tweets: @bxchen, @pkedrosky, @cdixon, @fromedome and @davidfg
| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Apple had over a year left on Google Maps contract, Google scrambling to build iOS app — Apple's decision to ship its own mapping system in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 was made over a year before the company's agreement to use Google Maps expired, according to two independent sources familiar with the matter.
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Inquirer, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, NYT Bits, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, Know Your Cell, BGR, MacRumors, CNET, AllThingsD, AppleTell, Examiner, Internet Evolution, Macgasm, App Advice, Ubergizmo and iClarified. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| 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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Inquirer, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Geeky-Gadgets, VentureBeat, CNET, The Verge, Geek.com, TechSpot, The Register, ZDNet, WinBeta and SeekingAlpha.com
| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Only 2,000? Developer interest in Windows 8 is stagnant, opening a new line of worry for Microsoft — Windows 8 contains the Windows Store, making it the first edition of Windows to sport such an app store. Platforms are increasingly reliant on strong app ecosystems …
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The Register, TechEye, CNET and Techie Buzz
| Jamie Rosenberg / Official Android Blog: |
Google Play hits 25 billion downloads — Whether you're looking for directions, checking email or sharing a picture with friends, apps are now an indispensable part of life. And if you're using Android, it all starts with Google Play, home to 675,000 apps and games. That's a lot of choice.
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The Next Web, GigaOM, AllThingsD, TechCrunch and Softpedia News
| Scott Lowe / The Verge: |
Google Play celebrates 25 billion downloads with 25 cent apps, discounted books, music, and movies — After reaching a milestone of 20 billion app installations back in June, Google has announced that its digital storefront, Google Play, has passed 25 billion downloads with over 675,000 available apps and games.
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Geek.com, CNET, Betabeat, Gizmodo, Inside Mobile Apps, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, Inquirer, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com and SlashGear
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Mayer to Yahoos at Not-So-Radical Confab: Personalization, Mobile, Rule of 100 Million and — Most of All — the Four C's! — New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took to the stage today at the Silicon Valley Internet company's URL's Café on its Sunnyvale, Calif., HQ campus to outline — in very broad strokes — her plans for the future.| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
| Lauren Goode / AllThingsD: |
Barnes & Noble Takes Aim at Amazon With New HD Nooks — Yesterday, Barnes & Noble revealed its plans for a Nook-branded online video store. — Today, the company is showing off the products it hopes you'll be watching that video on: New Nook tablets, called the Nook HD and Nook HD+.| Brian Heater / Engadget: |
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| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Apple denied trademark for music icon thanks to... MySpace — Apple is used to getting its way when it comes to intellectual property. It came up short, however, in getting protection for its famous music icon after trademark judges said last week that consumers might confuse the mark with one owned my MySpace.
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iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, CNET and Macgasm
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Trade group exposes 100,000 passwords for Google, Apple engineers — A breakdown of the 18 most common passwords exposed by IEEE suggest that engineers aren't much better than lay people at choosing secure passcodes. — Radu Dragusin — The world's largest professional organization … | Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Sweet: Instagram finally updated to support iOS 6 but iPhone 5 appears to lose live filter preview — Updated with more info on live filters below. — Instagram for iPhone has been updated to support iOS 6 and the new iPhone 5, fixing the awkward centering stopgap that we've had to deal with for...a whole 4 days now!| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Yet another Java flaw allows “complete” bypass of security sandbox — Java gets exposed, yet again. — Niall Kennedy — Researchers have discovered a Java flaw that would let hackers bypass critical security measures in all recent versions of the software.| Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal: |
Cellphones Are Eating the Family Budget — Heidi Steffen and her husband used to treat themselves most weeks to steak at Sodak Shores, a restaurant overlooking a lake near their hometown of Milbank, S.D. Then they each got an iPhone, and the rib-eyes started making fewer appearances.
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PhoneArena and textually.org
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung has fix for Galaxy S III reset vulnerability, asks users to update software — Yesterday's big bad news for Samsung — that a number of Galaxy Android devices were exposed to being hard-reset when their user clicked a link in the browser — is being quickly rectified by the Korean company …
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BGR, Inquirer, Engadget, DailyTech, GSMArena Blog, PhoneArena, SlashGear, TechCrunch, TmoNews and Life On My Mobile
| Steve Huff / Betabeat: |
‘Operation Ababil’: Muslim Cyber Fighters Return, Take Down Wells Fargo's Website — The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters have returned with a new declaration published on Pastebin and a new set of targets. If you park your money with Wells Fargo and can't reach the bank's website …
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Tweets: @wellsfargo and @wellsfargo
| Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily: |
Behind ShoeDazzle's Revolving CEO Door: Strauss' “Brilliant” Move that Wasn't — In the wake of the tersely reported news that ShoeDazzle CEO Bill Strauss is out, and founder Brian Lee is suddenly back in, there's a several hundred million dollar question hanging in the air: Are most of their customers like me, or am I the outlier?| Matt Cohler / TechCrunch: |
Mobile Will Grab TV Advertising's Crown — Editor's note: Matt Cohler is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. He's responsible for identifying investment opportunities in Internet-related companies in addition to working closely with companies across the firm's portfolio. You can follow him on Twitter here.
Thanks:@joannahasspr
| Greg Sterling / Marketing Land: |
Study: Android Owners “More Complacent” Than iOS Users When It Comes To Browser Choice — Most iPhone and Android owners overwhelmingly tend to use the default browser on their devices, though some have downloaded and use alternatives according to a new analysis from Chitika.
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Chitika Insights, GSMArena Blog and Inside Mobile Apps
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Cisco CEO Names Potential Successors in Retirement Plan — Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) Chief Executive Officer John Chambers identified some of the senior leaders at the company that he and the board are considering to succeed him when he retires, which may be within two to four years.
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Fortune, CNET, Light Reading, GigaOM, Bloomberg Tech Blog, Business Insider, The Register, AllThingsD and SeekingAlpha.com. Thanks:@sarahfrier
| Benjamin R. Freed / DCist: |
FCC Chairman Supports ‘Innovative’ Uber … From some of the comments espoused by certain members of the D.C. Council yesterday about the on-demand livery sedan service Uber, one couldn't be blamed for thinking some of the District's legislators operate from an antediluvian mentality.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Chrome Becomes A Better 3D Gaming Platform, Now Supports Pointer Lock — Google just launched a new stable version of Chrome today that adds supports for the Pointer Lock JavaScript API. The purpose of this API is pretty simple: in 3D games on the browser, for example … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
California Governor Brown signs bill clearing use of driverless cars on public roads (video) — Google just chalked up one of the more important victories for driverless cars. California Governor Jerry Brown has signed bill SB1298 into law, formalizing the legal permissions and safety standards needed … | Edward Wyatt / New York Times: |
F.C.C. Considers New Spectrum Rules for Wireless Companies — WASHINGTON — From East Hampton to Malibu, the only limit on how much beachfront property one can own is usually however much one can afford. — Multimedia — Not so in the air across the continent, where the Federal Communications Commission … | Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Samsung schedules strategy meeting with Google's Schmidt over Apple's Android war — Google chairman Eric Schmidt will meet with Samsung execs in South Korea this week, Samsung's mobile chief has revealed, in what's tipped to be an attempt to boost Google's involvement in Android litigation.
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The Korea Times, CNET, Business Insider, The Next Web, TechCrunch, PhoneArena and Geeky-Gadgets
| Daniel Rubino / wpcentral: |
Windows Phone 8 OS video walkthrough via the finalized emulator and SDK — We managed to finally get our hands on the finalized (or very near finalized) software development kit (SDK) for Windows Phone 8—the one where only select developers were given access too.
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Gizmodo, PhoneArena, The Next Web and Neowin
| Rainey Reitman / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
A Deep Dive into Facebook and Datalogix: What's Actually Getting Shared and How You Can Opt Out — We've been seeing a range of reports about Facebook partnering up with marketing company Datalogix to assess whether users go to stores in the physical world and buy the products they saw in Facebook advertisements.
| Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing: |
Google launches underwater Street View, a new virtual map of oceans — Today, Google Maps unveils a new Street View feature: underwater panoramic views of six special sea spots. The idea is to create a virtual map of the oceans, documenting the state of fragile ecosystems as they change over time … | Eric Jackson / Forbes: |
Eric Schmidt Says Google Would Love to Replace Microsoft as Yahoo!'s Search Partner — Overnight, Eric Schmidt, Google's (GOOG) Executive Chairman, spoke in Tokyo at a launch event for a new Nexus tablet. There are many articles this morning reporting on his comments tsk-tsking Apple …
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