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September 27, 2012, 10:10 PM

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Say Hello to Gifts, Facebook's New Mobile Revenue Stream — Facebook on Thursday unveiled Gifts, the company's major initiative into the world of social gift giving and e-commerce. — It's exactly what it sounds like. Users can choose, mail and pay for real-world, physical gifts …

More: AllFacebook, Forbes, LAPTOP Magazine, VentureBeat, Digits, Facebook Newsroom, Wired, Inside Facebook, IntoMobile, PC Magazine, ABCNEWS, Engadget, Forbes, TPM IdeaLab, PandoDaily, internetretailer.com, WebProNews, Mashable!, The Verge and BuzzFeed. Tweets: @launchticker

Somini Sengupta / NYT Bits:

Facebook Lets Users Buy Real Things for Friends

More: Betabeat, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Pulse2 Technology … and CNET

Roger Cheng / CNET:

RIM won't show off BlackBerry 10 phones this year — Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben tells CNET that Research In Motion will show off more of BlackBerry 10's capabilities, but there will be no big reveal until closer to the launch date. — BlackBerry fans hoping to get a peek …

More: Pocketables, Tech Trader Daily and Pulse2 Technology …

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

RIM's Fiscal Q2 2013 Results: Net Loss Of $235 Million On $2.9 Billion In Revenue, 7.4 Million BlackBerrys Shipped — After a roller coaster of a week, RIM has just released its fiscal Q2 2013 financials and — shocker — they're not as bad as some thought.

More: Market Wire, Computerworld, CNET, Neowin, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Tech Trader Daily, VentureBeat, GigaOM, The Next Web and FierceWireless

Tweets: @rogerwcheng and @jonerlichman

Claire Cain Miller / NYT Bits:

A New Google App Gives You Local Information — Before You Ask for It — Google has created a new mobile app that gives people facts about the places around them — unprompted, without the need to even ask for the information. — The app, Field Trip, offers historical trivia about a park …

Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:

Google's “iLost” Motorola ad faked an address to “lose” iOS 6 Maps — Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary went looking for an address that didn't actually exist in an effort to artificially portray Apple's new iOS 6 Maps as deficient. — In a marketing ploy not unlike Nokia's faked camera shots …

More: Gizmodo, Search Engine Land, CNET, Business Insider, Edible Apple, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile and BGR. Thanks:@max8378

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Instagram Beats Twitter in Daily Mobile Users for the First Time, Data Says — Pictures beat words: In August, U.S. smartphone owners visited Instagram from their smartphones more frequently and for longer periods of time than they visited Twitter. — That data comes from comScore …

More: BuzzFeed, Wired, Inside Mobile Apps, CNET, Pulse2 Technology …, PC Magazine, digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, Digits, SiliconANGLE, Venture Capital Dispatch, Mashable!, All and AllTwitter

Tweets: @levie, @eric_andersen, @eric_andersen, @eric_andersen and @atul

Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:

Growing Its Influence, Klout Gets Strategic Investment From Microsoft — And Serious Bing Integration — Klout hasn't just defied influential tech pundits, its social reputation scorecard has won them over. Now the sometimes-controversial startup is aiming at search.

More: The Official Klout Blog, Digits, VentureBeat, Uncrunched, Bing, AllThingsD, Betabeat, Marketing Pilgrim, Search Engine Land, LiveSide.net and WebProNews

Tweets: @louisgray and @eric_andersen

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Bad Piggies Is A Hit, Taking Just 3 Hours To Hit The Top Spot In The U.S. App Store — And just like that, Rovio is back to number 1. The Finnish gaming company today launched Bad Piggies, an entirely new game that features some of the same characters from the smash hit, Angry Birds.

More: iMore.com, GigaOM, Macgasm, WebProNews, memeburn, SlashGear, Mashable!, BGR, AllThingsD, PC Magazine and BGR. Tweets: @drizzled

Karolina Slowikowska / Reuters:

EU regulators set to charge Microsoft over breached deal — (Reuters) - EU regulators are preparing to charge Microsoft Corp for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer users a choice of web browsers, the EU's antitrust chief said on Thursday.

More: EU Press Room, GigaOM, Pulse2 Technology …, AllThingsD, SlashGear, VentureBeat, DailyFinance.com, PC Magazine, Forbes, ZDNet, VatorNews, Engadget, Washington Post and TechEye

Bloomberg:

Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV — Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is talking to networks such as Viacom (VIAB) Inc.'s MTV about offering their channels over the Internet, a service that could shift the economics of the pay-TV industry, five people familiar with the plan said.

More: Business Week, AllThingsD, GigaOM, PC Magazine, CNET, Mashable!, The Verge and Deadline.com. See also Mediagazer

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

Dish Network launches nationwide satellite broadband service with ViaSat, Hughes, calls it dishNET

More: MarketWatch, SlashGear and Bloomberg

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

“iCloud Backup” — Last year, I bought my 87-year-old grandfather an iPad 2 to replace the who-knows-what PC that was frustrating him constantly. He only used the PC for email and playing music, so it was a no-brainer. — Since my grandparents live in Arizona and I usually …

Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits:

Camera+, a Top-Selling iPhone App, Expands to iPad — Camera+, an iPhone camera app that has been a top seller in the App Store for years, expanded to the iPad on Thursday. Not many people shoot photos with an iPad, but the core features of the app are its editing suite and integration of Apple's iCloud online storage service.

More: iMore.com, tap tap tap, MacRumors, The Next Web, SlashGear, everythingiCafe, Gotta Be Mobile and TechCrunch

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 officially priced in Europe, available in November — Nokia unveiled its Lumia 920 and 820 Windows Phone 8 devices earlier this month, but the company refused to mention pricing, pre-orders, and availability dates. Despite this, Nokia's Russian subsidiary has started …

More: Wired, IntoMobile, Bloomberg, Redmond Pie, PC Magazine, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, Tech Shout!, Mashable!, WMPoweruser, Neowin, Reuters, Ubergizmo and The Next Web

Dalton Caldwell / App.net:

Announcing the App.net Developer Incentive Program — Two important properties of a successful software platform are: — A financially sustainable business model that can support both the platform and 3rd-party developers. — Aligned financial incentives between the platform, users and developers.

More: CNET, ReadWriteWeb, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and GigaOM

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Netflix gets iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support, takes advantage of the new 16:9 screen — Netflix today updated its native iOS app with iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support. You can grab the latest version now from the official Apple App store. — The requirements for the app now read: “Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

More: BGR, iMore.com, Macgasm, The Verge, TechCrunch, Mashable! and WebProNews

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Here's Yahoo's 2011 3-Year Strategy Plan That Could Be New Roadmap — As most readers know, I love a good internal memo from Yahoo — and now I have landed a really meaty one. — It's the “Yahoo! Three-Year Product Strategy” plan, a 21-page report that was completed in mid-2011 by a team headed by former product head Blake Irving.

More: PandoDaily and SiliconANGLE

Dan Farber / CNET:

Pew study: News consumption increasing via mobile, social media — Social-networking sites grew from 9 percent to 19 percent as a source for news in the last two years, but only 3 percent of respondents say they regularly get news from Twitter. — The Internet is continuing to erode TV …

More: San Francisco Chronicle, GigaOM, Pew Research Center …, Mashable! and The Technology Chronicles. See also Mediagazer

Jessica Dolcourt / CNET:

Samsung teases Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct. 24 — We already know that five carriers will get the 5.5-inch phone/tablet hybrid, but Samsung looks like it will hold a grand opening anyway. — Just one look at the stylus in Samsung's Save the Date invite we received today will tell …

More: Computerworld, AllThingsD, MobileSyrup.com, Engadget, BGR, IntoMobile, The Verge and Mashable!

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Amazon Could Be Working On A Square Competitor — Rumors have been coming in that Amazon is readying a mobile payments product that could compete with Square, Intuit GoPayment and PayPal Here. A tipster and an industry source both tell us that Amazon is going after smaller chains of retailers …

More: PandoDaily, CNET and The Next Web. Thanks:@jordanrcrook

ACLU:

New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance — Justice Department documents released today by the ACLU reveal that federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' electronic communications, and doing so without warrants …

More: Wired, Ars Technica, CNET, Hillicon Valley, Forbes, The Verge and Computerworld. Tweets: @qthrul

Staska / Unwired View:

What's next for iPhone? Flexible displays with tactile keyboard, laser mics and surround speakers built-in — When Apple announced iPhone 5, there was a collective sigh from tech blogosphere . “Boooriiing...” - complained geeks around the world. “It's the same design from 3 years ago” - added pundits.

More: TechCrunch, CNET, SlashGear, MacRumors, Gizmodo and 9to5Mac. Thanks:@uvstaska

AppleInsider:

Apple seeks patent for Siri automated assistant — Apple is seeking ownership of the technology and features that drive its voice-controlled Siri personal assistant found on iOS devices. — The company's extensive 51-page application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is entitled “Intelligent Automated Assistant.”

More: Macgasm, Computerworld, Engadget, PhoneArena and InvestorPlace

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

New Zealand Prime Minister Apologizes To Kim Dotcom — “Of course I apologize to Mr Dotcom, and I apologize to New Zealanders.” — These were the humbling words of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key today after a report from Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Paul Neazor found …

More: BGR, Agence France Presse, Wall Street Journal, New Zealand Herald, Techdirt, Pulse2 Technology …, Guardian, SiliconANGLE, Blue's News, Media Decoder, TVNZ, Neowin, Softpedia News, TechCrunch and Betabeat. Tweets: @kashhill

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Mozilla's Persona Login System Is Now In Beta, Takes On OpenID And OAuth — Mozilla's Persona, the organization's experimental distributed login system that's an alternative to OpenID and OAuth, is now officially in public beta. Mozilla bills Persona as a “login system that completely eliminates passwords …

More: Computerworld, Engadget, The Next Web, Identity at Mozilla, gHacks Technology News and Webmonkey

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