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September 28, 2012, 9:40 PM

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Tim Cook / Apple:

A letter from Tim Cook on Maps — To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration …

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Tweets: @markgurman, @lessien, @google, @anildash, @anildash, @tomwarren, @charlesarthur and @nik

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Apple Is Heavily Promoting Alternative Map Apps In The App Store — Now that Apple has told the world that it didn't come with its best offering for Maps, the company is now featuring other map applications heavily within the App Store in case you didn't notice: — It's also showing up for the iPad:

More: The Verge, MacRumors, CNET, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, Gizmodo and WebProNews. Thanks:@thatdrew

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Tim Cook Apologizes For Apple Maps, Points To Competitive Alternatives — Apple CEO Tim Cook has written an open letter on Apple's website, finally apologizing for the Maps drama that's been unfolding over the past few weeks with the introduction of iOS 6. — In the letter, Cook states that he is …

More: Mercury News, Mobile Opportunity, NYT Bits, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web, Business Week, Computerworld, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketables, SiliconANGLE, Pocket-lint and TUAW. Thanks:@romaindillet

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Apple's plan to have music-streaming service built into iPhone 5 scuttled by royalty fight with Sony/ATV — Apple's plan to have its own music-streaming service built into the iPhone 5 was dramatically dashed when talks between the tech giant and Sony/ATV hit a last-minute snag, The Post has learned.

More: Media Decoder, The Droid Guy, BGR, TechCrunch, CNET, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iLounge, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, Pocketnow, Forbes and SeekingAlpha.com. See also Mediagazer

Brian Heater / Engadget:

Amazon breaks down its Kindle Paperwhite light technology (video) — Amazon's certainly not the first company to deliver an illuminated e-reader, but the mega-retailer's psyched about its new Kindle Paperwhite nonetheless, and after playing around with the device a bit, it's easy to see why.

More: SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile and WebProNews

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Google's Spring Cleaning program removes AdSense for Feeds and decreases Drive storage — As part of its effort to minimize resources while also focusing on products that they feel could improve users' lives, Google announced that it was continuing its spring cleaning program and shared …

More: CNET, Marketing Land, GigaOM, Agence France Presse and TechCrunch

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

The FeedBurner Deathwatch Continues: Google Kills AdSense For Feeds

More: The Official Google Blog

Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:

Urban Outfitters Says It Will Never Buy Another Cash Register Again — All Sales Will Be Done On iPods And iPads — Retailer Urban Outfitters had its first ever annual analyst day today. — You can listen to the whole presentation here, but about halfway through CIO Calvin Hollinger makes …

More: AppleInsider and Adobe Digital Marketing Blog

TechCrunch:

Color CEO Bill Nguyen Checks Out Of Day-To-Day Operations, While A New Leadership Team Re-Tools — Sources tell us there is turmoil at the executive levels of Color Labs. As you may know, the startup launched with a focus on photo-sharing but quickly became the poster child of Silicon Valley hype …

More: Betabeat, GigaOM and VentureBeat

Tweets: @peterpham and @dcurtis

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Twitter Announces New Improvements For Discover Tab, Adds Continuous Tweet Stream — Today, Twitter announced some updates to its Discover offering. Here's what the company had to say: … The name of this game is context. What Twitter has been working really hard at is providing top news stories …

More: Marketing Land, Twitter Blog, AllTwitter, GadgeTell, VentureBeat, AllThingsD and The Next Web. Thanks:@mjburnsy. See also Mediagazer

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

FCC kicks off effort to reclaim TV spectrum for wireless — The FCC started the process for making rules for the upcoming incentive auction as it tries to free up more wireless spectrum from broadcast TV providers. The target date for the complicated auction, which has three distinct parts, is June 2014.

More: Computerworld, Hillicon Valley, New York Times, Ars Technica and The Next Web. Tweets: @digiphile. See also Mediagazer

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

HP takes Open webOS 1.0 live, shows it supersized on a TouchSmart (video) — WebOS loyalists have been waiting a long, long time for HP's September launch of Open webOS, but the company has made good on its promise with not a moment to spare. Open webOS 1. is now available with core browser …

More: The Verge, BGR, CNET, BetaNews, webOS Nation, The Open webOS Project Blog, Liliputing, SlashGear, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup.com and MobileBurn.com

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Foursquare just launched a no-brainer partnership with OpenTable for reservations in its Explore tab — Foursquare announced an interesting partnership today with OpenTable. Tap on any place in the Foursqare app's Explore map that's an OpenTable partner and you'll be able to make reservations right in the app.

More: digitaltrends.com, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, Foursquare Blog, PhoneArena and Mashable!

Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters:

Exclusive: Groupon reshuffles execs, seeks to fix Europe business — (Reuters) - Groupon Inc (GRPN.O), the world's largest online daily deals provider, is reshuffling senior management roles in an attempt to fix its struggling European business — a shake-up that will also include the departure of its chief of international business.

More: internetretailer.com and The Register

Tim Kelly / Reuters:

Sharp says making adequate volumes of display used in iPhone5 — (Reuters) - A Sharp Corp executive said the company is making “adequate volumes” of displays it is known to supply for Apple Inc's new iPhone5, indicating that a bottleneck in supplies of screens may have eased.

More: PC Magazine, AllThingsD, Mashable!, Inquirer, iDownloadBlog.com, Know Your Cell, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Pulse2 Technology …. Thanks:@chadcat

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Global iPhone 5 Rollout Continues, Tight Supplies Be Damned

More: everythingiCafe, MacDailyNews, BGR and Electronista

Louis Goddard / The Verge:

Sony buys $644m share of Olympus in pursuit of 4K endoscopes and better camera technology — Sony has announced plans to invest ¥50 billion ($644 million) in struggling camera maker Olympus as part of a new joint venture in medical imaging. The partnership, which will see Sony …

More: BGR, DealBook, CNET, San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, The Next Web, BBC and SlashGear

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

iPhone 5 estimated to cost 41 cents per year to charge — A new estimate says Apple's newest iPhone costs 41 cents a year to recharge if you do it once a day. — A new estimate claims Apple's latest iPhone costs 41 cents a year to keep charged, less than a third of its sibling, the iPad.

More: AppleInsider, BGR, Phones Review and Electricpig.co.uk

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

T-Mobile Leases Its Towers for $2.4 Billion to Fund Its LTE Plans — T-Mobile said on Friday that it has reached a deal to unload its cellular towers for $2.4 billion, a move that will help fund the company's effort to modernize its network. — The buyer is Houston-based Crown Castle, a major owner of such towers.

More: CNET, Business Wire, The Next Web, GeekWire, Engadget, Bloomberg, BGR, DealBook, WebProNews and DSLreports. Tweets: @inafried

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Yes, the iPhone 5 does vibrate differently — If you're the proud owner of an iPhone 5, you may have noticed something different about the way that it vibrates. Well, you're not imagining it, because there is something different about it: the vibrating motor.

More: PC Magazine, Business Insider, Know Your Cell, IntoMobile, iDownloadBlog.com, Pulse2 Technology …, everythingiCafe and CNET

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Kodak planning to exit consumer printing business as bankruptcy restructuring continues — Kodak today announced it would cease the sale of consumer inkjet printers and cut a total of 1,200 jobs, up from the 1,000 previously announced, as the company works to restructure its business after filing for bankruptcy earlier this year.

More: Kodak Printers …, Techland, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Inquirer, Engadget and 1001 Noisy Cameras

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