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October 1, 2012, 10:10 AM

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David Talbot / Technology Review:

Hey, Apple: Mapping Takes More Work than You Think — Apple's apology suggests it may underestimate how much effort is needed to build a great map app. — In response to scathing criticism over its new Maps app for mobile devices, Apple CEO Tim Cook last week apologized and admitted that the company …

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Farhad Manjoo / PandoDaily:

Mapgate Is Over. Apple Won. Customers Won. Google, Not So Much. — In a single succinct, sincere, and brilliant note, Tim Cook has put Apple's Maps fiasco to bed. It was a beautiful thing. He offered a clear assessment of the problem ("we fell short"), and took full responsibility for it.

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Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:

Kindle Paperwhite review — Amazon's fastest, most feature-packed e-reader hits a crowded market with a few new moves under its belt — I was looking forward to the review of the Kindle Paperwhite for one simple reason: I would finally have an excuse to read more.

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Julie Bort / Business Insider:

Larry Ellison Just Took On Amazon With A New Cloud Service — Larry Ellison just announced that Oracle was launching a brand new cloud computing service. — Oracle will now be offering “infrastructure as a service” as the industry calls it, or “hardware as a service” as Ellison dubbed it tonight.

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Quentin Hardy / NYT Bits:

Oracle: Big Business Has Big Data Woes — Here's a preview of what Oracle will be saying at its big annual show, Oracle OpenWorld, which begins Sunday: — Business, the way you're working will kill you. Storage costs, social media awareness, software application migration — they are all big problems.

More: ReadWriteWeb, Computerworld, Softpedia News, San Francisco Chronicle, ZDNet and AllThingsD

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

HP announces the ElitePad 900, a business-friendly Windows 8 tablet arriving in January — Remember those hazy days of summer when HP ran an ad during the Olympics, slipped in a a shot of an unannounced tablet and thought we wouldn't notice? (P'shaw!) Well, you can finally lay your speculation …

More: BetaNews, Ars Technica, Computerworld, San Francisco Chronicle, Inquirer, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, BGR, ZDNet, IntoMobile, Pocket-lint, Neowin, The Verge and SlashGear

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Ex-Apple CEO John Sculley tells the story of ARM and Newton at the start of Apple as a mobile giant — One of Apple's first forays into the arena that we think of today as ‘mobile’ computing was the Newton MessagePad. As a pocketable, hand-sized device that was meant to be a a personal organizer …

More: 9to5Mac

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

FreedomPop's pay-as-you-go data service launches in beta, offering 500MB of free WiMAX per month — It was almost a year ago that we first heard about FreedomPop, a startup built on the manifesto that every American (yes, you) should have access to free wireless broadband.

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John D. Stoll / Wall Street Journal:

Nokia Seals Mapping Deal With Oracle — Nokia Corp., looking to increase use of its mapping software, will unveil a new deal with Oracle Corp. intended to give Oracle's stable of customers access to Nokia's growing vault of map data and location services. — The deal, set to be announced Monday …

More: Nokia, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Know Your Cell, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Phones Review, ZDNet, Electronista, Mashable!, Reuters and CNET

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Verizon iPhone 5 update eliminates carrier data usage while connected to a Wifi Network — An update is going to Verizon iPhone 5 owners this evening that resolves an issue where, under certain circumstances, the iPhone 5 may use Verizon cellular data while connected to a Wi-Fi network.

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, BGR, The Loop, CNET, Computerworld, Apple, AppleTell, iPhone, Macgasm, MacNN, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocketnow, App Advice, Ubergizmo, Engadget, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web and iClarified

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Apple warranty ads should be examined, says EU justice chief — Summary: Apple's warranty flap continues to stir in Europe, as the bloc's justice chief warns that the limited protection offered to Apple customers should be investigated. — Zack Whittaker

More: Bloomberg, Engadget, GigaOM, TechCrunch, Inquirer, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com and Softpedia News

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Five Big Changes In The iOS 6 App Store (And What Developers Should Do) — Some developers are complaining that since the introduction of the Chomp-inspired App Store redesign in iOS 6, sales have noticeably dropped. Others say the changes are good for indie developers.

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Adobe's Acrobat XI Boasts New PDF Editor And Touch-Friendly Interface — Upgrades Start At $139 — Adobe is ready to share the details behind Acrobat XI, the latest version of its product suite for creating, editing, and viewing PDFs. — The company demonstrated the product at a press event earlier …

More: Inquirer, Computerworld, PC World, VentureBeat, Acrobat Blog, Business Wire and Softpedia News

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

How a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system — In 1972, the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) got a new chief judge named Thomas Markey. At Markey's investiture ceremony, patent attorney Donald Drunner spoke of the “anguish of the patent bar about the treatment of patents in various federal courts.”

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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:

The Case for Abolishing Patents (Yes, All of Them)

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