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Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

The Forgotten Mapmaker: Nokia Has Better Maps Than Apple and Maybe Even Google — It's impossible to create a perfect map, but that hasn't stopped Nokia from trying. Here, we go inside the company's neverending drive to create a digital copy of the world. — Apple's maps are bad.

More: WMPoweruser, My Nokia Blog, IntoMobile, Nieman Journalism Lab and TechCrunch

Tweets: @stamenglo and @benkutil

Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog:

Google Street View Goes Live in the Google Maps Web App — Earlier today it was noted by Walt Mossberg Google Street View would be coming to the Google Maps web app on Thursday, essentially confirming what we were earlier told by the New York Times. Well, it looks like Google Street View has gone live late Wednesday night PDT.

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, The Next Web, I4U News, SlashGear, PhoneArena and AllThingsD. Thanks:@gary_ng

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Turning to Select Retail Store Employees to Help Improve Maps for iOS 6 — MacRumors has learned that Apple is piloting a program to tap into its vast number of retail store employees to help improve the company's new Maps app for iOS 6. Details on the initiative remain unclear …

More: TechEye, CNET, digitaltrends.com, Pocketables, AppleInsider, TUAW, Mashable!, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, Tecca, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, WebProNews, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, bizjournals, Macgasm, App Advice and Softpedia News. Tweets: @ifostore

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

After iOS fail, Google debuts MoreThanAMap.com to celebrate 800k sites and apps using its Maps API — Google today announced that 800,000 Web sites and apps are actively using its Google Maps API. To celebrate the milestone, the search giant has launched MoreThanAMap.com which showcases …

More: Google LatLong, Softpedia News, Beyond Search, TPM IdeaLab, CNN, Google Maps Mania and 9to5Google

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Fresh from the rumor mill: Microsoft is in talks to acquire music startup Rdio — Sometimes, you hear something from someone that sounds like it would make sense if you take some time to think about it. — But, 9 out of 10 times, unsubstantiated rumors don't even stand a chance …

More: LiveSide.net, PandoDaily, Neowin, ReadWriteWeb and CNET

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Xbox Music to launch on October 26th with free ad-supported streaming

More: Pocketables, BGR, digitaltrends.com, CNET, Redmond Pie, WebProNews, The Next Web, TechSpot, GamesIndustry International, Engadget, LiveSide.net, Gotta Be Mobile, VG247 and WinBeta

Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

A New Tech Generation Defies the Odds in Japan — TOKYO — Every Wednesday, a bar in central Tokyo hosts an unusual speed-dating event. There are drinks and plenty of coy looks. But the young people at the bar aren't here for romance. — “I want to meet like-minded people — basically …

More: The Verge and Tech in Asia

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google officially launches Google Wallet for web content — We knew it was coming when Google leaked a rough draft of its blog post announcing the feature, but today Google is making things official for Google Wallet for web content. The experimental feature will allow Google Wallet users …

More: SiliconBeat, The Verge, Engadget, Out-Law News and digitaltrends.com

Laura June / The Verge:

Siri's strange movie reviews: it's tough being a robot — Apple's candid iPhone assistant has another Easter egg — You may or may not have noticed that sometimes Siri says crazy things. We recently noticed that Siri summarizes movies in a pretty funny way, too.

More: Gizmodo

Kyle Wagner / Gizmodo:

How to Look Inside Any Building in the World — People take Instagram photos everywhere. Even—especially— in places you can't easily get into. That's why it seems like the most natural thing in the world for something like Worldcam to exist. — Worldcam's premise is simple …

More: Mashable!, Co.Create and The Verge. Tweets: @josephjpeters

Bloomberg:

AT&T Is Said to Unveil Nokia's Lumia 920 Tomorrow — AT&T Inc. (T), the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, will announce plans today to sell Nokia Oyj (NOK)'s first device running on Windows Phone 8 software for the U.S. market, two people with knowledge of the plan said.

More: The Droid Guy, Geeky-Gadgets, PhoneArena and WMPoweruser

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Confirmed: Google's Motorola Mobility Acquires Image And Gesture Recognition Company Viewdle — Earlier this week, we heard rumors that Google was in the process of acquiring the augmented reality and image recognition firm Viewdle. Turns out those rumors were true.

More: Inquirer, CNET, IntoMobile, AllThingsD and Engadget. Thanks:@fredericl

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

Evasive action: How The Pirate Bay four dodged Swedish justice—for a while — The Pirate Bay, despite its legal troubles, has survived for nearly a decade. — Citizen Media Watch — On April 17, 2009, the four Swedish men behind file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay (TPB)—Fredrik “tiamo” …

More: The Register, TorrentFreak and Softpedia News

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

13-inch Modbook Pro Mac tablet priced at $3,499, preorder now — Back in June we told you that the OS X based Mac tablet dubbed “Modbook” would be making a return almost 5 years after the launch of the original device in 2007. The company recently revealed that the new Modbook Pro will include …

More: ZDNet, Modbook Inc., Ars Technica and Gizmodo

Chris O'Brien / Mercury News:

With Oracle vulnerable, CEO Larry Ellison embarks on final battle to shape his legacy — SAN FRANCISCO — If you need to be reminded just how quickly today's winner in Silicon Valley can find that perch suddenly precarious, look no further than Oracle. — Last year, during …

More: Wall Street Journal

Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:

AAPL: iPhone 5′s Amazing 93% Margin on NAND, Per RBC — RBC Capital's chip analyst Doug Freedman this afternoon reflects upon the “tear-down” findings of ifixit.com and chipworks.com pertaining to the iPhone 5, which went on sale three weeks ago (counting pre-orders.)

More: MacDailyNews

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple Stores Get the Glory, but Retail Partners Shoulder Load — Apple's stores are among the most successful brick-and-mortar shops around, generating more revenue per square foot than any other retailer in the United States, including Tiffany. — During the company's last earnings call …

More: Phones Review, PhoneArena, Business Insider and iDownloadBlog.com

Phil Dzikiy / iLounge:

Apple tightens MFi rules, stalls 3rd-party Lightning add-ons — Following up on prior reports that Apple had not made Lightning connectors available to developers, multiple reliable sources have confirmed to iLounge that Apple has made significant changes to its Made For iPad/iPhone/iPod …

More: SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Edible Apple, App Advice, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, MacRumors, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, everythingiCafe, 9to5Mac, MacNN and iClarified

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft considering ‘Surface Phone,’ but not this year — Decision may hinge on success of Windows Phone 8 — Microsoft won't release its own Windows Phone device this year, sources have told The Verge. Multiple insiders have confirmed there are no plans to introduce …

More: wpcentral, TechWeekEurope UK, Ars Technica, The Next Web, Softpedia News, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat and BGR

Jillian C. York / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act — A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act — The government of the Philippines today has passed the troubling Cybercrime Prevention Act. The Act covers a range of offenses, but—as we wrote last month …

More: ITworld.com and BBC

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

PRQ Raid Targets Revealed, Pirate Party Gets Boost, Plot Thickens.... Police carried out a raid against Swedish hosting company PRQ on Monday and the searches were finally completed today. — The immediate effect was that all sites hosted on the 80.88. /19 net went down …

More: CNET, Ars Technica, SPIN, Plagiarism Today, Softpedia News, Forbes and Computerworld

Reuters:

Google denied summary judgment in patent dispute with Vringo — (Reuters) - Mobile phone software maker Vringo Inc's shares jumped 39 percent on Wednesday after a judge denied Google Inc a motion for summary judgment in a patent dispute. — Google was sued by Innovate/Protect Inc, which was acquired by Vringo.

More: Seeking Alpha

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

MegaDroid: 300,000 Androids clustered together to study network havoc — Sandia researcher David Fritz standing in front of a cluster of Android virtual machines, holding two Galaxy Nexus phones. — Sandia National Laboratories — Anyone who builds an Android app knows that testing on real devices is important.

More: EurekAlert!, digitaltrends.com, Android News, Rumours …, NYT Bits, PC Advisor, Sandia Labs News Releases, TPM IdeaLab and ZDNet

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Ellen Pao's Lawyer: Kleiner Perkins Firing Was Retaliation — Ellen Pao, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture capitalist who is suing the firm for gender discrimination, will now add termination for the purposes of retaliation to her claims, said her lawyer on Wednesday.

More: PE Hub Blog, Venture Capital Dispatch, bizjournals, San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat and Betabeat

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Craigslist rolls out new Map View feature for apartment searches — Even as it's locked in a legal dispute with apartment hunting sites over use of its data, Craiglist has released its own mapping feature for the apartment listings on its website. The service appears to be rolling out gradually …

More: The Verge

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

First 2012 Presidential Debate Saw 10.3M Tweets And Gave Politics A New Dimension — Yes, we know that tonight was a record-setting night for Twitter. The first 2012 Presidential Debate was the most tweeted about political event in company history. Whether you care or not, this is significant and worth noting.

More: CNET, SiliconBeat, Mashable!, Twitter Blog and Marketing Land

Declan McCullagh / CNET:

Pandora defeats class-action suit over Facebook integration — Judge throws out multibillion dollar suit arising from obscure CD-and-audiotape rental law, saying nobody was actually harmed by Pandora's opt-in integration with Facebook two years ago. — When Pandora was sued …

More: MediaPost

T-Mobile Newsroom:

T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS to Combine, Creating Value Leader in U.S. Wireless Marketplace — Combination Establishes the Leading Value-Focused Wireless Carrier — Accelerates T-Mobile's Challenger Strategy with Increased Scale, Spectrum and Financial Resources

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