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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 …
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 …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Xbox Music to launch on October 26th with free ad-supported streaming
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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” …
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 …
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 …
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.)
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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.
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.
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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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Elvira Pollina / Reuters:
Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI plan a 24-hour strike May 6 against “suffocating control” of their work by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government

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