Techmeme: Instapaper creator Marco Arment launches The Magazine, a different kind of periodical for Apple's Newsstand (Matthew Panzarino/The Next Web)

October 11, 2012, 6:00 PM

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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Softbank in Advanced Talks to Acquire Sprint Nextel — TOKYO—Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. is in advanced talks to buy U.S. operator Sprint Nextel Corp. in a deal expected to exceed ¥1 trillion ($12.81 billion) in value, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday.

More: Reuters, The Register, professional.wsj.com, AllThingsD, Deal Journal, Droid Life, Reuters, Reuters, The Verge, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, PhoneNews.com, CNET, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Digits, Gizmodo and Corporate Intelligence

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Sprint Confirms Talks With Softbank Over “Substantial Investment” — Sprint confirmed Thursday that it is in talks with Japan's Softbank about a possible deal. — The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier said the discussions are about a “substantial investment by Softbank” but offered few other details.

More: Corporate Intelligence, Examiner, DSLreports and Know Your Cell

Reuters:

Japan's Softbank in talks for $12.8 billion Sprint stake - source — (Reuters) - Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp may buy a majority stake in Sprint Nextel Corp to establish a foothold in the U.S. wireless market, in what could be the largest Japanese acquisition ever in America.

Dennis K. Berman / WSJ Blogs:

Sizing Up a Softbank Takeover of Sprint

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Don Clark / Digits:

Chip Design Luminary Leaves Samsung for Apple — Samsung recently raised eyebrows by beefing up its team of Texas-based chip designers, including those whose backgrounds pointed to an interest in chips for server systems. Now one of the most prominent of those recruits has left the South Korean company for Apple .

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Russell Holly / Geek.com:

Uncovered: Google creating a “Nexus Call Center” for device support — One of the big complaints surrounding the Nexus 7 launch was the lack of customer support when dealing with the device. Google was not initially prepared to handle the volume of users that required support …

More: CNET, Network World, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup.com, Ars Technica, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Android Community, Android News, Rumours … and Droid Life

iFixit:

iPod Touch 5th Generation Teardown — We got our hands on Apple's new iPod Touch. First thing we do: get inside to see just how much “funner” the new generation is compared to the older generations. Join us for all the fun to come by following iFixit on Twitter or friending us on Facebook.

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Apple iPod nano review (2012)

More: Engadget, Business Insider, TUAW and MacRumors

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instapaper creator Marco Arment launches The Magazine, a different kind of periodical for Apple's Newsstand — Back in July, Instapaper creator Marco Arment started thinking about what to do with The Feature. It was a section of the app in which he placed a curated selection of stories worth sharing …

More: Marco.org, ReadWriteWeb, MacStories, Marco.org, Daring Fireball, Gizmodo, Fortune and The Magazine. Tweets: @marcoarment. Thanks:@martinsfp. See also Mediagazer

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Peek launches with $1.4M from Jack Dorsey and Eric Schmidt to help you discover and book activities — Have you ever had a time when you went to a new neighborhood or city and you were looking for cool things to do? Often when you're in search of things to do, it can be really hard to find a listing to browse.

More: Forbes, VentureBeat, Betabeat, NYT Bits, SiliconBeat, Laughing Squid and Mashable. Tweets: @jack

Steve Dent / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy S III mini pops up, we go hands-on (video) — When word first started trickling out that Samsung planned to make a mini version of the Galaxy S III, it had the air of plausibility — we've heard from many a person about the too-large size of that phone for their hands.

More: AllThingsD, BetaNews, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet and Business Insider

Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:

Google Starts To Downplay Zagat Scores; It Should Ditch Them Altogether — Google is changing the way it collects local business reviews and displays them in search results, making the Zagat score a less prominent piece of information. — That's a good thing in my opinion, and many people …

More: Engadget, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Wired, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Zagat Blog, WebProNews, Search Engine Roundtable and Screenwerk

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple's US injunction on Samsung Galaxy Nexus reversed by appeals court — The US injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that Apple earned by way of a patent judge earlier this year has been reversed by an appeals court, reports Reuters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit …

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Glenn Peoples / Billboard.Biz:

Business Matters: The Truth About Pandora's Payments to Artists — Pandora mounted an effective publicity campaign Tuesday by revealing the amounts of royalties some artists' songs generate on its service (as opposed to how much money those artists are actually collecting).

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Eric Schmidt: Android-Apple Is the Defining Fight in the Industry Today — The fight between Google and Apple over mobile devices is great for consumers, but the patent wars that have resulted are awful, said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, in conversation tonight with our own Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.

More: Business Insider and Tapscape

Casey Chan / Gizmodo:

Eric Schmidt Would Love to Be CEO of Apple, Doesn't Take Microsoft Seriously and Is Wary of Facebook

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Eric Schmidt Can't Wait for Self-Driving Cars, Won't Predict When Google Maps Come Back to Apple

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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:

Amazon Releases Kindle's Lending Library In UK, Germany, France With 200,000 Books, Increases KDP Royalty Fund — Amazon continues to roll out its content offerings in Europe. Soon, Amazon Prime members will be able to borrow books from the Kindle owners' lending library.

More: Engadget, The Verge, The Tech Block, Mashable and The Next Web

Alistair Barr / Reuters:

Exclusive: eBay starts daily deals for services, taking on Groupon — (Reuters) - EBay Inc has quietly launched an online marketplace for deals on local services, taking on Groupon Inc and expanding into a potentially big category. — Called eBay Lifestyle Deals, the offers are being run …

More: CNET, Street Fight, memeburn, Marketing Pilgrim and Techie Buzz

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

How an intern created Facebook's slick new mobile ad interface — Earlier this month, Facebook launched a significant update to its Page Manager app. One of the things within the app was the ability for businesses to manage their pages — for brands, this is incredibly important …

More: AllFacebook, CNET, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Facebook

Jamillah Knowles / The Next Web:

Skyfire raises $10 million series D to fuel expansion in Europe and Asia — Skyfire, the mobile video and cloud solutions company, has raised $10 million in series D financing to help it expand into Europe and Asia. — The round was led by Panorama Capital, a new investor in the company …

More: VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Motorola Droid RAZR HD and RAZR Maxx HD launching October 18th in US — Motorola's Droid RAZR HD and RAZR Maxx HD phones have finally gotten a US launch date. A day after going on sale in Canada, the 4.7-inch Android 4.0 phones are officially set to arrive on Verizon October 18th.

More: BGR and Mashable

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Tumblr Puts More Focus On Photos With Photoset, Its New Standalone iOS App — Tumblr is a company that has built a platform that seemingly morphs into something new every single time I visit it. One of the most popular features of the service is its ability to share photos, in sets …

More: AllThingsD, VentureBeat, digitaltrends.com, Betabeat, The Next Web, SplatF, Bijan Sabet, Tumblr Staff, parislemon, Mashable and Laughing Squid. Thanks:@thatdrew

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

LG Nexus handset revealed in clearest shots yet — Russian site Onliner has got its hands on LG's new Nexus, revealing the device with perfect clarity for the first time. The site confirms what we've already heard about the device: it's a remodeled version of LG's Optimus G. Dubbed the LG-E960 …

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Americans Used More Than 1.1 Trillion Megabytes of Wireless Data Last Year — With smartphones and tablets becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the U.S., mobile data traffic is exploding, and its phenomenal rate of growth shows no signs of slowing any time soon.

More: The Verge

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

A $12 Billion Move In Apple Stock Seems To Have Started With Tweets From A Single Anonymous Source In China — Apple's stock dropped 2.21 percent on Monday. — A few analysts blamed the drop — worth more than $12 billion — on a strike of 4,000 Chinese workers at Apple's manufacturer.

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