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Leslie Cauley / USA Today:
Apple and Verizon consider iPhone deal — Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say. — It would mark the first time Apple has produced a version …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Verizon and the iPhone: Nothing to report today, but... Updated: Apple is reportedly talking to Verizon Wireless about bringing the iPhone to the carrier, according to USA Today. And Verizon executives aren't exactly pooh-poohing the reports. On a conference call, Verizon operating chief Dennis Strigl …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung I7500 with OLED touchscreen powered by Android, dreams — Anticipated for months, Samsung's first Android phone is finally a (paper) reality after being flushed through the rumor mill just hours ago. Launching “in major European countries from June,” the 11.9-mm slim quad-band GSM …
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
G.E.'s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc — General Electric says it has achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow standard-size discs to hold the equivalent of 100 DVDs. — The storage advance, which G.E. is announcing on Monday, is just a laboratory success at this stage.
asahi.com:
Under criticism, Konami ditches realistic “Fallujah” videogame — Konami Digital Entertainment Co. has decided to pull a videogame that realistically reproduces the bloody street battles between U.S. forces and terrorists and insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Follow the Deadly Swine Flu Pandemic in Real Time With Google Maps — The current H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic headlines read like those flashing through the intro sequence of a post-apocalyptical movie. Now you can see the cases spreading in real time—as the WHO declares them—in Google Maps.
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Evgeny Morozov / Net Effect:Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform
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David Marshall / David Marshall's blog:
Microsoft Windows 7 gets a virtual mode — Microsoft says Windows 7 will get backward compatibility with Windows XP thanks to virtualization and a free future download from their corporate Web site — Microsoft has been whispering about some secret feature within Windows 7, and now that secret has been revealed.
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Verizon Communications Reports Revenue, Earnings and Cash Flow Growth in 1Q 2009 — Sales of Verizon Wireless, FiOS Internet and TV, and Strategic Business Services Show Continued Strength — 1Q 2009 HIGHLIGHTS — Consolidated Results — 58 cents in EPS and 63 cents in adjusted EPS …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:Verizon's first quarter better than expected; Alltel makes …
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Colin Barras / New Scientist:
Gallery: Flickr user traces make accidental maps — Billions of photos have now been uploaded to the internet, and many are tagged with text descriptions. Some are even geotagged - stamped with the latitude and longitude coordinates at which the image was taken.
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Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
It's Official (and Hacked): 4chan Founder Sweeps Time's Top 100 List — The Internet has different rules. The folks at Time just learned about it in a very amusing way, as their third annual poll for the world's most influential person was topped by moot A.K.A. Christopher Poole, founder of the legendary memebreeding forum 4chan.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Steve Jobs' Thoughts on Accepting Apple's CEO Position and More — Last week, Forbes published the full text of Steve Jobs' deposition to the Securities and Exchange Commission. While a number of stories have been circulating around the internet about Jobs' take on the stock options scandal …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
iPhone is Boosting Demand For Location-Based Services — Nearly two years ago, I outlined five reasons Apple's iPhone will change the wireless business, the foremost being increased web usage on mobile phones. I should have added another item to that list: catalysing location-based services …
New York Times:
One Internet Village, Divided: In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit — Facebook is booming in Turkey and Indonesia. YouTube's audience has nearly doubled in India and Brazil. — That may seem like good news. But it is also a major reason these and other Web companies …
Steve Dowling / Apple:
Apple Corrects Form 10-Q — Apple® today filed an amendment to correct the Form 10-Q it submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, April 23. Last week's filing incorrectly reported the voting percentages for shareholder-submitted proposals because abstentions were counted as “No” votes.
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Qualcomm, Broadcom reach $891 million settlement — Qualcomm and Broadcom announced Sunday that they have agreed to end patent litigation between the companies worldwide, with Qualcomm paying Broadcom $891 million, according to the announcement. — On Wednesday, Qualcomm delayed …
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