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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
iOS 5 Likely Pushed To The Fall After A Cloud Unveiling At WWDC — Many people (including myself) were a bit disappointed that Apple didn't devote any time during the iPad 2 unveiling to talking about iOS 5, the next major revamp of the software. But there may be a very good reason for that: it's not coming anytime soon.
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AppleInsider, LAPTOP Magazine, Edible Apple, TUAW, PadGadget, SlashGear, Gizmodo, SAI, Apple Bitch, MacStories, MacHackPC, Gadgets DNA, Electronista, TiPb, iPhone Download Blog, iClarified, MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac, Softpedia News, Phones Review and Neowin.net, Thanks:sidharthdassani
New York Times:
Silicon Valley Hiring Perks: Meals, iPads and a Cubicle for Spot — By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and JENNA WORTHAM — SAN FRANCISCO — Eric Firestone began a new job at a Web start-up here three weeks ago, and he's already thinking about what he might do next. But that's just fine with his new employer.
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Paul Kedrosky's …, @loic, @stevecheney and SiliconValley.com
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Jon Bruner / Forbes:
Steal This E-Book — Tech publisher Tim O'Reilly has turned his $100 million O'Reilly Media into an e-book power—while rejecting antipiracy measures. — Jon Bruner: On all your titles you've dropped digital-rights management (DRM), which limits file sharing and copying. Aren't you worried about piracy?
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple looking to “radically improve” iOS maps and location services — Apple, in late 2009, acquired a mapping company called PlaceBase and since then many rumors have said that Apple is working to revamp their built-in maps application. Rumors have covered a redesigned iOS application …
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AppleInsider, LAPTOP Magazine, MacDailyNews, The Toybox Blog, GeekSmack, MacRumors, iPhone Download Blog, iClarified, MacNN, Engadget and Fast Company, Thanks:markgurman
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
iPad 2: Out of stock by Saturday — A launch perfectly timed to coincide with the end of Apple's second fiscal quarter — Shoppers queued up for the iPad 2 in London. Image: onlygeek — Reports are still drifting in, but it seems likely that most of the 25 countries where Apple …
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Pocket-lint, Electronista and Digits
Ed Oswald / Technologizer:
Swoopo Quietly Files for Bankruptcy — The site that put the concept of pay-per-bid auctions on the map is now apparently in financial trouble, Technologizer has learned. Although the company's front page claims “technical issues,” documents from a Munich, Germany bankruptcy court indicate …
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TechCrunch and @cdixon, Thanks:edoswald
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
The first musical album that's also a location aware iPhone app — As the power of location based mobile technologies improves, so too do the seemingly limitless creative potentials of their uses to enhance the human experience. — Imagine walking outside, listening to music and having …
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LAPTOP Magazine and Arts Desk
Jonathan Shieber / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Still Active In China, Google Hunts For New Business — While it continues to battle the Chinese government over censorship and privacy concerns, Google Inc. is pushing forward with a bid to find new business. … In a speech earlier this month, Elliott Ng, Google's new director and head …
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Samsung's Fake Galaxy Tab Interviews: Hey, Those Words Sound Familiar! — When I watched the video interviews with three “true-life” Galaxy Tab users that Samsung showed at its CTIA event, I was observant enough to figure out (with the help of about six minutes of Google research) …
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Screenwerk, The Apple Core Blog, PhoneArena and Techdirt
Rachel King / The Toybox Blog:
London Underground getting Wi-Fi hotspot treatment — While New Yorkers wait for the subway to get the Wi-Fi access they've been promised, the London Underground is being outfitted with Wi-Fi hotspots ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games next summer. — A “successful trial” …
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cellular-news, tfl.gov.uk, Mashable!, TechEye, Engadget and Tech Digest
Tom Krazit / mocoNews:
Lukewarm Reaction To Playbook Could Force Drastic Measures For RIM — Is Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) turning into Palm (NSDQ: PALM), the next big prize in the mobile industry's consolidation? — Two of the most important companies in the prehistoric era of the mobile computer …
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Monday Note, raganwald's posterous and parislemon
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
In Iran, new attack escalates ongoing cyberconflict — IDG News Service - A cyber-attack linked to Iran this week is the latest in a string of cyber-events that some say represents a new step in a shadowy and long-running war between the Iranian government and those who criticize it on the Internet.
