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Navneet Singh / Google News Blog:
Introducing “News near you” on Google News for mobile — Google News for mobile lets you keep up with the latest news, wherever you are. Today we're excited to announce a new feature in the U.S. English edition called “News near you” that surfaces news relevant to the city you're in and surrounding areas.
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Google Adds News Near You — Newspapers Still Nowhere
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App Advice, Tablet Crunch and ReadWriteWeb
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Apple: Analyst Says No LTE in iPhone 5; To Add Sprint, T-Mobile — Apple's iPhone 5 launch in September isn't likely to include LTE functionality, Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek asserts in a research note. — “According to our industry checks, the device should be called iPhone 4S …
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CNET News, BGR, Yahoo! News, TUAW, 9 to 5 Mac, GottaBeMobile, Edible Apple, OS X Daily, GigaOM, Apple Bitch, TiPb, Startup Meme, Techland, AppleInsider, Know Your Cell, Geekosystem and MacDailyNews
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Rumor: Amazon has an “entire family” of Android devices coming this holiday — Amazon's Android tablet is both the best and worst kept secret in the mobile industry. Everyone knows that Amazon is working on an Android device, but few know any of the specific details about its hardware or software.
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security, Complaint to FTC Alleges — Dropbox, the wildly popular online storage system, deceived users about the security and encryption of its services, putting it at a competitive advantage, according to an FTC complaint filed Thursday by a prominent security researcher.
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Electronista, @csoghoian, ZDNet and Gizmodo
Tricia Duryee / eMoney:
Kim Kardashian's ShoeDazzle Walks Away With $40 Million from Andreessen Horowitz — ShoeDazzle, a two-year-old company building a subscription-based e-commerce business, has raised $40 million in capital. — The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, which contributed $30 million.
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VentureBeat, Digits, TechCrunch and SAI
Adam C. Engst / TidBITS:
Small iOS Developers Targeted over In-App Purchase Patents — James Thomson of TLA Systems was looking forward to the approval of PCalc 2.4 in the App Store when he received a FedEx package containing a 100-page patent infringement claim against PCalc Lite for using in-app purchasing.
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Gadget Lab, TiPb, Gizmodo, mocoNews, iPhone Download Blog, TUAW, SAI and The Loop
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Lodsys Threatens to Sue App Store Developers Over In-App Purchases and Upgrade Links
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Electronista, FOSS Patents, @holman, TUAW, Ars Technica, Guardian, Engadget, AppleInsider, PC World, Geek.com, Cult of Mac, Techland, Actionable Intelligence, Pulse2, Fast Company, PadGadget, Daring Fireball, iLounge, MarketingVOX, App Advice, MacStories, TeleRead, SlashGear, CNET News, Cult of Mac, Boing Boing, GigaOM, The Next Web, Evolver.fm, iClarified and Slashdot
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony — I wrote earlier about how the new PROTECT IP Act guts parts of the DMCA, but as you dig deeper, it's looking even worse. The original (and now updated) article focused on the use of the term “interactive computer service …
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Broadcasting & Cable
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Senate bill amounts to death penalty for Web sites
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Techdirt, hypebot, Patrick Leahy, Center for Democracy … and Slashdot
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
This 26-Year-Old Just Sold His Company For $104 Million — Hey parents: you may be annoyed that your kid whips out his Nintendo 3DS at every opportunity, but you never know if that obsession with gaming is going to turn into a million-dollar payday. — That's exactly what happened with Jason Citron …
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VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Eddie Kessler / Blogger Buzz:
Blogger is back — What a frustrating day. We're very sorry that you've been unable to publish to Blogger for the past 20.5 hours. We're nearly back to normal — you can publish again, and in the coming hours posts and comments that were temporarily removed should be restored.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Google Chromebook's auto-update scheme will be hard sell — Great for consumers, say experts, but business IT won't want to cede patch control — Computerworld - Consumers may love that Google's Chromebooks will automatically deliver security updates, but company administrators will resist it tooth and nail, experts said today.
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Bloomberg:
Amazon Server Said to Be Used in Sony Attack — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s Web Services cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month's attack against Sony Corp. (6758)'s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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The Register and TechFlash
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Lockitron Lets You Unlock Your Door With Your Phone — Ever wish you could just call your keys? Well the Ycombinator-backed Lockitron aims to replace physical keys entirely by letting you control your door lock with your phone. The Lockitron web app and hardware package are as of today available …
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Electronista
Vic Gundotra / The Official Google Blog:
Keynote and session videos from Google I/O now live — With Google I/O 2011 just two days behind us, we wanted to thank the nearly 1 million developers who joined us at Moscone Center, attended I/O Extended events and watched online via I/O Live from 161 countries around the world.
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Ubergizmo, Engadget, @dondodge and Dice Blog Network
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using Social Media — Wasn't it just the other day that teachers confiscated cellphones and principals warned about oversharing on MySpace? — Now, Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, is among a small but growing cadre of educators trying …
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GigaOM, Gizmodo and Geekosystem
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
New Ways to Exploit Raw Data May Bring Surge of Innovation, a Study Says — Math majors, rejoice. Businesses are going to need tens of thousands of you in the coming years as companies grapple with a growing mountain of data. — Data is a vital raw material of the information economy …
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Beet.TV and Napsterization
Electronista:
Barnes & Noble Nook app optimized for Android tablets — As promised, Barnes & Noble on Friday put out a version of Nook for Android (free, Market) optimized for Android tablets. The new version takes advantage of the larger screen both for reading as well as browsing the book library and store.
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BGR, Engadget, AppScout, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, Softpedia News, GottaBeMobile and Crave
John Cook / GeekWire:
A Twitter crime thriller, and why laptop tracking could save you some heartache — I got hooked tonight on an amazing Twitter drama, watching in real time as Sean Power live Tweeted about his attempts to recover his stolen laptop from a guy in a bar in New York City.
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Gizmodo Australia, Betabeat, Gov 2.0, IntoMobile, The Consumerist, Geekosystem, @seanpower, CrunchGear, BaltTech, TechFlash, TechCrunch and Gizmodo
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
LimeWire Pays RIAA $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing — According to the injunction that shut down LimeWire last year, the company “intentionally encouraged infringement,” its software was used “overwhelmingly for infringement” and the company knew about the “substantial infringement being committed” by LimeWire users.
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DailyTech, The Register, Agence France Presse, Betabeat, Slyck, The Tech Report, hypebot, Media Maverick, Geekosystem, Electronista, Music Ally and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
James Brightman / IndustryGamers:
PlayStation Network: Here's The Official Letter Sony Sent to Publishing Partners [Exclusive] — PlayStation Network has been down for more than three weeks, and publishers and developers have stated that they're losing money. What's not clear is what Sony's doing to compensate its partners.
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The Digital Home, CNET News, Digital Trends, I4U News, SlashGear, ITProPortal, Techland, Neowin.net, The Consumerist, TechEye, Consumer Reports News, PC World, VentureBeat, Edge Online and Eurogamer
Dakota Torres / Unwired View:
Droid Charge officially available at Verizon tomorrow — Verizon Customers have been anxiously waiting for the release of the Droid Charge, which was supposed to be released on April 28th. The delay was caused by an LTE outage on April 27th and Verizon gave no expected date of return until today.
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Droid Life, Computerworld and Android Central
