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March 7, 2012, 2:50 PM
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple's new iPad: 264PPI Retina display, A5X with quad-core graphics, iSight, 5MP camera, 4G LTE, March 16th from $499  —  Apple has today announced its new iPad 3, which comes packing a new high-resolution Retina display.  “Until you see it you can't understand how amazing it is”, said CEO Tim Cook.
Mat Smith / Engadget:
Apple reveals new 1080p Apple TV: $99, arrives March 16th  —  It looks like we were blind-sided a little by that decidedly iPad-esque invite, because Apple has something more for us — it's just announced the latest iteration of Apple TV and it can do 1080p video.
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Updated Version Of iOS Shipping Today With New Languages For Siri  —  Apple just announced it will be shipping an update to iOS today.  —  The new version, iOS 5.1, includes added language report for Siri, including Japanese.  —  iCloud is also getting an update, with support for TV shows and movies.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Launches iPhoto for iPad with Photo Editing and Organization Features  —  With the introduction of a Retina display on the new iPad, Apple has updated all of its stock applications to support the higher resolution, also adding updates to several of its applications including GarageBand and iMovie.
Thomas Houston / The Verge:
iPad 2 price drops to $399 (Wi-Fi) and $529 (Wi-Fi + 3G)  —  A new tablet isn't the only news today; Apple just dropped the price of the iPad 2.  Much like how the iPhone 4 got a discount with the release of the 4S, the iPad 2 is now available for ...  IN THE ARTICLE ADD YOUR COMMENT.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Apple new iPad hands-on!  —  Here she is — the iPad HD!  Er, new iPad.  Breaking away from the numerical tracking system used before (and still used in the iPhone range), Apple has decided to highlight the most major change in its newest slate by simply dubbing it “new.”
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Anonymous Posts Response Letter To Snitch Sabu (On A Hacked Security Firm's Website)  —  The hacker group Anonymous is dealing with the arrest and betrayal of one of its most vocal members the only way it knows how: By hacking a security firm and covering its website with a rant against feds and snitches.
TSA Out of Our Pants!:
$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners  —  This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA's insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe …
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Spotify: ‘We have to turn ourselves into the OS of music’  —  Streaming music service provides stats for the first apps to launch on its desktop apps platform  —  Spotify users have spent 1,500 years inside apps within its desktop application since the start of December, the company has announced.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Google promises a unified social and mobile game platform  —  Within the year, Google will turn its different game platforms into a single, unified platform that developers can more easily target.  That's the promise made today by Punit Soni (pictured second from right), group product manager for the company's Google+ social layer.
Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:
American Express transforms Twitter hashtags into savings for cardholders  —  American Express is giving cardmembers one super compelling reason to tweet about promotional offers: instant savings at name brand U.S. merchants.  —  The company launched a “Tweet your way to savings” …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Nuance buys Transcend for $300 million, bolsters medical business  —  Summary: With the Transcend purchase, Nuance said it will be able to better target mid-sized hospitals.  —  Nuance Communications said it will acquire medical transcription company Transcend in a deal valued at $300 million, or $29.50.
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Analyzing Apple's All-Time Top Apps Lists  —  With the iOS App Store passing 25 billion downloads, Apple has published all-time rankings of the top 25 free and paid iPhone and iPad apps.  (Via Daring Fireball.)  —  Digging in...  - Angry Birds is 3 of the top 10 paid iPhone apps — nos. 1, 5, and 8.
Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog:
Facebook brings status update features to apps  —  Summary: Facebook today announced an update to the Facebook Platform that allows users to do all of the things they can do in a status update (add friends, location, and share photos) directly from the apps they're using.
Erin Griffith / PandoDaily:
‘Anti-Display’ Network BlogFrog Raises $3.2 Million for NY Office and Mom Blog Empire  —  BlogFrog, a community-building network for mom bloggers, has raised $3.2 million in a Series A round of funding led by Grotech Ventures.  Seed investor David Cohen, founder of TechStars also participated.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Slide to unlock: how Apple's patents are changing Android  —  Although the worldwide patent lawsuits between Apple and nearly every major Android smartphone vendor have been bitterly fought and may eventually involve government intervention, there's really no day-to-day impact on the consumer …

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