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March 8, 2012, 2:00 AM
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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.
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See also Mediagazer| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Apple new iPad hands-on (update: video!) — 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.”
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| William Savona / The Verge: |
New iPad vs. the competition: by the numbers — Now that the 3rd generation iPad is out, we thought it was time to see how it stacks up against the competition. Luckily our product database is perfect for that, and we've put together a comparison for you including the iPad 2 …
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| Stephen Hackett / 512 Pixels: |
iPhoto for iOS Not Using Google Maps [Updated] — Whatever map tiles are in iPhoto for iOS, they don't look like Google Maps: — Apple, back in 2009, bought PlaceBase, a mapping company. Rumors have been circulating for years that Apple was developing its own mapping solution.
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The Next Web, ProgrammableWeb, The Verge, Ars Technica, MacStories, Dustin Curtis, MacRumors, Daring Fireball and Spatially Adjusted. Tweets: @holgr
| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Sources: Apple's new iPad makes the leap to 1GB of RAM — There were a lot of hardware specs bandied about at this morning's iPad event: an A5X processor with quad-core graphics, a 2048 x 1536 Retina Display, and LTE. One piece of information that wasn't mentioned, however, was RAM.
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| Brian X. Chen / Bits: |
What LTE Means for Apple and the Wireless Industry — The new iPad is Apple's first mobile device compatible with the so-called fourth-generation LTE networks. The introduction of this new feature means more for the future of Apple and the wireless industry than it does for the iPad itself.
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| Joe White / App Advice: |
Apple Increases App Download Limit To A Massive 50MBs — Apple has just increased its App Store iOS application download size limit from 20 megabytes to a massive 50 megabytes. — This is big news. Previously, when using a cellular data network Apple fans could only download iOS applications …
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The Next Web, The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNET, Macgasm, WebProNews, MacStories, TUAW, MacRumors, Touch Arcade, Engadget and PhoneArena. Thanks:@joewhite89
| Larry Dignan / CNET: |
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Ben Drawbaugh / Engadget: |
Apple TV vs. the new Apple TV (2012): what's changed? — The Apple TV might still be a hobby, and thus not the main event at Tim Cook's Apple presentation today, but Apple's participation in the living room has had its fair share of rumors, speculation and dreams.
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VentureBeat, GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com, Zatz Not Funny!, AnandTech and TechSpot. Tweets: @pkafka
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
HBO Deals Keep Fox, Universal Out of New iCloud Movie Service — As widely predicted, Apple has updated its Apple TV accessory. This isn't an overhaul but an update: The new box offers better resolution and software upgrades. — The new device will support video in 1080p … | Darren Murph / Engadget: |
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| Donald Melanson / Engadget: |
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Tweets: @parislemon and @marcoarment
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
iOS 5.1 Now Available with Japanese Siri, Camera Enhancements, and More — Following Apple's announcement that iOS 5.1 would debut today, the software update is now available for existing iOS devices. Among the notable additions are Japanese language support for Siri, camera enhancements … | Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
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| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
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| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
With $1 Million On The Line, Chrome Finally Cracked In Hacking Competition — It took four years and possibly the biggest reward a software company has ever offered for information about its own security flaws, but Google finally found what it was looking for: A few hackers willing and able to dismantle its browser in public.
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Ars Technica, Zero Day Blog, The Verge, Dennis Fisher, 9to5Google and Wired
| Rafe Needleman / CNET: |
From scooters to servers: The best of Launch, Day One — Rafe's top picks from the big startup conference include a service to help you get financial aid, one to get you in shape, and cloud storage company with no servers. — The Space Monkey storage pod lives in your house.
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The Verge, GigaOM, LAUNCH, PandoDaily, PandoDaily and StartupStats
| Zach Honig / Engadget: |
Intel Ivy Bridge touchscreen Ultrabook reference design hands-on (video) — Interested in replacing both your tablet and that clunky notebook with a svelte all-in-one portable? Intel might have just the gadget for you — an Ivy Bridge Ultrabook with a built-in 13.3-inch 1600 x 900-pixel capacitive-touch LCD.
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ExtremeTech, Liliputing, MacNN, The Verge, Neowin.net and PC World
| Ryan Doherty / Inside Search: |
A completely redesigned Google Search App for Windows 7.5 phones — (Cross-posted on the Google Mobile Blog) — Windows Phone owners can now get easy access to the Google Search App, available in the — Windows Phone Marketplace. Check out these features which help you get useful results fast:
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LiveSide.net, The Verge, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, Ubergizmo, WMPoweruser, 9to5Google, CNET and MobileSyrup.com
| Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat: |
Apple's press conference showed a brand unraveling — Apple has long been known for its intense focus on consistent branding and beautiful simplicity. — While today's Apple event unveiled a couple new improvements to an expected lineup of products, it also revealed a certain sloppiness …
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SplatF, The Next Web, Shiny Objects, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, Cult of Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, Internaut, Laughing Squid, iPad in Canada Blog, Techland, Macgasm and Business Insider
Tweets: @mattrosoff, @swildstrom, @bleepnik and @jbruin
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
| 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 …
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The TSA Blog, Gizmodo, Wired and WebProNews
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Dollar Shave Club Launches Razor Subscription Service, Raises $1M From Kleiner (And Others) — There are few things in my life that seem less exciting than razors, but a new startup called The Dollar Shave Club thinks it's time for a little disruption. And some of the big names in the venture world …
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VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Mashable!, science-inc.com and BloggingPro
| Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Warns Apple, Publishers — Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging Collusion Over E-Book Pricing — The Justice Department has warned Apple Inc. and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Verge, Reuters, CNET, Electronista and TeleRead
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