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August 6, 2012, 9:55 PM

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Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Apple: YouTube app will not be included in iOS 6, Google working on standalone version — Apple obviously did away with Google Maps in iOS 6, but another of the web giant's biggest properties won't be available as a default option, either. The latest beta version of iOS 6 has removed …

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Why is Apple ditching the YouTube app from iOS 6? It's about money and machismo — If the reports coming in today are accurate, then Apple will remove the YouTube app from its iOS devices with the iOS 6 software update this fall. Both Macrumors and 9to5Mac are reporting that it is gone from the current beta and

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, parislemon, MacStories, The Verge, MacRumors and Gizmodo. Thanks:@thatdrew

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft said to block ability to boot straight to desktop in Windows 8 — Summary: Leaked builds of Microsoft's Windows 8 are providing more clues as to what kinds of user behaviors will and won't be permitted. — If you were one of those business users counting on being able to circument …

More: PC World, Computerworld, Neowin, Gizmodo, The Tech Report, The Next Web and TechSpot

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Acer CEO warns Microsoft to ‘think twice’ about Surface

More: Reuters, Financial Times and Financial Times

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Exclusive: Microsoft's Windows 8 packaging revealed

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web, parislemon, WinBeta and Neowin

Mat Honan / Wired:

How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking — Meet Mat Honan. He just had his digital life dissolved by hackers. … In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised …

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Daring Fireball, Computerworld, NYT Bits and The Mac Security Blog

Tweets: @paleofuture, @wired, @edbott and @mat

David Christopher / ATT Blogs:

AT&T Mobile Share Plans Available August 23 — Our new AT&T Mobile Share plans will be available starting Thursday, Aug. 23. — As families prepare to send students back to school, many are looking for a convenient way to connect tablets and laptops or add new smartphones.

Robert MacPherson / Agence France Presse:

Apple co-founder Wozniak sees trouble in the cloud — WASHINGTON — Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted “horrible problems” in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. — Wozniak, 61, was the star turn at the penultimate performance in Washington of …

More: BGR, VentureBeat, msnbc.com, PC Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, ZDNet, Washington Post, Computerworld and Forbes

Adam Ewing / Bloomberg:

Nokia's Fight For AT&T Shelf Space Shows Hurdle For Lumia — When Angelo Amato, a former Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) customer, went to get a new smartphone at an AT&T Inc. (T) store in Manhattan last week, he never got a chance to even see the Finnish company's models.

More: BGR, The Verge, msnbc.com, Windows Phone Daily, Wired, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneNews.com, PC World, eWeek, My Nokia Blog, Tech Trader Daily and TechSpot

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Apple design expert calls Samsung a copycat — On the witness stand for Apple, an industrial designer says that Samsung is clearly infringing on multiple patents with its phones and tablets. — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple is once again turning to designers to help make its case that Samsung lifted …

More: AllThingsD, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, BGR, The Verge, Forbes, Bloomberg, iDownloadBlog.com and Forbes

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Demonoid Busted As A Gift To The United States Government — Last week thousands of Demonoid users feared the worst when their beloved site disappeared from the Internet. Many thought that the site had been busted, but were eventually relieved to hear that it was ‘only’ a massive DDoS attack.

More: BGR, PC Magazine, BuzzFeed, Techdirt, Geek.com, Ubergizmo, The Verge, TechSpot, SlashGear and ZDNet

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Facebook's Stock Crash Has Created A Bunch Of New Problems For The Company... Facebook's stock crash has done more than blindside investors who figured that no price was too high for the IPO. — The crash has also created a bunch of new problems for the company:

Tweets: @pkedrosky

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

iOS 6 beta 4, Xcode 4.5 Developer Preview 4 released to developers — Three weeks after it released iOS 6 beta 3, Apple has unleashed a fourth beta of the next-generation version of iOS to developers. The new beta is currently available as an over-the-air update to those running iOS 6 beta 3 …

More: AppleInsider, CNET, BGR, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, WebProNews, Apple Bitch, iPhone in Canada Blog and TodaysiPhone.com

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Sprint Quietly Cuts iPhone 4S Price to $149 — Sprint over the weekend dropped the price of the iPhone 4S to $149 — a $50 price drop. — The move comes ahead of what is expected to be the introduction of a new iPhone as soon as next month. Apple is planning a media event for the week of Sept. 9.

More: Business Insider, Gizmodo, The Verge, VentureBeat, The Next Web, MacRumors, parislemon, TechGlued and IntoMobile

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Google Slaps $100M Golden Handcuffs On Wildfire To Retain Employees After $350M Acquisition — After buying social marketer Wildfire for $350 million, Google wants to ensure it keeps earning money and the employees don't bail. That's why Google set up $100 million in earn-outs and retention bonuses, multiple sources confirm.

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Chrome rises: Google browser grabs 1/3 of the global market (StatCounter) — Remember when Google's Chrome browser overtook Internet Explorer as the world's most popular browser for a week back in May? And next, for a full calendar month? — Well, Chrome is still on top …

More: PC Magazine, USA Today, WebProNews, Engadget, 9to5Google and VentureBeat. Thanks:@robinwauters

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Apple to roll new Dock connector out across entire iOS product lineup this fall — iMore has learned that Apple intends to update their entire lineup of iOS device products to support the new, miniaturized Dock connector, and to do it as early the rumored September 12 special event this fall.

Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:

Bruised Mobile Carriers Fight Back at Apple — The iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry and made Apple the world's most valuable company. But it hasn't been all good news for the mobile carriers. — The biggest benefit of the iPhone, and the touch-screen devices that followed …

More: iDownloadBlog.com and MacDailyNews

Wall Street Journal:

Kodak Patent Opening Bids Come In Low — Opening bids for Eastman Kodak Co.'s digital patents came in far below the $2.6 billion the company said they could be worth, an early sign the bankruptcy-court auction may not leave much cash for the company after creditors are paid off.

More: CNET, AppleInsider, Techdirt and Reuters

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Amazon plans textbook rentals as cheaper option for students — [Updated below with Amazon news release.] — Amazon.com is moving into the business of physical textbook rentals, expanding its footprint by offering a cheaper alternative to students, according to a support page on the company's site.

More: ecommercebytes.com, paidContent, The Digital Reader, The Verge, WebProNews and VentureBeat. See also Mediagazer

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Google records show book scanning was aimed at Amazon — Google has so far spent more than $180 million on book scanning and, at the outset of the project, one of its stated goals was to keep web searchers away from Amazon. — These are among the details set out in a new court filing by the Authors Guild …

More: VentureBeat

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Google's Motorola, Windows 8, iPhone Are Key Variables in Sprint's 2013 Plans — Sprint sees several question marks for the wireless industry as the company wraps up its product planning for next year. — The carrier said it has 90 percent of its product lineup for the first half of next year set …

More: Phone Scoop, PhoneArena and FierceWireless. Tweets: @inafried

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

ARM's eight-core Mali GPUs promise ‘dramatic’ boost to mobile graphics — The current flagship for ARM's mobile graphics technology is undoubtedly the Galaxy S III, which contains a quad-core Mali 400 GPU and delivers some wild benchmark scores. By the end of this year though …

More: Computerworld, ARM, The Register, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, AnandTech, SlashGear, Liliputing, The Verge and TechSpot

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Inside Zynga and the making of its next hit, ChefVille — So you've got a team that has worked on a game for quite some time, going “live” has to be a pretty anxious moment, right? I spent some time last week with the Zynga team working on the game ChefVille, which will be launching its baby to the world this week.

More: VentureBeat, Mashable!, Inside Social Games and ABCNEWS

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