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| Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: |
Google opens up about the future of search, serves 100 billion searches every month — We're in San Francisco at Google's office to discuss the future of search. — The question everyone asks Google is: “What's the future of search?” — Their answer:| Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: |
Gmail emails to appear in Google search results in exclusive “field trial” — Sagar Kamdar, Director of Product Management, Universal Search at Google, talked about how travel isn't the best experience, and the company could help you with that. — Google discusses “Universal Search” …
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Search Engine Land, The Verge, TechCrunch, gHacks Technology News, AllThingsD, Mashable! and Lifehacker. Tweets: @ryan. Thanks:@zee
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Search app for iPad and iPhone adds voice-based answers, available in the ‘next couple of days’ — Google has updated its search app for iOS to include voice-based questions and answers. You can “ask for the weather in a natural way” and it will provide results.
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9to5Mac, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, TodaysiPhone.com, iDownloadBlog.com and PhoneArena. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Peter Ha / TechCrunch: |
Square Partners With Starbucks Raises $25M For Series D; Howard Schultz Joins The Board — It might not be the funding announcement we've been hearing rumors about but today Square announced that they've partnered with Starbucks. But there's more! — Square will soon begin processing …
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GigaOM, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Computerworld, Wall Street Journal, VatorNews, Pulse2 Technology …, Fortune, GigaOM, SplatF, everythingiCafe, The Verge, CNET, internetretailer.com, Macgasm, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Digital Media Wire, Wired, bub.blicio.us, BBC, Starbucks Newsroom, IntoMobile, Square, Business Insider and Business Insider
Tweets: @levie, @alexia, @jack and @gartenberg
| Dan Frommer / SplatF: |
Let's Clear Up Some Details About Square's Big Partnership With Starbucks — Last night, Square announced that it would take over credit-card processing for Starbucks stores and that Starbucks would now accept Square as a payment tool. It's a big deal, but it left more questions than answers.
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Business Insider, CNET and CBS News
| Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
The New York Times Is About to Say Goodbye to About.com — The New York Times' time with About.com may be coming to an end. The paper has been looking to get rid of the struggling Web site, which produces high-volume, low-cost content, and has a deal in place to sell it to Answers.com.
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paidContent, VentureBeat, The New York Times Company, Forbes, Mashable!, AdExchanger, TechnoBuffalo and Deal Journal. Tweets: @cnbc. See also Mediagazer
| TechCrunch: |
Realtime Gets $100 Million To Build “Whole New Era Of The Internet,” AKA The Real-Time Web — Realtime, a technology developed by a company which has been around since the Internet's earliest days with the practically un-Googleable name “Internet Business Technologies,” …
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VentureBeat, VatorNews, digitaltrends.com, Wired.co.uk, GigaOM and BetaKit
| AllThingsD: |
Samsung's 2010 Report Says Its Galaxy Would Be Better if It Were Just More Like the iPhone — As part of its case against Samsung, Apple has shown snippets of an internal Samsung document comparing the original Galaxy S phone with the iPhone. — On Tuesday, Apple managed to get the whole 132-page document admitted into evidence.
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| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
Verizon Wireless reveals $150 20GB shared data plan, and four others — The high-end plans are available, but are not posted on Verizon's Web site — Verizon Wireless Tuesday revealed that there are five additional data tiers over and above the six tiers announced with its Share Everything plans earlier this summer.
| Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wired: |
After Epic Hack, Apple Suspends Over-the-Phone AppleID Password Resets — Apple on Tuesday ordered its support staff to immediately stop processing AppleID password changes requested over the phone, following the identity hacking of Wired Reporter Mat Honan over the weekend, according to Apple employees.
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The Register, Guardian, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, Los Angeles Times, Digits, The Technology Chronicles, GeekWire, msnbc.com, NYT Bits, Bloomberg, The Next Web, GigaOM, Examiner, PC World, SlashGear, Internet Evolution, PC Magazine, WebProNews, Computer Business Review, Pulse2 Technology …, Macgasm, The Tech Block, Mashable!, TechPinions, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone, iDownloadBlog.com, Betabeat, ABCNEWS, I4U News, Business Insider, Mobile Entertainment and San Francisco Chronicle. Thanks:@nateog
| Mary Branscombe / TechRadar.com: |
Microsoft is already working on Surface 2 tablets — Exclusive A dozen job adverts for “the next generation” posted online — Microsoft Surface: great design but there's more to come — The Surface tablets that Microsoft will start selling on 26 October at Microsoft Stores …
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PhoneArena, IntoMobile, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, I4U News, Liliputing and Phones Review. Thanks:@marypcbuk
| Groklaw: |
SCO Files for Chapter 7: “There is no reasonable chance of ‘rehabilitation’” — SCO Group has now filed [PDF] for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. They are in Chapter 11 now. What is the difference? Chapter 11 means you are trying to reorganize and survive as a corporate entity.| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
IDC: Android and iOS now power record 85% of all smartphones shipped, as RIM hits 3-year low — If you own a smartphone, the chances are it is an iPhone or powered by Google's Android operating system. That observation has rung true for some time but the two platforms have taken their domination … | Michael McWhertor / The Verge: |
Valve to sell non-gaming software on Steam starting September 5th — Valve is opening up Steam to non-gaming software, the company announced today, bringing applications ranging from “creativity to productivity” to the digital distribution platform. The first software titles will be released on September 5th.
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VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget, Ars Technica, Joystiq and 9to5Mac
| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Microsoft's Massive Metro Mistake — Don't call it Metro. Call it overkill. — There's an old saw that Windows users adopt every other version of Microsoft's OS, and Microsoft seems to be trying to make this “new every two” legend come true, if we believe Microsoft guru Mary Jo Foley's recent story … | Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
A brainchild of ex-Googlers, Upstart lets you invest in people — Would you fork over a small portion of your income for the next decade in exchange for funding? — The team behind Upstart, (pictured, above) a new crowdfunding platform, is willing to bet that this will be a viable option …
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Fortune, Redeye VC, AllThingsD, Wired, PE Hub Blog and GigaOM
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Netflix Brings ‘Just For Kids’ User Interface To The Xbox 360 — Netflix is making it even easier for kids to bypass channel surfing and search for their favorite shows and characters, with an updated app for the Xbox 360. The latest version of Netflix's Xbox 360 app, which went live this morning …
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GigaOM, The Verge, CNET, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, The Next Web and The Official Netflix Blog
| Reuters: |
Analysis: EBay lures big retailers in Amazon battle — (Reuters) - EBay Inc, once a scrappy auction site for mom and pop sellers, is enticing some of the world's largest retailers by arguing it can help them compete better against e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's plan to fight AT&T and Verizon: ‘doing the right thing’ — Sprint is feeling pretty positive about itself these days. Most obviously, it dodged a bullet when AT&T failed to acquire T-Mobile, but since then Sprint's last quarterly results were better than usual …
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DSLreports and AllThingsD
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Office 2013: Bye-bye add-ins, hello apps — Summary: Microsoft is looking for developers to ‘think different’ when developing apps for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 and their respective Stores. — In the new Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 worlds, add-ins are passe. Apps are in.
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Computerworld, PC World, BetaNews and InfoWorld
| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
HP incurs $8 billion Q3 impairment charge, as it tries to limit damage from 27,000 job cuts — As part of its ongoing restructuring plans, HP announced today that it has appointed Mike Nefkens to lead its Enterprise Services division, also appointing Jean-Jacques (JJ) Charhon as the new COO … | Natalie Apostolou / The Register: |
Google ordered to destroy Oz Street View data — Privacy Commissioner demands seek, destroy, audit — The Australian Privacy Commission has followed the lead of its global counterparts demanding that Google Australia immediately destroys payload data which was siphoned by the SteetView wi-fi data sucking car squads.
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The Next Web, AdelaideNow, The OAIC, Naked Security, Inquirer and WebProNews
| Michael Arrington / Uncrunched: |
Up Next: Highlight (Or Something) To Crush Craigslist — Twas just a week ago that the NY Times argued that Craigslist was virtually bulletproof. Not because it's anything special, but because they cultivate a false image of doing good while simultaneously bullying competitors with their lawyers:
| Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits: |
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