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August 17, 2012, 10:20 AM

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Michael Sippey / Twitter Developers blogs:
Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API  —  At the end of June, I wrote about how we're working to deliver a consistent Twitter experience, and how we would soon introduce stricter guidelines about how the Twitter API is used.  I'd like to give you more information about coming changes …
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Interpreting some of Twitter's API changes  —  Twitter has posted some of their upcoming API-policy lockdowns and restrictions in this post from Michael Sippey, euphemistically titled “Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API”.  —  First, from Twitter's Display Guidelines, which will become requirements for all apps:
Wall Street Journal:
Apple's TV Vision: Sharing, Full On-Demand, Icons  —  TV Device Interface Would Simplify Programming; Company Faces Hurdles With Cable Operators  —  Apple Inc.'s vision for a new device that can be used as a set-top box includes features designed to simplify accessing and viewing programming …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Lenovo's Says RT Tablets Up To $300 Cheaper Than Win 8  —  Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, said new devices based on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows RT software will cost $200 to $300 less than competing products using Windows 8 software.
pod2g / pod2g's iOS blog:
Never trust SMS: iOS text spoofing  —  I mentioned it on twitter a few days ago, I found a flaw in iOS that I consider to be severe, while it does not involve code execution.  I am pretty confident that other security researchers already know about this hole, and I fear some pirates as well.
Jessica Roy / Betabeat:
I Have 50 Dollars, ‘A Real-Time Social Feed for People Who Have $50,’ Hilariously Satirizes App.net  —  Much has been written about Valley celeb Dalton Caldwell and his rather notorious new social network, App.net.  The Twitter-like site charges $50 to join, in an effort to weed out spammers …
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Private justice: How Hollywood money put a Brit behind bars  —  Anton Vickerman, 38-year old owner of the once popular link site surfthechannel.com (STC), was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday by a British judge.  But the prosecutors sitting across the courtroom from him didn't work for the Crown …
stevejobsspirit:
Thoughts on Jack Dorsey, by Steve Jobs  —  I have no problem with your success.  You've earned your success; for the most part.  The problem is, you wholesale ripped off my identity.  Grand theft.  I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way.  You are not just trying to be the next me, you are trying to be me.
More: TechCrunch
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops  —  Amazon steps up battle with the high street by delivering parcels to nearly 5,000 corner shops and newsagents around the country.  —  Amazon is to deliver parcels to nearly 5,000 cornershops and newsagents around the UK
Artem Russakovskii / Android Police:
Google Flips The Switch On Smart App Updates In The Play Store [Video]  —  There seems to be quite a lot of movement happening behind the scenes at the Play Store - yesterday we discovered that Google Play Store gift cards and wishlist are getting prepped for launch, and today Google seems …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer  —  According to several sources, Yahoo is now on the hunt for a COO — with special emphasis on someone with turnaround experience — presumably to be a worker-bee No. 2 to product-guru CEO Marissa Mayer.
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Videogame maker EA attracting PE interest  —  This game is just getting started.  —  Electronic Arts — the force behind such popular video games as “SimCity” and “Madden NFL” — is quietly exploring a sale, The Post has learned.  —  While the discussions are at an early stage …
Evan Rodgers / The Verge:
State Department withdraws $16.5m contract for Kindle ebook readers  —  The US State Department's $16.5 million contract with Amazon for Kindle ebook readers has been officially canceled.  The details of the contract were proposed back in June and would have netted the State Department 2,500 Kindles …

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