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Apple ‘AirPlay Direct’ planned for September launch — Hifi manufacturers are preparing for Apple to launch ‘AirPlay Direct’ technology that allows wireless music playback without the need for a WiFi network. — Apple's Steve Jobs launched AirPlay in 2010
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VentureBeat, iPodNN, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNET and Edible Apple. Tweets: @tim
| AnandTech: |
Preparing for the iPhone Next: Rumors Analyzed — While we typically don't comment on rumors we don't know to be true at AnandTech, we often get requests to help set rational expectations ahead of major iDevice launches. The shroud of secrecy around major Apple launches can pave the way for both sensible and unrealistic conclusions.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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| Sam Biddle / Gizmodo: |
How To Be a Genius: This Is Apple's Secret Employee Training Manual — We recently showed you just how badly some of Apple's retail elite behave when no one's watching, but surely they were taught better, right? You bet they were: Apple tells its new recruits exactly what what to think and say.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Judge Koh Sets Dec. 6 Hearing on Apple's Request to Ban Several Samsung Phones — Though the verdict is in, the paperwork continues in the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. — Aiming to put some limits on things, Judge Lucy Koh on Tuesday established a schedule for post-trial filings …
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digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, CNET, The Next Web, AppleInsider, The Verge, Engadget, Electronista and Reuters
| Quentin Fottrell / MarketWatch: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Isis Mobile-Payment System To Debut In September After Delays — Isis, the mobile-payment joint venture backed by AT&T Inc. (T), Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., is on track for a debut in September, following months of delays and a change in strategy last year.
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
The Talented Ms. Hornstein: How @Shirls Fooled The Valley — Silicon Valley is full of hustlers, and that's often a good thing. But there's a difference between hustling and flat-out lying, and when people deceive company after company, it's time to call them out.
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Gizmodo. Tweets: @bway, @jenny8lee, @minimaxir, @ashleymayer, @tconrad, @spencerchen, @sarahlane, @ryanlawler, @sacca and @bxchen
| Mike Torres / The Windows Blog: |
SkyDrive for Android phones now available — A few weeks ago we announced our intention to release an official SkyDrive app for Android phones. Today we're excited to announce that the app is now available for download. We want to ensure that you're able to have your files accessible across …
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ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, VentureBeat, WinBeta, LiveSide.net, PC Magazine, Seattle Times, CNET, Android Phone Fans, 9to5Google, BetaNews, Gizmodo and The Next Web
| Ethan Smith / Digits: |
Google Reinstates Controversial Music-Streaming App Grooveshark — More than a year after Google Inc. removed the controversial Grooveshark music-streaming service from its app store for Android smartphones, the app was quietly reinstated Tuesday afternoon, despite ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits against the company.
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Zynga's Chief Creative Officer Mike Verdu Exits to Start a New Company — Mike Verdu confirmed to AllThingsD that he is leaving Zynga to start his own game company in which Zynga will be an investor. — As Chief Creative Officer at Zynga, Verdu oversaw a number of the company's game studios …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
OnLive lost: how the paradise of streaming games was undone by one man's ego — “I'm the one that brought you here. I'm the one that ultimately made decisions, and I'm the one that ultimately takes responsibility. So I am sorry, and it didn't end up exactly as we'd hoped.”| Erick Schonfeld / Techonomy: |
The Andreessen Horowitz Effect — In the three short years since Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz set up shop as venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road, they've already established Andreessen Horowitz as one of the top VC firms in Silicon Valley, right up there with Accel, Benchmark, Greylock, Kleiner, and Sequoia.| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Time Warner Cable invests $25M to build 1Gbps fiber network — Time Warner Cable is following Google's lead with a 1Gbps fiber network in New York City, except Time Warner will focus on business customers and it hasn't yet announced pricing. — Time Warner Cable announced Tuesday …
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Business Wire, BGR, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, Washington Post, TechSpot, The Droid Guy, Betabeat and Mashable!
| Elinor Mills / CNET: |
Hackers vow ‘hellfire’ in latest major data leak — Team GhostShell says it published one million records, allegedly from banks, government agencies, consulting firms and others — and claims there's more to come. — A group of hackers has released a vast quantity of data from banks …
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Network World, Imperva Data Security Blog, Betabeat and SC Magazine
| David Beren / TmoNews: |
T-Mobile Adding microSIM Kits For iPhone 4/4S, Training Employees For “Selling Against The iPhone” — Based on both pieces of information that just came into our inbox, we're trying to draw two conclusions, one that T-Mobile isn't getting the iPhone 5, which shouldn't surprise anyone.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Half of All Mobile Phones Will Be Smartphones by 2013, Two Years Earlier Than Forecast — Those smartphones are growing up so fast. — It seems like just yesterday they were sending their first emails from their baby keyboards, and now they are poised to take over the world.
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Tech Trader Daily, GigaOM, Computerworld, ZDNet and PhoneArena
| Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times: |
RealNetworks cutting up to 160 jobs in overhaul — Another big layoff is happening at RealNetworks as the struggling digital media company tries to reorganize and regain its foothold. — Up to 160 jobs are being cut, reducing Real's employment by up to 14 percent.
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CNET, NYT Bits, The RealNetworks Blog, AllThingsD and Forbes
| Steve Gorman / Reuters: |
Second accused LulzSec hacker arrested in Sony Pictures breach — (Reuters) - A second suspected member of the clandestine hacking group LulzSec was arrested on Tuesday on charges he took part in an extensive computer breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the FBI said.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Google's Nexus 7 tablet pops up in rare home page ad — In a first, Google is actually touting a product on its home page, which is typically free of advertisements. — Google really wants people to take a look at its Nexus 7 tablet. — The $199 tablet started popping up on Google's home page today …
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Mashable!, BuzzFeed, AllThingsD, CNET, PC Magazine and Washington Post
| Topher Kessler / CNET: |
New Java 7 exploit can potentially affect Macs — While there are no known attempts to use a newly discovered vulnerability to target Mac users, the exploit has been successfully triggered in both Safari and Firefox on Macs running Mountain Lion. — A new vulnerability was found last week in the latest Java 7 runtime from Oracle.
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VentureBeat, The Next Web, US-CERT, TrendLabs, BGR, MacRumors, TUAW, The Next Web and Dennis Fisher
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
IBM Envisions Watson As Supercharged Siri For Businesses — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) researchers spent four years developing Watson, the computer smart enough to beat the champions of the quiz show “Jeopardy!” Now they're trying to figure out how to get those capabilities into the phone in your pocket.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft looks to simplify adding Azure cloud support to Windows 8 apps — Summary: A free preview of Windows Azure Media Services is available to Windows 8 developers now, with additional support for iOS, Android and Windows Phone coming soon. — Microsoft is looking to make it easier …
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Scott Gu, MSDN Blogs, TechCrunch, BetaNews, The Register, Computerworld, WMPoweruser, Neowin, OakLeaf Systems and MSDN Blogs
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Unsuccessfully Tried to Purchase Exclusive Access to TSMC Chip Production for iOS Devices — Bloomberg reports that Apple and Qualcomm each put forth investment bids topping $1 billion in attempting to secure exclusive access to chip supplies from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company …
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Bloomberg
| Ricardo Bilton / VentureBeat: |
Foxconn International hit with $226M loss on slumping smartphone orders — Declining orders from big smartphone clients like Nokia have handed Foxconn International it largest-ever first-half loss. — The Foxconn Technology subsidiary, which only gives earnings twice a year …
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DailyTech, Engadget and TechCrunch
| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Magisto brings its ‘magical’ video editing to Android — Automated video editing service Magisto has launched an Android app targeted at consumers who want to create fun videos without much hassle, the company announced Tuesday. — Magisto launched its video editing client on the iPhone …
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