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September 18, 2012, 10:50 PM

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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

First iPhone 5 Reviews: Thinner, Lighter, LTE “Stunningly Fast” — The embargo has just lifted on the first iPhone 5 reviews. Apple has provided some publications with an early review unit of the iPhone 5. We are collecting some of the more interesting points from each review, but you can click each title to read the full writeup.

More: CNET, ZDNet, Business Insider, AppleInsider, CNET, 9to5Mac and Redmond Pie

Tweets: @arrington and @gruber

Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:

The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen — The world's most popular smartphone becomes significantly faster, thinner and lighter this week, while gaining a larger, 4-inch screen—all without giving up battery life, comfort in the hand and high-quality construction. — [ See post to watch video ]

More: TechCrunch, CBC News, New York Times, Betabeat, Daily Mail, Business Insider, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Engadget, SlashGear, BGR, The Loop, USA Today, Telegraph, iClarified, MobileSyrup.com, Mashable! and iDownloadBlog.com

Tweets: @waltmossberg and @pkafka

CNET:

iPhone 5 review: Finally, the iPhone we've always wanted — The good: The iPhone 5 adds everything we wanted in the iPhone 4S: 4G LTE, a longer, larger screen, and a faster A6 processor. Plus, its top-to-bottom redesign is sharp, slim, and feather-light. The bad: Sprint and Verizon models can't use voice and data simultaneously.

More: Bloomberg

Sung Hu Kim / Twitter Blog:

Expand your experience: New Twitter for iPad — Today you can download the new Twitter for iPad. We've rebuilt the app from the ground up to make it fast, beautiful and easy to use. Twitter for iPad brings you closer to what's happening all over the world, and makes it easy to keep …

Sachin Agarwal / Twitter Blog:

Because you have more to show — Starting today you can make your presence on Twitter more meaningful with new Twitter profiles. Upload an all-new header photo on mobile apps for iPad, iPhone and Android or twitter.com, and the same image will appear whenever anyone views your profile on the web or these apps.

More: TechCrunch, AllTwitter, PC Magazine, CNET, Techmamas, Forbes, ITworld.com, Laughing Squid, Los Angeles Times, Mashable!, Wired, Twitter Advertising, The Domains, ZDNet, Guardian and VentureBeat

Tweets: @todayshow, @theromit and @producermatthew

Jaikumar Ramanathan / Twitter Blog:

Picture what's happening in iPhone and Android updates

More: CNET and 9to5Google

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Twitter now forces you to use its own image service in its mobile apps

More: San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Marketing Pilgrim, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine, BuzzFeed, Inquirer, MobileBurn.com, Neowin and Mashable!

Wilson Rothman / Digital Life:

Twitter announces new profile pages, iPad app

More: Mashable! and Computerworld

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Beta Launches New Mobile Ad Network Using Your Data To Target You With Banner Ads In Other Apps — Facebook today begins testing its own mobile ad network. Advertisers can pay to target you with ads for app stores or websites based on your Facebook data that appears while you're on other apps and mobile sites.

More: Engadget, CNET, Inside Facebook, Marketing Land, VatorNews, Forbes, Internet2Go, 9.blog, The Verge, ValueWalk, GigaOM, AllThingsD and Business Insider. Thanks:@joshconstine

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook expands test for Highlight, lets you pay to push status updates to more friends

More: Inside Facebook and AllFacebook

Greg Finn / Marketing Land:

Pages Manager App Now Allows Admins To Promote Facebook Posts On-The-Go

More: CNET, The Next Web and Mashable!

iFixit:

Apple EarPods Teardown — After three years of research and development, Apple has released the newest version of their popular headphones, now dubbed “EarPods.” Join us as we crack these pods open and take a look at what three years of R & D can accomplish. Love all of these gadget teardowns?

More: Wired, Gotta Be Mobile, iPhone Alley, iPhone Savior, iPhone, iDownloadBlog.com, Ars Technica, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, CNET, 9to5Mac, Macgasm and Daring Fireball

Microsoft Corporation:

Microsoft Signs Licensing Agreement With Research In Motion — exFAT file technology helps mobile industry leader provide cutting-edge capabilities to customers. — Microsoft Corp. announced today that Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) have signed a patent licensing agreement …

More: ZDNet, CNET, eWeek, BGR, Pulse2 Technology …, IntoMobile, WinBeta, The Verge, BerryReview, Global Nerdy, GeekWire, PC World, Business Insider, MobileSyrup.com, Neowin and The Register

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

RIM licenses Microsoft's exFAT file system to stuff extra-large files into BlackBerry devices

More: WebProNews and InfoWorld

Reuters:

German government urges public to stop using Internet Explorer — (Reuters) - The German government urged the public on Tuesday to temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer following discovery of yet-to-be repaired bug in the web browser that the software maker said makes PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers.

More: BGR, CNET, Krebs on Security, TechSpot, www.thehostingnews.com, Computerworld, Network World, CNET, BBC, Techie Buzz and F-Secure Antivirus …

Simon Sharwood / The Register:

Microsoft offers workarounds for IE bug

More: eWeek, TechNet Blogs, Forbes and The H Security

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Developers seeing lightning fast app review times as Apple readies the App Store for iPhone 5 — Apple is getting its ducks in a row for the release of the iPhone 5. One of the ways it's doing that is ensuring that as many apps as possible are ready for the new taller screen of the new device.

More: Mercury News, PadGadget, TechCrunch and iDownloadBlog.com

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

iOS 6 App Store tweaked to promote a one-tap installation of free Apple apps

More: AllThingsD, Pulse2 Technology … and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @fredericl

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

Yahoo To Give Shareholders $3.65 Billion, Mayer Explains Why In Leaked Memo — Yahoo has closed a deal to sell a portion of its stake in Chinese Internet company Alibaba, netting $4.3 billion for the company. — In a memo to employees, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she will return $3.65 billion of that money to shareholders.

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

As Expected, Alibaba Closes $7.6 Billion Yahoo Deal

More: The Next Web, Marketing Land, DailyFinance.com, ValueWalk, CNET, Pulse2 Technology … and New York Magazine. Tweets: @karaswisher

Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:

Apple's Jonathan Ive to Design a Single Uber-Limited Edition Leica M — Do you love the design of Apple products? Do you have infinitely deep pockets? If you said yes to both questions, then I have some good news for you. — At Leica's special event last night, after the new Leica M was announced …

More: Wired, Pocket-lint, MacNN, The Verge, CNET, Mashable!, AllThingsD, Laughing Squid, Macgasm, nbcnews.com, digitaltrends.com, ValueWalk, SlashGear, Engadget and iDownloadBlog.com

Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:

With Hollywood Hire, Microsoft Bolsters Entertainment Efforts — Microsoft has hired Nancy Tellem, a former top CBS television executive, to oversee the production of original video content to be delivered to the company's Xbox video game console, according to people with knowledge of the move …

More: The Verge, CNET, Digits, BGR, Microsoft Corporation, Engadget, VentureBeat, Deadline.com and Gizmodo. Thanks:@nickwingfield

Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:

AT&T will be slapped with net neutrality complaint over FaceTime blocking — Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute have informed AT&T that they intend to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against the wireless carrier for violating network neutrality rules.

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

New departure from Zynga: Omgpop's chief revenue officer (exclusive) — Joining the exodus of executives who have left Zynga recently, Wilson Kriegel, the former chief revenue officer of Omgpop, has left the company, GamesBeat has learned. — Kriegel was part of the company that Zynga bought earlier …

More: CNET, GamesIndustry International, VatorNews, Macgasm, The Verge, VG247 and Inside Social Games

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Gogo increases in-flight Wi-Fi prices, removes single pass on some flights — Updated at 3:53 p.m. PT with confirmation from Gogo PR. — In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo has increased its pricing on several flights throughout the United States, including the popular San Francisco to New York flight on Virgin America.

More: CNET, The Verge, PandoDaily and Skift

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

Success of Crowdfunding Puts Pressure on Entrepreneurs — PORTLAND, Ore. — An effort to build a sleek aluminum charging dock for the iPhone generated fervor online when it was announced last December. The project's creators raised close to $1.5 million through Kickstarter, a crowdfunding Web site …

More: TechCrunch, Daily Dot and Venture Capital Dispatch

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Amazon Shutting Down Fashion Website Endless.com — Amazon started telling consumers today, who visit Endless.com, that it will be shutting down next week. — The site, which sells high-end clothing, shoes, handbags, jewelry and watches, will become a part of Amazon.com/Fashion …

More: GeekWire and Reuters

David Kravets / Wired:

Feds Charge Activist with 13 Felonies for Rogue Downloading of Academic Articles — Federal prosectors added nine new felony counts against well-known coder and activist Aaron Swartz, who was charged last year for allegedly breaching hacking laws by downloading millions of academic articles …

More: Daily Dot, Betabeat and Techdirt. Tweets: @eldon

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