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September 21, 2012, 8:05 PM

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Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com:

The Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM unlocked, tested with AT&T — I can confirm that the Verizon iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked. Even though I bought an iPhone 5 from Verizon under contract, I was able to cut down my AT&T Micro SIM, and use it in my Verizon iPhone 5 to pick up an AT&T signal.

More: digitaltrends.com, Gizmodo, BGR, MacRumors, Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Verge, PhoneArena, parislemon, Mashable!, Gotta Be Mobile, GigaOM, Pocketnow, iLounge, iClarified and App Advice

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @gartenberg

Thanks:@idownloadblog

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, — Our good friends at UBM TechInsights sent over the first diffusion images of Apple's new A6 SoC. It's still too early to tell a lot but we have confirmation of a lot of things. The image above shows two 32-bit LPDDR2 memory channels and three GPU cores.

More: Ars Technica, BGR, CNET, Computerworld, MacRumors, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog and iFixit

Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:

iPhone 5 Reaches Same Level of Online Sales in First 3 Days that iPhone 4S Reached in First Month — Today, crowds of eager consumers will get their hands on the iPhone 5 as Apple's latest smartphone officially hits stores and mailboxes across the U.S. It's been just over a week since CEO Tim Cook …

More: CNET, The Next Web, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, VatorNews, WebProNews, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Forbes, Tech Trader Daily and MacNN

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S.

More: Japan Real Time, Gothamist, Gizmodo, Guardian, Fortune, Washington Post, Redmond Pie, iPhone BlogiPhone Blog, GigaOM, TechCrunch, MacNN, Gizmodo Australia, Pulse2 Technology …, ZDNet, Fortune and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @richdemuro and @jyarow

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching? — After the original announcement of the iPhone 5, one early concern amongst readers was how well the anodized aluminum back and edges of the black iPhone 5 would hold up over time. — One lengthy thread on our forums …

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 (vs Samsung Galaxy S3) Drop Tests Show Very Durable Device and Screen

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Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Verizon finally rolling out Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Nexus — Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean back in June and released it for the unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus a few weeks later, but Verizon's version has remained stuck on Ice Cream Sandwich.

More: Droid Life, IntoMobile, LAPTOP Magazine, Neowin, Verizon Wireless, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, GadgeTell, Android and Me, WebProNews and 9to5Google

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Facebook Turns Off Facial Recognition In The EU, Gets The All-Clear On Several Points From Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner On Its Review — The ongoing investigation into Facebook's transparency on user data and privacy by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has come to a positive conclusion for the social network.

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Reuters:

China's Alibaba to spin off team developing mobile operating system — (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce firm, will spin off the team developing its Aliyun mobile operating system, which Google Inc claims uses aspects of its own mobile operating system Android.

More: Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Pulse2 Technology … and Tech in Asia

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Good Karma! Facebook to launch social gifting app in the US in a matter of weeks — Around the same time it started listing its shares on NASDAQ, Facebook announced that it had acquired social gifting app maker Karma for a reported $80 million+, making it one of the company's largest purchases to date.

More: Inside Facebook, AllFacebook, Inside Facebook, Pulse2 Technology … and WebProNews. Thanks:@bradmccarty

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

Young startup Double Robotics scores $1.2M in sales for iPad-on-wheels robots — Double Robotics, the Y Combinator grad that's created probably the best-looking telepresence robots on the planet, announced a $250,000 investment from Grishin Robotics today — and the fact that Double …

More: Betabeat, Singularity Hub and The Verge

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to deliver new Windows 8 and Windows RT Lync app in late October — Summary: The product formerly known as Lync MX, a touch-centric, Windows Store app, will be available for Windows 8 and Windows RT PCs and tablets in late October. — Testers have been putting the new version …

More: VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Softpedia News and TechNet Blogs

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

OpenStreetMap Gets First Major Funding From Knight News Challenge — OpenStreetMap, the increasingly popular Wikipedia-like project to create a map of the world — it's now used by Apple, Foursquare and others — has gotten its first major funding grant. — Knight News Challenge …

More: Pulse2 Technology …, dailywireless.org, Spatially Adjusted, TechCrunch and Knight Foundation

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook adds searches to the Activity Log, allows you to view and remove your search activity — Facebook today announced it has added searches to the Activity Log. As with most Facebook updates, the new addition will be rolling out over the next few weeks.

More: Gizmodo, digitaltrends.com, Engadget, The Verge, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, Facebook Newsroom and WebProNews

Bloomberg:

Apple Loses German Court Ruling Against Samsung in Patent Suit — The 4G Price War Brewing Over the IPhone 5 — Apple Inc. (AAPL) lost a court ruling against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) in Germany regarding claims the South Korean company's Galaxy devices infringed patents on the iPhone maker's touch-screen technology.

More: FOSS Patents, The Tech Block, Pulse2 Technology … and Los Angeles Times

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Google Welcomes Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's “The Internship” on Campus — You wouldn't know that relations between Google and Hollywood are testy by the week they've had together. — Google has taken in movie stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn with open arms, lending its campus as the set for their upcoming film “The Internship.”

More: PC Magazine, SlashGear, Pulse2 Technology …, Los Angeles Times and Betabeat. Tweets: @eacohn

Brad Linder / Liliputing:

Asus to unveil the Padfone 2 in October — The Asus Padfone hasn't exactly taken the world by storm since Asus first introduced the smartphone that can transform into a tablet, notebook, or desktop with liberal use of docking stations. In fact, the Padfone has yet to officially go on sale in the US.

More: Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, The Verge, The Tech Report, Engadget and Pocket-lint

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Google may face EU antitrust proceedings — EU competition commissioner says concessions do not go far enough to ease concerns it used its search clout to block rivals — Europe's antitrust chief has publicly warned Google that it could face charges of breaching EU rules, and be fined …

More: New York Times, TechWeekEurope UK, EU Press Room, The Register, WebProNews, Hillicon Valley and FairSearch.org

Vanessa Mock / Wall Street Journal:

EU Clears Universal-EMI Merger With Conditions

More: EU Press Room, BBC, Engadget, Reuters, Bloomberg, Deal Journal and Tech Daily Dose. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook tests prompt asking you to snitch on your friends who aren't using their real name — Facebook's ongoing war on pseudonyms is well-documented. The company wants everyone to use their real name on the social network, and ideally this would be their only identity on the Internet.

More: AllFacebook, BuzzFeed, WebProNews and TPM IdeaLab

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