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September 23, 2012, 10:35 AM

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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

How Ridiculous Is It That Apple Maps Redirect To Google Maps On The Web? — Yes, Apple Maps redirect to Google Maps on desktop, Android and any non-iOS 6 phones when you share your location. Womp. Obviously this is happening because there's no hub for Apple Maps on the web, but still …

More: Redmond Pie, CNET and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @bennycreative

Mike Dobson / Exploring Local:

Google Maps announces a 400 year advantage over Apple Maps — I had a call from Marc Prioleau of Prioleau Advisors this morning and speaking with him prompted me to look into the uproar over Apple's problems with its new mapping application. So, this column is Marc's fault.

More: Fortune, Decoding the new economy, CNET, TechCrunch, Weblogsky, iDownloadBlog.com, Josh Centers, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider. Thanks:@akovacs

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

TomTom: Don't Blame Apple Maps Problems On Us! — When Apple launched the original iPhone, one of the biggest complaints about the phone was that it was awful for making phone calls. — Apple did not bear the brunt of this criticism, though. It was its cellular partner AT&T who was …

More: Examiner, Macgasm, PhoneArena, Wall Street Journal, Techland and Reuters

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Motorola Mobility (Google) Pokes Fun At Apple's iOS 6 Maps With #iLost Hashtag

More: Business Insider and CNET

James Glanz / New York Times:

Power, Pollution and the Internet — SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt. — The company had been packing a 40-by-60-foot rental space here with racks of computer servers that were needed …

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Steven Levy / Wired:

The Indomitable Mary Meeker — There is no president of the Internet. But there is a queen. That only-somewhat-exaggerated sobriquet belongs to Mary Meeker, the 53-year-old financial analyst turned venture capitalist. Back in 1995, Meeker—then an analyst at Morgan Stanley …

More: Business Insider

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Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:

iPhone 5 Benchmarked: The Fastest Smartphone in the Land — The iPhone 5 looks to be the fastest smartphone we've ever tested at PCMag.com. — With its mysterious, Apple-designed A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is unique in the world of smartphones. Most high-end phones nowadays run …

More: Pocketnow, blog.chron.com, Business Insider, PhoneArena, iClarified, Softpedia News, MacNN, AnandTech, Computerworld and TechPinions

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The iPhone 5 Performance Preview

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Reuters:

Analysis: IPhone 5 defines Apple success, Tim Cook-style — (Reuters) - Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs when it comes to leading Apple Inc. As the debut of the new iPhone 5 just proved, that may not be a bad thing. — The taller, thinner and lighter phone prompted a rush on Wall Street …

More: Business Insider, New York Times and MacRumors

Andrew Bary / Barron's Online:

Facebook Is Worth $15 — Facebook's 40% plunge from its initial-public-offering price of $38 in May has millions of investors asking a single question: Is the stock a buy? The short answer is “No.” After a recent rally, to $23 from a low of $17.55, the stock trades at high multiples …

More: Forbes and Business Insider. Tweets: @joshconstine, @nikcub, @rishadt, @howardlindzon and @asymco

Reuters:

Apple seeks U.S. Samsung sales ban, $707 million more in damages — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has asked for a court order for a permanent U.S. sales ban on Samsung Electronics products alleged to have violated its patents along with additional damages of $707 million on top of the billion-dollar verdict won by the iPhone maker last month.

More: Forbes, Mashable!, The Verge, The Tech Block, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Gizmodo UK, FOSS Patents, Ars Technica, Computerworld, VatorNews, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET, 24/7 Wall St., iClarified and MacDailyNews

Glyn Moody / Techdirt:

EU Officials Propose Internet Cops On Patrol, No Anonymity & No Obscure Languages (Because Terrorism!) — Back in February we wrote about the ominously-named “Clean IT” project in Europe, designed to combat the use of the Internet by terrorists. At that time, we suspected that this would produce …

More: Telegraph and Computerworld

Casey Newton / CNET:

YouTube to keep serving videos on older version of its app — Even as it disappears as a pre-installed app on iOS 6, the company tells CNET it will keep supporting the old app indefinitely. — YouTube fans who don't upgrade your iOS device to the latest version, relax …

More: AppleInsider

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