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September 22, 2012, 5:20 AM

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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.

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Tweets: @qthrul, @dannysullivan and @gartenberg

Thanks:@idownloadblog

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, < 100mm^2 — 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: BGR, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, Computerworld, CNET, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable!, Ars Technica, MacNN and iFixit

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The iPhone 5 Performance Preview — This morning we finally got our hands on Apple's iPhone 5. While we are eager to get started on battery life testing, that'll happen late tonight after a full day's worth of use and a recharge cycle. Meanwhile, we went straight to work on performance testing.

Paul Graham:

Startup = Growth — A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of “exit.” The only essential thing is growth.

Tweets: @professorvc, @eghosao, @robgo, @bill_gross, @cdixon and @mattrosoff

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

The first three iPhone 5 (and Earpod) ads hit: Thumbs, Physics, Cheese and Ears — It sounds like the first iPhone 5 ads are narrated by Jeff Daniels of Dumb and Dumber and Newsroom fame. — Thumbs shows how the 4 inch screen is tailored to the windshield -wiper motion of your thumb.

More: Business Insider, MacStories, CNET, AppleInsider, The Verge, TechCrunch and MacRumors

Ms. Smith / Network World:

‘We will find you’ marketing gone wild: Candy bars that guarantee stalkers — What do you get when you mix technology with candy bars? In a cool yet creepy for privacy marketing campaign, Nestle plans to stalk consumers. The “We will find you” promotion involves GPS trackers embedded in chocolate bars.

More: Food Magazine, popsci.com.au, Techdirt, newlaunches.com and Betabeat

Daniel Rubino / wpcentral:

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 to be priced at $799 with keyboard — Last night we popped by PepCom, a little tech event that happens every few months here in New York City. We were curious if Samsung would be there with their ATIV lineup (answer: no) and we were hoping to maybe spot some interesting tidbits for you folks.

More: Ars Technica, CNET, Engadget, Neowin, The Verge and Windows 8 Beta

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

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S.

More: Gothamist, iMore.com, Gizmodo, Japan Real Time, Fortune, GigaOM, Washington Post, Redmond Pie, TechCrunch, MacNN, Gizmodo UK, Guardian, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal and Pulse2 Technology …

Tweets: @parislemon, @richdemuro and @jyarow

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: Paul Bernal's Blog, Macgasm, AllFacebook, WebProNews, Daily Dot and TPM IdeaLab

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Fortune's “Most Powerful Women” Features Techies: IBM's Rometty Tops List, but Yahoo's Mayer Grabs Cover — Fortune magazine put out its “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list today, which was topped by IBM CEO Ginni Rometty. — The nod to the leader of the longtime tech giant was followed …

More: AllFacebook

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

The Apple iPhone 5 has reportedly been jailbroken — Just hours after the new Apple iPhone 5 was released, it has already been jailbroken. While iOS 6 has been jailbroken on other devices, this development means hackers have already found and exploited security holes to run custom code …

More: iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Absinthe Jailbreak and iPhone in Canada Blog

Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch:

You Might Be Able To Download Your Tweets By The End Of The Year … Users might able to download all of their past tweets by the end of the year, according to reports from those attending Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's talk at the Online News Association conference.

More: ONA12, Reuters, The Verge and CNET

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 (vs Samsung Galaxy S3) Drop Tests Show Very Durable Device and Screen — With the launch of the iPhone 5, several companies are performing tests and benchmarks on the new device. One common effort is to put any new iPhone in a series of drop tests to see how well it survives common falls.

More: Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, Los Angeles Times, TUAW, Geek.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, App Advice, The Tech Block, Sammy Hub, Gotta Be Mobile, Tecca, Gizmodo, Pocketables, everythingiCafe, The Words of iFixYouri and 9to5Mac

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching?

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