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September 30, 2012, 12:00 PM

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Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:

Apple Drops the “Most Powerful Mapping Service Ever” Claim — Apple's CEO Tim Cook has honestly admitted that Apple Maps isn't as good as competing mapping services but the Apple website made a slightly contradictory claim. It said: … Apple Maps may be beautiful for some regions …

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Does Apple have a Scott Forstall problem? — There's no shortage of embarrassing instances where Apple (AAPL) Maps “fell short” — as Tim Cook's public apology put it — but on Friday Canadian reader John Garner pointed me to a particularly striking one. Jason Matheson, a fellow Canadian …

More: Business Insider, The Loop and Business Insider. Tweets: @trojankitten

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Sloppy security? Apple and Nokia conceal fewer sensitive sites than Google Maps — iOS 6 Maps is the most transparent of the three — but is that a good thing? — The launch of Apple's new mapping service in iOS 6 has generated a wave of criticism that shows no sign of abating.

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

Take A Closer Look At The Icon For Apple's Terrible Maps App

More: Uncrunched and Pulse2 Technology …. Tweets: @kenmasco, @jswartwood, @stevenwilsuxx, @gaberivera and @nikcub

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:

Including Maps on the original iPhone was a last-minute decision

More: New York Times, rc3.org, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, PandoDaily, Redmond Pie and Business Insider

Quentin Hardy / New York Times:

Meg Whitman's Toughest Campaign: Retooling H.P. — IT'S not as easy being Meg Whitman as Meg Whitman might have expected. — At 56, Ms. Whitman, the eBay billionaire who spent a fortune unsuccessfully trying to become the governor of California, has found her Act III.

More: Pulse2 Technology …

Technology Review:

PlaceRaider: The Military Smartphone Malware Designed to Steal Your Life — The US Naval Surface Warfare Center has created an Android app that secretly records your environment and reconstructs it as a 3D virtual model for a malicious user to browse — The power of modern smartphones is one of the technological wonders of our age.

More: Slashdot, Betabeat, Business Insider and Gizmodo

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Simon Cowell And Will.i.am Are Teaming Up To Create An X Factor To Find The Next Mark Zuckerberg — Simon Cowell is on the hunt for the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. According to The Sun, the former American Idol and current X Factor judge is teaming up with Black Eyed Peas rapper …

More: VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Examiner, Hollywood Reporter and The Sun

Rik Myslewski / The Register:

Microsoft: 'To fill 6,000 jobs, we'll pay $10K per visa' — Plus $15K for green cards - other companies could buy in, as well — Microsoft has entered the US immigration debate with a novel proposal for expanding the number of visas available for foreign techies: have companies pay …

More: The Seattle Times, InformationWeek and The Huffington Post

Chico Harlan / Washington Post:

As Apple and Samsung dominate, Japan's tech giants are in a free fall — TOKYO — While electronics giants Apple and Samsung fight each other for market dominance, with hotly competitive product releases and tit-for-tat patent lawsuits, Japan's consumer electronics makers find themselves …

David Carnoy / CNET:

Nook GlowLight e-reader price drops to $119 — Just ahead of Amazon shipping out its highly anticipated Kindle Paperwhite, the Nook GlowLight gets a price chop. — As Amazon gets set to ship out the Kindle Paperwhite, its new e-ink e-reader that features an integrated light, its chief rival appears to be getting a price cut.

More: GeekWire, TechCrunch, LAPTOP Magazine, Liliputing, The Verge, PC World, Pulse2 Technology …, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Next Web, WebProNews and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @spencerchen

IHS iSuppli:

Hard Drive Shipments Rebound to Record Level in 2012 — A year after the Thailand flooding disaster partially derailed production, the global hard disk drive (HDD) industry has fully recovered, with shipments to the computer market expected to hit a record level this year …

More: Forbes, Engadget and V3.co.uk

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Facebook revamps Messenger iOS app with Favorites, new chat UI, better performance — Facebook's been on a bit of a roll with iOS development lately. Just over a month ago, the company released a major update to its flagship app that offered tangible boosts in performance and responsiveness.

More: Mashable!, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Droid Guy, Engadget, CNET and 9to5Mac

Noah Kagan / OkDork:

Why I got Fired from Facebook (a $100 Million dollar lesson) — Can I be real with you? Real real? — I'm TIRED of answering this question so I'd rather write it out and just point people to this post. — Let me start in reverse. — I can tell you every detail of the day I got fired aka …

More: Business Insider and Mashable!. Tweets: @jowyang

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