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Matthaus Krzykowski / VentureBeat:
Carriers begin to believe in data revenue, as Android's puzzle pieces come together — Carriers have long worried that they'll be relegated to being “dumb pipes” as more developers churn out applications for mobile phones. But some new figures are now making those carriers change their stance …
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Reuters:
T-Mobile to offer Android smartphone soon: sources — T-Mobile to offer Android smartphone soon: sources — FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit is set to start selling a mobile phone based on Google Inc's Android software within weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Yahoo announces social networking app for iPhone — SAN FRANCISCO—Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called OneConnect that can centralize communications and social-networking activity. — “OneConnect allows everybody to keep connected to the persons they care about.
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Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson announces launch dates for Xperia™ X1 — Sony Ericsson today announces 30 September 2008 as the official launch date for the highly anticipated Xperia™ X1 - initially available to consumers in the UK, Germany and Sweden. The handset will be available …
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Wall Street Journal:
UAL Story Blame Is Placed on Computer — Events Remain Murky, But Automated Search, Trades Played Roles — As Tribune Co. and Google Inc. pointed fingers at each other over the glitch that cratered UAL Corp.'s stock Monday, blame spread to the computers that robotically troll the Web …
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Senator Herb Kohl:
KOHL CALLS ON CELL PHONE COMPANIES TO JUSTIFY RISING TEXTING RATES — In Three Years, Text Message Charges Have Doubled for Wireless Customers — WASHINGTON, DC — Today, US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, asked the presidents and chief executive officers …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Face(book)lifts All Around! And A Bit of Botox for AOL Too! — Although about one-third of its user base-30 million people-has already switched over to its new design, which has been opt-in since July, Facebook will now officially start to move the entire site and the other 70 million Facebookers.
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comScore:
YouTube Draws 5 Billion U.S. Online Video Views in July 2008 — Americans Watch 558 Million Hours of Online Video During the Month, According to comScore Video Metrix — comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released July 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service …
Sydney Morning Herald:
Email becomes a dangerous distraction — Back in the early 1990s, email was a privilege granted only to those who could prove they needed it. Now it has turned into a nuisance that's costing companies millions. We may feel that we have it under control, but not only do we check email …
Chris Sherman / Search Engine Land:
VideoSurf: New, Genuinely Radical Video Search — I'm generally not given to hyperbole or breathless enthusiasm when writing about a new search service. Quite the opposite, in fact—over the decade I've covered search I've seen so many so-called “radically new” approaches that are simply updates …
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
SlingCatcher and Slingbox PRO-HD Available for Pre-Order — Well lookee here, both Sling Media's SlingCatcher and Slingbox PRO-HD are now available for pre-order (!) from Amazon and SlingMedia.com at $299.99 each. While there's no shipping date, I presume either would arrive in time for a holiday a delivery.
Research in Motion:
RIM Introduces the First BlackBerry Flip Phone — New BlackBerry Pearl Flip Brings The Industry's Leading Mobile Messaging Solution To Consumers Who Prefer Flip Phones — Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today unveiled the BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphone …
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Takes Another Jab at Developers — Many developers were surprised this morning to find out about the new header that is now showing up on Facebook. Facebook was first testing the headerlast night and it went live within hours of us first writing about it.
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Is Apple's Genius a music subscription service in disguise? — Getting hold of a big database of peoples' music tastes would be a great way to sell more music, don't you think? Continue reading... Microsoft previews work-anywhere BlueTrack mice — It's not often you see Microsoft trumpeting …
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Mark Cuban: “When I die, I want to come back as me” — To round out the day's schedule at TechCrunch50, Jason Calacanis interviewed Mark Cuban, the founder Broadcast.com, HDNet, and several other companies. He has also been an angel investor for several startups including SlideShare …
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Dan Farber / Webware.com:
Fotonauts crafts Wikipedia for photos — An estimated 500 million images are captured every day, but less than 5 percent end up on major photo sharing sites. Uploading photos is not the easiest task and most photos are locked into a specific photo sharing service and have all rights reserved licenses.
GamesIndustry.biz:
Phil Spencer: Ensemble closure is “right thing for our business” — Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Game Studios, has told staff that the closure of Ensemble Studios - the team behind the Age of Empires titles and the forthcoming Halo Wars - was a difficult decision, but “the right thing for our business at this time”.
Scott Ferguson / eWeek:
IDC Sees Low-Cost Notebooks Driving Worldwide PC Shipments — While the U.S. economy is continuing its year-long struggle, low-cost laptops such as the Asus Eee PC, the HP Mini-Note and other low-cost notebooks from Lenovo, Acer and Dell are continuing to keep the worldwide PC market growing at double digits.
