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The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
Exclusive Apple iPhone 3.0 screenshots leak out — One of our trusty ninjas just blessed us with some exclusive iPhone 3.0 shots. Things like detailing a video recording application, more settings options, an accessibility entry, and even showing that Apple could possibly be integrating voice dialing, too.
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Arn / MacRumors:
iPhone Video Recording Interface, Digital Compass, Voice Control and Auto-Focus Camera — Since the release of Apple's iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, users have been scouring the configuration files looking for evidence of future iPhone capabilities. The possibility of video recording …
Google Mobile Blog:
Gmail gets a new engine for iPhone and Android-powered devices — Today, we're thrilled to tell you about the improvements we've made to Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser. First, you'll notice that it's a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching.
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Shyam Sheth / The Official Google Blog:Enhanced Gmail and Calendar web app for iPhone and Android
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Google Mobile Blog, 9 to 5 Mac, Gmail Blog, Google Code Blog, Gizmodo, InformationWeek and TheNextWeb.com, Thanks:atul
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Google's Schmidt To Newspaper Publishers: Don't ‘Piss Off’ Consumers — Someone called the appearance of “Google* Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt as the closing keynote for the annual meeting of newspaper publishers “a twist of fate. ” Poppycock. It's as orchestrated as a routine on Dancing with the Stars.
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Google Public Policy Blog:
Some questions related to Google News and the Associated Press — Posted by Alexander Macgillivray, Associate General Counsel for Products and Intellectual Property — Yesterday I entered the following search in Google News: [Phish in mountain view]. The search results led me to click …
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David / TmoNews:
Ready for 3G Galore?? — We're holding this in the rumor column for now, as it appears to be a real screenshot sent our way but we're still working toward 100% confirmation. We have, what appears to be a list of 3G cities going live this year for magenta.
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Boy Genius Report, DSLreports, Android and Me, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, BlackBerry Cool, WMExperts, SlashGear and AndroidGuys
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iTunes Store now infected with variable pricing, Amazon still $0.99 — As promised, variable pricing has now been implemented at the iTunes music store. Already, we're seeing most of the top 10 singles and 33 of the top 100 hitting the top price-point of $1.29 (encoded as DRM-free 256kbps AAC).
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Stephen D. Crocker / New York Times:
How the Internet Got Its Rules — TODAY is an important date in the history of the Internet: the 40th anniversary of what is known as the Request for Comments. Outside the technical community, not many people know about the R.F.C.'s, but these humble documents shape the Internet's inner workings …
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Forbes:
Sun's Six Biggest Mistakes — The company's high-end, high-margin business wasn't run by stupid people. They just acted that way. — Like any star past its prime, Sun Microsystems is left with two choices: It can burn out, or it can fade away. — If the struggling server vendor …
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AMD:
AMD Opteron™ Processor Upgrade Program Drives Faster Time to Benefit in the Data Center — AMD responds to challenging economic times for solution providers by enabling new revenue opportunities while enhancing end-customer total cost of ownership -
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comScore:
Tapulous's Tap Tap Revenge Has Been Downloaded by 1 out of 3 iTunes Application Users — comScore Apple App Store Report Enables Digital Marketers to Understand — Audience Size, Demographics and Online Behavior of iTunes App Installers — comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) …
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Matthaus Krzykowski / VentureBeat:Behold, marketers — some iPhone numbers you can work with, finally
Engineering Windows 7:
Delivering a quality upgrade experience — This is a little bit of a tricky post to write because we're going to be asking everyone using our Windows 7 Beta to help us out, but doing so is going to take a little time and require a bit of a commitment to helping test the next milestone.
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear:
GM and Segway announce two-wheeled urban transport vehicle — UPDATE: Check out our test drive... General Motors and Segway have teamed up on Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), a two-wheeled city vehicle capable of reaching speeds up to 35 miles per hour …
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Chris James / Sony PSP, Nintendo DS …:
PSP 2 coming pre-Christmas will be an iPhone beater — Sony's new compact handheld console will feature sliding touchscreen and dual analogue sticks — Whether it's labelled the PSP 4000 or the PSP 2, there's been a lot of rumour recently about an imminent successor to Sony's handheld console.
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Microsoft Fires Back at Flash-Powered MLB.com — Microsoft was none too happy to hear Bob Bowman, CEO of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, air dirty laundry in public yesterday. Bowman gave a scathing interview to CNET, saying MLB “has an ongoing dispute with Microsoft …
Matt Raymond / Library of Congress Blog:
YouTube, and Now We Do Too — Well, this is a day that has been a long time in coming. The Library of Congress has been working for several months now so that we could “do YouTube right.” When you're the stewards of the world's largest collection of audiovisual materials (some 6 million films …
Avner Ronen / boxee blog:
introducing the boxee API — we are very excited to officially release the boxee API. it is a big part of our mission to bring open-source and the creativity of the Internet to the living room. the guys over at boxeehq have been able to build impressive stuff without real documented tools …
Nick O'Neill / The Social Times:
Twitter Roars Past 14 Million U.S. Users — Twitter has been on fire for the past few months and it doesn't appear to be cooling anytime soon. According to the latest Compete.com statistics, Twitter has surpassed 14 million users, up over 76.8 percent since last month when we wrote that they had surpassed 8 million users.
Josh Hawkins / Brightcove Blog:
Newspaper Online Video Surges on Consumer Demand — Today at the Newspaper Association of America conference in San Diego, publishers from across the country have convened to discuss the future of the newspaper industry. Once a strong print business sector, newspapers are now struggling …
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Yahoo Opens Up Its Music Site: Now Includes YouTube, Pandora, Last.fm — Yahoo introduced a new version of its Yahoo Music artist homepages today, which now include links to YouTube videos, Pandora radio stations, Last.fm, and photos from Flickr. Yahoo also plans to open up its API …
Yahoo! Messenger Blog:
Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone is here — It's finally arrived - the all new Yahoo! Messenger for the iPhone application. — Now you can take the best of Yahoo! Messenger with you and stay in touch with friends through your iPhone or iPod Touch, no matter where you are. — A short demo video is included below.
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
DoubleTwist raises $5M to help you manage your music and more — A startup called doubleTwist wants to make it easier for you to share media like music files, photos, and videos across friends and devices. After launching a test version of its Mac application in February …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Twitter, Palm Pre Show Up In New Sprint Commercial — Sprint Nextel (S), the no. 3 wireless carrier, is finally looking hip in its new TV commercials. Instead of old-timey black-and-white video of CEO Dan Hesse in a cab or a diner, the company is finally talking up its mobile Internet service.
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