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Arn / MacRumors:
Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones? — Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that could be used in future iPhones. — Haptic Tactile Feedback
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Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple developing “active packaging” for iPods and iPhones — Known for thinking outside the box, electronics maker Apple Inc. is now apparently working on an in-the-box concept that could provide power to iPods, iPhones and other electronics devices still inside their retail packaging …
Staska / Unwired View:
iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications — Now that with 3.0 OS iPhone has basically caught up with the traditional smartphones in functionality, it may be time to look how Apple can make the next generation devices even smarter.
MacDailyNews:
Leaked AT&T memo: Apple iPhone 3GS generated ‘best ever sales day’ — Multiple sources have provided MacDailyNews with an internal AT&T memo that highlights the company's recent milestones and successes: … [Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers who shall remain nameless for the heads up.]
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:And Yet More Proof Of Why AT&T Needs To Keep That iPhone Exclusivity
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Chris Matyszczyk / CNET News:
Microsoft chucks vomit ad — Earlier this week, we were all rather intrigued by the appearance of a Microsoft ad, in which a wife borrows her husband's laptop and suffers a technicolor nightmare when she espies a site that he has been, um, enjoying. — By Wednesday night, however …
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium — In two recent posts (Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard: How much do upgrades really cost? and Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?), I took a closer look at the differences between Windows 7 editions and their counterparts from Apple.
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Sumner Lemon / Computerworld:
Apple patching serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone — The flaw could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code — IDG News Service - Apple Inc. is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.
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Mark Hachman / Gearlog:
Apple Issues Heat Advisory for iPhone 3G, 3GS — Whether anecdotal reports of iPhones overheating are true or not, Apple has taken them seriously enough to reveal the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. — Here's the deal: an unknown but probably very small number …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting — A little over two hours ago, a Google employee posted a note in this Google Groups thread indicating that Google App Engine was “seeing elevated Datastore latency and error-rates, as well as elevated serving error-rates.”
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Update - Apple Pulls BeautyMeter App With Nude 15-Year-Old — Yesterday's BeautyMeter article resulted in quite the firestorm. Media outlets such as Fox News, Wired, Gizmodo, DownloadSqaud and others, carried the “Nude 15-Year-Old Pictures” story ... as well as social media activity from Digg, Twitter and more.
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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Apple retail stores can now replace broken iPhone screens — Apple has expanded the services offered by its retail stores to include fixing damaged iPhone screens. — The Loop has confirmed that if your iPhone has a broken screen and you take it to an Apple retail relocation, they have the capability to fix it on the spot.
Jim Norris / FriendFeed Blog:
FriendFeed real-time search. We have it. It's here. — One of the coolest things about FriendFeed is how you can see everything that's happening on the site in real-time. Starting today, this is even more true with real-time search. — Just enter a search query as you always have …
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Akshay Patil / The Official Google Blog:
New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts — Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched, we've been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we're happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds.
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TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, ReadWriteWeb, Search Engine Journal and Mashable!, Thanks:atul
Eric Lai / Computerworld:
No to SQL? Anti-database movement gains steam — But can enterprises take open-source alternatives Hadoop, Voldemort seriously? — Computerworld - The meet-up in San Francisco last month had a whiff of revolution about it, like a latter-day techie version of the American Patriots planning the Boston Tea Party.
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook Connect Is A Huge Success — By The Numbers — As much as Beacon was Facebook's low point, that service's replacement, Facebook Connect, is vaulting the company to new heights six months after its November 2008 launch. — CEO Mark Zuckerberg occasionally hints …
Dan Freed / TheStreet.com:
Murdoch Talks Media — NWSA , GE , NYT , GOOG , YHOO , TWX — Rupert Murdoch has not allowed the crisis in his most-loved medium — the newspaper — stop the growth of his global empire. — Murdoch, the 78-year-old News Corp. (NWSA Quote) chairman and CEO who moved television news considerably …
Deborah Yao / Associated Press:
Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking — Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed. — It's unclear how much of an effect the new policies will have.
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BBC:
Twitter followers ‘can be bought’ — Twitter users who lack an audience for their messages can now buy followers. — Australian social media marketing company uSocial is offering a paid service that finds followers for users of the micro-blogging service.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
iPhone App Prices Fluctuate As Developers Adjust To OS 3.0; Nav Apps Gain Pricing Power — Ever since OS. 3., the latest operating system for the iPhone, launched on June 17, prices among the top 100 apps in the iTunes App Store have been fluctuating wildly as developers push …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
DOJ Confirms Antitrust Investigation Into Google Book Settlement [UPDATED] — Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View... The Justice Department probe of the Google Books settlement is heating up. On Thursday afternoon, the agency officially opened an investigation into the deal …
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Tom Cook / Facebook:
Hammering Usernames — Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Facebook is always under pressure to keep the site and all the moving pieces behind the scenes running while still delivering an excellent user experience. The recent launch of usernames to our 200 million active users on a single night …
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case, Overrules Jury — LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Thursday overturned guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, issuing a directed acquittal on three misdemeanor charges. — U.S. District Judge George Wu granted a defense motion to overturn …
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Craigslist Sued For Trademark Based On Listing — In what appears to be a first, listings site Craigslist has been sued for trademark infringement based on ads posted by users. — The lawsuit was brought by Texas real estate company First Call Properties, which alleges that it began advertising …
Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
Verizon has a change of heart, prepares to open BlackBerry Tour pre-orders to all — Following our post yesterday and the ensuing outcry, it looks like Verizon had a change of heart where BlackBerry Tour pre-orders are concerned. Are you a current Verizon Wireless subscriber whose spirits …
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Layoffs and Reorg at IAC-Owned Evite — Evite, the invitation service owned by IAC (NSDQ: IACI), is done a reorg and laid off 9 employees out of 38 total, we have learned and confirmed from the company. Among the execs who have been laid off include Rosanna McCollough …
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