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Lacy Kemp / The Real Story:
Introducing Rhapsody on the iPhone — Every day I watch Twitter to see what people are talking about with regards to our brands. I see lots of suggestions and lots of feedback, but the one thing that keeps on coming is this question: When will Rhapsody be on the iPhone? Or, when will Rhapsody be on Android?
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Peter / gdgt:
Subscription music comes to the iPhone: Rhapsody app exclusive screenshots and details — Yep, Rhapsody is coming out with an iPhone app. Or at least they want to. Real just submitted it to the App Store for approval, so it may be a few weeks before it's actually available (assuming Apple doesn't get all fussy and block it).
Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Facebook's Zuckerberg Plans to Increase Staff 50% Amid Engineer Surplus — Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. plans to expand its staff by as much as 50 percent this year as it benefits from a surplus of engineers amid the recession, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said.
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Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Nokia joins the netbook race with the Booklet 3G: 10 inches, 1.25 kg, 12 hour battery life, HDMI out — In a move that is surely making analysts and mobile bloggers scratch their head, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced a netbook called the “Booklet 3G.” Nokia is promising this Intel Atom based computer …
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Nokia:
Nokia Booklet 3G brings all day mobility to the PC world — Espoo, Finland - After more than 25 years as a pioneer and leader in the mobile industry, Nokia will bring its rich mobility heritage and knowledge to the PC world with the new, Windows based, Nokia Booklet 3G.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
How I Got the Google Voice/App Store Story Wrong — As I mentioned in my piece Friday on Apple's response to the FCC's Google Voice App Store inquiry, I got an important aspect of the story wrong in my initial coverage. On 28 July, in a piece in which I initially speculated that Apple's decision might …
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Alex Wright / New York Times:
Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts — Computers may be good at crunching numbers, but can they crunch feelings? — The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression.
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Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
5 Ways Sentiment Analysis is Ramping Up in 2009 — The New York Times has an article today about sentiment analysis, a trend which has been accelerating on the back of the Real-time Web - and Twitter in particular. Sentiment analysis is no short-term hot trend.
Richard Koman / ZDNet Government:
‘Skank’ blogger talks, sues Google for $15m — Now the world knows: the “skanks of NYC” blogger is one Rosemary Port, a 27-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and she is one pissed-off young lady. She not only has strong words for model Liskula Cohen …
Boy Genius Report:
Upcoming Verizon handsets: Motorola Sholes, BlackBerry Curve 2, BlackBerry Storm 2, more — We just got hit with a nice outline of some of Verizon Wireless' upcoming handset release dates, and boy do they look appetizing. First up is the Motorola Sholes, a phone most of us assumed wouldn't be launching until very late in the year.
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Google Android News …, The Nokia Blog, I4U News, SlashGear, Phone Arena, BlackBerry Sync, IntoMobile, Engadget Mobile, CrackBerry.com blogs and Gizmodo
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
NYT Starts Serving Up Intrusive Ads in Its iPhone App — The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to ads on mobile apps, specifically its iPhone app. Over the weekend, it has started running roadblock interactive ads on its iPhone app, possibly the first such by a big publisher.
Tameka Kee / paidContent:
Live Gamer's Buying Spree Continues: Acquires Twofish — More consolidation in the in-game and social media commerce market—and it comes just as social media sites warm up to the idea of making money from virtual goods. Live Gamer has acquired rival virtual payments and analytics firm Twofish, in a combination cash and stock deal.
