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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.
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SlashGear, ChannelWeb, GPS Obsessed, Phone Scoop, UMPCPortal, PalmAddicts, Liliputing, All About Symbian, Gizmodo and Gearlog
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Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Nokia introduces Booklet 3G ‘mini laptop’ — Nokia rocked the world this morning by introducing its spin on the laptop, called the Booklet 3G. If you're the rude sort (like us) you could call it a fancy netbook, what with its Atom processor and 10.1-inch display, but that screen is higher res …
Mike / Nokia Conversations:
Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop unveiled — GLOBAL - Nokia has just whipped the dust sheet off the Nokia Booklet 3G. A brand new breed of portable device for Nokia, this mini laptop PC sees the company step foot on freshly cut turf, and we're a little dumb-struck with excitement at the prospect …
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).
Todd Wilder / Apple:
Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28 — Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple's online store is now accepting pre-orders.
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Dan Moren / Macworld:
Apple to release Snow Leopard on August 28 — The wait for Snow Leopard is over: on Monday, Apple announced that the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system would be available starting Friday, August 28. The company had previously said that the update would ship in September …
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.
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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Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone?
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:TweetPhoto iPhone App Rejected Because Logo Resembles Polaroid Shot
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IntoMobile
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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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
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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 …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Virtual Gaming Marketplace Live Gamer Acquires Twofish To Boost Micropayments Platform — Live Gamer, a online marketplace for players to trade and buy video game virtual goods, has acquired microtransaction platform Twofish, in an effort to boost its virtual economy. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Inside Social Games
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Tameka Kee / paidContent:Live Gamer's Buying Spree Continues: Acquires Twofish
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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.
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.
