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Om Malik / GigaOM:
How Big Is the Apple iPhone App Economy? The Answer Might Surprise You — If I were to tell you that Apple's app economy was worth more than $2.4 billion a year, you would laugh hysterically, shake your head and walk out of the room, yes? Surf on over to some other web site?
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Snow Leopard review — Snow Leopard. Even the name seems to underpromise — it's the first “big cat” OS X codename to reference the previous version of the OS, and the list of big-ticket new features is seemingly pretty short for a version-number jump. Maybe that's why Apple's priced …
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Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:Apple Changes Leopard's Spots
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Facebook Press Room:
Facebook Announces Privacy Improvements in Response to Recommendations by Canadian Privacy Commissioner — Facebook to provide users with even greater control over information shared with third-party applications, and revisions to privacy policy PALO ALTO, Calif. — August 27, 2009 …
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Nokia:
Maemo 5 injects speed and power into mobile computing — The new Nokia N900: Computer-grade performance in a handset — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today marked the next phase in the evolution of Maemo software with the new Nokia N900. Taking its cues from the world of desktop computing …
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Apple Says It Has Approved App From Music Service Spotify — Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) says it has approved an iPhone app from Spotify, a music service that some people believe represents a growing threat to iTunes. — The decision has been closely watched in part because Apple has previously disallowed apps …
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John Poirier / Reuters:
Regulators open inquiry into wireless industry — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission launched an inquiry on Thursday to examine the state of competition in the wireless industry, taking a step that could lead to probes of other sectors.
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:FCC to Review Innovation in the Wireless Industry
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Bloomberg:
Google News's ‘Dominant Position’ Probed by Italian Antitrust Regulators — Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, is being investigated by Italian antitrust regulators after national newspapers said the company's news service deprives them of advertising revenue.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:Debunking The Italian Newspapers' Antitrust Allegations Against Google
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Yelp Brings First US Augmented Reality App to iPhone Store — Social review service Yelp has snuck the first Augmented Reality (AR) iPhone app specifically for the US into the iTunes App Store. The undisclosed new feature allows iPhone 3Gs owners to shake their phones three times to turn on a view called “the Monocle.”
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:The Wall Has Fallen: 3 Augmented Reality Apps Now Live in iPhone App Store
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to launch e-book reader under Eee family — Asustek Computer plans to launch an e-book reader under its Eee brand by the end of 2009 at the earliest, according to company president Jerry Shen. — Meanwhile, Micro-Star International (MSI) is also evaluating the e-book reader market, according to industry sources.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization — An Apple manager has become a co-chairman of the group standardizing HTML, giving the company a higher-profile role in a crucial time for development of the language used to build Web pages. — The World Wide Web Consortium's HTML Working Group …
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Robert McMillan / PC World:
New Attack Cracks Common Wi-Fi Encryption in a Minute — Computer scientists in Japan say they've developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. — The attack gives hackers a way to read encrypted traffic sent between computers and certain types …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York City — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off the Windows 7 launch at an event in New York City on October 22, according to an invitation Microsoft has sent to various media members and bloggers. — To date, Microsoft officials have declined …
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Rupal Parekh / AdAge:
JWT, WPP Sued Over TV Advertising for Microsoft's Bing — Denizen Claims Agency Stole Patented Method of Integrating a Show's Content Into Ads — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — A Delaware firm has filed a lawsuit against JWT and parent WPP, claiming the ad agency stole its patented product-placement concept …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Is Pirate Bay sold? Don't believe it — The caption running over a photo of Global Gaming CEO Hans Pandeya reads: “Pirate Bay Sold” — Hans Pandeya, CEO of Global Gaming Factory X, told reporters in Sweden on Thursday that his company's acquisition of The Pirate Bay will go through.
Serkan Toto / MobileCrunch:
Apple finally enters the world's biggest mobile market: China to get the iPhone in October — Major Chinese news portal 163.com is reporting [Google machine translation] that Apple has finally signed a deal with China Unicom to bring the iPhone 3G to mainland China in October.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Admob buys mobile ad aggregrator Adwhirl — takes out major threat — Admob, a leading mobile advertising service, is acquiring Adwhirl, a service that aggregates ads from mobile ad networks. — The move, confirmed today by Admob, comes after considerable friction between the two players.
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Scott Moritz / TheStreet.com:
AT&T Opted Out of Motorola's Android Plan — SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (TheStreet) — Motorola's (MOT Quote) one last chance has one fewer partner to help make it happen. — AT&T (T Quote) cancelled plans to carry Google (GOOG Quote) Android-powered phones later this year, says MKM Partners analyst Tero Kuittinen …
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPod touch, nano and classic will gain 3.2MP cameras - report — including the iPod touch, nano and classic - will carry 3.2 megapixel cameras supplied by Taiwan's, OmniVision. — As 9to5Mac reported last week, the new generation iPods are expected to be introduced at an Apple special event on September 9
The Official Google Blog:
Translate documents: sharing across languages and generations — My cousin is in first grade and sometimes she writes short stories for class. I try to share the stories with her grandparents, but because Japanese is their first language and they don't speak English very well, it's been tough.
Everton / Connected Internet:
Google Search Replaces Yahoo Search Engine On Yahoo Portal — In an amazing development in the UK, Google search has just replaced Yahoo's web search engine for natural and sponsored results on BT Yahoo, the online portal for BT Broadband users that is run by Yahoo.
Warren Lee / AdAge:
What Happened to the Ad-Network Apocalypse? — Here's Why Most Are Still Surviving — Last September, Henry Blodget asked me and several other VCs on an panel — titled “Dot Bomb 2.0” — how many of the estimated 300 to 400 ad networks were “toast.” (My personal view is that only 15 to 20 really matter.)
John Markoff / New York Times:
Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks — It is still out there. — Like a ghost ship, a rogue software program that glided onto the Internet last November has confounded the efforts of top security experts to eradicate the program and trace its origins and purpose …
Verizon:
Verizon Launches Trial of FiOS TV Online, Extending Multi-Screen Leadership — New Online Platform Lets FiOS TV Subscribers View Programming From any Broadband Connection — Verizon, the leader in delivering high-quality entertainment experiences across TV, broadband and mobile devices …
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