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AT&T:
An Update on iPhone MMS for our Mobility Customers — We know many of our iPhone customers are eager for an update on our rollout schedule for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). We've been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience …
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Brainstorm Tech, CNET News, The Register, PC World, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, MacRumors, OhGizmo!, The iPhone Blog, ITworld.com, MobileContentToday, Mobile Technology, FierceWireless, IntoMobile, InformationWeek, GottaBeMobile.com, Computerworld, blogs.chron.com, Digital Daily, Between the Lines, Fone Arena, Tech Beat, Mashable!, HotHardware.com News, Tech Trader Daily, iLounge, Gadget Lab, World of Apple, TechSpot, jkOnTheRun, Macworld, Phone Scoop, MacDailyNews, bub.blicio.us, Etan on Tech, PhoneNews.com, EverythingiCafe, iPhone Savior, Silicon Alley Insider and techblog.dallasnews.com, Thanks:mrinaldesai
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:AT&T rolling out MMS to iPhone on September 25, tethering ‘in the future’
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TUAW, Mobile Messaging 2.0, Switched, TechCrunch, ITworld.com, Electronista, Computerworld, The iPhone Blog and digg.com
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Google China President Kai-Fu Lee to Resign — Kai-Fu Lee, president of Google Inc.'s China operations, is resigning from the company, according to two people familiar with the matter. — He will be succeeded internally by another Google executive, according to one of the people familiar with the matter …
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blogs.ft.com, TechCrunch, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, Bits, Mashable!, China Web 2 …, VentureBeat, AppScout and digg.com, Thanks:elliottng
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Alastair Goldfisher / PE Hub Blog:Head of Google China to Leave as Speculation Abounds About his Next Project
Android Developers Blog:
Some News from Android Market — I'm pleased to let you know about several updates to Android Market. First, we will soon introduce new features in Android Market for Android 1.6 that will improve the overall experience for users. As part of this change, developers will be able to provide screenshots …
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Brian Mastenbrook:
How I cross-site scripted Twitter in 15 minutes, and why you shouldn't store important data on 37signals' applications — Today the Ruby on Rails security team released a patch for a cross-site scripting issue which affected multiple high-profile applications, including Twitter and Basecamp.
The Authors Guild:
Amazon Accuses Someone Else of Monopolizing Bookselling — September 2, 2009. Amazon made it official today, filing a brief in the Google case claiming that someone else might gain a monopoly in bookselling. It seems we're compelled to state the obvious: Amazon's hypocrisy is breathtaking.
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Digits:The Social Benefits of the Google Books Settlement
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Ars Technica, The Microsoft Blog, ZDNet Government, eWeek, Wall Street Journal and GigaLaw.com Daily News
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google CEO Eric Schmidt On The Future Of Search: “Connect It Straight To Your Brain” — This is Part 2 of my series of posts summarizing a fascinating recent hour-long one on one interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. — Early in the interview I asked Schmidt about the future of search.
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Digital Daily, T3.com News, Quintura blog, Trends in the Living Networks and Seeking Alpha
Jane Horvath / Google Public Policy Blog:
An update on Google Books and privacy — We're excited about the wide range of support that the Google Books settlement has received. Some people have asked how Google's privacy practices apply to Books and the settlement, and, last month, we published an extensive FAQ.
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Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
Court grants Microsoft's motion to stay Word injunction — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted Microsoft's motion to stay an injunction that would prohibit the software giant from selling Word. — Microsoft filed the motion Aug. 18 while preparing to appeal …
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Smule's new T-Pain app provides the Auto-Tuned voice you've always wanted — There are lots of music fans out there who aren't happy about the frequent use of Auto-Tune technology in songs — a viewpoint expressed in Jay-Z's song “Death to Auto-Tune.” But if Auto-Tune haters were unhappy …
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TUAW, 9 to 5 Mac, AppScout, Edible Apple, MobileCrunch, Gizmodo, VatorNews and techeblog.com
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Digits:
Amazon Offers Redelivery or $30 to People Who Lost '1984′ — Amazon took a lot of heat in July when it wirelessly deleted copies of two George Orwell titles from the Kindle e-readers of some customers. CEO Jeff Bezos eventually apologized for the incident, calling it “stupid …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade — PALO ALTO, Calif. — From a Silicon Valley office strewn with bean-bag chairs, a group of twenty-something software engineers is building an unlikely following of terrorist hunters at U.S. spy agencies. — One of the latest entrants …
Thanks:blogfisher
Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
Techie-Conference Smackdown — An upcoming New York arts and technology event, dubbed the Audience Conference, is scheduled for Nov. 5 and 6, but it's managed to ruffle some techie feathers well in advance. … Several of its speakers, including TechCrunch's Michael Arrington …
Kevin Purdy / Lifehacker:
Browser Speed Tests: Chrome 4.0 and Opera 10 Take On All Challengers — Opera 10 final is out, Chrome just turned one year old, and Firefox 3.5 has settled into stability. It's time once again to break out the timers and speed test today's web browsers. — Like all our previous speed tests, this one is unscientific, but thorough.
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Alex Brooks / World of Apple:
First Snow Leopard Update Hits Developers [Seed Notes] — Just six days after the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard to the general public, Apple has begun extensive testing of the first update amongst the developer community. — Build 10B503 (a significant step from the shipping 10A403) …
Christian / OkTrends:
How To Get People To Reply To Your Messages In Online Dating, Part I — Picture this online dating scenario: — You see someone you like. — You read their profile, and wow. — You send them a long message. — You hang tight and... - ...you never get a reply.
Justin Sullivan / Business Week:
Why Europe Won't Stop Oracle from Taking Over Sun — Sun's open-source software is at the heart of an EU antitrust probe into Oracle's proposed deal, but it likely won't block the takeover — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address San Francisco, Calif.
Tim Schulz / TrendSlate:
Former MySpace Exec Allen Hurff to Launch SoCal-based Incubator — Allen Hurff, former SVP of Engineering at MySpace, will be launching a startup incubator based in Southern California. The news comes from his recently-updated LinkedIn page (image below). — Details on the incubator are cloudy.
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Label That Embraces BitTorrent Upset About Lawsuits Against Useful Services — The freakbits guys have a nice interview up with Dutch indie record label Beep! Beep! that has all the music from all of its artists available via BitTorrent, with help from Mininova.
Ayan Mandal / Finance Blog:
Google Search Volumes and Economic Activity — We are really excited to launch Google Domestic Trends on Google Finance. This launch was inspired by Hal Varian, our chief economist's research on using Google Trends data to predict economic indicators. — Google Domestic Trends tracks …
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Beyond Search, The Official Google Blog, TechCrunch, Search Engine Journal and Seeking Alpha, Thanks:atul
Fred / A VC:
RSS Is Alive And Well — Somehow the comments on my “10 Characteristics of Great Companies” post yesterday drifted into the topic of the future of RSS. I was debating whether to wade into this silly debate about whether “RSS is dead” or not and was leaning toward ignoring it.
Wall Street Journal:
Samsung Drops SanDisk Bid — South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it is no longer pursuing a plan to purchase SanDisk Corp. — The announcement comes after the two companies signed a patent-licensing deal in May that heads off the threat of litigation between them in the flash-memory chip market.
