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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Apple ‘iSlate’ Trademark and What is a ‘Magic Slate’? — After we broke the news yesterday that Apple had acquired iSlate.com, other pieces to the puzzle seemed to fall into place. Notably, TechCrunch found that iSlate had been registered as a trademark by an unknown Delaware company …
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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
The Exhaustive Guide to Apple Tablet Rumors — The Apple tablet is almost here. We hear. Actually, we're hearing a whole lot lately. With this exhaustive guide to every tablet rumor, we've got the clearest picture of the Apple tablet yet. — Uh, What's It Called?
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Wonder Of Apple's Tablet — In 2007, just prior to its launch, I was absolutely positive I wasn't going to buy an iPhone. My rationale was that I didn't even like using a cellphone, so why would I want a $600 one? What I wanted was a touch screen iPod — basically, an iPhone without the phone.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:Apple's New Tablet To Be Baptized iSlate? Let's Dig A Little Deeper
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Kindle Review:
NYTimes misuses Kindle Review stats to attack the Kindle — The NYTimes' Bits Blog has an article using Kindle Review statistics to attack the Kindle. — It's a perfect example of why people are losing faith in newspapers. — Here's what the ‘Is Amazon Working Backward’ article by Nick Bilton does -
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Seth Godin / Seth's Blog:
Learning from bad graphs and weak analysis — Yesterday's Times features a blog post about the Kindle. There's a lot wrong with the post (which hopefully has been corrected by the time you read this) and I thought I'd point out two useful lessons. Nick Bilton, the author of the post …
Chris Jacob / Gizmodo:
No Electronics Allowed During International Flights? — That failed terrorist attack yesterday might make international flights a whole lot less enjoyable. Passengers are reporting that new restrictions are in place. Among them: No electronics allowed. Updated:
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Kindle Milestone: Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books On Xmas (AMZN) — Amazon's Kindle hit an important and startling milestone yesterday: On Christmas, the company sold more Kindle books than physical books. — Yes, this is obviously the result of everyone who got a Kindle for Christmas …
Kevin Kelleher / GigaOM:
Enough Waiting — It's Time for Amazon to Buy Netflix — Like an old sports injury, the rumor of Amazon buying Netflix seems to flare up once every few months. It happened again this week when a Reuters reporter tweeted about its impact on stock-options trading, and the meme gained traction when other blogs ran with it.
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Nook fails to communicate, download purchased ebooks — You didn't think the whole Nook saga was over, did you? After just succeeding in delivering devices to expectant pre-orderers in time for Christmas, Barnes and Noble is today cleaning up yet another mess courtesy of its ill-prepared content servers.
Stefanie Olsen / New York Times:
Helping Children Find What They Need on the Internet — When Benjamin Feshbach was 11 years old, he was given a brainteaser: Which day would the vice president's birthday fall on the next year? — Benjamin, now 13, said he typed the question directly into the Google search box, to no avail.
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Serkan Toto / TechCrunch:
Location-Based Mobile Advertising Platform AdLocal Enters America, Wants To Win With Japan Know-How — Mobile advertising is poised to become a huge growth area, with research firm Kelsey Group seeing the market grow from just $160 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2013. eMarketer projects …
Chris Williams / The Register:
Software fraudster ‘fooled CIA’ into terror alert — Spooks ‘f*cking livid’ — A con man fooled US spooks into grounding international flights by selling them “technology” to decode al-Qaeda messages hidden in TV broadcasts, it's claimed. — A long and highly entertaining Playboy article explains …
