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Wall Street Journal:
Two New IPhones Coming; One May Be Aimed at Verizon — Apple Inc. is developing a new iPhone to debut this summer and also appears to be working on a model for U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless, say people briefed on the matter. — While Apple has unveiled a new iPhone every June …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
WSJ's Lame Entry in the iPhone Rumors Game — The Wall Street Journal: … Keep in mind there's a big difference between “is” and “appears to be”. And they have no actual details of the next-generation iPhone. Nothing. Not the A4-family CPU system-on-a-chip.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
WSJ: Apple ‘developing new iPhone,’ plus another for Verizon (update: iPhone HD?) — You heard right, folks — according to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is currently “developing a new iPhone to debut this summer,” and as if that weren't enough, it's also “working on another model for US mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless.”
Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Google, Verizon tell FCC to ease off on broadband regulation — Google and Verizon Communications came out yet again as bosom buddies, this time in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal calling for “minimal regulation” by the Federal Communications Commission.
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Rumored iPhone 4 Specs: 960x640 Display, Front Facing Camera, Multitasking
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Brad Stone / Bits:
Godfather of iPod Severs Final Ties With Apple — An era is formally ending at Apple. Tony Fadell, one of the creators of the iPod and iPhone, is breaking off his nine-year affiliation with Steve Jobs & Co. — Mr. Fadell's exit from Apple, which he planned to announce online Monday night, has been gradual.
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Marc Benioff / TechCrunch:
Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2. — The first piece of software I ever wrote was on the TRS-80 Model 1. It was called “How To Juggle”, and it had 4K of memory. It was my version of “Hello World”, what every programmer first writes on a new piece of hardware.
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
What's Next for SlingPlayer Mobile? (iPad!) — I recently checked in with my former Sling peeps, regarding mobile clients. Specifically, codecs and resolution. As we know, a Slingbox Android client is on tap this summer. And I wondered if they're sticking with WMV video streaming or moving to H.264 for this platform.
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Malcolm Moore / Telegraph:
Chinese censors disable Google searches — Chinese censors have disabled all Google searches on the mainland, blocking the US company's Hong Kong servers from delivering results. — In almost every major Chinese city, users reported that trying to access Google searches returned an error page.
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
MapQuest Brings Free Voice Navigation to the iPhone — It's quite inevitable, really: After Google announced free turn-by-turn GPS navigation for Android devices — followed by Nokia's decision to offer the same on its smartphones — the price of full-featured GPS navigation apps on other platforms is hurtling toward zero.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Verizon begins Android 2.1 update rollout for Motorola Droid — Flippin' finally, right? Verizon Wireless put the long-awaited Android 2.1 update on hold for its cadre of Motorola Droid owners earlier in the month, with an all-too-vague “TBD” as the only detail as to when we could look for it to actually, really land.
Arn / MacRumors:
Future Apple's iPad OS Upgrade Pricing Policies Revealed as Apple Seeds GM iPad SDK, Firmware and Licensing Agreement — Apple has begun seeding the Golden Master version of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK to developers. This represents the shipping version of the software that developers must use to develop iPad applications.
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Erez Zukerman / Download Squad:
Sony BMG takes Beyonce's official YouTube channel down for “copyright infringement” — In an act of corporate insanity that reminds me of military behavior as described in Catch 22, Sony BMG removed the videos from Beyonce's official YouTube channel for “copyright infringement.”
Christina Warren / Mashable!:
The iTunes App Store Comes to Facebook — Interacting with the iTunes App Store just got easier, thanks to the new App Store Facebook page. — Developed and powered by Vitrue, the new page puts the App Store inside Facebook — making it easy to search for apps, share them with friends …
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Exclusive: Dell Aero hands-on and UI walkthrough (video) — We took a look at the Dell Aero during last week's CTIA bonanza, but AT&T and Dell weren't exactly forthcoming with letting us take the UI for a spin. Luckily, we're pretty resourceful folks, so we've wrangled some face …
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Chad Whitney / The LinkedIn Blog:
LinkedIn for BlackBerry: Anytime, Anywhere — I'm Chad Whitney, the Product Manager responsible for mobile products at LinkedIn. This is my first blog post for LinkedIn, so why not kick things off with a bang? I'm excited to announce the full release of LinkedIn for BlackBerry v1.0.
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Ryan Radia / Technology Liberation Front:
Digital Due Process: Protecting Americans' Privacy by Restoring Constitutional Limits to Government in ECPA — Today a broad array of civil liberties groups, think tanks, and technology companies launched the Digital Due Process coalition. The coalition's mission is to educate lawmakers …
Markus Goebel / TechCrunch Europe:
Europe's biggest publisher embraces the WePad — [Germany] Billed as an iPad competitor, the WePad is not vaporware, but is in fact, The Chosen One. At least, that's the view of some, who are hailing the WePad as the saviour of the German print publishing industry.
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
The State of the Internet Operating System — I've been talking for years about “the internet operating system”, but I realized I've never written an extended post to define what I think it is, where it is going, and the choices we face. This is that missing post.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
iPad or Not, Amazon Will Still Make a $1 Billion From e-Books — The countdown to Apple's iPad, one of the most anticipated gadgets of the year (at least from the media's perspective), has begun. Many believe that the device will change the content industry in a meaningful way, by being a counterweight to Amazon.
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
EBay Introduces a New Classifieds Site and More Mobile Apps — On Tuesday, eBay plans to unveil a new classifieds site, called eBayClassifieds, to replace its old site, Kijiji, in the United States. It will also introduce two new mobile apps, one for listing and selling items for sale and another for posting or searching classifieds.
Melanie D.G. Kaplan / Between the Lines:
TiVo Premiere hits shelves, making couch potatodom even more appealing — The TiVo Premier and TiVo Premiere XL boxes hit the shelves at Best Buy yesterday. To mark the launch, I talked to TiVo, Inc. Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategy Naveen Chopra …
David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:
How Google plays the angles in Washington — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Google is barnstorming the nation's capital. Five years after it opened its Washington office, the tech giant is playing an increasingly powerful role in public policy debates over everything from patent reform to foreign policy.
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Damaster / LiveSide.net:
Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to get Office Web Apps integration — Last time we told you that the final version of Office Web Apps will be released along with Windows Live Wave 4, we always knew that the two will be integrated tightly. Indeed, not only Office Web Apps is integrated right …
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
Webs taps Facebook Connect for log-ins, sharing — A small change to site builder Webs could have a big impact on Facebook's news feed. At least that's what the company is hoping. — Webs (formerly FreeWebs) on Tuesday is rolling out a new way for users to add Facebook Connect log-ins and content sharing to their sites.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Mobile Advertising Network Greystripe Brings Its iFlash Ads To The iPad — Although the iPad apparently lacks Flash, that doesn't mean that rich media won't be able to function on the device. Yesterday, we heard that Brightcove will stream video in an HTML5 video player as opposed to a Flash unit.
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