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New York Times:
Cost and Redundancy Issues Confront iPad  —  If the much-promoted iPad is going to be a mainstream consumer hit, Apple is going to have to change the minds of people like Jon Byron.  —  Mr. Byron, a 54-year-old banker from Connecticut, emerged from the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan …
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
App Store for iPad: More than 2,300 Apps and Counting  —  The App Store for the iPad has officially opened, and Apple is promoting the apps on the store's front page.  There are more than 2,300 apps available for purchase now and more were being added, although you'll have to wait until at least Saturday to use them.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Loopt Pulse Bets That Location On The iPad Is About Planning
Discussion: VentureBeat
John Herrman / Gizmodo:
The iPad App Store Is Live
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't, either)  —  I've spent ten years now on Boing Boing, finding cool things that people have done and made and writing about them.  Most of the really exciting stuff hasn't come from big corporations with enormous budgets, it's come from experimentalist amateurs.
Thanks:atul
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Marvel Comics for iPad: Hands-on Review  —  Video and screengrabs in this post: a first hands-on experience of the free Marvel Comics app for iPad, produced with Comixology (who produced a popular iPhone app).  Word is that more than 500 titles will be available through the application at time of launch on Saturday.
Peter Farago / Flurry:
iPad Developer Support Continues to Soar  —  Flurry regularly monitors new project starts by developers within its system to gauge interest across mobile platforms.  With over 20,000 apps started by developers within Flurry, we believe this provides meaningful insight on the platforms …
Joseph Tartakoff / mocoNews:
How Long Will It Take iPad App Prices To Drop?  —  Take a look at the just-made-public iPad apps in the iTunes store and what stands out are the prices of many of the apps.  Scrabble on the iPad?  $9.99 versus $2.99 on the iPhone.  Tetris?  $7.99 instead of $4.99.  Hangman?  Yes, Hangman!
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
WSJ iPad subscription officially $17.29 per month — is Murdoch insane?  —  So we now have the official price for the WSJ iPad app subscription: $3.99 per week with a monthly credit card charge of $17.29.  For that you get subscriber-only content areas such as Business and Markets with access …
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
The JooJoo is here... seriously (updated with video)  —  Of all days for this thing to arrive... it had to be today.  Yes folks, as you can see in our gallery below, the JooJoo is not only real, but we've got one.  We're not going to go into details right now, as we've got our hands kind of full this week …
Gmail Blog:
Improved comment collapsing for Google Buzz posts  —  Any Google Buzz post can turn into a lively discussion.  Sometimes these conversations can gather lots of new comments very quickly, turning them into “skyscraper” posts that can dominate your entire screen, especially if you don't check Buzz for a few days.
Discussion: Mashable!
Mark Shuttleworth:
Shooting for the Perfect 10.10 with Maverick Meerkat  —  It's time to put our heads together to envision “the perfect 10″.  —  This is a time of great innovation and change in the Linux world, with major new initiatives from powerful groups bringing lots of new ideas, new energy and new code.
iSuppli:
iPad Sales to Hit 7 Million in 2010 and Triple by 2012  —  The iPad's attractive design, compelling applications and multi-touch capability, key components of Apple Inc.'s past successes, will help to offset the initial omission of Adobe Flash from the device and send demand soaring in 2010 and beyond …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
We Just Tested Twitter's @anywhere Platform (Screenshots)  —  During his keynote at SXSW last month, Twitter CEO Evan Wiliams announced an upcoming new platform called @anywhere, which would allow third party sites to integrate Twitter features (he also showed off some of the partners …
Discussion: louisgray.com and VentureBeat
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Free TV on the iPad: Lots of “Lost,” but No “CSI,” “Simpsons” or “30 Rock”  —  Want to watch free TV shows on your iPad?  Hope you like ABC's programs.  —  The network is the only one of the four broadcasters offering much programming on Apple's device at launch Saturday.
Amit / Digital Inspiration Technology Blog:
The New Inner Circle of Steve Jobs  —  Apple's marketing strategy for a new product (like the iPad) works something like this:  —  Phase 1 - Steve Jobs will announce the product in an “invite-only” event weeks before the product is actually due for shipping.
Discussion: blogs.chron.com, The Hive and BetaNews, Thanks:atul
Iain Dodsworth / TweetDeck's posterous:
TweetDeck for iPad  —  Apart from, how do I get one of these, my first thought as I watched the iPad being revealed was that TweetDeck was MADE for this device (or should that be this device was made for TweetDeck...unlikely).  —  TweetDeck's raison d'être, its reason for being …
Discussion: Mashable! and The Next Web
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Reveals Next Steps in Cool Video Headset Project  —  We first learned of Apple's Head Mounted Display R&D project nearly two years ago to the month.  Our first report titled Apple Preparing a Cool iPod Visual Head-Display System covered their preliminary work on their laser based …
Discussion: SlashGear and 9 to 5 Mac
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Anti-Piracy Lawyers Vandalize Wikipedia Page  —  This week, Jeffrey Weaver, a lawyer for U.S. Copyright Group, proudly announced that the company would be bringing the mass-litigation model against alleged BitTorrent users to the United States.  —  “We're creating a revenue stream and monetizing …
Martyn Williams / Computerworld:
Sharp develops 3D LCD screen for mobile gadgets  —  IDG News Service - Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.  —  To get the 3D illusion viewers must hold the screen …
Discussion: Electronista and DVICE
Evelyn Rusli / TechCrunch:
eBay's iPad App: Go Graphic Big Or Go Home  —  Will big shiny images and touch-screen magic convince consumers to spend more time on eBay?  The online marketplace is betting its iPad ambitions on it (pardon the pun).  —  eBay is launching an iPad app that aims to engage the user by putting …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Time Inc.'s Tablet Push Starts With Time Mag App At $4.99 An Issue  —  Sports Illustrated has been the Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) tablet poster child for months but Time is first to market with an app.  Time for iPhone is free but iPad Time runs $4.99 an issue, same as the newsstand price and available on Fridays.
Matt Hardigree / Jalopnik:
Hyundai Equus To Ship With iPad, Ditches Owner's Manual  —  Hyundai's newest luxury sedan, the Equus, was just revealed at the New York Auto Show with the announcement it'll forgo the mostly ignored paper owner's manual in favor of an iPad, allowing customers to make vehicle service appointments wirelessly.
Discussion: Wheels, USA Today and Newlaunches.com
Daily Mail:
The mathematical formula for how celebrity gossip spreads on the internet  —  Gossip on social networking sites such as Facebook spreads rapidly in the manner of a contagious virus, say researchers.  —  Mathematicians have developed an equation that describes internet rumours' ability to fly around the globe in a matter of hours.
Discussion: CNET News and Telegraph
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Intel holding off new ultra-thin notebook CPUs  —  Intel has recently decided to hold off the launch of new ultra-thin notebook processors until the third quarter as Acer has halted the production of its ultra-thin notebooks and has turned to work on its new Calpella-based TimelineX ultra-thin notebooks …
Discussion: Softpedia News and SlashGear
Darren Murph / Engadget:
First NYC iPad line sitter also camped for first iPhone: a legend is born (video)  —  Greg Packer, we salute you.  Sure, the weather in New York City is a lot finer now than it was back in the sweltering summer of 2007, but we still feel the need to tip our hat to someone who'd camp …
Bill Tancer / Hitwise:
Facebook - The Most Searched On Brand in the U.S.  —  As I've discussed before, examining search term data across all engines, while providing excellent tactical insight for search programs, also can provide invaluable insight for brand marketers.  We're now able to provide a new search metric beyond volume …
Discussion: All Facebook, AppScout and Mashable!, Thanks:atul
 
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