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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Apple Announces Mobile Ad Plans Thursday, and Google Can't Wait to Tell the FTC — Apple is likely to introduce its mobile ad platform Thursday at its iPhone developer event, say sources familiar with the company's plans. Expect to hear a loud cheer from Google, Apple's former ally and current competitor.
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Owen Fletcher / PC World:
FTC May Try to Block Google's AdMob Deal, Report Says
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Digits:
Gdgt Raises New Financing with New Concept — Is there room for another Web site for gadget lovers? … Peter Rojas, 35, and Ryan Block, 27, veterans of tech blogs Gizmodo and Engadget, think so. Last year, they launched gdgt, a new take on a discussion forum for gadget lovers.
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Exclusive: Gadget God Peter Rojas On GDGT's Big Raise (AOL)
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Apple iPad Components Cost At Least $259 — Much of the tablet's electronics powers its touchscreen and other user-interface aspects, according to a teardown analysis by iSuppli — Apple's (AAPL) iPad tablet computer costs as little as $259.60 to build, according to analysis by the research firm iSuppli.
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Bringing You a Signal You're Already Paying For — SAN FRANCISCO — Faced with withering criticism for its spotty iPhone service, AT&T blames in part a shortage of cellphone towers near homes and businesses. But it has a solution: put a miniature cell tower in your living room. — There's a catch, though.
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Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
NY Times Reports on AT&T MicroCell Irony — Matt Richtel at the New York Times nails the ire of AT&T customers about the 3G MicroCell: From a technology standpoint, AT&T 3G MicroCell, a small cellular base station that plugs into home or office broadband, seems to be a winner. From the marketing side, not so much.
Paul Harris / Guardian:
I'll stop Google taking our news for nothing, says defiant Rupert Murdoch — News Corp boss hails iPad as potential saviour of newspapers, but says industry must stand up for itself and charge for content — Rupert Murdoch has launched a spirited defence of putting up paywalls around …
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Apple iPad, iPhone OS 4 appears set to gain direct printing support — Apple has hinted at the prospect for direct printing from the iPad in its support documents for iWork apps, suggesting the feature may appear as part of iPhone OS 4.0. — Support pages for iPad's Pages, Keynote …
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Rosa Golijan / Gizmodo:
How to Turn an iPhone Into a Wireless iPad Camera — The iPad doesn't have a built-in camera, but you can give it something better. By putting an app onto each an iPad and an iPhone, you can connect the two via bluetooth and have a wireless camera for your iPad.
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Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple rejected iPad app for using pinch to expand gesture — Apple refused to accept one iPad application to its App Store until the proprietary “pinch to expand” multi-touch gesture, which is found in Apple's own Photos application, was removed, a developer has told AppleInsider.
Tim Wu / Slate:
The iPad is Steve Jobs' final victory over the company's co-founder Steve Wozniak. — In 2006, professor Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard Law School predicted that over the next decade there would be a determined effort to replace the personal computer with a new generation of “information appliances.”
Fred / A VC:
The Twitter Platform's Inflection Point — I was emailing with a friend of mine yesterday who is a 30 year veteran of silicon valley. He'd written a post that was quite positive about the iPad. I sent him my post which wasn't so positive. We had a good discussion. Which ended with my friend making this point:
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
Yahoo Readies Launch Of iPad Advertising Model — Inspired by video game development, Yahoo has been working on a new advertising model for tablets, such as Apple's iPad, to provide another option for brands to tap its ad network. The strategy for the new screen moves more toward product placement similar …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Israeli social media firm Qlipso buys assets of video site Veoh — Israeli social sharing firm Qlipso is announcing today it has acquired the assets of video site Veoh for an undisclosed price. — Jerusalem-based Qlipso lets people share video and other content with each other.
Charlie O'Donnell / This is going to be BIG!:
Why the Foursquare Acquisition Story Makes No Sense — So midway through their rocket ship ride to a million users and beyond, the Foursquare team is going to jump off for $100 million and a chance to work at Yahoo! for the next couple of years? — Riiiight. — If you believe that, I have a bridge app to sell you.
Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
Court Backs Comcast Over FCC on ‘Net Neutrality’ — WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority when it sanctioned Comcast Corp. in 2008 for deliberately slowing Internet traffic for some users.
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Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Three options for the FCC
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Lance Whitney / CNET News:
Amazon adds messaging to its Web services — Developers who use Amazon's cloud-based Web services should now have an easier way to send out messages to their users. — A new messaging feature called Amazon Simple Notification Service will let developers with Amazon Web Services accounts push …
Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb:
How Twitter's 1 API Gave Birth to 43 New APIs — While Twitter mashups continue their tremendous growth, there's another area we're also noticing blossom: APIs that are based on the Twitter API. It's a growing trend, and we now have 43 Twitter-derived APIs in our directory.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Box.net Raises $15 Million To Take On Microsoft SharePoint In The Cloud — Cloud storage and document sharing startup Box.net is announcing significant news today: the startup has just raised $15 million on Series C funding led by Scale Venture Partners, with existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson …
Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
Microsoft cites no-email crawl pledge — Unlike Google, Microsoft will not scan its hosted mail to target ads — Microsoft has a big responsibility in maintaining users' data as part of the company's hosted applications such as Hotmail, said Tim O'Brien, Microsoft senior director of platform strategy, on Tuesday.
Blogger Bob / The TSA Blog:
Traveling with E-readers, Netbooks, and Other Small Gadgets (Including the iPad) — E-readers, Net Books and other small gadgets are becoming more and more popular for travelers to bring along in their carry-ons. (iPads, Kindles™, Neos, Nooks™, Sony® Readers™ etc.)
Karen Talley / Dow Jones Newswires:
Wal-Mart Ramping Up Online Effort To Capture Global Revenue — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is stepping up the pace of its international e-commerce expansion, looking for staff, talking to vendors and mapping its approach to what could become one of the world's biggest Internet initiatives.
Ole CaveLie / Google Mobile Blog:
Google Maps 4.0 for BlackBerry adds Search by Voice, Google Buzz, Starring, Labs, and More — We've been rolling out new versions of Google Maps for mobile at a fast pace lately, and the first Google Maps for BlackBerry update of 2010 is a big one. For version 4., we've added new features …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Kindle coming to Target on April 25? — We've always wondered if and when Amazon would get the Kindle into brick-and-mortar stores to counteract the see-it-with-your-eyes marketing advantage held by competitors like Barnes and Noble, and it looks like we just got our answer …
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Aircell Offers New $34.95 Monthly In-Flight Broadband Plan - And it can be used on any GoGo-equipped airline... In case you didn't know, the majority of this country's belated in-flight broadband service is now being provided by a company named Aircell. Aircell offers the service via the GoGo brand …
Electronista:
Rumor swirls of Lenovo taking over Palm — Hedge fund investors triggered a stock rush on Wednesday with speculation that Palm, which has recently suffered lower-than-projected sales and poor quarter earnings, may be taken over by PC maker Lenovo. While these are rumors …
Sascha Segan / Gearlog:
AT&T: iPad 3G is Truly Unlimited, Not 5GB — Count me corrected. I had assumed that the iPad's upcoming $30/month, AT&T 3G plan had the usual 5GB soft cap - the kind of thing where if you use more than 5GB in a month, you get a phone call from your carrier suggesting that you seek help for your Internet addiction.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
PayPal's iPhone App Hits 1 Million Downloads In Under 3 Weeks — Ecommerce giant eBay has been reaching big milestones with its mobile apps, and apparently PayPal, its electronic payments subsidiary, is striking a chord with mobile users around the globe as well.
