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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Holy Cow Did Twitter's Top Investor Drop A Bombshell On Twitter App-Makers Today — Twitter could buy or build its own photo-uploader and mobile app, squashing third-party developers in its way, Twitter investor and Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson implicitly warned in a post this morning.
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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:
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GigaOM, Pretzel Logic, SocialTimes.com, Leigh's Blitherings, TechCrunch and broadstuff, Thanks:atul
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Testing Google Voice Desktop App Internally — Last November Google acquired Gizmo5, a VoIP service that competed with Skype by making P2P VoIP calls as well as making and receiving calls with POTS (normal landlines) and mobile phones. — Gizmo5 fills some of the holes in the Google Voice product …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The iPad — Back in December, here's how I concluded my piece on what I expected from Apple's then-still-unannounced tablet: … After the iPad was announced, I got two types of emails from readers. The first group saying they were disappointed, because they had been hoping I was right …
Jim Hoskins / Almost Done:
AdLib - Apple's secret iPad web framework? — I know, I know, enough news about the iPad already! I haven't picked one up yet because I'm much more keen on having a device with 3G access. However, this isn't about the iPad itself, but something very interesting I stumbled upon while playing with the iPad Simulator.
foursquare:
On foursquare, cheating, and claiming mayorships from your couch... Hey all - — Some of you may have noticed that we rolled out the first version of our “cheater code” - an attempt to catch some of the folks that are checking in from their couches to steal mayorships.
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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.”
John Markoff / New York Times:
H.P. Says New Device Could Revolutionize Computer Chips — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday will report advances demonstrating significant progress in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing transistors as computer chips shrink toward the atomic scale.
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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Search Engine Journal, The Next Web, CrackBerry.com blogs, Black Web 2.0, Phone Arena, Mashable!, 901am, Phone Scoop and Ubergizmo
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
iPad Sales Estimated to Have Already Surpassed 500,000 — Advertising firm Chitika earlier this week rolled out a running tally calculating the number of iPads accessing the Internet via the device's Safari browser based on unique hits to its network of advertisements.
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 …
David Kushner / Mother Jones:
Inside WikiLeaks' Leak Factory — WikiLeaks has revealed the secrets of the Pentagon, Scientology, and Sarah Palin—and the explosive video of a US attack on civilians and journalists in Iraq. Meet the shadowy figure behind the whistleblower site. — Post Comment
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.
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Earth Fills In The Blue Parts — If you thought Google's Street View was ambitious, or even Google Earth, then the companies latest efforts to “fill in the ‘blue’ part of the planet” on Google Earth puts the rest to shame. That “blue part”, after all, comprises more than 70% of the planet's surface.
Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
Windows 7 SP1 leaks, available now — In March, the Windows team announced the upcoming release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2, but did not set a date of availability. — At the time, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc said, “For Windows 7, SP1 includes only minor updates …
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.
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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eWeek, Personal Technology, Geek.com, App Advice, EverythingiCafe, TUAW, Macworld, Gearlog, Electricpig.co.uk, I4U News, 9 to 5 Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, Computerworld, Gizmodo and Tech Trader Daily
Evelyn Rusli / TechCrunch:
FCC: Comcast Decision Casts a Shadow On Broadband Plan — The FCC acknowledged on their official blog today that the court's decision on the Comcast deal could hamper their national broadband plan. General Counsel of the FCC, Austin Schlick says that the court's ruling that the FCC does …
IAB:
Internet Ad Revenues Reach Record Quarterly High of $6.3 Billion in Q4 '09 — Slight Decline Year-on-Year to $22.7 Billion, Still A Bright Spot in Media Industry — The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) today released the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report for the full year 2009.
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.)
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MobileContentToday, PC World, GottaBeMobile, Macworld, I4U News, MacRumors Page 2, 9 to 5 Mac and Yahoo! News
Tom Espiner / ZDNet:
IBM denies breaking open-source pledge — IBM has rebuffed accusations that it has gone back on a promise not to enforce a group of patents if the technology is used by open-source developers. — In a blog post on Tuesday, open-source software developer Florian Mueller criticised the company for reneging on its five-year-old pledge.
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
Tracking Your Every Movement — and Sharing It With Others — How much do people want to share with their social circle? … Researchers at Intel Labs believe people might eventually share almost everything they are doing — as long as it's within a very small group.
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Verizon set to launch an Incredible device “really soon” - April 29th — Update: I have spoken with several trusted sources and they each confirmed the April 29th launch date for the HTC Incredible. — We all know that Verizon plans to launch the HTC Incredible soon, but the carrier has been very quiet on the details of the device.
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Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Engadget Mobile, Android Phone Fans, Android Central and Electronista
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
FTC staff ready to recommend blocking Google Admob deal: source — (Reuters) - Lawyers at a U.S. regulator plan to recommend that the government try to block Google's proposed acquisition of mobile advertising firm AdMob on antitrust grounds, a source familiar with the matter said.
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TechCrunch, Electronista, Mashable!, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, PC World, Mobile Marketing Watch, AppleInsider, VatorNews, GMSV and DealBook
Kevin Krolicki / Reuters:
Japan's video game visionary: the console is dying — TOKYO (Reuters) - Hideo Kojima, one of the world's most famous video game creators, sees a future for digital entertainment outside the box — outside any box. — Kojima, whose “Metal Gear Solid” games have sold more than 27 million copies …
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VG247, GamingBolt.com, TG Daily, Switched, Neowin.net, GoNintendo, MTV Multiplayer, Joystiq and Edge Online
Gartner:
Gartner Says More Than 50 Percent of PCs Purchased for Users Under the Age of 15 Will Have Touchscreens by 2015 — However, Fewer Than 10 Percent of PCs Sold to Enterprises in 2015 Will Have Touchscreens — The immediate productivity gains promised by the flood …
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eWeek, eHomeUpgrade, Lockergnome Blog Network, GottaBeMobile, ReadWriteWeb, Between the Lines, Electronista, Maximum PC, CNET News, Mashable! and BaltTech
Gary Warner / CyberCrime & Doing Time:
70 Romanian Phishers & Fraudsters Arrested — On March 4th, FBI Director Robert Mueller was given a speech on Cybercrime to the RSA conference where he mentioned that: … Hotnews.ro followed this up with a 7 minute interview from March 9, 2010 with FBI Legal Attache Gary Dickson …
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eWeek, Threat Level, The Register, SC Magazine US, Help Net Security and Graham Cluley's blog
Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
Skyfire: BlackBerry development just not as good as Android — Popular third party mobile Web browser Skyfire posted an announcement last week that it would be opening up alpha testing for its forthcoming Webkit-based Android browser. Within one hour of making the announcement …
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Skyfire, Boy Genius Report, Phone Arena, MobileCrunch, CrackBerry.com blogs, Phone Scoop and Android Central
Hitwise:
Ask share of searches increases for fourth straight month — Experian Hitwise announced today that Google accounted for 69.97 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending March 27, 2010. Yahoo! Search, Bing and Ask received 15.04 percent, 9.62 percent and 3.44 percent, respectively.
