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Get a sneak peek into the future of iPhone OS — On April 8, Apple unveiled plans for the biggest and most exciting iPhone software update yet. iPhone OS 4 will include over 100 new user features for iPhone and iPod touch owners to enjoy. And for developers, a new software development kit …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
iPhone OS 4 unveiled, adds multitasking, shipping this summer — Just a bit more than a year after we first laid eyes on iPhone OS 3.0, Apple is back with the latest big revision of the OS that powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. iPhone OS 4 is shipping this summer (iPad in the fall) …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone Compiler — Prior to today's release of the iPhone OS 4 SDK, section 3.3.1 of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement read, in its entirety: … In the new version of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement released …
John Herrman / Gizmodo:
iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking First Video — Here's what multitasking looks like on iPhone 4.0. For full details on iPhone OS 4, and multitasking specifically, check out our definitive guides. [YouTube]
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Apple Announces iAd Mobile Advertising Platform — Today during its iPhone 4.0 developer preview, Steve Jobs announced Apple's much-anticipated mobile advertising platform, iAd. This has been expected since Apple acquired mobile ad platform Quattro Wireless, after having AdMob snatched away by Google …
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Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Original iPhones, 3G Can't Fully Upgrade to iPhone OS 4 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Remember these words as you accept that your first-gen iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touches will not get the full Touch OS4 upgrade.
Ryan Block / gdgt live:
Live iPhone OS 4.0 event coverage — Automatic refreshing, no need for F5. 8:55AM - Alright, we've arrived on campus! We"re still a bit early though, so there will be a bit of loitering before things get going. 7:45AM - You know, while you're at it, might as well go check out iPhone OS 4.0 on gdgt, too.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Apple previews Game Center social gaming platform for iPhone OS — Apple just announced Game Center, which is a social gaming network for the iPhone — it sounds a lot like Xbox Live, actually. It's has a friend system, leaderboards, and achievements — and we're guessing it'll blow up out of the gate …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Apple has sold more than 450,000 iPads, with 3.5M downloads — Apple announced that it has sold more than 450,000 iPads as of today since the tablet computer went on sale on Saturday. — Apple chief executive Steve Jobs made the announcement at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple's iPhone Software 4.0 suggests next-gen iPhone will have camera flash — Apple's plans for its forth-generation iPhone, due this summer, appear to include the addition of a camera flash that will improve the quality of snapshots and videos taken in dark scenarios or dimly-lit venues, AppleInsider has learned.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Steve Jobs: ‘we tried to buy a company called AdMob’ — We'd previously heard rumors that Quattro Wireless was Apple's consolation prize after a deal with bigger mobile advertising rival AdMob fell through, and Steve Jobs confirmed it on no uncertain terms at the Q&A session following today's …
DigiTimes:
Apple reportedly planning a smaller-size iPad for 1Q11, says Digitimes Research — Apple is reportedly scheduling a smaller 5- to 7-inch version of the iPad that is expected to launch as soon as the first quarter of 2011, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Loses CTO Ari Balogh — Yahoo's CTO and EVP Products Ari Balogh, who joined Yahoo in early 2008, will leave the company. His last day with Yahoo will be June 3. He's leaving for personal reasons, he told me today by phone, and won't be taking another position in the near term.
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Matt Sanford / Twitter Blog:
Growing Around the World — Hi, my name is Matt Sanford and I'm the lead engineer for Twitter's International team. I spend a great deal of time thinking about Twitter's users outside of the US. Twitter's first users were the early employees and their friends, largely based around our offices in San Francisco.
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Twitter Employees Cheerlead Top Investor's Bombshell Post, Developers Freak Out — Fred Wilson, a Twitter board member and the startup's most important investor, dropped a bombshell on Twitter's third-party developers yesterday, telling them to stop “filling holes in the Twitter product,” …
Adam Lashinsky / Brainstorm Tech:
Palm CEO puts his cards on the table — Former Apple exec Jon Rubinstein remains committed to Palm's success, even as takeover rumors swirl. — Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein … The conventional wisdom is that Palm has blown it and either is going to run out of money or get sold or both.
Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
Algebraix: “Too Good To Be True” - Creating An Algebra For Data — “This is too good to be true,” I told Charles Silver, CEO of Algebraix Data, a San Diego based startup that has developed a way of querying huge databases in near real-time without the need for any prior indexing.
Jill Insley / Guardian:
FarmVille user sows £900 debt — A 12-year-old boy spent £625 on his mother's credit card and £288 of his own savings on Facebook game FarmVille — A mother has warned of the risk of children spending hundreds of pounds on “free” online games available through Facebook …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Barnes & Noble Nook arriving at Best Buy, will go on sale April 18 — Looks like the e-reader wars are heating up, retail-style: we just found out that Target will be selling the Kindle later this month, and now multiple sources are telling us that Best Buy will start selling the Barnes …
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Rob Jackson / Android Phone Fans:
HTC Incredible User Guide Leaks [EXCLUSIVE]! — Are you ready for 205-pages of Incredible glory? HTC Incredible glory, that is - we've just gotten our hands on an exclusive copy of the HTC Incredible User's Guide! — The Incredible User Guide was brought to you courtesy of AndroidForums Member and Forum Phone Guide - Anonimac.
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Most Successful U.S. Broadband Over Powerline Network Shut Down - And ‘Most Successful U.S. BPL Network’ Isn't Saying Much — Manassas, Virginia was the first US city to see a real, non-trial launch of broadband over powerline (BPL) technology. The technology was praised by BPL vendors …
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Mac (not Pro) desktop with USB 3.0-Mini DisplayPort combo detailed in patent — Before you get all emotional, remember that this is just part of a patent application: — This looks like a paired down Pro workstation with some of the same characteristics, but with notable exceptions:
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Japan's Nikkei Newspaper Charges to View Web Site — TOKYO — Japan's largest business newspaper, the Nikkei, joined the trend of other news sites last week by requiring readers to pay to view its Web site. But, in a twist, it also imposed a policy severely restricting links to its articles — or even its home page.
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Add-ons responsible for 70 percent of IE8 crashes — In a recently published whitepaper titled “Enhancing the performance of Windows Internet Explorer 8,” Microsoft detailed browser add-ons, toolbars, malware, restricted sites, plus more advanced topics such as User Agent String and concurrent download settings.
Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report:
Twitter for BlackBerry shifts into public beta tonight — If you didn't skip past this post, the odds are that you're a BlackBerry user and Twitterer. And if our assumption is correct, then you'll probably want to set your alarm clock for 9PM ET, as RIM has informed us that's when it will release …
