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Gizmodo:
This Is Apple's Next iPhone — You are looking at Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details. — While Apple may tinker with the final packaging …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Gizmodo Has the Purported Next-Gen iPhone in Hand — It's been an open secret to those of us in the racket that Gizmodo purchased this unit about a week ago, from those who claimed to find it. That this belongs to and was made by Apple is almost beyond question at this point.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
So, Which Apple Employee Is Getting Fired For Losing The New iPhone In A Bar? — Apple's legal team is probably going nuts today. — Earlier, Gizmodo posted photos of what appears to be the next iPhone. Apple isn't supposed to unveil the new phone for a few months …
Max Wang / DigiTimes:
Apple said to use OLED in second-generation iPad — Apple reportedly has started development of the second generation iPad using the same design concept as for the iPhone 4G, and will use an OLED panel, according to sources in the component industry. Apple is said to be aiming to launch …
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Facebook Looks to Extend Its Presence — SAN FRANCISCO — With about half of Facebook's 400 million users checking in daily, the social networking company has established itself as one of the Web's most popular destinations. — Now Facebook is intensifying its efforts to expand its empire beyond …
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David Gelles / Financial Times:
Facebook to unveil “like” button for the web
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iPhone OS 4 reveals its social side: Facebook integration? — Users of webOS and HTC Sense can skip ahead, you're already familiar with tight social networking integration on your handsets. Now Apple appears ready to join the social, so to speak. New evidence of low-level Facebook event …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
2006 Apple Patent Filing for Ceramic Enclosures — In my research regarding Engadget's purported photos of a next-gen iPhone, the factor that pushed me over the edge to believe that it's authentic is the glass back. I know the trend for Apple of late has been toward unibody aluminum enclosures …
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPhone 4G Will Sport Apple-Designed Chip, Sources Say — Surprising few, it seems Apple will deploy its own unique processor within the fourth generation (ceramic-backed?) iPhone, industry sources have confirmed. — In a report looking at the impact of Apple's move to produce …
Owen Thomas / VentureBeat:
Meebo's XAuth could turn social sharing into a big business — For Web publishers, “share and share alike” is a nightmare, not a dream. Picking which social sharing services to show a user, from networks like Facebook and MySpace to discussion sites like Reddit and Digg to bookmarking services …
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Boy Genius Report:
HTC Droid Incredible for Verizon Wireless review — Is it a coincidence Verizon Wireless has consecutively had the last two most-anticipated Android handsets? With the Motorola DROID seemingly feeling like old news (Google even basically castrated it themselves with a promise of an unbranded …
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
US Sees 3G iPads ‘By May 7’ Apple Confirms — We're out the block for 3G iPad sales, at least in the US, where Apple has updated its store to confirm 3G-equipped models of the hot new product will ship “By May 7”. — That's great news for iPad purchasers (and don't neglect …
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Lauren Goode / Digits:
Boxee, Roku Announcing Deals for Streaming Live Sports on TV — Watching live sports on television via the Web may have just gotten easier. … Starting Monday, Web-to-TV software company Boxee will distribute the National Hockey League's Game Center Live online video content.
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Rachel Whetstone / The Official Google Blog:
Controversial content and free expression on the web: a refresher — Two and a half years ago, we outlined our approach to removing content from Google products and services. Our process hasn't changed since then, but our recent decision to stop censoring search on Google.cn has raised …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Groupon Grabs $135 Million From DST and Battery-Valuation Above $1 Billion for Social Buying Site — Groupon, the social buying site that has become one of the hotter start-ups of late, has gotten a giant round of funding from the same Russian investors that backed social networking powerhouse Facebook and game phenom Zynga.
Fox News:
7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls — A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
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Techdirt, GottaBeMobile, Lockergnome Blog Network, The Equity Kicker and The Huffington Post
Tim Anderson / The Register:
Microsoft stealth launches ‘historic’ programming language — Hidden F# strikes right note — Launching a new language is easy - getting it used is hard. The combination of existing code and existing skills is a strong barrier to adoption, and even excellent languages like Ruby and Python …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Don't Sell Out, Foursquare. Not Now. Not To Yahoo. — It is becoming alarmingly apparent that Foursquare is strongly considering a sale to Yahoo. As of the end of last week they had put the venture capitalists vying for their attention on ice. Those VCs happily provided term sheets valuing the company at $80 million or so.
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Mary Pilon / Digits:
Personal-Finance Site Mint Expands to Allow More Banks — Starting Monday, personal-finance site Mint.com will double the number of financial institutions from which it can receive account information. … The change is important for Mint as the site seeks to expand beyond its core base …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
RadioShack Dumping Palm? — For Palm (PALM), April is indeed proving to be the cruelest month. It began with reports that the company has put itself up for sale and continued with news of the departure of software chief Michael Abbott. Now comes another ugly development: RadioShack (RSH) …
