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Google Mobile Blog:
Translate the real world with Google Goggles — Traveling to another country can be an amazing experience. The opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture can give you a new perspective. However, it can be hard to fully enjoy the experience if you do not understand the local language.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
How the iPad gobbles up netbook sales — Also getting cannibalized: iPod touches, eReaders, desktop PCs and handheld videogames — There's an interesting chart in a report to clients issued early Thursday morning by Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty. — The subject of her report …
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Kevin Rose / Digg Blog:
The following email was sent to our employees today — This morning we faced the difficult task of reducing our team by about 10%. This was an emotional and rough morning for everyone involved. Laying off dedicated and hard working individuals is extremely difficult …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Digg Cuts 10% Of Staff — Digg has cut around twelve people from its staff, we're hearing. The company's about page lists 72 employees, but it's possible that they have more than that overall. When contacted about the news Digg told us they'd be publishing a blog post shortly — we'll update with more information once that is up.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
AT&T extends iPhone exclusive in quid pro quo, says analyst — Part of the deal with Apple for discounting iPad data plans, says BroadPoint's Brian Marshall — Computerworld - AT&T and Apple probably have a quid pro quo in place that has extended the mobile carrier's exclusive deal …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
FCC outlines new ‘third way’ internet regulatory plan, will split access from content — The FCC's plan to rework how it regulates the internet just got a lot more solid today, as the agency officially announced its “third way” approach to classifying broadband services and opened it up for public comment.
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Julius Genachowski / The National Broadband Plan:
The Third Way: A Narrowly Tailored Broadband Framework — Many have asked about the FCC's next steps in view of the recent decision in the Comcast case. I'll describe here a path forward, which will begin with seeking public comment on a post-Comcast legal foundation for the FCC's approach to broadband communications services.
Amy Schatz / Digits:
How the FCC Plans to Regulate Internet Lines
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David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: 'I'm CEO ... b****!' — (Fortune) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is known as a precocious visionary, but as a college-age CEO he was as rebellious and irreverent as the next kid. In his forthcoming book The Facebook Effect: the Inside Story of the Company …
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BBC:
‘Historic’ day as first non-latin web addresses go live — Arab nations are leading a “historic” charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. — Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses to contain no Latin characters.
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Macworld:
Facebook's new features secretly add apps to your profile — When a piece of software is automatically installed on your computer without your knowledge, it's called malware. But what do you call it when Facebook apps are added to your profile without your knowledge?
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Staska / Unwired View:
Apple wants to embed cardiac sensors into an iPhone case to identify you — Adding biometric to sensors to electronic devices for user identification, is not a new thing. — Sometimes they are fingerprint readers, face or iris recognition sensors, voice recognition software, etc …
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ZDNet:
Smartbooks have been delayed by Flash issues, says ARM — Smartbooks have failed to materialise due to delays in Flash optimisation, a lower-than-expected uptake of Linux on netbooks, and the sudden emergence of tablets, ARM's marketing chief has said. — ARM dominates the mobile phone …
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Patrick Goss / TechRadar.com:
Opera joins in Jobs v Flash argument — Critical now, but Adobe needs to change fast — Opera has joined in the argument over Flash, with the company telling TechRadar that they will support Flash for the time being, but that the company needs to start embracing web standards if it doesn't want to come under constant attack.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sprint HTC EVO pre-orders start this month at The Shack — HTC's EVO 4G super-speced handset seems to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. That situation looks set to change soon based on the pic above nabbed off The Shack's internal website showing a big “coming soon” …
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Motorola hints at owning mobile OS, acquires Azingo — Motorola's Co-Chief Executive Officer Greg Brown recently told Bloomberg that his company was ready to make acquisitions to return to growth and it looks like we might have spotted their first deal. — According to a LinkedIn profile …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Responds to Joe Hewitt: Your Argument Is Two Years Old — Last week, well-known web/iPhone developer Joe Hewitt decided to rant on Twitter. His target? The state of web development. In 25 or so tweets, Hewitt ripped apart the state of the industry. Obviously, his impassioned views caused some controversy.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Scoop: Apple Is Pushing A Secret “VIP” Ad Program For iPhone Apps — For anyone still wondering whether Apple plans to give its new iAds a competitive advantage over other mobile ad networks on the iPhone and iPad, just take a look at the slide above. It was attached to an email sent …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
ClamCase iPad case magically turns your tablet into a laptop — The second we heard the iPad had Bluetooth keyboard support we knew we'd see a laptop-style case emerge, and here we are, watching a rendered product video for the ClamCase, which triples as case, a stand, and a keyboard.
Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report:
Sprint gets super serious about the prepaid mobile market — Some huge news this evening in the world of prepaid mobiles as Sprint has announced its new strategies for Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile. With some 60 million Americans using prepaid mobiles, Sprint feels the time is right to make an all-out assault on the market.
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Clearwire May Dump WiMAX — Clearwire said today it's changed the terms of an agreement it had with Intel, one of its largest investors, that could lead the way for Clearwire to dump WiMAX and switch to LTE. On its first-quarter financial results call today, an executive with Clearwire …
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Clearwire promises Clear-branded HTC and Samsung WiMAX phones this year
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