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AppleInsider:
Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference on Friday — Apple this Friday will hold a press conference on its Cupertino-based campus to discuss the iPhone 4 and, presumably, the growing array of allegations from the media over the handset's reception woes. — No further details about the event …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
How I Think The iPhone 4 Antenna Press Conference Is Going To Play Out — Perhaps you heard, Apple is having a little press conference on Friday. The reason? Officially, it's about the iPhone 4. That's all they'll say. But everyone knows the slightly more detailed reason: the iPhone 4′s antenna.
Arn / MacRumors:
iOS 4.1 Beta Includes Apple's Announced Signal Bar Changes, New Modem Firmware — The new iOS 4.1 beta that was just released today to developers appears to include the signal bar changes that Apple had previously described: … The new signal bars appear slightly taller than the previous ones …
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Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Nope, iOS 4.1 doesn't fix the iPhone 4's death grip antenna issue. — And now, to answer the question that's on everyone's mind: Does the just released iOS 4.1 update fix the iPhone 4's death grip issue — or at least appear to? — No, no it does not. At least in our testing of iOS 4.1 …
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
This Is How Much the New iPhone 4 Signal Bars Have Grown — As promised, the new iPhone system update corrects the bar signal display. Also as promised, it provides another “enhancement”: Taller signal bars! Free tip: If you paint flames on the back of your iPhone 4, it runs 2.3x faster.
Paul Reynolds / Consumer Reports Electronics Blog:
Apple's Bumper case alleviates the iPhone 4 signal-loss problem — Apple's Bumper, a frame-like cover sold by the company to add a “dash of style” to the iPhone 4, has been flagged by some bloggers and consumers as a possible fix for the phone's signal-loss problem.
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Matt Burns / CrunchGear:
Video: David Letterman's Top 10 Signs You've Purchased A Bad iPhone 4 — Okay, the iPhone 4 death grip fiasco has official hit a new level now that it's a late night punch line. There's no turning back after both Letterman here in the states and Top Gear across the pond have both done bits on it.
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Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear:
As long as reviewing is a race, death grips will always go unnoticed
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made — How do you take the social web by storm in a day, winning over even the coldest of hearts and gaining international acclaim - with commercials? — A team of creatives, tech geeks, marketers and writers gathered in an undisclosed location in Portland …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Prediction: This Statement Is Going To Come Back To Bite Microsoft In The Ass — “It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I'm okay with that.” — That was Microsoft COO Kevin Turner during his keynote speech at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington today.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Microsoft exec mocks iPhone 4, dubs it Apple's Vista — Consumer Reports urges Apple to provide free cases to all iPhone 4 owners — Computerworld - A top Microsoft executive today compared Apple's iPhone 4 to his own company's problem-plagued Vista operating system.
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New York Times:
With Google as Partner, Verizon May Not Need iPhone — It is a question that the nation's early adopters keep hearing from friends: when is the iPhone coming to Verizon? — The combination of the biggest cellphone carrier in the United States and Apple's smash-hit phone would certainly be a powerful one.
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Exclusive: HP's Android Tablet Tabled — Hewlett Packard is working on a variety of tablet PCs, running a variety of operating systems. Among them, an Android device that was supposed to arrive at market in the fourth quarter of 2010. But no longer. Sources in position to know tell …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Foursquare Founders Take Home $4.6 Million From Series B Round — The SEC filing for Foursquare's $20 million Series B round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, just hit the wire. — From the filing, we learn: — The total offering is actually $19,999,996. (The other $4 must have gone to Starbucks.)
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Report: Apple's iPad to copy iPhone in eating up lion's share of profits — Financial analysts at Goldman Sachs report in graphic detail that Apple has inhaled the bulk of profits of the global mobile phone business with iPhone, and now appears poised to do the same in tablets with the iPad.
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Edmund Lee / AdAge:
BBC Unveils Original U.S. News Site — U.K. Broadcaster Plans to Grab More Media Dollars, Not Pounds — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — At a time when many newsrooms are contracting or consolidating, the BBC is growing its editorial operations with an original news site aimed at the American audience.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Washington Post acquires iCurrent, a personal news aggregator (exclusive) — The Washington Post Company has acquired iCurrent, an online tool that allows users to collect news automatically according to their interest. The purchase price was not disclosed, and while not a big deal, it was likely north of $5 million.
Mike Clendenin / InformationWeek:
Beijing Cracks Down On Piracy — More than a third of the city's 1500 registered Internet cafes will be indicted on suspicion of copyright infringement. — More than a third of the 1500 registered Internet cafes in Beijing have been or will soon be indicted on suspicion of piracy, according to local media reports.
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Chatroulette Launches Channelroulette and Localroulette — Chatroulette introduced a number of new features this week, including local channels dubbed Localroulette that allow users to connect to other participants in the same country or region. Another feature dubbed Channelroulette …
Michael Galvez / Google Translate Blog:
Translating Wikipedia — We believe that translation is key to our mission of making information useful to everyone. For example, Wikipedia is a phenomenal source of knowledge, especially for speakers of common languages such as English, German and French where there are hundreds of thousands—or millions—of articles available.
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Tests Multiple Accounts Sign in — Google tests a feature that allows you to sign in to multiple Google accounts in the same browser. Multiple sign-in only works for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Code, but it's likely that other Google services …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Product Management Software Company Atlassian Takes A Huge, $60 Million First Round Of Funding From Accel — It is not often that a company's first round of venture funding comes in at $60 million and eight years after it was founded with $10,000 worth of credit card debt.
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
The Trouble at Twitter Inc. — Running Twitter Inc. sounds like any entrepreneur's dream: Cash flows freely. The press is smitten. Celebrity users abound. But CEO and co-founder Evan Williams is said to be on the verge of being ousted from his microblogging paradise. — These should be Williams' glory days.
