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AppleInsider:
Apple officially launches iPhone 4 Case Program via App Store — As promised, Apple on Friday launched its iPhone 4 Case Program, granting free cases to customers who buy a phone through Sept. 30, and refunding those who already bought a protective “bumper” through an iPhone application.
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Users report Bluetooth connectivity, quality issues with iOS 4 — Users of iOS 4 on both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS say their handset has constantly dropped wireless Bluetooth connections with both headsets and in-car systems. — Numerous users contacted AppleInsider to say that they have experienced …
Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Is Flipboard Legal? — Social news app Flipboard was yesterday's hot new app, despite—or perhaps because of—technical problems that prevented some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn't have the rights to?
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Stowe Boyd:
The Flipboard Dilemma: Who Owns User Experience? — Flipboard burst on the scene this week like a Rodriguez movie trailer, or a new diet drug, and everyone rushed to download (following Scoble's recommendation). Now that the dust has settled, and the controversy about Flipboard being unready …
Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Windows 7 Momentum Continues: 175 Million Licenses Sold — Today is earnings day and Windows continues to have a strong showing. We announced a new milestone in Windows 7 sales - 175 million copies. This continues our record breaking pace of more than 7 copies sold per second.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Apple: White iPhone 4 Delayed Until Later This Year Due To Manufacturing Challenges — Looks like you'll have to wait a little longer for the White iPhone 4. Apple just released a statement saying that the white model of the new iPhone won't be available until later in 2010.
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft urges its workers to be Windows Phone app hobbyists — Android and iPhone have become the mobile app platforms of choice for many software developers, but Microsoft is hoping to leverage its tech-savvy employee base to help build its Windows Phone marketplace.
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Computerworld, Future Tense, I4U News, GigaOM, MobileTechWorld, Engadget, Go Rumors, Ubergizmo, Windows Phone Thoughts.com, Bink.nu, Channel 10, Geek.com, Silicon Alley Insider and ZDNet
John Letzing / MarketWatch:
Google misses deadline for high-profile L.A. contract — Security concerns leave thousands of city employees with Novell technology — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Roughly nine months after Google Inc. edged out rival Microsoft Corp. to win a high-profile contract to supply email …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Disney About To Acquire Playdom — Disney and social gaming startup Playdom are in “very” late stage acquisition discussions, we've heard from, oh, about seven independent sources, including sources close to Playdom, over the last several days. Internally the two parties have referred to the deal as …
BBC News:
BBC News iPhone and iPad app launches in the UK — Versions of the apps are already available worldwide — A BBC News app for the iPhone and iPad has been launched in the UK today, the BBC has announced. — The free-to-download apps for Apple products were originally due to be made available in April 2010.
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Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Rescuing Nokia? A former exec has a radical plan — The Risku Manifesto - now in English — Interview A couple of months ago, a book appeared in Finland which has become a minor sensation. In the book, a former senior Nokia executive gives his diagnosis of the company, and prescribes some radical and surprising solutions.
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Tracking the National Mood Through Twitter — A Twitter mood map, showing emotions at 4:00 a.m. East Coast time. Greener areas indicate happiness, red ones unhappiness. — If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it, send a tweet. — By gauging the mood of messages …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
New Microsoft, ARM licensing agreement; Could a Windows Phone tablet be coming? — Microsoft and ARM announced on July 23 that the two have signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM architecure, extending the relationship between the two companies. — The pair aren't sharing any details …
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9 to 5 Mac, BetaNews, Reuters, ARM, Electronista, Unwired View, The Register, PC World, BBC News, GottaBeMobile, ZDNet, Neowin.net, SlashGear, Engadget and Computerworld
Kyle VanHemert / Gizmodo:
WebOS 2.0 Coming Later This Year, HP's Windows 7 Slate To Be An Enterprise Product — Some interesting news from Fortune's Brainstorm conference: HP VP Todd Bradley says that the company's Windows 7-running tablet, the one Steve Ballmer showed off at CES, will not be a consumer-focused product.
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Engadget, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, displayblog, SlashGear, CrunchGear, Fone Arena, GottaBeMobile, Unwired View, Phones Review, netbooknews.com and Phone Scoop
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Amazon Mobile Sales Topped $1 Billion In Past 12 Months — Jeff Bezos is bullish on mobile, whether it's Kindles, smartphones or what he calls the “new category” of wireless tablet computers. Why? Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) customers spent more than $1 billion via mobile device in the past 12 months …
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Facebook ‘Suspects’ Zuckerberg Contract Was ‘Forged’ — Facebook says it “strongly suspects” forgery is involved in a contract showing its founder Mark Zuckerberg signed away more than half the rights to Facebook for $1,000 in 2003. The suit to take over the company seven years later is “absurd,” the company said Thursday.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Verizon delivers solid second quarter; Outpaces AT&T on wireless postpaid adds — In a quarter with multiple moving parts, Verizon Communications reported better-than-expected earnings and added 665,000 retail postpaid wireless customers. — That post-paid figure is notable since …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Clicker Adds Mobile Apps, Social Sharing, And Check-Ins To TV Guide For Online Video — We're big fans of Clicker, a comprehensive search engine for TV content on the web. Clicker, which made its debut at TechCrunch50 last fall, indexes over 650,000 full length TV episodes spanning 10,000 shows …
