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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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How to Get Your Free iPhone Bumper
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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 …
Duncan Geere / Wired.co.uk:
Samsung offering Galaxy S phones to frustrated iPhone users — It appears that technology giant Samsung is handing out free Galaxy S smartphones to iPhone 4 owners frustrated by reception problems. An account on Twitter called @samsungukmobile is contacting people who've tweeted …
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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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Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Delaying White iPhone 4 So It Can Fix The Antenna Problem? — Not that Apple obsessives need it, but here's a new conspiracy theory to chew on. — Apple announced this morning it would be delaying production of the white iPhone until later this year.
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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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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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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft posts a big quarter, tops Apple, profits jump 50%
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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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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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Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
Verizon Wireless Q2, data revenue up 23.8%, 92.1 million customers — Verizon Communications, Inc. has just announced their Q2 earnings, and included in the massive statement is the results for Verizon Wireless (a venture owned by both Verizon Communications and Vodafone). What did Q2 look like for Big Red?
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Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Verizon delivers solid second quarter; Outpaces AT&T on wireless postpaid adds
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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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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 …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Is the State Department's Tweeter-in-Chief Headed to Google? — Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. — Jared Cohen (pictured here), who has gained fame as the State Department's social networking phenom and the youngest member of its policy planning staff …
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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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 …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Exclusive: With Eye on IPO, Glam Buys Sportsgenic to Build Out Ad Platform — With an eye on a public offering, Glam Media is buying Sportsgenic, a sports-oriented ad network. — The purchase price, I'm told, is something in the $12 million to $15 million range, including earnouts provisions.
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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Wasn't the Kindle supposed to be firewood? — The second-quarter earnings that Amazon.com announced Thursday weren't quite up to par with what Wall Street had been hoping. But Wall Street had been hoping for good things, and the results were still pretty decent.
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