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Aza Raskin / Aza on Design:
Tab Candy: Making Firefox Tabs Sweet  —  The power of the browser has grown substantially in the last ten years.  We now use the Web to multi-task the activities we juggle every day, like vacation plans, purchases, sharing pictures, listening to music, reading email, and writing a blog post.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing.  It's Like Apple's Expose Plus Spaces For The Web  —  If you're anything like me, at any given time you have a dozen to two dozen tabs open across multiple web browser windows.  It's great to have all these webpages open and ready to click on at any second …
Discussion: Erictric and Gizmodo Australia
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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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Samsung handing out free mobiles...but only if you make the grade  —  Samsung has stepped up its marketing game against the Apple iPhone, sprinkling free Galaxy S devices across the twittersphere  —  Samsung is out with the stretchers, running full tilt towards the customer carnage left by antennagate.
BBC News:
India shows $35 ‘iPad’ prototype  —  The Indian government has unveiled the prototype of an iPad-like touch-screen laptop, with a price tag of $35 (£23), which it hopes to roll out next year.  —  Aimed at students, the tablet supports web browsing, video conferencing and word processing, say developers.
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Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Why India's $35 Tablet May Be Just a Dream  —  A prototype tablet from India that looks similar to the iPad but costs a few hundred dollars less than the magical device is on its way, according to the country's government officials who showed the device at an event Thursday.
Amanda Surya / YouTube API Blog:
A New Way To Embed YouTube Videos  —  An enhancement to our video embed capability is now available through a new embed code style.  This new style uses <iframe> and looks like this:  —  <iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ VIDEO_ID" frameborder="0">
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:   YouTube testing hybrid HTML5/Flash embeds
David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:
Most iPhone users love AT&T  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite a very vocal group of detractors, the vast majority of iPhone users love AT&T.  —  That's the key finding in a survey released this week by Yankee Group, which reports that 73% of iPhone users are very satisfied with AT&T's service.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Mac Pro Unavailable for In-Store Reservations at Many Locations  —  Mac Pro reservations at Fifth Avenue Apple Store  —  One MacRumors reader has pointed out to us that Apple's somewhat-hidden Reserve and Pick Up program is currently showing the company's Mac Pro models as “Unavailable” …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple warns of short-term iMac shortages ahead of new models - sources  —  Apple late this month began advising its direct and indirect sales channels of near-term shortages of its popular all-in-one desktops, as the company prepares draw down inventories ahead of introducing new models in the coming weeks.
John Fortt / Tech Check:
HP Using Own Software in Phone Wars with Apple, Google  —  In its bid to take on Apple and Google in smartphones, Hewlett-Packard won't use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software.  Instead, HP [HPQ 46.15 .08 (+.17%)] Executive Vice President Todd Bradley told me that the PC giant will exclusively use …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
iPad Attracting “Surprising” Interest From Businesses, Says AT&T, Which Activated 400-500K Last Quarter  —  AT&T said on its earnings call today that it activated 400,000 to 500,000 3G iPads during Q2.  —  Remember that was basically just the last two months of Q2, as the iPad 3G didn't ship until the end of April.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Fewer Than 900,000 Kindles And 3G Nooks Activated In U.S. Last Quarter
Discussion: Kindle Review and Electronista
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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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
AppleInsider:
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 …
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.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Tech worker testifies of ‘blue screen of death’ on oil rig's computer  —  Crucial drilling monitoring and control system crippled by crashes, says rig's chief electronics technician  —  Computerworld - A computer that monitored drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon had been freezing with a …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Hires Shannon Stubo, Key Exec For IPO Run  —  LinkedIn has hired Shannon Stubo as their new Vice President Communications, CEO Jeff Weiner tells us.  —  Stubo, most recently at OpenTable, took that company through their IPO process.  Prior to OpenTable Stubo spent seven years at eBay …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Film pirates have formidable new MPAA foe  —  Look out film pirates; you're now up against a Navy SEAL.  —  According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey has agreed to lead the Motion Picture Association of America and there are few details to iron out before he takes over.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Nabs Google's Lead Android Evangelist.  Next Target: Students  —  After a bit of a slow start, the Android app ecosystem is now growing at a rapid clip, as it nears 100,000 apps.  One of the people Google can thank for that is Sun Hu Kim, their lead for Android developer marketing.
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Chatroulette Founder Wants to Ditch Text Chats, Focus on Telepresence  —  Chatroulette's current interface could soon make way for a new system that focuses entirely on telepresence and comes without any text chat, according to the site's founder Andrey Ternowsky.
Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Wireless group sues San Francisco over cellphone ordinance  —  The wireless industry's biggest trade group said Friday that it has sued the city of San Francisco for its recent ordinance requiring retailers to display the radiation levels emitted from cellphones.
 
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Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:
Microsoft Says No to Paying Bug Bounties
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Is the State Department's Tweeter-in-Chief Headed to Google?
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
New Microsoft, ARM licensing agreement; Could a Windows Phone tablet be coming?
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