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Craig Aaron / The Huffington Post:
Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse — So Google and Verizon went public today with their “policy framework” — better known as the pact to end the Internet as we know it. News of this deal broke this week, sparking a public outcry that's seen hundreds of thousands of Internet users calling …
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Online Video Watch, Ars Technica, TG Daily, Pulse2 and Free Press
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New York Times:
A Threat to Startups — We believe that Google and Verizon's proposed policy principles to preserve an open Internet came out of a good faith effort to bring some clarity to the market for Internet applications and access. But we fear that this agreement is a compromise that does not serve the next great startup enterprise well.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Internet, schminternet — I am baffled by the Google-Verizon agreement …
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Yahoo! News, Computerworld, eWeek, BoomTown, Epicenter, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog and Media Nation
Leland Rechis / Twitter Blog:
Introducing Fast Follow, and other SMS tips — We've always been big fans of trusty SMS messaging. In fact, sending a text was originally the only way users could tweet. This is why Tweets are 140 characters — they need to fit into a text message. — We value SMS because it's simple, instant and universal.
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ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Yahoo! News and The Next Web
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
HP tells employees webOS tablet coming Q1 2011 — We've been trying to find out when HP would launch a webOS tablet since the company first bought Palm, and we're now hearing from several trusted sources that it'll be calendar Q1 2011. We're told Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley mentioned …
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Amazon Is Said to Look at Hardware Beyond Kindle — If you look at the job board for Lab 126, the division of Amazon responsible for the Kindle e-reader, you will see a flurry of listings related to electronics hardware, with titles like Supply Chain Project Program Manager, Hardware Engineer and RF Systems Engineer.
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Electronista, Gizmodo, SlashGear and Engadget
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Facebook's Foursquare competitor is imminent — The long-rumored geolocation “check-in” feature at Facebook is slated to debut within weeks, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNET. — It's going to take the form of an application program interface (API) for third-party companies …
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ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, Silicon Alley Insider, Nieman Journalism Lab, Lost Remote and The Huffington Post
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Meet the Prankster Brothers Behind “Jenny”, the Whiteboard-Using, Farmville-Exposing HPOA Girl — Yesterday everyone on the Internet loved Steve Slater, the Jet Blue flight attendant who quit his job by cursing out his passengers and bolting out of his plane using the emergency slide.
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CNET News, theCHIVE, Switched, Mashable!, Dealbreaker, Geek.com and Blog.games.com, more at Mediagazer »
Theodoric Meyer / The Dalles Chronicle:
On Google's Terms — The Dalles' Internet giant calls the shots on information despite government rules — Two data centers present a study in contrasts — PRINEVILLE, Ore.— High on a plateau above this struggling city's downtown, Facebook is busy building its first data center.
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Why Google Became A Carrier-Humping, Net Neutrality Surrender Monkey (UPDATED) — ANALYSIS — In 2007, when the Android OS was still vaporware, Google made a gutsy $4.6 billion bet on mobile net neutrality. While they never had to pay out the money, that all-in move forced the FCC …
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The Atlantic Online and Boing Boing, Thanks:rawmeet
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
It's Official: EPIX, Netflix Announce “Multi-Year” Deal For Streaming Movies — EPIX and Netflix, mum yesterday, are now happy to talk. The two companies have confirmed a big, expensive deal which gives Netflix the ability to show the pay TV service's movies on its streaming video offering.
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Gizmodo:
iPhones Users Have Twice as Much Sex as Android Users (Plus! Sexiest Cameras) — According to 11 million plus images indexed by users of dating site OK Cupid, iPhone users get laid twice as often as Android users. — If you're anything like me, you usually think of your pics in terms of content: Here's me smiling.
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OkTrends, Silicon Alley Insider, TechCrunch, Examiner, Gawker, BerryReview.com, Startup Meme, TiPb, 9 to 5 Mac, Daring Fireball, The Awl and Gadget Lab
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korean Police Raid Google Office — SEOUL — The South Korean police raided the offices of Google Korea on Tuesday as part of an investigation into whether the company had illegally collected and stored personal wireless data. — The U.S. search titan is already facing lawsuits …
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ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, Reuters, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Tech Eye, Search Engine Land, Macworld, Boy Genius Report, TechCrunch, Erictric, Switched, SiliconANGLE, Mashable!, Fortune, Guardian, The Next Web, p2pnet, CNET News, ChannelWeb, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, 901am, Fast Company, The Register, Neowin.net, Electronista and Engadget
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Plastic Logic cancels Que e-reader — In a move that will probably surprise few, Plastic Logic announced Tuesday that it's canceling plans for its pricey Que e-reader. — Plastic Logic had already delayed the Que several times after showing early versions of the product for years.
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Plastic Logic, paidContent, BetaNews, MediaMemo, Between the Lines Blog, Engadget and Electronista, Thanks:beet_tv
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Hotmail still not working? Use Chrome to fix it, says MS — Advises unhappy users to switch to Google's browser — Microsoft has advised Hotmail users struggling to access their email accounts to surf via Google's Chrome browser in order to successfully connect to the recently overhauled service.
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All about Microsoft Blog, GeekSmack and The Next Web
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Motorola Droid 2 (and R2-D2 edition!) finally official: Android 2.2, Swype, $200 on contract — All together now: “Finally!” At long last, the leaks are being plugged by none other than Verizon itself, who today confirmed that the Droid 2 is more than just a figment of everyone's imagination.
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
First Trojan for Android Phones Goes Wild [UPDATE] — Google Android phones must be popular - they've just been targeted with their first Trojan. An SMS Trojan called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a has already infected a number of mobile devices, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.
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BBC, The Register, Obsessable, Startup Meme, Electronista, The Next Web, MobileCrunch, Softpedia News, Phones Review and Kaspersky.com, Thanks:sarahintampa
Computerworld:
Dell's Streak tablet to go on sale Aug. 12 — After delays, Dell will start to ship the highly anticipated Streak mobile Internet device to customers in the U.S. this week. — After delays, Dell will start to ship the highly anticipated Streak mobile Internet device to customers in the U.S. this week.
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VentureBeat, jkOnTheRun, Thoughts from the Sidelines, Boy Genius Report, Electronista, Gizmodo and Silicon Alley Insider
Louis Gray:
Google Revamps and Simplifies Contacts In Gmail — approach to Contacts has lagged, making it the target of frustration from many users. Today, the company admits as much, saying it's the thing people “are least satisfied with” about Gmail. They hope a number of improvements, rolling out immediately, will help.
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Technologizer, Gmail Blog, TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb
Bing / Search Blog:
Answering your questions with Bing and Wolfram Alpha — Have your kids ever asked you a question for a school paper or homework that you wish you knew? Have you given an answer that you “think” you remember from your days in school, knowing that the information you were about to give might be very outdated?
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The Next Web and Softpedia News
Newsweek:
Take This Blog and Shove It! — When utopian ideals crash into human nature—sloth triumphs. — In the history of the web, last spring may figure as a tipping point. That's when Wikipedia, “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”—a site that grew from 100,000 articles in 2003 …
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Techdirt and gapingvoid, more at Mediagazer »
RJ Owen / InsideRIA:
New Flash Player adds H.264 GPU support on OSX — Flash Player Product Manager Thibault Imbert reports on his blog that Flash Player 10.1.82.76, containing H.264 GPU Decoding, has been pushed as the official current version of the Flash Player. — This feature has been about two years …
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Adobe, ByteArray.org and Security Watch, Thanks:chirag_mehta
Reuters:
BlackBerry gets reprieve, source says Saudi “deal” — Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has agreed to hand over coveted “codes” to users' phones to try to avert a ban on its Messenger service in Saudi Arabia, an industry source familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Electronista and Engadget
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