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2:40 PM ET, September 9, 2010

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Apple:
Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines  —  The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed.  With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world's largest mobile application platform and App Store developers …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Apple's App Store Review Guidelines: 'we don't need any more fart apps'  —  Apple definitely surprised us this morning by relaxing its restrictions on third-party iOS development tools and publishing its app review guidelines, but that's nothing compared to the almost shockingly blunt tone of the guidelines themselves.
Gizmodo:
Apple to Allow Other iPhone Development Tools, Publishes App Review Guidelines  —  In a surprising announcement, and after receiving countless criticisms by developers and users, Apple has announced that they “are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps” and “publishing app review guidelines.”
Google Mobile Ads Blog:
An Update on Apple's Terms of Service  —  Today, Apple updated their iPhone Developer Program License Agreement.  Unlike the previous version, these new terms ensure that Apple's developers have the choice of a variety of advertising solutions (including Google's and AdMob's) to earn money and fund their apps.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Apple relents on Flash-derived iPhone, iPad apps  —  Four and a half months after an Apple license change led Adobe Systems to scrap a project to bring Flash-derived applications to the iPhone, Apple has reversed the ban.  —  Apple undid license restrictions for software developed for iOS devices …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
A Taste of What's New in the Updated App Store License Agreement and New Review Guidelines  —  Apple today announced several significant changes to the iOS developer agreement, and a new document called the App Store Review Guidelines.  The latter is intended as a plain-English guide …
The Droid Guy:
EXCLUSIVE: Verizon Dropping Google Search From All Future Androids?  —  We've been working on this story since yesterday in regards to the Verizon Samsung Fascinate, A Galaxy S Phone.  After the Samsung Galaxy release event in late June we discovered, as the rest of you did, that Bing would be the search on the fascinate.
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Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft: No, Bing Is NOT Powering All Verizon Android Phones  —  Microsoft will have Bing installed as the default search engine on a number of Verizon Android-based smartphones in the future, but it will not be the exclusive search engine for Verizon's Android phones.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
SEO Is Here To Stay, It Will Never Die  —  Google's press conference about Google Instant hadn't even ended yesterday when the question of “is SEO dead” started coming up on Twitter, in blog posts and was even asked about formally during the event's Q&A (the answer was no, twice over, by the way).
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Google Instant technology advances, not just UI changes
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
EXCLUSIVE: Windows Phone 7 launching 11 October  —  Pocket-lint told launch date by multiple sources  —  Multiple sources?familiar?with the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint that Microsoft will launch its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, on 11 October 2010.
Marcus Foster / Google Voice Blog:
Fast Access to Google Voice with Android Widgets  —  Mobile is all about getting super fast access to what you're looking for and Google Voice is no exception.  So, today we're releasing an update to the Android app, which gives you immediate access to your Google Voice Inbox and settings via two new home screen widgets.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Hey iPhone, Meet a Tiny Chip With Superpowers.  —  I can distinctly remember the day when Intel Corp. launched the Pentium processor.  It was the day the desktop computing changed for me and for a lot of others.  It was also the day when Intel started to put a gap between itself and all its wannabe processor rivals.
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Jailbreak hole in iOS 4.1 will be hard to close  —  All Steve Jobs's horses and all Steve Jobs's men ...  Just hours after Apple released iOS 4.1 to great fanfare, hardware hackers found a way to jailbreak devices that run the new operating system.  More surprising still …
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Neal Mohan / The Official Google Blog:
Display advertising: “WATCH THIS SPACE”  —  Last year, the travel industry—like many others—was having a difficult time.  To grow its business, Hawaiian Airlines created and ran an engaging and interactive display ad campaign on the Google Display Network (comprising over a million partner websites …
DigiTimes:
Apple products are a mutant virus, but PC brands will eventually find a cure, says Acer founder  —  Acer founder Stan Shih, in a talks with reporters on September 8, commented that Apple's strong popularity is mainly due to its products such as iPad and iPhone, and these products are like mutant viruses …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Wireless call quality matters and that's bad news for AT&T, good for Verizon, Sprint  —  When it comes to dropped mobile calls, the wireless industry is a lot like real estate: It's all about location.  —  J.D. Power measured call quality in a report released Thursday and found that AT&T lags in most regions.
Discussion: DSLreports, IntoMobile and Gearlog
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I'd Like To Punch The Carriers With  —  This past weekend, I wrote a post wondering if Android was surging in the U.S. market because Apple was letting it?  The main thought was that by remaining exclusively tied to AT&T, Apple was driving some users to choose Android …
Discussion: TeleRead and GottaBeMobile
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
The Google Ad That Steve Jobs Will Hate  —  Google sure knows how to push Steve Jobs' buttons.  This advertisement for Google's new instant search system is bound to get under the Apple CEO's skin — and intensify one of the most heated rivalries in tech.  —  The ad combines a video …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Like It or Not, Twitter Has Become a News Platform  —  There's been plenty of debate lately about whether Twitter has become “mainstream” or not, but examples continue to pile up of how the social network/microblogging platform has worked its way into our lives, to the point where it has become a form of media unto itself.
more at Mediagazer »
Adrianne Jeffries / ReadWriteWeb:
For Advertisers, Location-Based Services “Blew Up Overnight”  —  Advertisers have long talked about the mystical possibilities of using real-time location data to target customers.  The technology existed; most cell phones have a GPS receiver in case of emergency.
Jonny Evans's blog:
Interview: Apple's AirPlay is a big, big business  —  Perhaps you didn't see it, but Apple last week helped create a brand-new $15 billion business when it introduced its new AirPlay music streaming system, which it is licensing to third party developers.  —  AirPlay will mean anyone with an iPod …
Discussion: TUAW, Engadget and AppleInsider
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
How an Anti-Piracy Firm Became Banned In Its Own Country  —  A notorious Switzerland-based anti-piracy tracking company has to stop harvesting the IP addresses of citizens using P2P networks.  The Swiss High Court ruled that IP addresses constitute personal information and when Logistep collected …
Discussion: Techdirt, TechEye and THINQ.co.uk
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
When Does A Company Deserve A Fresh Ethical Start?  —  Zynga has been taking it on the chin from the SF Weekly the last few weeks.  First there was a four part series about some stickers that Zynga's ad agency put on the streets of San Francisco - lame but not exactly Third Reicht territory.
Discussion: SFWeekly, Joystiq and Geek.com
Paul Tharp / New York Post:
Former fund raiser rips Elevation  —  Elevation Partners, the private equity firm whose founding partners include U2 frontman Bono, could use a hit investment about now.  The firm, whose $1.9 billion fund kept investing in a troubled Palm as its fortunes continued to slide and which pumped $300 million …
Beet.TV:
Ooyala Raises $22 Million in New Funding: Lands GigaOM, Business Insider and TechCrunch as Customers  —  Ooyala, the fast-growing online video platform company, has raised $22 million, brining the total raised to $42 million, the company just announced.  —  The investors include several …
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
iTunes Costs Apple $1 Billion to Run  —  Between movies and TV episodes, books and music, and apps of all prices, Apple is swimming in profits from iTunes.  But how much does it take for Apple to maintain that store?  —  According to app developer and industry analysis site Asymco …
Discussion: asymco and 9 to 5 Mac
 
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Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
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Chris Kanaracus / Computerworld:
Oracle, NetApp agree to settle patent litigation
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Amazon Payments Now Allows Users To Checkout Directly On Merchant Websites
Discussion: Business Wire and ReadWriteWeb
Brett Smith / Free Software Foundation:
FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents
Discussion: Open Source Blog, Thanks:rawmeet
Reuters:
Google calls for pressure on Internet censors
Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
T-Mobile officially announces G2, pre-orders begin “later this month”
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Bruce Carton / Legal Blog Watch:
Appeals Court Rules Counsel May ‘Google’ Potential Jurors During Jury Selection
Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:
California testing iPads as algebra textbooks
Discussion: Gearlog and Macsimum News, Thanks:gnagesh
Cade Metz / The Register:
Google Instant blacklists the Slutskys
Chris Matyszczyk / CNET News:
Craigslist removes ‘censored’ bar from site
Discussion: Bits and PC Magazine
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Ongoing Brain Drain Claims Yahoo Finance Head
Discussion: paidContent
Rebecca O'Brien / The Daily Beast:
My Classmate Mark Zuckerberg
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