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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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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.”
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AppleInsider, Mashable!, Silicon Alley Insider, San Francisco Chronicle, TechEye, BlueGlass, Redmond Pie, Pulse2, Boy Genius Report, Electronista and The Awl, Thanks:chathuraw
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.
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TechCrunch, Nieman Journalism Lab, The Register, Digital Daily, MobileCrunch, Download Squad, MacRumors, PhoneDog.com, Neowin.net, Electricpig.co.uk, TiPb, TUAW, everythingiCafe and Gizmodo
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.
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TechCrunch, CNET News, MediaMemo, Daring Fireball, IntoMobile, SiliconANGLE, TiPb and Electronista
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 …
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VentureBeat, App Advice, Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, iClarified, iPhone Alley, Tech Trader Daily, The Loop and Erictric
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 …
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SlashGear and Thoughts from the Sidelines
The Droid Guy / Android Phones, Android Tips …:
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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Silicon Alley Insider, TechFlash, DSLreports, IntoMobile, Computerworld, GottaBeMobile, AndroidGuys, MobileCrunch and I4U News
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I'd Like To Punch The Carriers With
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TeleRead and GottaBeMobile
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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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
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Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:
Google Instant Search: The Complete User's Guide
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Computerworld, Fortune, Search Engine Watch, Electricpig.co.uk and PC Magazine, Thanks:atul
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Google Instant technology advances, not just UI changes
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TechCrunch, Thanks:dondodge
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Thoughts on Google Instant
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PandaLabs Blog, Web Browsers, Guardian, Computerworld, GMSV, TechEye, dotCULT.com, SearchViews, Online Marketing Blog, TechCrunch, ResearchBuzz, Efficient Frontier Insights, SEO and Tech Daily, Google Operating System, Techie Buzz, The Next Web, Hitwise Intelligence, ReadWriteWeb, Thoughts from the Sidelines and Mashable!, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:atul
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.
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LiveSide.net, Erictric, Covering Web, I4U News, GeekSmack, The Next Web, WMPoweruser.com, DailyTech, Phone Arena, WMExperts, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Network World, Softpedia News, Engadget and Neowin.net, Thanks:stuartmiles
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.
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 …
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AdExchanger.com, Media Decoder and The Next Web
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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Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:
iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Using New Bootrom Based Exploit Confirmed !
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Inquirer, IntoMobile, Black Web 2.0, gHacks Technology News, DailyTech, Gizmodo, Download Squad, Engadget and Cult of Mac, Thanks:mattyribbo
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 …
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9 to 5 Mac, DailyTech, Silicon Alley Insider, Macsimum News, MacDailyNews, Electronista and Engadget
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.
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Peter Jamison / SFWeekly:
FarmVillains — Steal someone else's game. Change its name.
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Computerworld, Silicon Alley Insider, Joystiq, Geek.com and Stowe Boyd, Thanks:ceelew
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 …
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo and Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Thanks:courtenaybird
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.
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
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.
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IntoMobile, Gearlog and Tech Broiler Blog
Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
T-Mobile officially announces G2, pre-orders begin “later this month” — Early this morning, T-Mobile officially announced their first HSPA+ device, the G2. The G2 will pair “a large 3.7-inch screen with a unique hinge design that opens to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard.”
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Check Your iPhone 4's Antenna Reception With Field Test Mode In iOS 4.1 — Now you can put your iPhone into field test mode, which will allow to easily and precisely test your cell signal reception quality. You just need to follow these two easy steps: • First, upgrade your iPhone 4—or any iPhone—to iOS 4.1.
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App Advice, Hardware 2.0 Blog, DSLreports, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, MobileContentToday, Softpedia News, everythingiCafe and TiPb, Thanks:gizmodo
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 …
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paidContent and TechCrunch
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.
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.
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Andrew Lark
David Kaplan / mocoNews:
Best Buy Adding Amazon Kindle For Expanded E-Reader Section — Best Buy is working on building out its in-store digital reading section this fall with the addition of the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle. The retailer has already been selling Barnes & Noble's Nook and the various Sony (NYSE: SNE) Readers.
