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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.
Jesus Diaz / 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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The Register, Mashable, Velocity, 9 to 5 Mac, MediaPost, Silicon Alley Insider, Boy Genius Report, internetnews.com, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, BlueGlass, Redmond Pie, Pulse2, TechEye and Electronista, Thanks:chathuraw
Omar Hamoui / 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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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 …
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Apple relents on Flash-derived iPhone, iPad apps
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, Computerworld, Erictric and App Advice
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Thou Shalt Not Chatroulette Or Russian Roulette: The Best Of The App Store Rules
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CNET News, PC World and VentureBeat
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.
Jenna Wortham / Bits:
Betaworks and The Times Plan a Social News Service — Something is stirring deep within the technology incubator Betaworks: A personalized news service called News.me that is being developed in collaboration with The New York Times. — On Thursday, a cryptic placeholder for the service went live.
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The Next Web and Lost Remote
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.
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Electronista, Android Phones …, AndroidGuys and Erictric
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Ben Gomes / The Official Google Blog:
Google Instant, behind the scenes — Yesterday we introduced Google Instant, a change to make search fast and interactive by showing you results instantly as you type. With Instant we've turned search from a static HTML page into an AJAX application, just as we did with Google Maps and Gmail.
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CNET News, Internet Evolution, High Scalability, Don Dodge on The Next … and dotCULT.com
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
SEO Is Here To Stay, It Will Never Die
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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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Computerworld, WMExperts, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Engadget, Boy Genius Report, WMPoweruser.com, IntoMobile, SiliconANGLE, iThinkDifferent, Erictric, Covering Web, DailyTech, Neowin.net, GeekSmack, Phone Arena, 901am, Network World, The Next Web, I4U News and Softpedia News, Thanks:stuartmiles
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 …
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Engadget, TUAW, Geek.com and Electronista
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Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Forget Apple TV. AirPlay Is Apple's Sneak Attack On Television
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Engadget, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Maps for Android Gets Turn-By-Turn Walking Directions, Satellite Imagery — For smartphone owners, asking people on the street for directions is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Why bother trying to remember a series of turns and landmarks when your phone can do that and more?
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Download Squad, Phone Arena, Erictric, Boy Genius Report, EuroDroid, Google Maps Mania and AndroidGuys
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
Rackspace Pulls The Plug On ‘Burn A Koran Day’ Church's Web Site (UPDATE: Burning Cancelled) — Surely by now you've heard of the Dove World Outreach Center, the Florida church that plans to hold a “Koran burning day” on September 11, the nine year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Silicon Alley Insider:
CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Passes Google In Time Spent On Site For First Time Ever — If Google wasn't already scared of Facebook, this ought to do the trick. — Time spent on Facebook was greater than time spent on Google sites in the U.S. in August for the first time in history, according to fresh data from comScore.
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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 …
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Electronista, mocoNews, TeleRead, Daring Fireball, Android Phone Fans and GottaBeMobile
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.
Jerry Cain / Facebook Developer Blog:
New Like Button Features Mean More Opportunities for Liking — Since we launched social plugins in April, we've been listening to user feedback and working with developers to optimize the Like button to make it as seamless as possible for people to like content around the web and share it with their friends.
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Inside Facebook, TechCrunch and All Facebook
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Digits:
‘Censored’ Gone; Craigslist Could Go Before Congress — On Wednesday, Craigslist pulled the “censored” label from its U.S. site — but didn't restore its controversial adult services section. — Craigslist first put up a black box reading “censored” on its site last Friday …
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SFGate
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft apologizes for spate of recent Online Services outages — Microsoft officials posted an apology the evening of September 8 for three recent outages for customers of its Microsoft-hosted cloud applications. — The first of the North American outages hit Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) customers in late August.
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Computerworld, TechNet Blogs and The Microsoft Blog
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, Obsessable, FierceWireless, DSLreports and Gearlog
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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Electronista, 9 to 5 Mac, Silicon Alley Insider, MacDailyNews, DailyTech, Unwired View and Macsimum News
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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paidContent, Media Decoder and AdExchanger.com
Reuters:
Judge rules for eBay over Craigslist rights plan — (Reuters) - A judge rescinded a protective measure adopted by the board of popular classifieds site Craigslist to block a potential hostile takeover by e-commerce site eBay Inc. — EBay had complained that the measure diluted its stake …
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Between the Lines Blog, Reuters and Tech Trader Daily
Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Did FTC Probe Cause Apple to Change App Rules? (UPDATED) — Apple's unexpected announcement Thursday that it would let programmers use third-party tools to write apps for the iPhone and iPad may deflate a federal investigation into whether the restrictions were anti-competitive by making …
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Gadget Lab, Thanks:rsingel
Electronista:
Intel: Google TV due this month, can co-exist with Apple TV — Intel chief Paul Otellini in an interview today [sub. required] confirmed that the first Google TV devices should start shipping in September. He didn't say whether the Logitech Revue or Sony's Bravia TVs, though Logitech has been the furthest in development.
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Silicon Alley Insider, CNET News, Digital Daily, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, Engadget and Inquirer
