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Robert Andrews / mocoNews:
‘Nokia Is Back’ And Ballsy; 'We're Not Sorry We're Not Apple' — Nokia's beaten-down top dogs opened their annual Nokia (NYSE: NOK) World show in London Tuesday morning with a blunt and rousing pep talk and a direct riposte to their competitors. — “We're not going to apologise for the fact …
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Michael Gartenberg / SlashGear:
A Week with the Nokia N8: Can Symbian Survive? — I'm in London this week at Nokia World and it's a defining moment for Nokia. Last week Nokia announced their CEO's departure, and new CEO (and Microsoft alum) Stephen Elop. Nokia phones once defined state of the art and the S60 platform defined the modern smartphone era in 2002.
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Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Nokia makes E7 QWERTY slider official: ‘beautiful and all business’ — Nokia's just unveiled its aluminum-clad E7 QWERTY slider handset. One of the new family of Symbian^3 devices, it has a 4-inch tilting touchscreen display on the front and an 8 megapixel imager on the back. Yummy.
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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Nokia adds social check-ins to Ovi Maps. Facebook, Twitter and more.
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Unwired View and Nokia Conversations
Ben Bowers / Engadget:
Google TV officially launching October 17th? — It's been no secret that Google TV is scheduled to arrive sometime this fall and we've already seen the Logitech Revue box hardware pass the FCC, but a tipster has just shared an internal Best Buy document with us disclosing …
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Fortune, Fast Company, Androidos.in, Go Rumors and I4U News
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Google Says Google Reader Is Doing Just Fine — We reported last week in the aftermath of IAC's decision to shut down Bloglines that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Reader was not doing that well either, citing the latest Hitwise figures which showed visits to the service down 27 percent year-over-year.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Saying “RSS Is Dead” Is Dead, Saying “RSS Is Not Dead” Is Not — Today.
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Softpedia News, Sample the Web, Official Google Reader Blog, WebProNews, PlagiarismToday and Scripting News
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
No, RSS Is Not Dead, and Neither Are RSS Readers
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Exclusive: Galaxy Tab, red / white BlackBerry Torch and Samsung Focus hitting AT&T in Q4 — Mmm, delicious. That's the feeling we're left with after being inundated with yet another round of AT&T leaks, this time giving us insight at a few flagship devices on tap for the carrier's holiday push.
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
V CAST App Store to compete with official Android Market? — Verizon Wireless loves apps. In fact, Verizon loves them sooo much that they decided to create their own official app store, named V CAST Apps. Many users with Android phones on Verizon might already notice a V CAST Apps tab under …
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Between the Lines Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, TechCrunch, IntoMobile, Mashable!, Phone Arena, The Next Web and Electronista
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
Wal-Mart introduces wireless plan under own brand — NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it is introducing the first cell phone plan that uses the chain's own branding, further demonstrating its clout in getting special deals from wireless carriers.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ron Conway's Confidential Investment Guide: The Tech Megatrends — Angel investors SV Angel, led by Ron Conway invests so early in startups that he looks mostly at the team and current tech trends when making investment decisions. — Last year he was focusing on real time and location startups.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Acquired Imsense Ltd for HDR Capabilities in iOS 4.1 [Updated] — One of the most highly-publicized features of iOS 4.1, released last week, is the ability to take High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos, a feature which allows the iPhone 4's camera to capture a wider range of light intensity …
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Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
HDR photography with iPhone 4 and iOS 4.1: how good is it?
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Electronista and Imaging Insider
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
HDCP ‘master key’ supposedly released, unlocks HDTV copy protection permanently — Just as the MPAA is preparing to offer movies to customers at home while they're still in theaters by limiting playback to DRM-protected digital outputs only, the HDCP protocol they rely on may have been cracked wide open.
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Boing Boing and TeleRead
Microsoft:
Microsoft Unveils New LifeCam With Stunning 1080p HD Sensor: Closest Thing to Being There in Person — LifeCam Studio is the perfect HD video calling companion for Windows Live Messenger 2011. — Microsoft Corp. today sets a new standard in webcams with LifeCam Studio, featuring sharp high-definition …
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SlashGear, Gadget Lab, Softpedia News, The Microsoft Blog, Electronista, LiveSide.net and Bink.nu
Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
Intel's walled garden plan to put A/V vendors out of business — SAN FRANCISCO — In describing the motivation behind Intel's recent purchase of McAfee for a packed-out audience at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel's Paul Otellini framed it as an effort to move the way the company approaches security …
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Inquirer, Softpedia News, Velocity, CNET News, Gizmodo, Computerworld, TechEye and VentureBeat
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
“The Social Network” Is Just as Brutal as Mark Zuckerberg Feared — It's hard to feel sorry for a billionaire. But here I am, feeling bad for Mark Zuckerberg. If you see the “The Social Network” you're probably going to feel bad for him, too. — I saw a screening of the movie last week …
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
DEMO's next wave of innovation: Here's the launch list — DEMO Fall 2010, the technology launchpad conference coproduced by VentureBeat and IDG, is kicking off tomorrow (actually, the parties started tonight), and we've got a lineup of big-name speakers from the tech world …
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Sensor Networks Top Social Networks for Big Data — With the firehouse of information enabled by Facebook, Twitter, location based services, and other forms of social media, the era of Big Data is upon us. But outside of the consumer world the stakes are much higher.
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Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
Video: New Amazon Kindle Ad Shows How Impossible It Is To Read The iPad In Direct Sunlight — Real Madrid v. Barcelona, Ali v. Frazier, and now Kindle v. iPad. This here commercial illustrates, in humorous fashion, the fact that the iPad isn't nearly as easily visible in direct sunlight as the Kindle.
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Google Voice (GV Mobile) app submitted to App Store [Updated: New info] — We reported that Sean Kovacs, the developer of GV Mobile, may have gotten the heads up that his app would be re-approved to the App Store. Well today, it looks like he submitted it. — Update:
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App Advice, Boy Genius Report, everythingiCafe, Digital Daily, BlogsDNA and Insanely Great Mac, Thanks:markgurman
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Burn Any Web-Hosted File into a Torrent With Burnbit — Burnbit is a new service that allows users to generate a torrent for any file hosted online. It is especially useful for those who want to share large files with multiple people, at great speeds and without consuming too much bandwidth.
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Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
AOL: Jonas Bros. can ‘help redesign Internet’ — CEO calls them ‘most creative people on the planet’ — Looks like the Jonas Brothers could have a new gig. — In an interview with Front Row Daily, AOL CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong says his company wants to change the way both AOL properties …
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New York Times:
After Negotiations, Israel Emerges on Twitter — MADRID — Israel has acquired the user name @israel on Twitter, the microblogging Internet service, from the Spanish owner of a pornographic Web site, in an unusual transaction intended to help Israel exercise more influence over its image.
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Fast Company and Gawker
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Said to Plan Debt Sale to Pay for Dividends, Buybacks — Microsoft Corp. is planning to sell debt this year to pay for dividends and share repurchases because too much of its cash is held overseas, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The company would try to raise …
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Silicon Alley Insider, The Microsoft Blog, DailyFinance, TechFlash and Voices on All Things Digital
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Here's Why Twitter Apps Are Such Lousy Investments — The thousands of third-party apps built on Twitter's back have made Twitter a much more useful service, and have helped make Twitter worth more money. — But Twitter apps themselves are generally lousy investments, as we are seeing once again.
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TechCrunch, VatorNews and MediaPost
David / Signal vs. Noise:
Acquisition condolences — Every time a young, promising start-up is bought out by a stodgy, old incumbent, the world is flush with congratulations. Congratulations to the team, island mojitos now await them. Congratulations to the venture capitalist, their past nine flops can fade in the background for a week.
