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James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
Google Bringing Document Editing to Android, iPad — Google unveiled a new mobile login verification system today, and perhaps more importantly, said that editing of Google Docs would be coming soon to Android and the iPad. The ability to edit docs on the two mobile platforms will bring real-time collaboration to mobile users.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
When Larry Ellison Met Marc Andreessen-A Silicon Valley Settlement Story (Plus Mark Hurd Returns Some Dough!) — According to multiple sources, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (pictured right) approached Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) board member Marc Andreessen (pictured left) to help broker a settlement between the companies.
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Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg:
HP and Oracle Resolve Litigation on Hurd Employment — Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. and Oracle Corp. said they resolved litigation over the appointment of Mark Hurd as a president of Oracle and reaffirmed the long-term partnership between the two companies.
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TechCrunch, Business Wire, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Between the Lines Blog, DealBook, Engadget, PreCentral.net and bizjournals
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Google Apps gains extra layer of security with two-step verification — Companies migrating their e-mail and other cloud services over to Google Apps is becoming an increasingly popular phenomenon, but there have been lingering doubts about whether making such a transition would put company security at risk.
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Computerworld, Boy Genius Report, GMSV, CNET News, Technologizer, ReadWriteWeb and Krebs on Security
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Google Enterprise Blog:
A more secure cloud for millions of Google Apps users — Cloud computing is about making your information easily accessible from anywhere, on any device. Until today, organizations looking to secure their information beyond a password have faced costs and complexities that prevented …
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Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple buys Swedish face-recognition company Polar Rose? — According to Norwegian Mac Site Mac1, Apple has bought up all of the shares of a Swedish face recognition company called Polar Rose. An example of their technology can be seen above (Flashless). Google translated:
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
UPDATED: Apple buys Polar Rose for a rumoured $29 million
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Gadget Lab, iLounge, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Silicon Alley Insider and ArcticStartup Posts
foursquare:
Introducing foursquare 2.0: Tips + To-Dos + Add to foursquare + More! — When we started foursquare, we dreamed it would be much more than check-ins. We really wanted to build tools that would help people collect and share their real-world experiences. Today we're rolling out the 2. version …
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TechCrunch, Download Squad, VentureBeat, Mashable!, About Foursquare, ReadWriteWeb, Silicon Alley Insider, Pocket-lint, TUAW, Marshall Kirkpatrick … and WebProNews, Thanks:atul
BerryReview:
First Picture of the BlackBerry Storm 3? — We were just sent a picture of what is supposedly the BlackBerry Storm 3. Our tipster wishes to remain anonymous but it looks legit. According to the tipster the Storm 3 will have a 3.7 inch display and 8GB of internal memory.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Is Apple Working on a 7-Inch Screen iPad? — Apple, perhaps worried about competition from the Android camp, may be looking to develop a new version of iPad, this one with a 7-inch screen. It would bring such a device to market some time in 2011, according to a research note put …
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple to License Unspecified Intellectual Property From Rovi — In a filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, Rovi announced that has reached a “multi-year agreement” with Apple for access to Rovi's intellectual property. … Rovi, originally founded as Macrovision …
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Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Live TV, DVR Could Be Coming To Apple TV
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Ars Technica, TheAppleBlog, CNET News, MacRumors and AppleInsider
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Goodbye (Crummy) CAPTCHAs. Hello Ad Dollars? — Hate dealing with captchas-the squiggly, indecipherable text strings Web sites often force you to read and regurgitate for security reasons? Join the club. And pay attention to what Solve Media is trying to do.
John Cook / TechFlash:
Fox, NBC, MLB and others look to squash Seattle startup ivi Inc. — Some of the biggest names in TV broadcasting are looking to put the brakes on a tiny Seattle startup called ivi Inc. The 18-person company, which launched a live Internet TV service one week ago today, has received cease …
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
How to pitch your company at Techcrunch or get investors to write checks — I saw over 100 company pitches last week at DEMO and at Google. There will be 100 more at Techcrunch Disrupt next week. The good ones stand out immediately. How can you get noticed?
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TechCrunch, Thanks:dondodge
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Police interview Steve Jobs about prototype iPhone — For months, little news has surfaced about the police investigation into the sale last spring of a lost prototype iPhone 4. That may soon change. — Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County, Calif. …
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MacNN and iPhone Download Blog
Cade Metz / The Register:
Yahoo! ‘owns several patents’ on Google Instant — ‘Streaming search’ all about cash, says ex-Google man — Exclusive Yahoo! owns several patents covering Google's new Instant search engine, according to Shashi Seth, Yahoo!'s senior vice president of search and a former search product leader at Google.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Nokia N8 delayed ‘for a few weeks to do some final amends’ — Sounds like it's not much of a delay — but be that as it may, if you were hoping to pick up your colorful N8 in the tail end of this month... well, we don't quite know how to say this, but you're going to want to make other plans.
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VentureBeat, Electronista, PhoneDog.com, Fone Arena, My Nokia Blog, Thoughts from the Sidelines, IntoMobile and Boy Genius Report
Dave Caolo / TUAW:
Rumor: Apple's newspaper subscriptions could debut next month — Last week the Mercury News reported that Apple is working on plans to sell newspaper subscriptions to iPad owners. Today, a follow-up from the Wall Street Journal suggests that it could launch as early as next month, and will include magazines as well.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The iPad Newsstand Could Work, But Will Publishers Cede Subscriber Control To Apple?
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GigaOM, MarketingVOX, Geek.com and MacStories
Frederico Viticci / MacStories:
VLC for iPad Available — Great news, folks! VLC for iPad has been approved by Apple and is now propagating in the App Store. New Zealand users can find the app already available here, anyone else will have to wait a few hours to see the app available for sale in iTunes.
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Applidium, MobileCrunch, App Advice, MacRumors, IntoMobile, Mobile-Geeks, GottaBeMobile, Cult of Mac, TUAW, 9 to 5 Mac and Softpedia News
Bing Search Blog:
Twitter User Recommendations on Bing Social — As the internet continues to evolve, we find there are more new “signals” coming in to search that enable us to provide customers with more relevant, real time and connected results. Our work with Twitter and Facebook over the last year …
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Search Engine Land, TechFlash, LiveSide.net, ReadWriteWeb and WebProNews
Christopher Mims / Technology Review:
Why No Second Internet Bubble? — Internet adoption has only accelerated since 2001, so why hasn't the economy been goosed again? — In 2001, the global stock market peaked. At left, the technology-heavy NASDAQ composite shows what happens when a mind-bogglingly huge amount …
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Native Apps Account for Half of Mobile Internet Traffic — Native data applications, such as those installed on smartphones like the iPhone and devices running Android, now account for 50% of all mobile data volume according to a new report from Finnish mobile analytics company Zokem.
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Podcasting News and SlashGear
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab feature tour reminds of just how pocketable it isn't (video) — Sony tried to convince us that its VAIO P was a pocketable computer, so we quite naturally pointed, laughed and mocked. It seems only fair, therefore, to give Samsung the same treatment when it tries to sell us …
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Boy Genius Report, The Next Web, Fone Arena, Android Community, Cult of Mac, TmoNews, 9 to 5 Mac, Android Phone Fans, Gizmodo and Fortune
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
Zune PC software to be Windows Phone 7's iTunes — Microsoft confirms it's to become Syncing client — Microsoft has told Pocket-lint that it's Zune PC software will be the software hub for Windows Phone 7 handsets when they launch in the next couple of weeks.
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Fring reveals FringOut for cheap VoIP calls, challenges Skype head-on — When we first caught wind of Fring a while back, Skype compatibility was the draw, but as the years progressed and Fring grew some, the VoIP services didn't exactly get along. Today, the company's taking matters …
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CNET News, Download Squad, ReadWriteWeb, IntoMobile and Softpedia News, Thanks:rawmeet
Stuart Dredge / Recombu:
Plane Finder AR app lets you identify planes... in the sky! — There are moments when technology still makes our jaws drop. This is one of them. — We'll let iPhone app Plane Finder AR's App Store description speak for itself: “Point the camera at a plane and you'll see the flight number …
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Gizmodo, SlashGear and MobileWhack.com, Thanks:recombu
