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Tim Armstrong / TechCrunch:
Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch! — I'm very pleased to announce that we have acquired TechCrunch. Details are in the press release below, and I'm sure founder Michael Arrington will have a few words to say as well. This is a great complement to our continued investment in world class content.
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL Insider Says TechCrunch Price Only $25 Million - CNBC Says $40 Million — Update: Sources tell CNBC that AOL paid $40 million. We're guessing the $25 million figure is cash and the rest is an earnout. Earlier: AOL has told insiders that the company is only paying $25 million for TechCrunch, a second-hand source tells us.
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VentureBeat, Seattle Times, Tech Trader Daily, Black Web 2.0, Gizmodo, Adotas, Digital Trends, NYConvergence, The Blog Herald, Techie Buzz and ITworld.com
Edmund Lee / AdAge:
Why AOL Bought TechCrunch — Tim Armstrong Explains Why AOL Decided to Buy This Time Rather Than Build — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — AOL CEO Tim Armstrong told Ad Age today that he wants a “build-first” culture at his company, in which the growth is sparked internally, like the world's oldest startup.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
TechCrunch to keep independent voice, Arrington says — I talked at length today with Mike Arrington after he and CEO Heather Harde sold TechCrunch to AOL this morning on stage at the Techcrunch Disrupt conference. He then gave me a funny short interview.
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TechCrunch and Techie Buzz, Thanks:atul
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
We Nailed It! AOL Has Bought TechCrunch
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MediaPost and Venture Capital Dispatch, more at Mediagazer »
Clayton Morris / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE Apple TV Review: Hands on With Steve Jobs' New Hobby — Apple's latest gizmo, the Apple TV, streams high-definition web videos from your home PCs to your television. — Steve Jobs swung for the stands with the new Apple TV, a tiny box that plays high-definition web video on your television.
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MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac, iLounge, I4U News and CrunchGear
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Apple Updates Remote App with iPad and Retina Display Support — As predicted, Apple has updated their Remote app that allows iOS users to control iTunes and their Apple TV from their devices. The app hadn't been updated for nearly a year, but has finally received a 2. update that brings support …
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Ars Technica, Download Squad, Engadget, App Advice, TUAW, Gizmodo, Newlaunches.com, 9 to 5 Mac, AppleInsider, MacStories and MobileCrunch
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Google Buys Schedule Management Startup Plannr — According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, Google has just bought Seattle-based mobile planning startup Plannr, which if you remember our coverage launched about two months ago as an Outlook for hipsters.
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TechFlash, MediaPost, GigaOM, Erictric, Techie Buzz, TechEye and FierceMobileContent
Office For Mac:
Office for Mac 2011 Available October 26 — We are excited to announce that starting on October 26 you can get your own copy of Office for Mac 2011! And starting today preorders can be placed at Amazon.com. — One of the most visually impactful features in the new suite also is called Dynamic Reorder …
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The Microsoft Blog, AppleInsider, PC World, Pulse2, Boy Genius Report, Macworld, TechFlash, Mashable!, TUAW, All about Microsoft Blog, MacRumors, Macsimum News, Gizmodo, Erictric and Softpedia News
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Apple Has Already Approved The Official Google Voice App For iPhone, Expect It Soon — The App Store review office at 1 Infinite Loop has officially frozen over: we've gotten word that the official Google Voice application is on its way to the iPhone in the next few weeks.
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Digits, VentureBeat, GigaOM, PC World, Appolicious Advisor, 901am, 9 to 5 Mac, BuzzingUp, VatorNews, Gizmodo, iPhone Download Blog, Electronista, Boy Genius Report, Neowin.net, Erictric, O'Grady's PowerPage, IntoMobile, Cult of Mac, iPhone Buzz, App Advice, BlogsDNA, MacStories, DSLreports, MacRumors, AppleInsider, eWeek and Pocket-lint
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Yep, Amazon Launching Their Own App Store For Android Too — Earlier today, after several tips, we guessed that Amazon may be close to launching its own app store for Android — yes, another Android app store. Sources we reached out to weren't sure about what exactly Amazon was launching …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Rumor: An Amazon Android Tablet May Follow The Amazon Android App Store
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Ubergizmo, Fortune, AndroidGuys, 9 to 5 Mac, IntoMobile, Gadget Lab, dailywireless.org and Softpedia News
Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:
Google CEO: the Internet of things will augment your brain — For Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the next step in technology is the same that it has always been — augmenting humanity to handle information that a human brain couldn't otherwise keep up with, and just make things work.
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TechCrunch, IntoMobile, mocoNews, Relevant Results, Rob Hof's Blog, Network World, Next Big Future and The Huffington Post
Joanna Stern / Engadget:
T-Mobile G2 preview — Well, well, well... would you look at what we found lounging around Best Buy's NYC holiday event! Yes, indeed, it's the T-Mobile G2 (the US version of the HTC Desire Z if you happen to think it looks familiar). After months of leaks and blurry shots we finally got …
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IntoMobile
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David / TmoNews:
The G2 Has Landed, Available In Just 8 Days
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Fone Arena, Phone Arena, PhoneDog.com, Android Police and Android Phone Fans
Gavin Clarke / The Register:
OpenOffice files Oracle divorce papers — Uncertainty breeds mistrust — Open sourcers have seized control of the OpenOffice project and product and declared their independence from database giant Oracle. — The OpenOffice.org Project has unveiled a major restructuring that separates itself …
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ConsortiumInfo.org …, PR Newswire, Datamation, GigaOM, All about Microsoft Blog, Open Source Blog, Computerworld, Download Squad and Inquirer
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle
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internetnews.com, Computerworld, Network World, CNET News and Linux.com
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Two new iPhones and an unidentified device show up in the AppleTV firmware — Well, what do we have here? The current iPhone 4 is actually called iPhone 3,1 in Apple product speak. The AppleTV firmware makes reference to new versions 3,2 and 3,3. — Verizon? Sprint? China Mobile? T-Mobile?
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Boy Genius Report, I4U News, IntoMobile, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Gizmodo, MacStories, TiPb, Erictric, Phone Arena and App Advice
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Virtual Goods Expected to Grow by 40 Percent Next Year, Study Says — The booming business in virtual goods — paying real money for things that don't really exist — is expected to continue booming. — That's good news for the likes of Zynga and Playfish, and of course, Facebook.
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GigaOM, Inside Social Games, BaltTech, VentureBeat and SelectStart
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Sony Ericsson LiveView acts as a 1.3-inch remote control for your smartphone, requires Android 2.0 — You've been asking for someone, anyone, to please kick out a tiny remote control display that can save you from having to whip your smartphone out for every little thing and Sony Ericsson, it seems, has listened.
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Geek.com, IntoMobile, eWeek, Sony Ericsson, Computerworld, BetaNews, MobileCrunch, DailyTech, Gizmodo, MobileBurn.com, Electricpig.co.uk and Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog
Mary Lou Jepsen / What's Happening at Pixel Qi:
Low-power, wireless displays made possible! — Wireless Pixel Qi display module can be controlled by another device, using new Display Solution AG board solution — Gilching, Bavaria, Germany, and San Bruno, California, USA — Have you ever wanted an extra reading screen for your laptop …
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Engadget, displayblog, Ubergizmo, GottaBeMobile, TechSpot and SlashGear
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Apple takes legal battle with Nokia to Britain — (Reuters) - Apple has sued Nokia in Britain, extending the two technology giants' legal battle over patents beyond U.S. borders. “We are investigating the claims, which appear to be based on nine implementation patents already in suit between …
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Digital Daily, Boy Genius Report, The Nokia Blog, Macsimum News, Thoughts from the Sidelines, MacNN and SlashGear
Dave Rosenberg / Software, Interrupted:
2010 acquisitions—Microsoft: 0 Google: 23 — A recent blog post from information service provider CB Insights reveals a truly shocking piece of news—that Microsoft has announced zero acquisitions so far in 2010, while Google has acquired 23 companies, 75 percent of which are venture financed or angel-backed.
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Computerworld, TechFlash, CB Insights, CNET News, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Inquirer
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter Goes Live with Real-Time Streaming API — Twitter has ended beta testing of the User Streams and Site Streams portion of its Twitter Streaming API and brought it into regular production. While we've seen some clients take advantage of the User Streams, such as TweetDeck, the real-time Web is about to get a lot more real-time.
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Search Engine Land and TechCrunch
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Amazon Debuts “Kindle for the Web”, Which Is Pretty Much What It Sounds Like — Amazon.com today introduced the beta version of “Kindle for the Web”, which enables people to read and share digital book samples in their browsers without the need to install or download anything.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Yahoo Exec Churn Continues, With Media Head Pitaro Ready to Bolt — Last week at a Goldman Sachs investment conference, voluble Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz tried to minimize the impact of the recent spate of significant executive departures at the Internet giant.
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The Wire, paidContent and Tech Trader Daily, more at Mediagazer »
Ogle Earth:
Beware: Chinese iPhone 4 comes with a crippled Maps app — The iPhone 4 officially landed in China yesterday, so I bought one from the new Apple Store at Xidan in Beijing. In China, Apple sells its iPhones unlocked and without a contract (16GB = USD747, 32GB = USD895), so you can pretty much stick in any sim card and go.
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Silicon Alley Insider and VentureBeat, Thanks:atul
Boy Genius Report:
New HTC, full-QWERTY device destined for Verizon breaks cover — Hi there HTC Android fans, we have another present for you! We've just been sent in a handful of images of a new, unseen HTC handset that is destined for Verizon Wireless. This sleek, all-black, full-QWERTY Android 2.2 handset …
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Engadget and AndroidGuys
The Official Google Blog:
What does the future of display advertising look like? — This afternoon, we gave a keynote address at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's MIXX Conference in New York, entitled “Display 2015: Smart and Sexy.” — As you know by now, we're investing significantly to make display advertising better …
