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Windows Phone 7: A Fresh Start for the Smartphone — The phone delivers a new user experience by integrating the things users really want to do, creating a balance between getting work done and having fun. — The goal for Microsoft's latest smartphone is an ambitious one …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Microsoft announces ten Windows Phone 7 handsets for 30 countries: October 21 in Europe and Asia, 8 November in US (Update: Video!) — It may have “Windows” in the branding, but Windows Phone 7 is not the desktop PC experience shoehorned into a cellphone. Microsoft tried that with Windows Mobile …
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Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7, hitting the US on Nov. 9 — Microsoft finally launched its new mobile platform, Windows Phone 7, at a press conference in New York today. CEO Steve Ballmer hit the stage to give us a glimpse at the OS and the platform's launch phones.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Windows Phone 7 launch day app roundup — With thousands of developers churning out thousands of apps, we've no doubt exploring the Marketplace is going to be a full-time job for at least a day or two after you nab your Windows Phone 7 device this fall — but with all the hullabaloo today …
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Laura Foy / Channel 9:
First Look: Windows Phone 7 Hardware — In this video, Microsoft CVP Steve Guggenheimer introduces the new hardware devices that will be offering Windows Phone 7. There's tactile keyboards, slide out speakers, surround sound, enhanced cameras, scratch resistance screens, and more.
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
HTC HD7: Hello, All 4.3-Inches of Windows Phone 7 — The HD7 is the quintessential HTC phone—a 4.3-inch slab with a 1GHz processor, 16GB internal storage, 5-megapixel, 720p video-shooting camera, and naturally, a kickstand. Despite being oh-so-familiar, it could very still be the Windows Phone to get.
Chris Jones / The Windows Blog:
Windows Live and Windows Phone 7
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Donald Melanson / Engadget:
AT&T brings U-verse to Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360
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Steve Cheney / TechCrunch:
Apple Will Take A Pass On 4G Networks For The iPhone In 2011— Sorry Verizon and AT&T — Back in August I broke the news that Apple was lining up a component purchase of several million chipsets from Qualcomm for a CDMA-powered Verizon iPhone due in January.
Travis Larchuk / NPR:
The Zombie Network: Beware ‘Free Public WiFi’ … It's in your airports, your coffee shops and your libraries: “Free Public WiFi.” — Despite its enticing name, the network, available in thousands of locations across the United States, does not actually provide access to the Internet.
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Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
Facebook, Zynga Impose Fees on Private Sales of Shares — Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. are charging fees of at least $2,500 for each sale of company shares, a move legal experts say discourages employees from putting equity in the hands of large numbers of outside owners before an initial public offering.
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Dave Caolo / TUAW:
Apple trademarks “There's an app for that” — Apple has been awarded a trademark for the phrase, “There's an app for that.” The tagline has been used to promote the App Store and iOS devices almost since their inception, and has really caught on. From tech articles to jokes told around the water cooler …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
iPhone apps have become more popular than major TV shows and sports broadcasts — Is iPhone the next American Idol? — The daily audience for apps that run on Apple's iOS operating system (for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) has now surpassed 19 million users who spend an average …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
HP Chairman Lane Smacks Back at NYT's Nocera: The Poison Pen Letter! — Who would have thought that the enterprise business would be this interesting? — But the continuing mishegas between Hewlett-Packard (HP), Oracle (ORCL) and the controversial move between the companies by exec Mark Hurd …
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Tim Bray / ongoing:
Ten Theses on Tablets — As of now, I've been carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab for a month, using it every day; this has included two major road trips. I suppose there are a few other humans who've had this much hands-on with a 7" form-factor tablet, but I don't know of any others with a blog and a free hand to write what they think.
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Luca Sofri / The Huffington Post:
Everybody Can Get the New Yorker iPad app for free — What's Your Reaction: … If traditional media want to find a new life (and new money) on the iPad, they better be more careful about security: Many newspaper apps can be fooled, making it easy to get free issues readers are supposed to pay for.
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Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:
Finding Your Way Through the Mall or the Airport, With a Cellphone Map — SAN FRANCISCO — Mobile phone maps have guided people through streets and alleys around the globe. But when those people step into a sprawling building, they can get lost. — Inside, people have to ask strangers …
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Bill Gates talks education tech — Bill Gates has been taking online classes for years. Now, he thinks it's time to make sure a whole lot more students do the same. — Today, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing a new multiyear grant program that will give millions …
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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Comcast Cuts The Cable, Rolls Out 2,000 Xfinity Wi-Fi Hotspots — Comcast today announced the availability of more than 2,000 free wireless internet hotspots in New Jersey, Delaware and the greater Philadelphia area, where the company is based. Current customers of Comcast's Xfinity home internet service …
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
Eminem's publisher demand $2.2 million from Apple — Eminem's people are determined to force Apple (AAPL) to cough up cold hard cash in settlement of the outstanding litigation over download sales of the artist's music. — Eminem's music publisher has asked a U.S. District Court judge …
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Music Industry Fails In High Court Bid To Force 3 Strikes on ISP — An Internet service provider has won its “3 strikes” legal battle with the music industry. The Irish Recorded Music Association - Warner, Universal, Sony and EMI - had tried to force UPC to disconnect subscribers who they claim …
Foursquare Blog:
foursquare for Symbian is finally here — In the past couple of weeks, we've rolled out updates to foursquare on a lot of different platforms, but there was one new introduction that we were particularly excited about: foursquare for Symbian. — Nokia, the global market leader in mobile handsets sold …
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Chris O'Brien / Mercury News:
Why cell phones may be more dangerous than we think — After many years of increasingly erratic behavior, Alan Marks, of Lafayette, suddenly experienced a severe seizure in the middle of the night. His wife, Ellie, called 911 and Marks was rushed to the hospital, where tests revealed …
