Techmeme: GAP LISTENS TO CUSTOMERS AND WILL KEEP CLASSIC BLUE BOX LOGO (Mark Hansen/Gap)

9:05 PM ET, October 11, 2010

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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 …

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. 8 — 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.

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.

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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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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

Windows Phone 7 Shows Why RIM, Nokia Need a Fresh Start — Microsoft today introduced its new Windows Phone 7 mobile platform in a nearly hour-long demonstration of the operating system by Microsoft Director of Windows Phone Program Management, Joe Belfiore.

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Matt Rosoff / Silicon Alley Insider:
SURPRISE: Developing For Windows Phone 7 Isn't A Total Waste Of Time

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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
HTC HD7: Hello, All 4.3-Inches of Windows Phone 7

Donald Melanson / Engadget:
AT&T brings U-verse to Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360

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Chris Jones / The Windows Blog:
Windows Live and Windows Phone 7

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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.

Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Verizon iPhone may be among first CDMA handsets to offer concurrent data and voice

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Mark Hansen / Gap:

GAP LISTENS TO CUSTOMERS AND WILL KEEP CLASSIC BLUE BOX LOGO — “Since we rolled out an updated version of our logo last week on our website, we've seen an outpouring of comments from customers and the online community in support of the iconic blue box logo. ”

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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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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

iPhone apps now 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 of 22 minutes per …

Discussion: blog.flurry.com, Mobile Marketing Watch, ReadWriteWeb, VatorNews, CNET News, TechCrunch, AppScout, Screenwerk, IntoMobile, Macsimum News, Electronista and dailywireless.org

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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Derek Kessler / PreCentral.net:

SFR outs the Palm Pre 2: 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM — Considering how tight of a lid Palm and HP have been keeping on details about the next Palm device, we were surprised to see it pop up on the website of French carrier SFR (who recently disappeared the Pre Plus). It's official: the Palm Pre 2 is coming.

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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 …

Discussion: Digits, Mashable!, WebProNews, ReadWriteWeb, Voices on All Things Digital, techrockies.com and WJXX-TV

Silicon Alley Insider:

CHART OF THE DAY: Google Chrome Beats Firefox To Own The Tech Set — Firefox is no longer the most popular browser for tech savvy people, according to data from Gabe Rivera, founder of Techmeme. — Rivera passed along this chart which shows the share of web browser usage of people coming to his popular tech news site.

Discussion: WebProNews

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Mark Zuckerberg ‘Likes’ Facebook SNL Skit — After this weekend's Saturday Night Live/Facebook double header, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a Hulu link on his Facebook profile pointing to his faux guest appearance on “Weekend Update,” with the status “Andy Samberg plays me on SNL.

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Kansas City Star:

New Service, AdKeeper™ Lets Consumers “Click to Save” Online Ads, Transforms User Online Media Experience — AdKeeper today announced a transformative online advertising service that will forever change the way consumers interact with the Internet. With one simple click of a button …

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Google Testing Chrome OS Release Candidates. Official Release 1 Month Away? — It was last July that Google dropped a nuclear bomb in announcing Chrome OS, their operating system based around their Chrome web browser. The world was different back then — namely, Google's Android mobile operating system …

Discussion: Lifehacker and Electronista

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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Richard Lai / Engadget:

Meizu M8 ceases production amid pressure from Apple and intellectual property office — Well, can't say we didn't see this coming; we're just surprised that it's taken this long for Meizu to take a hit over its notorious handset. In case you have no idea what we're talking about …

Discussion: CNET News, App Advice, Cult of Mac and Thoughts from the Sidelines

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

“Deleted” Facebook photos still not deleted: a followup — Facebook may be making strides in some areas of privacy, but the company is still struggling when it comes to deleting user photos—or not deleting them, as the case may be. — We wrote a piece more than a year ago examining whether photos …

Discussion: Gawker

Bob Sutor:

IBM joins the OpenJDK community, will help unify open source Java efforts — When people talk about open source, the notion of “forking” often comes up. The idea is that some folks are not happy with the direction in which a project is going, so they take a copy of the source code, come up with a new name, and set up shop elsewhere.

Discussion: The Register, Market Wire, Steven J. Vaughan … and Computerworld

Darren Murph / Engadget:

Updated Yahoo Messenger app now live in App Store, 3G video calling bonanza awaits you — Not stoked on Skype or FaceTime? Looks like you've got another option, bub. That overhauled Yahoo Messenger app we told you about 48 hours ago is now live in the App Store, offering multitasking …

Discussion: Redmond Pie, 9 to 5 Mac, TiPb, Boy Genius Report, MacStories and TUAW

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