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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Is this the new MacBook Air? — We just received this shot of what is purportedly the inside of the new MacBook Air. Contrary to popular belief, the machine appears to be another 13.3-incher, with the primary modification being extra room for battery cells and apparently no room for a hard drive.
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Sources: Apple to unveil revamped 11.6-inch MacBook Air next week — Apple next Wednesday will unveil its latest bid to cater to consumers in the market for a true sub-notebook with the introduction of a smaller, 11.6-inch MacBook Air redesigned from the ground up, AppleInsider has been able to confirm from several independent sources.
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Erica Ogg / CNET News:
Source: Smaller MacBook Air on Apple's agenda
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
YouTube Leanback Freshens Up For Google TV's Debut — One of the things that Google thinks you'll do with Google TV is watch a lot of Google video, via YouTube. That's why the search giant introduced a “Leanback” version of the site, designed for couch-bound surfers, over the summer.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Playing With YouTube Leanback On Google TV: Nice! — Today at YouTube, I had a chance to play briefly with YouTube Leanback, best described as a way to channel surf YouTube on your regular TV. It was pretty cool. Here's my quick impressions and a short video of it in action.
Charles Starrett / iLounge:
Costco dropping iPod over iPad snub? — Membership club Costco, the third-largest retailer in the U.S., is preparing to cease carrying iPods, according to an iLounge source who asked not to be identified. Based on the report, which notes that iPods have already disappeared from the company's web site …
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TechCrunch:
Why Twitter Is Massively Undervalued Compared To Facebook — Editor's note: In this guest post, Naval Ravikant and Adam Rifkin argue why Twitter is undervalued. Naval was an early investor in Twitter and owns Twitter shares; Adam does not. They have not discussed the content of this article with anyone inside Twitter.
Thanks:rawmeet
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
Next Android Release To Be Called ‘Ice Cream’ — In the playful world of Google, it looks like Ice Cream will come after Gingerbread and — Honeycomb. — Let me explain. — One of the charms of Google's Android mobile platform is that the company names each release after a dessert, in alphabetical order.
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Gizmodo, Android Phone Fans, Android Community, SlashGear, The Next Web, Phone Arena, Softpedia News, IntoMobile, Droid Life, Engadget and PalmAddicts
Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:
Create an Instant SMS Chatroom on Your Phone — This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.
Tim Carmody / Gadget Lab:
Windows Phone 7 Is the Real Facebook Phone — When Microsoft and Facebook announced that they were partnering to integrate Facebook and Bing for social network-powered search, it confirmed something I thought Monday: Windows Phone 7 is the real Facebook phone.
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Gizmodo, Mobility Digest, SlashGear, WinBeta and Electronista, Thanks:rawmeet
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Apple's Steve Jobs pings Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for dinner — Did Steve Jobs friend, er ping, Mark Zuckerberg? — They are two of Silicon Valley's most famous founders: Jobs created the world's must-have gadgets, Zuckerberg the world's most popular social networking service.
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Bloomberg:
Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
US, Canada have priciest cell phone plans in the world — Mobile users in the US and Canada tend to pay more for a complete cell phone package than anyone else in the world, according to a new report from the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative (OTI).
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Instant Coming to Mobile & I Can't Wait — Google plans to introduce Google Instant on mobile devices such as the iPhone and BlackBerry before the end of the year, company VP Jonathan Rosenberg told a group of Wall Street analysts on its quarterly earnings call yesterday.
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Softpedia News and The Register
Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
Motorola DROID 2 security flaw allows Voice Actions from passcode-protected state — One of our astute readers let us know about a bug that appears to be present in all stock, unrooted, Motorola DROID 2s (and potentially other Android 2.2 devices with BLUR).
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Droid Life, Go Rumors, Softpedia News, BriefMobile, IntoMobile, Android Phone Fans, I4U News, Electronista and Erictric
Chris Dury / GetJar Developer Blog:
Angry birds? Angry users! — Wow! People love Angry Birds! — Today we launched the full version of Angry Birds for Andriod, before it was available anywhere else. The demand exceeded all expectations, and degraded performance on getjar.com. For some time, the site was inaccessible due to the load.
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