Techmeme: Nokia cuts workers, consolidates dev platforms, posts profit (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines Blog)

9:10 AM ET, October 21, 2010

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Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:

Microsoft's New Windows Phone 7: Novel But Lacking — Nearly four years after Apple unveiled the iPhone, and more than two years after Google introduced its first Android smartphone, Microsoft is launching its effort to catch up. On Nov. 8, AT&T and T-Mobile will begin selling …

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

Windows Phone 7 review — Have you been looking for the definitive review of Windows Phone 7? Well look no further. Microsoft's next (and perhaps final) opportunity to break back into the smartphone race has officially begun, and Engadget has been cranking on a variety …

Discussion: AnandTech, MobileCrunch, WMPoweruser.com, Phones Review, AppleInsider, istartedsomething, Electronista, Neowin.net, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint and Crave

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:

A Windows Phone 7 ‘review’ from a non-reviewer — I am not a reviewer. I am a news reporter. I've never written a product review in my life. (And I don't intend to start now.) — But I did — by a stroke of luck plus a little persistence — talk my way into Microsoft's Windows Phone …

Discussion: Windows Phone Thoughts.com, GottaBeMobile, Smartphones … and paidContent

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Yep, Apple Killed The CD Today — Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my headline gets you all worked up, consider what I'm saying here. The CD and other optical discs, like DVDs and Blu-rays, are obviously going to live on for a while as a way to transport media.

Discussion: Ben Metcalfe Blog, GottaBeMobile and Fortune

Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:

Mac OS X Lion: Sneak Peek Analysis — Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is here. As we predicted, Apple's operating system is going in the same direction as the iPad—and for good reason. Here is a visual guide to the main features unveiled today. Updating live — Mac OS X Lion is another step …

Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
Say Hello To The Mac App Store: Like The iOS App Store, But For Your Mac

Discussion: Bits, Webomatica, Engadget, TechEye, Gizmodo, All about Microsoft Blog, Appletell, InformationWeek, TechCrunch, MacNN, Download Squad, Boy Genius Report, paidContent, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, TUAW, MacRumors and Digital Daily

Louis Gray:
Apple, Google Agree Web is Future of Software Delivery

Discussion: Edge Magazine and MacStories

Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:

New MacBook Airs: Faster, Lighter, Instant On, 30 Day Standby Power — It's been two years since the last MacBook Air refresh, but Apple's made up for lost time: the redesigned MacBook Air weighs 2.9 pounds, lasts 30 days on standby power, and rocks complete unibody construction. And a storage secret.

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

MacBook Air (11.6-inch) first hands-on! (update: video!) — Look, all we can tell you is that this is one of the tiniest, thinnest, most lust-worthy laptops we've ever seen. We're taking a deeper look at the device right now, but for the time being, enjoy the gallery below! — Update: Video after the break!

Discussion: iThinkDifferent, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Macworld, Computerworld, Electronista, Gearlog, The Register, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Velocity, Digits and blogs.ft.com

Arn / MacRumors:
New MacBook Air Doesn't Ship with Adobe Flash

Discussion: Computerworld, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Engadget, I4U News, 9 to 5 Mac, Erictric, InfoQ, App Advice and Pocket-lint

Marco Arment / Marco.org:
The new MacBook Air was released today, and it's a hell of an upgrade.

Discussion: Apple, CNET News, Crave, Softpedia News, CrunchGear, The Apple Core Blog, MacStories, Salon, The Next Web, ThinkMobile, TidBITS, iPhone Hacks, V3.co.uk, PC World, Appletell, Geek.com, iClarified, TechCrunch, Electronista and displayblog

Donald Melanson / Engadget:
New MacBook Airs come with Software Reinstall USB drive

Discussion: Gadget Lab, AppleInsider, Bits, displayblog, 9 to 5 Mac, TUAW and jkOnTheRun

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:

Nokia cuts workers, consolidates dev platforms, posts profit — Nokia on Thursday made a bevy of moves it hopes will make it more competitive in the smartphone market. The changes mark the first efforts of new CEO Stephen Elop to revamp the company. — The first item covers the technical area.

Discussion: mocoNews, Inquirer, Market Wire, New York Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, Nokia Conversations, Agence France Presse, BBC, The Next Web, Electronista, IntoMobile, Boy Genius Report, SlashGear and Gizmodo

Nicole Kobie / PC Pro:

Apple looking to ditch Java? — An Apple developer has leaked the rules document governing the new Mac App Store - and it's not good news for Java. — One line in the App Store Review Guidelines says any apps using “deprecated or optionally-installed technologies”, such as Java, will be rejected from the store.

AppleInsider:
Apple issues review guidelines for Mac App Store

Discussion: Gizmodo, Macworld and TUAW

Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:

Mark Zuckerberg On The Biggest Difference Between “The Social Network” And Reality — In The Social Network, a movie about the founding of Facebook, a fictional Mark Zuckerberg builds the site in order to impress a girl and gain social notoriety. — Speaking at Y-combinator event over the weekend …

Discussion: TechEye, Hollywood Reporter, New York Magazine and Ezra Klein

Danny Sullivan / Daggle:

Fast Company's “Influence Project” - So Lame, Fast Company Ignored Its Own Results — Cast your mind back to July. Fast Company launched its “Influence Project,” a scheme supposedly designed to see who has the most influence online. The results are in! And the winners aren't anyone …

Discussion: Fast Company, FM Blog and TechCrunch

Joe Hewitt:

Android and Open Source — Yesterday I made some comments on Twitter that were critical of Android's claims of openness. As many have learned the hard way, it can be challenging to discuss a complex subject in 140 character chunks without omitting important parts of your opinions, so I want to clarify some things.

Discussion: PC World, GMSV, Silicon Alley Insider and parislemon

Andreas Türk / European Public Policy Blog:

How many German households have opted-out of Street View? — Cross posted from Der Google Produkt-Kompass — Since April 2009, people in Germany have been able to ask for their house to be blurred on Street View ahead of the product being launched. At first they could ‘opt-out’ by writing us …

Discussion: New York Times, TechEye, Gizmodo, Inquirer, Agence France Presse, PC Pro, Reuters and The Next Web

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

SmartTwitter Posts Your Tweets On Facebook, Minus The Noise — Do you use Facebook? Do you use Twitter? Well then here's SmartTwitter. You're welcome. — Yes it's true that Twitter already has its own clunky status updating app on Facebook and there are plenty of apps that do this, like Tweeter.

Discussion: The Go Programming …

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Viacom Hires Superstar Lawyer to Handle YouTube Appeal — EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this year, Viacom suffered a major defeat at the hands of Google when a New York district court judge ruled that YouTube qualified for “safe harbor” from claims of direct and contributory copyright infringement.

more at Mediagazer »

Tom Whitehead / Telegraph:

Every email and website to be stored — Every email, phone call and website visit is to be recorded and stored after the Coalition Government revived controversial Big Brother snooping plans. — It will allow security services and the police to spy on the activities of every Briton who uses a phone or the internet.

Discussion: Light Blue Touchpaper, Guardian, V3.co.uk and CrunchGear

Technology Review:

Chinese Chip Closes In on Intel, AMD — China may finally have a processor to power a homegrown supercomputer. — At this year's Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, Weiwu Hu, the lead architect of the “national processor” of China, revealed three new chip designs.

Discussion: Fudzilla

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:

Is Kleiner Perkins about to announce a Facebook fund? — Famous venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will be holding a press conference tomorrow morning at Facebook headquarters, where partner John Doerr will supposedly discuss “social web developments.”

Discussion: Tech Trader Daily and San Francisco Chronicle

Kevin Murphy / The Register:

Sex.com sells for $13m — You don't get many of them to the pound, eh — The storied domain name sex.com is set to be sold for $13m, The Register has learned. — Bankrupt Escom LLC sex.com's current owner, has sealed a deal to hand over the domain to a company called Clover Holdings Ltd …

Discussion: BBC, socalTECH.com and Silicon Alley Insider

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