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James Galbraith / Macworld:
Lab report: MacBook Air benchmark results — There's a lot to like in Apple's latest version of the MacBook Air, such as the smaller size, longer battery life and faster flash storage. Still, I was disappointed that the new MacBook Air uses the aging Core 2 Duo processor.
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PC World, Computerworld, I4U News, TUAW, LAPTOP Mag, Gizmodo, Daring Fireball, iClarified and MacRumors
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Goodbye, MacBook Pro. The New MacBook Air Is That Good. — Last Wednesday, I got my hands on one of the new MacBook Airs. I haven't touched my MacBook Pro since. It's six months old. RIP. — I know that sounds outrageous. Or like hyperbole. But it's not.
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
New Benchmarks Show 13-Inch MacBook Air Rivaling Its MacBook Pro Counterpart
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Electronista and Primate Labs Blog
Microsoft:
Mac Meets PC With New Office Release — Microsoft launches Office 2011 for Mac today, bringing Mac users the latest versions of the company's productivity software. The release is the latest effort from the Office for Mac team, which has been delivering Microsoft software to the Mac for 13 years.
Andrew Silverman / Google Public Policy Blog:
Giving users the best answer, and competing fair and square in travel search — Since we announced our plans to acquire ITA Software in July, we've spent a lot of time talking with players in the online travel industry — airlines, travel agents, and search sites — about our plans …
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Between the Lines Blog, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Fortune, Digits, PC Magazine, Softpedia News, Tnooz, SiliconANGLE and The Next Web
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Thomas Catan / Wall Street Journal:
Travel Sites Ally to Block Google Deal — WASHINGTON—Several popular online travel companies are joining forces to oppose Google Inc.'s proposed $700 million purchase of ITA Software Inc., the leading provider of flight data, saying the deal would give it too much sway over the travel sector.
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ReadWriteWeb, Ars Technica, Pulse2, TechCrunch, CNET News, Search Engine Journal, Hillicon Valley, Daring Fireball, TechFlash, Digital Society, Reuters and Fair Search
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Barnes & Noble Nook Color revealed — Barnes & Noble just unveiled its all-new Nook Color, an Android tablet fronted by a 7-inch color touchscreen... so long, e-ink! (Not really, the $149 original Nook is sticking around for now, owns 20 percent of the e-reader market, and is about to get a major software update).
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CNNMoney.com, The Mobile Gadgeteer Blog, The Toybox Blog, TechFlash, CNET News, SAI, ReadWriteWeb, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Next Web, SlashGear, Android Phone Fans, msnbc.com and Electronista
Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
T-Mobile to debut tethering plan on November 3rd, $14.99 — Listen up T-Mobile tetherers, we've just been sent in some intel that indicates America's fourth largest carrier will begin to offer/charge for tethering on November 3rd. The Tethering and Wi-Fi Sharing Add-On …
Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
White iPhone 4 shows up in Apple's ‘Store’ app, reserve yours now — Last night, Apple released an update to their Apple Store iPhone app. While there wasn't anything new in the way of features, it did contain something notable... the ability to reserve a white iPhone 4.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
LimeWire Gives Up the Ghost, Shuts Down P2P Filesharing Client — Last spring, music filesharing service LimeWire suffered a crushing blow in federal court. This is the net result: The company is shutting down its core software - though it insists it's not doing that exactly.
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TechCrunch and Eurodroid
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
PayPal Unveils Micropayments For Digital Goods, Facebook Signs Up — At the company's annual developer conference today, PayPal debuted its much awaited micropayments product. According to a release issued by the company, the new product is an “in-context, frictionless payment solution …
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GigaOM, Business Wire, SAI, VentureBeat, All Facebook, Inside Facebook, ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web, Mashable! and Voices on All Things Digital
Rob Crossley / Develop:
Steve Jobs ‘raged at Microsoft’ over game studio sale — Apple boss made angry Ballmer call when Xbox bought Mac experts and Halo creators Bungie — Steve Jobs' capacity to accurately detect the blockbuster potential of consumer goods may go beyond the realm of MP3 players and smartphones and right into video games.
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MacRumors, Ars Technica, TUAW, 9 to 5 Mac, Neowin.net, MacStories, VG247, winrumors, The Loop, Destructoid, iClarified and MacDailyNews
Ari Levy / Bloomberg:
Zynga Value Surpasses Electronic Arts' — Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Zynga Game Network Inc.'s estimated worth surpassed Electronic Arts Inc.'s stock-market value, a sign of the ascendance of social-networking entertainment at the expense of traditional video games.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Amazon wins fight to keep customer records private — In a victory for the free speech and privacy rights of Amazon.com customers, a federal judge ruled today that the company would not have to turn over detailed records on nearly 50 million purchases to North Carolina tax collectors.
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PC World, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Techdirt, DailyTech, I4U News, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, SlashGear, TechEye and GMSV
Craig Bennett / TheUnlockr:
Walgreens Is Selling Android Tablets for $99.99 — Walgreens, the pharmacy, is now selling the Android Maylong 7-inch M-150 WiFi Middie Tablet. The Tablet has Android's 1.6 OS and is selling for $100. Some of the features that this tablet will include are: — Android 1.6 — Cpu ARM9(VM8505+)
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SAI, The Digital Reader, Liliputing and The Next Web
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Get Ready For Blekko: Public Launch On November 1 — Blekko, the shiny new search engine that we first started covering way back in 2008 when they had a hand puppet as their mascot, is preparing to launch. Next Monday, November 1, they'll turn the lights on and let anyone in.
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Alexei Oreskovic / MediaFile:
Attention WalMart and BestBuy Shoppers - Facebook Credits on aisle 5 — It's been about nine months since Facebook rolled out its virtual currency, Facebook Credits. — Now the Internet social networking giant will make its Credits widely available in the physical world …
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VatorNews, Inside Facebook, All Facebook, SiliconANGLE, MarketingVOX and ReadWriteWeb, Thanks:marissac
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How Spotify Almost Sold To Google For $1 Billion, Plus New Apple Rumors — “Apple, Inc. (AAPL) in negotiations to acquire Spotify,” read the tip that came in yesterday via email from an anonymous source. Most tips are just outright false, but we dug into this one a little bit.
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SAI
Josh Lowensohn / Crave: The gadget blog:
Vimeo gets ‘couch mode’ for Google TV, HTPCs — Vimeo's “couch mode” has been designed so Google TV and home theater PC users can watch Vimeo's video content from across the room. — Watching Web videos on your couch is nothing new, but with Google TV's rollout now in full swing …
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CNET News, Vimeo Blog, ClickZ, Androinica, Erictric, VentureBeat, NewTeeVee and Engadget
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Amazon Launches Brand New iPad Shopping App Called Windowshop — Amazon has just released a new free iPad app, called Amazon Windowshop that the company says is a complete “rewrite” of Amazon.com specifically for the iPad. Optimized for touch screen tablets, Amazon Windowshop makes it easy …
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App Advice, Bits, Business Wire, The Toybox Blog, TechFlash, Computerworld, Pulse2, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, ReadWriteWeb and GottaBeMobile
Cari Tuna / Digits:
Cloudera Raises Hefty Funding Round — Cloudera, a key distributor of software that helps companies analyze big piles of data, has raised another $25 million. — The announcement marks the closely held company's third round of funding, which will be led by Meritech Capital Partners …
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VentureBeat, alarm:clock, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, Between the Lines Blog, Pulse2 and silicontap.com
Dr. Raymond M. Soneira / Gizmodo:
Why iPhone 4 and Android Brightness Controls Are Effectively Useless — Your phone display's brightness consumes up to half of its power. And chances are it's being horribly mismanaged, thanks to bad engineering and a backwards user interface. Here, Dr. Raymond Soneira …
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The Apple Core Blog and Technologizer
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Hits 300 Employees As The Search For A New Office Continues — This past June, we noted that Twitter had zoomed past 200 employees — basically doubling in just six months. The rapid hiring pace continues at the startup, though not quite as quickly. The company has just hired their 300th employee a tweet confirms today.
