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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Is Apple About To Cut Out the Carriers? — Sources inside European carriers have reported that Apple has been working with SIM-card manufacturer Gemalto to create a special SIM card that would allow consumers in Europe to buy a phone via the web or at the Apple Store and get the phones working using Apple's App Store.
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9 to 5 Mac, SAI, MacRumors, ReadWriteWeb, MacStories and iClarified
Boy Genius Report:
Apple cancels white iPhone 4? — Adding on to last night's Apple announcement that the company would further delay the release of the white iPhone 4, we have received new information that paints a different story. According to a previous source of ours, we have been told that Apple in fact …
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PhoneDog.com, MacRumors, iPhoneWorld.ca iPhone, TiPb, Electronista, MacStories, IntoMobile and SlashGear
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Gabriel Madway / Reuters:
Apple delays white iPhone until next spring — (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Tuesday that it would delay release of its eagerly anticipated white iPhone again, this time until next spring. The latest version of the popular handset, the iPhone 4, was released in June, but the white model …
Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
The Real Reason White iPhone 4 Is Delayed (Hint: The Camera)
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BetaNews, TUAW, AppleInsider, MediaFile, Erictric, App Advice, SlashGear, Shoutpedia, MacRumors and Geek.com
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
The PlayStation Phone — It's hard to believe that what we're looking at is real — but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you've long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 …
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AppleInsider, Computerworld, Gamasutra, Hardware 2.0 Blog, BetaNews, Ars Technica, PC World, ForeverGeek, Newlaunches.com, Joystiq, VG247, Shiny Objects, NowGamer, Appolicious Advisor, I4U News, Eurogamer, Black Web 2.0, GameLife, SlashGear, Electronista, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, Evolver.fm, msnbc.com, Telegraph, Eurodroid, SiliconANGLE, Gadgetell, SAI, Gadget Lab, Fast Company, TheUnlockr, Droid Life, Techland, PhoneReport v2.0, GottaBeMobile, Limitless DROID, Gearlog, Pocket-lint and Softpedia News
Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Hosting Secret iOS Developer Summit Next Week — Apple is hosting an event for iOS developers in California next week, we've heard from an industry source. The event begins next Tuesday, and runs for three days, we've heard. — We are short on details, and we have not seen …
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App Advice, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, IntoMobile, MacStories and TUAW
Bloomberg:
News Corp. Reboots MySpace in Quest to Recapture Young Crowd — News Corp.'s MySpace is introducing a new website design with a focus on younger users in a drive to stem subscriber losses and distinguish itself from Facebook, the biggest social network. — Starting today …
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Computerworld, GigaOM, The Next Web, Black Web 2.0, SocialTimes.com, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Signal to Noise and DailyFinance
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
The My-Fill-In-the-Space Reset Is Here, as Struggling Social Network Morphs Into Entertainment Hub — Empty bracket or no empty bracket: Will it work? — That's pretty much the big question at News Corp. tonight, as its much beleaguered social networking site, Myspace, rolls out a new beta version aimed at shifting its fortunes.
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Technologizer, Myspace, New York Times, PC Magazine, Fortune, Reuters, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Venture Capital Dispatch, CNN, ReadWriteWeb, PC World, Mediaweek, DailyTech, Velocity, Mashable!, Gearlog, Softpedia News, SAI, New Media Age and Telegraph
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
New Place Search Shows Google's Commitment To Local — Today Google formally rolls out its new presentation of local results, called “Place Search.” It offers a dramatic change to the look and feel of SERPs on Google.com. The first and most obvious change is that the “7 Pack” is gone.
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TechCrunch, The Official Google Blog, paidContent, L.A. Times Tech Blog, SFGate, eWeek, Digital Daily, Bits, ReadWriteWeb, 901am, MediaFile, Local Media Watch, NBC Bay Area and SiliconANGLE, Thanks:dannysullivan
Kakul Srivastava / Yodel Anecdotal:
Yahoo! Gets Even ‘Beta’ with New Email Experience — For hundreds of millions of people around the world, email is a critical part of their online communications, connecting them to the people who matter most to them. With that in mind, we are rolling out Yahoo! Mail Beta — a faster …
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All Facebook, PC World, Gadgetell, Techie Buzz, Between the Lines Blog, Yahoo! Mail Blog, GMSV, Softpedia News, Digital Trends and Agence France Presse
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Mike Curtis / YDN Blog:
Yahoo! Mail Beta technology update
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Acer tablet PC line launching on November 23rd, priced from $299 to $699 — Not much more to tell you that you didn't already pick up from the headline. Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci told Dow Jones Newswire that it will be launching its first line of tablet PCs in New York City on November 23rd, priced from $299 to $699 each.
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Boy Genius Report, Dow Jones Newswires, CrunchGear, Gadget Lab, PhoneDog.com, PhoneArena, I4U News, Softpedia News, SlashGear and GottaBeMobile
Agence France Presse:
Russia to create ‘Windows rival’ — MOSCOW (AFP) - The Russian state plans to revamp its computer services with a Windows rival to reduce its dependence on US giant Microsoft and better monitor computer security, a lawmaker said Wednesday. — Moscow will earmark 150 million rubles …
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The Next Web and Geek.com
Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
The FTC Forgives Google's WiFi Sniffing — No harm, no foul, Google. David Vladeck, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, sent the company a letter today announcing the end of its inquiry into the collection of WiFi “payload data” by Google's Street View cars.
Kevin Fox / fox @ fury:
For the good of all mankind, I'm joining Mozilla Labs! — Improving the world through unbridled invention. I can't imagine a better job description, yet that's the motivation behind Mozilla Labs, a team of Mozilla engineers and designers working with the Internet community at large to figure …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
With a Big Push From Apple, HTML5 Video Wins the Web (But Not Completely) — Remember the big Apple vs. everyone else video-format war from last spring? When Apple was pushing the HTML5 standard it wanted to use for video on the iPhone and iPad, instead of Adobe's Flash?
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The Register, AppleInsider, App Advice, MeFeedia Blog, jd/adobe, NewTeeVee, Web Browsers, MacStories, Macsimum News and MacRumors
Bill Rigby / Reuters:
Special Report: Sleepy in Seattle - Microsoft learns to mature — (Reuters) - Every July, Microsoft Corp invites a sizable Wall Street crowd to its leafy, low-rise campus outside Seattle. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and his top managers take a half-day to explain where the world's biggest software company …
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TechEye, Thanks:michaelkroker
Owen Thomas / VentureBeat:
Google exec: Android was “best deal ever” — Buying Android Inc., the wireless-software startup founded by Andy Rubin, was Google's “best deal ever,” said David Lawee, vice president of corporate development at the search giant. — Lawee made the remark at a panel at the 16th annual …
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SAI, Electronista, SlashGear, IntoMobile, PhoneArena and Android Phone Fans
Steven Sande / TUAW:
Security alert: New Trojan Horse apps said to attack the Mac — Some security mavens have long theorized that as the Mac becomes more popular, we'd start to see malware that would start targeting the platform. Sure enough, this morning's crop of email blasts from PR firms included a few notices …
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Macworld, MacRumors, Computerworld, The Mac Security Blog, Macintosh Security Site, Softpedia News and Macsimum News
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab hitting T-Mobile USA on November 10th, $400 on contract — America's number four carrier just landed a launch date for Samsung's Froyo-based Galaxy Tab, and sure enough, it'll be trotting out into the spotlight a full 24 hours before Verizon Wireless and four whole days prior to Sprint.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo Search Ads Now Fully Powered By Microsoft adCenter — The Yahoo to Microsoft adCenter search ad transition in the U.S. and Canada is now complete. Both Microsoft and Yahoo confirmed the transition is now complete. — Yahoo said: … From now on, to manage the ads displayed on Yahoo US or Canada …
Derek Kessler / PreCentral.net:
Foxconn and Compal contracted for 5-6 Palm devices in 2011 [rumor] — While the Palm Pre 2 might be eliciting less-than-impressed responses from Palm fans, we can't help but wonder what Palm might come out with next. It's all but assumed that the Pre 2 was the phone Palm had in the pipeline …
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IntoMobile, Boy Genius Report, DailyTech, 901am, MobileCrunch, I4U News, PhoneArena, Erictric, SlashGear, PhoneDog.com and Engadget
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Comcast CEO: iPad, tablets give us ability to ‘start from scratch’ on TV interface — Comcast CEO Brian Roberts was decidedly upbeat about tablets such as Apple's iPad and how it can drive demand for the cable giant's Xfinity Web video efforts. — Speaking on Comcast's third quarter …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Those Bits Aren't Free: Netflix Could Be Racking Up a $2 Billion Content Tab — Investors are cheering on Netflix, as it moves from DVDs to streaming video and keeps adding customers along the way. But “digital” doesn't equal “cheap” for Reed Hastings's company.
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SAI, SlashGear and Electronista
Tris Hussey / The Next Web:
How To: Avoid Getting Fleeced By Firesheep — Over the last 24 hours the world has been abuzz with talk about a small Firefox extension. Usually Firefox extensions don't make headlines, but in this case one did. Why? This extension is called Firesheep, and it's scary.
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Krebs on Security, The GitHub Blog, Boing Boing, Download Squad and SiliconANGLE
Seth Weintraub / Fortune:
Google to buy $2 billion Manhattan city block? — A report today says that Google is in the final stages of acquiring the huge building which it currently rents in Chelsea. — 111 8th Ave. via 1118thave.com — The New York Post is reporting that Google is close to acquiring …
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New York Post, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, The Next Web, Gawker, SAI and Search Engine Land
eMarketer:
Mobile Users Prefer Browsers over Apps — For a variety of functions, users would rather browse — Although about a third of US mobile phone subscribers used a downloaded application in August, according to comScore, and app downloads have shown impressive growth, many mobile device users appear …
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Internet2Go, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE and Adotas, Thanks:steverubel
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
How to Find the Google Chrome App Store: Wait Till December — You probably haven't heard of it, and you're very unlikely to be looking for it. But if you are wondering when you might see the Chrome App store Google is working on, here's the answer: December. Probably.
