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Dirk Dougherty / Android Developers Blog:

Android Market Client Update — The Android Market engineering team has been hard at work on improving the Android Market experience for users and developers. Today, I'm pleased to announce a significant update to the Android Market client. Over the next two weeks, we'll be rolling …

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

Nexus S review — It can be difficult to review a phone like Google's Nexus S in a world already populated by so many outstanding Android devices. Not only does the manufacturer of this phone make a series of handsets that are all essentially the same (the Galaxy S line) …

Discussion: IntoMobile, BGR, WebProNews and displayblog

Bertrand Vasquez / Erictric:

Google Demonstrates New Google Maps 5.0 on Nexus S — On Monday, Google Chief Android Architect Andy Rubin announced at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference that version 5.0 of Google Maps for Android would be released soon. The application will include several new features such 3D view of building …

Discussion: PhoneArena, MobileCrunch and Pronet Advertising

Sarah Clark / Near Field Communications World:

Google's Nexus S CAN do mobile payments — SDK on its way soon — “All the functionality you need is in the Nexus S,” NXP has told NFC World, and Google will be rolling out SDKs to support mobile payments and other NFC services on a step-by-step basis. — GINGERBREAD: Full NFC functionality is coming to Android soon

Discussion: IntoMobile, pocketnow.com, PhoneDog.com, ReadWriteWeb, Google Mobile Blog and The Equity Kicker

John Cox / Network World:

Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API — Version 4.2 disables a query to discover compromised OS — Apple has disabled, without explanation, a jailbreak detection API in iOS less than six months after introducing it. Device management vendors say the reasons for the decision are a mystery …

Discussion: Gizmodo, Covering Web, AppleInsider, Redmond Pie, Apple Gazette and MacNN

Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

$50 sale leaves Radio Shack with nationwide shortage of Apple's iPhone — Just days after Radio Shack began a promotion offering $50 off the iPhone, and before the sale was set to expire, many of the U.S. retail chain's stores are sold out of their entire stock of phones.

Discussion: The Next Web and TUAW

Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:

ICANN Delays TLD Expansion Approval — Internet regulatory body ICANN postponed approval of a mechanism to let groups apply for and manage new Internet domain extensions called generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as the existing .com and .net. — More time is needed to work through …

Discussion: The Register and DomainIncite.com

Reuters:

Exclusive: Final bids due for Nortel patents: sources — (Reuters) - Final bids are due within weeks for blocks of patents owned by Canada's once mighty telecom giant Nortel Networks, including some that could change the balance of power among mobile operators.

Discussion: CNET News and iLounge

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Reportedly Bidding to Purchase Nortel Patent Assets

Discussion: VentureBeat, Pulse2 and iClarified

Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:

Comcast Nixed Metered Pricing. But What About Time Warner Cable? — Earlier this week, Comcast Corp. (NSDQ: CMCSA) president Neil Smit stated pretty emphatically it had no plan to institute usage-based broadband pricing. But Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) COO Landel Hobbs seemed to send …

Steven Sande / TUAW:

360 MacDev: Jay “saurik” Freeman on the jailbreak store for Mac apps — When it comes to jailbreaking, there's probably no name as familiar to the development community than that of Jay “saurik” Freeman. Jay is the brain behind the Cydia App Store, and this morning he gave the attendees of 360|

Discussion: Redmond Pie, GeekSmack, BlogsDNA, MacStories, Covering Web and Download Squad

Mike Isaac / Social Medium:

Path and Facebook ‘Hook Up’ — In a blog post Friday afternoon, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Morin announced an update for his most recent startup Path, the self-proclaimed “personal network” that lets users connect and share photos via their iPhone. The announcement?

Discussion: TechCrunch and L.A. Times Tech Blog

Claire Cain Miller / Bits:

Amazon Extends Holiday Free Shipping Deadline — Free shipping is inexorably becoming a cost of doing business for e-commerce companies. — For people who are still in the “making a list, checking it twice” phase of Christmas shopping, Amazon.com extended the deadline for free shipping in time for the holiday.

Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog

Gabriella Coleman / The Atlantic Online:

What It's Like to Participate in Anonymous' Actions — Anonymous, who have been on a week long sprint/spree to paralyze website sites like Mastercard and Paypal, are often described in the news as a “group” with “members.” This is usually followed by a series of prolonged qualifications …

Discussion: p2pnet, broadstuff and Boing Boing

Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:

Kevin Yen, Director Of Partnerships At YouTube, Leaves Google — YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) veteran Kevin Yen is leaving the company, he announced via e-mail Friday. He worked at Google for over seven years, most recently as director of partnerships at the Google-owned site.

Discussion: Pulse2

Cody Barbierri / VentureBeat:

Forrester reveals who uses location-based services the most — While only 4 percent of US online adults have ever used a location-based service, like popular check in app Foursquare, data from research firm Forrester shows that young adult males with college degrees appear to be the main user group.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Fast Company and PSFK

Greg Sterling / Internet2Go:

Google's Checkout ‘Failure’ Now a Big Problem for Android — Back when Google first launched its payments platform Checkout (in 2006) it neglected to “sell” the service to consumers. In other words Google didn't do a very good job explaining why consumers should use the system.

Discussion: BGR, Examiner, MediaPost and GigaOM

Kevin McEntee / The Netflix Tech Blog:

Why we use and contribute to open source software — This is Kevin McEntee, VP of Systems & ECommerce Engineering here at Netflix. Netflix is a technology company. We develop and apply great software technology to deliver a great streaming video experience.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Brightkite Kills Its Check-In Functionality To Focus On Group Texting — In what may be the first high-profile casualty of the location wars, Brightkite, an early player in the space, has today announced they're officially killing off the check-in functionality of their service.

Discussion: GigaOM, Brightkite Blog, IntoMobile, ReadWriteWeb, Pulse2 and All Points Blog

Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

Why The New York Times eliminated its social media editor position — Earlier this week, New York Times Social Media Editor Jennifer Preston tweeted that she would be returning to reporting full-time. The news made me wonder: What would this mean for social media at the Times?

Discussion: Stage Two and the Econsultancy blog

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