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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Skype video calling for iPhone is official, available now (update: hands-on) — All signs have been pointing to this release for a few days now, but we'll admit: we expected Skype to wait until CES next week to pull the covers off what could become its crown jewel service over the coming months.
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Peter Parkes / The Big Blog:
Skype for iPhone now with video calls — It's as simple as that: our iPhone app now comes with video. Download it now from the App Store, or read on to find out more. — Skype for iPhone lets you make and receive free Skype video calls on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and works over both WiFi and 3G connections*.
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everythingiCafe, IntoMobile, Faster Forward, Techie Buzz and SlashGear
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Skype for iPhone gets Video Chat. Works over 3G and with Computers (data usage: 3.4MB per min.) — Skype just updated their Skype application for iOS to include video chat functionality. It works both over WiFi and 3G networks and two-way video calling is supported by the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4, and iPhone 3GS.
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Hardware 2.0 Blog, Fast Company, VentureBeat, Download Squad, L.A. Times Tech Blog, IGN Gear and iThinkDifferent, Thanks:9to5toys
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Rethinking the iPhone Threat to AT&T — Apple will soon announce a new version of the iPhone that works on Verizon's network. But it's unclear whether that will leave AT&T, Apple's once exclusive U.S. service provider, in the lurch — Very soon, maybe by Valentine's Day, Apple (AAPL) …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
This Year, Apple Has Two Fangs To Suck The Blood Out Of CES: iPad 2 And Verizon iPhone — Every year, it seems the buzz starts building around now for CES, the giant consumer electronics expo in Las Vegas. And every year at CES, much of the buzz seems to be around the one company that isn't there …
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Why iPad Magazine Sales Are Not As Bad As They Seem — According to a new report from Women's Wear Daily, digital magazine sales are on the decline. A closer look at the data, however, reveals that sales are not nearly as bad as they appear. — The report, which cites numbers released …
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John Koblin / WWD:
Memo Pad: iPad Magazine Sales Drop
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Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
What those low iPad magazine sales numbers really mean
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Hitwise: Facebook Overtakes Google To Become Most Visited Website In 2010 — According to Hitwise data released today, Facebook.com was the top visited website in the US in 2010, taking up 8.93% of site visits between January and November 2010. Google.com came in second at 7.19% …
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Andrew Munchbach / BGR:
Hello, my name is: 9649e796e8b23900dc9629a18f2d47306430e62 f — Over the past few weeks, a lot of fuss has been made over the disclosure of a mobile device's unique identifier to third-parties. Special reports, doomsday headlines... the works. The short version of the story is this …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Delicious In Purgatory — On December 16 Yahoo accidentally told the world they were shutting down popular bookmarking site Delicious. They fired most or all of the Delicious staff. Then they untold that story, saying they intended to sell it off and that the press got it all wrong. — Ok great.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
What The “Great Delicious Exodus” Looked Like For Pin-Sized Competitor Pinboard
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Deborah Gage / Venture Capital Dispatch:
The “War” For Top Talent In Silicon Valley — The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley may be higher than the 9% national average, but that's not making it any easier for some young technology start-ups looking to hire engineers. — Todd McKinnon, the co-founder and chief executive …
John Borland / Threat Level:
Simplest Phones Open to ‘SMS of Death’ — BERLIN — It's a scene from an as-yet-unmade thriller: Across a country, tens of thousands of cellphones all blink white at the same, and turn themselves off. Calls are lost, phones are rendered useless, and the affected mobile operator is forced to pay a ransom or lose customers.
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Switched, Shelly Palmer Digital Living, Gizmodo and Tom Hume
Walt Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
What's In Store for Technology in 2011 — Products, Services and Big Developments to Watch for and the Challenges Facing the Major Players — It has been a big year in personal technology, from the debut and early success of Apple's iPad, to the rise and continuous improvement …
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Hackers obtain PS3 private cryptography key due to epic programming fail? (video) — The 27th annual Chaos Communication Conference already hacked encrypted GSM calls with a $15 cellphone, but there was a second surprise in store this morn — the souls who unlocked the Nintendo Wii's homebrew potential …
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MyCE and Electronista
Tim Bray / ongoing:
Year-end View of the Mobile Market — It's that time of year; looks backward and forward are expected. In point of fact this is a lousy time to be prognosticating about the mobile space, because we're only days from CES and weeks from MWC, both of which will have tons of announcements, some of which might even be game-changers.
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Tim / The Official Lookout Blog:
Security Alert: Geinimi, Sophisticated New Android Trojan Found in Wild — The Threat: — A new Trojan affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China. Dubbed “Geinimi” based on its first known incarnation, this Trojan can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user's phone and send it to remote servers.
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Help Net Security, Inquirer, PC World, Download Squad, Softpedia News, Mobilized, GigaOM, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Googling Google Blog, The Next Web, BGR, pocketnow.com, Android Community, AppleInsider, SlashGear, Android News, Rumours …, SecurityWeek.Com, Erictric, IntoMobile, Network World and Android Phone Fans, Thanks:johnhering
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Actually, Groupon Already Closed Half Of That Billion Dollar Round — Yesterday we reported that fast growing ecommerce startup Groupon was in the process of raising nearly $1 billion in new venture capital at a $4.75 billion valuation. “The deal should be closed in a few weeks,” we heard from a source.
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DealBook, SAI, PE Hub Blog, WebProNews and FT tech hub
Dow Jones Newswires:
Research In Motion: Report On Offer To Allow Data Tapping In India False — NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)—Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.T) Thursday refuted an Indian media report that said the Canada-based smartphone maker has offered to install a network data analysis system at its India office …
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Agence France Presse:
LG pledges action against patent suit by Sony — SEOUL (AFP) - LG Electronics said Thursday it would “actively respond” to a lawsuit filed by Japan's Sony that seeks to block mobile phone shipments to the United States by the South Korean firm. — Sony has filed a patent infringement …
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SlashGear, Reuters, Sony Insider and The Next Web
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Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Sony Files Patent Lawsuit to Ban LG Mobile Phones From U.S.
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Inquirer, Softpedia News, Engadget, Mobilized, Relevant Results, Digital Trends, Phones Review, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Android Phone Fans, Tech Trader Daily and Electronista
