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Google Mobile Blog:
Introducing the Android Market website — Over the past two years, developers around the world have helped make Android Market the go-to place for more than 100,000 apps, games and widgets. Previously, you could only access Android Market directly from your device, but today …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google (Finally) Unveils Android In-App Purchasing; Disney Brings Tap Tap Revenge To Take Advantage — Today at their Honeycomb event at the Google HQ in Mountain View, Google had a lot of information to share. First, they gave a demo of the new Honeycomb features. Then they shared the new Android Market Webstore.
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VentureBeat, CNET News, IntoMobile, Bits, InfoWorld, Gadget Lab, mocoNews and Inside Mobile Apps
Eric Chu / Android Developers Blog:
New Merchandising and Billing Features on Android Market
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Engadget, Faster Forward and Android Phone Fans
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Unveils Android Market Webstore. It's Already Live!
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ReadWriteWeb, SlashGear, IntoMobile and Mashable!
Reuters:
Unreleased Apple iPad spotted at News Corp event — (Reuters) - Spotted at Rupert Murdoch's splashy digital newspaper launch on Wednesday: a prototype of Apple's newest iPad. — A Reuters eyewitness saw what appeared to be a working model of the next iPad with a front-facing camera …
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SAI, MacRumors, The Atlantic Online, SAI, Digital Daily, PadGadget, iPad in Canada Blog, OS X Daily, NBC Bay Area, IntoMobile, Telegraph, MacStories, Macworld, TUAW and The Next Web
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Kit Eaton / Fast Company:
Apple and News Corp's “The Daily” Hits the iPad for $0.99 Weekly, $40 Yearly [Video] — The media world has been impatiently waiting for Apple's iPad daily newspaper, built as a collaboration between Steve Jobs' company and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for months.
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Frederic Lardinois / NewsGrange:
The Daily: Old News in a Flawed Package
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Faster Forward, ReadWriteWeb, Yahoo! News, PC World, News Desk and MacDailyNews, more at Mediagazer »
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
News Corp has spent $30M on The Daily iPad newspaper
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Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, Recovering Journalist and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Daily — Video tour of News Corp.'s new The Daily iPad app.
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MacGazette.net and TechCrunch
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
All The Daily Details — This morning we got all the details …
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CNET News, GigaOM, TechCrunch, Nieman Journalism Lab, Fortune, Poynter, MacStories, Mashable!, Between the Lines Blog, Examiner, The Register, Inquirer, SAI, Technologizer, blogs.chron.com and everythingiCafe, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:gizmodo
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Verizon Beats AT&T in Voice Calls for iPhones — For millions of iPhone owners, or would-be iPhone owners, who dislike AT&T's wireless service or prefer Verizon Wireless service, liberation is at hand. Starting Feb. 10, Apple's iconic smart phone finally will be available in the U.S. on a second carrier …
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New York Times, SAI, Macworld, USA Today, The Seattle Times, PC Magazine, MacRumors, Product Reviews, SlashGear, @verizonwireless, Gizmodo and Gadget Lab
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Verizon iPhone review — The Verizon iPhone 4 is an interesting product for Engadget to review. Firstly, it's not exactly a new device (not in any outwardly noticeable way). From design, down to its CPU, RAM, and even cost, this iPhone is the same as the AT&T model …
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PC World, MacRumors and LAPTOP Mag
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Review: The Name's iPhone. Verizon iPhone. — Yesterday, I made a 45-minute phone call from my office. — This seemingly unremarkable statement is remarkable for two reasons. First, I was able to place a call from my office — something which was impossible for me to do a week prior.
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9 to 5 Mac and TUAW
Yusuf Mehdi / Bing:
Setting the record straight — I was unable to attend the Farsight conference yesterday but watched events unfold online and wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts and make sure everyone is clear about a few things. — It was interesting to watch the level of protest and feigned outrage from Google.
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Roughly Drafted, USA Today, internetnews.com, BetaNews, SAI, CNET News, FiveThirtyEight, The Microsoft Blog, TechFlash, Technology Review, V3.co.uk, Neowin.net, Pulse2, Techland, The Next Web, WinRumors and Search Engine Land, Thanks:fredericl
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Tried To Buy Path For $100+ Million. Path Said No. — Yesterday we reported on Path's new $8.5 million venture round, led by Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures. I was curious about the valuation and pulled on a couple of threads. What unraveled was a stunning story about a startup …
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The Social, Fortune, Path, Gawker, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Pulse2, SAI, @peterrojas, @fredericl, @caro and @danprimack
Jason Kilar / Hulu Blog:
Stewart, Colbert, and Hulu's thoughts about the future of TV — We are extremely happy to announce a broad content agreement between Viacom and Hulu that brings The Daily Show and The Colbert Report back to Hulu and now also to Hulu Plus, beginning this morning.
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paidContent, ReadWriteWeb, The Seattle Times, CNET News and Hollywood Reporter, more at Mediagazer »
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
The Daily Show And Colbert Report Return To Hulu Via New Viacom Content Partnership
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CNET News, PR Newswire and SAI
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Honeycomb Puts Android 3.0 Tablets On Nearly Equal Footing With iPad — This morning Google showcased the features of its new tablet-optimized version of Android: Honeycomb. Danny live-blogged the press event, — Honeycomb represents a dramatic improvement over Gingerbread for tablets in several respects.
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ReadWriteWeb, PC World, Daring Fireball, CNET News, Guardian, internetnews.com, Ars Technica, Fortune, eHomeUpgrade and Redmond Pie
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Sebastian Anthony / Download Squad:
Android Honeycomb features: smartphone apps will work on tablets …
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I4U News, BGR, FT tech hub, Techie Buzz, T3.com News and ThinkMobile
Ina Fried / Mobilized:
The Empire Strikes Back: Microsoft Goes After Google on Web Video Formats — The war between Google and Microsoft is clearly heating up. — After being accused of copying Google's search results on Tuesday, Microsoft is now going after Google, accusing it of injecting inconsistency …
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ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch
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Claudio Caldato / MSDN Blogs:
Greater Interoperability for Windows Customers With HTML5 Video
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Computerworld, AppleInsider, Fast Company, Open IT Strategies, The Register, Digital Trends, WinRumors, GigaOM, Inquirer and iClarified
MSDN Blogs:
Microsoft's Point of View and Plan for IE9
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paidContent, Computerworld and CNET News
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report Blog:
Microsoft adds H.264 support to Google Chrome
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Zero Day Blog and Computerworld, Thanks:edbott
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
News Corp. Has Given Up On MySpace; ‘Now Is Right Time’ For Sale — News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) is now definitely looking for a MySpace buyer. — “With a new structure in place, now is the right time to consider strategic options for this business,” COO Chase Carey told analysts.
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MediaMemo, Between the Lines Blog, MediaMemo and Electronista
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Senators decry link between Egypt, ‘kill switch’ bill — Joseph Lieberman and two other senators who hope to hand the president emergency Internet authority are protesting comparisons to Egypt cutting off the Net. — • Poll: Internet ‘kill switch’—help or hindrance? — ... Read full post & comments
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
IAC's Match.com Acquires Online Dating Site OkCupid For $50M In Cash — IAC's Match.com is continuing its acquisition strategy today with the purchase of online dating site OkCupid for $50 million in cash. The deal also includes future earnouts contingent upon performance.
Phil Whelan / Phil Whelan's Blog:
Quora's Technology Examined — Quora has taken the tech and entrepreneurial world by storm, providing a system that works so fluidly that it's sometime hard to see what the big fuss is all about. This slick tool is powered, not only by an intelligent crowd of askers and answerers …
James Cowie / Renesys Blog:
Egypt Returns To The Internet — Egyptian Internet providers returned to the Internet at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29am Cairo time). Websites such as the Egyptian Stock Exchange, Commercial International Bank of Egypt, MCDR, and the US Embassy in Cairo, are once again reachable.
Apple:
iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless Available for Pre-Order Tomorrow — Apple® today announced an exclusive opportunity for Verizon Wireless' 94 million customers to pre-order iPhone® 4 online beginning on Thursday, February 3 through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) and at www.verizonwireless.com/iphone.
