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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Yes, Apple Is Lining Up For A “Surprise” This Fall. And Yes, It's Likely An “iPad 3″ — The following may sound a little crazy considering that the iPad 2 has not even been acknowledged or introduced by Apple yet. But from what we're hearing, the next iteration of the iPad …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Next Six Months — HP today announced their answer to the iPad: the TouchPad — a name that, not coincidentally, is drawn from those of two best-selling iOS devices. The hardware is very iPad-like — similar dimensions, similar basic gist. The software looks impressive …
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Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
iPad 3 Could Launch By Fall, John Gruber Hints
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@jsnell, @gartenberg, MacDailyNews and NBC Bay Area
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
HP Announces The TouchPad — It's official. Palm's new WebOS state is device is called the Touchpad. It has a 9.7-inch screen, front 1.3-megapixel camera, and comes in 16 or 32GB models. It runs a 1.2GHz Snapdragon Processor processor and the screen resolution is 1024×768.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
HP makes Google Android look even more creaky (and RIM, Nokia, Microsoft not in the game) — HP's Jon Rubenstein just showed off the HP TouchPad. — I'm so glad that I told my readers to wait before they bought a tablet until at least today. — What did HP just do?
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Wall Street Journal:
Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer — As Internet valuations climb and bankers and would-be buyers circle Silicon Valley in an increasingly frothy tech market, many eyes are on one particularly desirable, if still enigmatic, target: Twitter. — Executives at both Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Many Brilliant Layers Of Vic Gundotra's Nokia-Exposing, Microsoft-Bashing Tweet — You have to love Twitter and you have to love Vic Gundotra. — This morning, the Google Vice President decided he was going to have some fun on Twitter. “#feb11 “Two turkeys do not make an Eagle”.,” he tweeted.
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Engadget, TechCrunch Europe, Mobile Entertainment, @vicgundotra, Scobleizer, Digital Trends and The Next Web
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Bloomberg:
Nokia Is Said to Be Near Partnership With Microsoft — Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj is close to announcing a software partnership with Microsoft Corp., a bet that together the two companies can better challenge Google Inc. and Apple Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
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Engadget, Wall Street Journal, @dannysullivan and SAI
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
In Nokia's Overhaul, an Opportunity for Deals — Nokia's chief executive, Stephen Elop, issued a call to arms last week, warning his troops that the company was standing on a “burning platform.” — “We have more than one explosion,” he wrote in an internal memo, according to news reports and a person with knowledge of the document.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Exclusive Video Of INQ's Facebook Phone — Remember all that talk about a Facebook phone? And by that I mean an Android phone built by various cell phone manufacturers optimized for social experiences with Facebook's help. If you want a refresher, read this interview Mark Zuckerberg gave TechCrunch …
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
It's Official: Voice is Worthless — With AT&T announcing its free mobile to mobile calls to help fend off customers defecting for the iPhone on Verizon's network, it's time to recognize that voice is now worthless. We can joke that AT&T clearly thought that all along (hello, dropped calls) …
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Computerworld, TiPb and IntoMobile
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Rachel King / The Toybox Blog:
AT&T launches unlimited calling to any mobile number
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Examiner, AT&T, CrunchGear, Engadget, BGR, Telecompetitor, DSLreports, SlashGear and Ars Technica
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Former Apple and Lucasfilm Exec Joins HP To Help Bolster The webOS App Catalog — After HP unveiled the Pre3, Veer, and TouchPad at their big webOS event today, we figured they were pretty much done with news for the day. — Turns out, they had at least one more tid-bit to share.
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Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
HP Will Ship WebOS As An Addition To Windows, Not A Replacement
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Michael V. Copeland / Fortune:
What HP really bought from Palm: A mobile future, untethered from Microsoft
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GigaOM, SAI, GottaBeMobile, @gartenberg, @om, @scobleizer, TechCrunch and L.A. Times Tech Blog
Ross Miller / Engadget:
Apple TV gaming hinted strongly in iOS 4.3 beta code — Is Apple about to take on Xbox Live? Let's not jump to any conclusions, but a trusted tipster has uncovered evidence that's, shall we say, very suggestive at the least. New code in the iOS 4.3 beta 3 firmware hints that Apple TV may soon support online gaming.
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MacStories, AppleInsider, The Next Web and Joystiq
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz Invests $80 Million in Twitter — Andreessen Horowitz has invested more than $80 million in Twitter via purchasing stock in secondary markets. — When called about it by BoomTown, a spokeswoman at the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm confirmed the purchase.
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Adam Zeis / CrackBerry.com blogs:
16GB BlackBerry PlayBook Priced at $499 and heading to Office Depot — Earlier this week we saw some news that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be sold at Staples (among plenty of other retailers) and it looks like it will be on the way to Office Depot as well.
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BGR, PhoneDog.com, BerryReview.com, IntoMobile, SlashGear, PhoneArena, GottaBeMobile, CrunchGear, Digital Trends, wirelessgoodness.com, Skatter Tech and Know Your Cell
Byrne Reese / majordojo:
How did WordPress win? — When we are passionate about something, it is sometimes hard for us to wrap our heads around why someone else might not be passionate about the same thing. You see this in the WordPress community often - fans and users of WordPress are often flabbergasted that someone might choose something else.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
The HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable has 2.6-inch display — The HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable, 2.6-inch display, coming this spring By Chris Ziegler posted Feb 9th 2011 1:31PM Breaking News You wanted a small smartphone? Well, you've got it in HP's Veer …
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HP, MobileCrunch, Engadget, Data Central, PC World, Computerworld, Scobleizer, PC World, InfoWorld, Boing Boing, ITworld.com, Engadget, SAI and Tech Trader Daily
Marco Arment / Instapaper Blog:
Full API now available — The full Instapaper API is now available for developers. See the Full API documentation to get started. — I've made an unusual decision for it that I'd like to explain. I was reluctant to make a full API before now for a few reasons:
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Feature: How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price — Aaron Barr believed he had penetrated Anonymous. The loose hacker collective had been responsible for everything from anti-Scientology protests to pro-Wikileaks attacks on MasterCard and Visa, and the FBI was now after them.
Robin Sloan / Twitter Media:
repetition #repetition #repetition — This might be the most useful graph you see all week: — I mean, the implications are obvious... right? — Just kidding. Bear with me and I'll explain: The graph above is from a new paper (PDF) from Cornell's computer science department.
Xavier Ducrohet / Android Developers Blog:
Android 2.3.3 Platform, New NFC Capabilities — Several weeks ago we released Android 2.3, which introduced several new forms of communication for developers and users. One of those, Near Field Communications (NFC), let developers get started creating a new class of contactless, proximity-based applications for users.
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Android Community, IntoMobile, Erictric, Zatz Not Funny!, Download Squad, Android Phone Fans, The Next Web, Android and Me, Electronista and Engadget
Abigail Holtz / The Official Google Blog:
Boutiques.com reveals the fashion trends on everyone's mind — Since we introduced Boutiques.com last November, we've been busy developing new features that we're proud to unveil as New York Fashion Week hits the runways. — More of the boutiques you love
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Startup Charts the Future of Camera Phones, Ends Megapixel Myth — From DailyBooth, which, thanks to the front facing cameras has become a quick way to share emotions and moods to Instagr.am, which has become a way to add pizzazz to one's photos, the mobile photo revolution is unfolding around us.
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Gizmodo Australia and Electronista
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
Can cable block the Google TV revolution? — Behind the scenes at the Federal Communications Commission, a quiet war is being waged over the future of television. It isn't getting as many headlines as net neutrality or the Comcast/NBCU merger, but the debate is nearly as important.
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft's Zune Video bites healthy chunk out of Apple's online movie share … Microsoft's Zune Video service gained over 50% more market share in 2010 compared to 2009. — The software giant's Zune video platform now accounts for 17.9% of the market compared to 11.6% in 2009.
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