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Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store — Apple® today announced a new subscription service available to all publishers of content-based apps on the App Store℠, including magazines, newspapers, video, music, etc. This is the same innovative digital subscription billing service …
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Nathan Koppel / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Subscription Rules Raise Possible Antitrust Issues — Apple Inc.'s new subscription service could draw antitrust scrutiny, according to law professors. — Apple will allow magazines, newspapers and other publishers to sell subscriptions of varying lengths to users of Apple's popular iPad, iTouch and iPhone products.
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AppleInsider, Social Apples, Digital Trends, SAI, TechCrunch, 9 to 5 Mac, Electronista, Crave, PE Hub Blog and iClarified
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Rhapsody won't bow to Apple's subscription policy, issues statement — In case you weren't aware, Apple's newly launched App Store subscriptions aren't sitting so well with everybody. While the functionality could of course be a boon to services that have struggled getting paying customers …
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Music Ally, Technologizer, TUAW and @alexia
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Apple's Big Subscription Bet: Brilliant, Brazen, Or Batsh*t Crazy? — We all knew it was coming, but the details of the App Store subscription model, which Apple outlined today, are fascinating on a number of levels. Simply put: this is one of the boldest bets Apple has ever made. And it could backfire.
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@gassee, SAI, GigaOM, brian s hall, Between the Lines Blog, TiPb, MacStories and mocoNews
Frederic Lardinois / NewsGrange:
Is Apple Getting Too Greedy? Demands 30% Cut of In-App Subscriptions — After a lot of confusion earlier this year, Apple today finally clarified its rules for in-app subscriptions for magazines, newspapers, video and music. The rules are very straightforward: Publishers can continue …
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Think Vitamin, Reflections of a Newsosaur, ZDNet, TechFlash, The Register, Mixed Media, GMSV, Download Squad, RazorianFly, AppAdvice, 9 to 5 Mac, iLounge and PadGadget
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Apple's new App Store rules affect Amazon's Kindle — Amazon must remove link to Web e-bookstore from app, offer in-app purchases so Apple can take its 30% cut — Computerworld - Apple today unveiled the details of its App Store subscription plan, and confirmed that it will demand …
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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
June 30 Deadline for Apple Subscriptions
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Business Wire, AppAdvice, PC World, AppleInsider, MacStories, MacNN, MacRumors, MediaPost and iClarified
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
The Engadget Interview: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talks Microsoft, Symbian, MeeGo, and Windows Phone — We had a chance to sit down for a few minutes with the man who's arguably stolen the show here at Mobile World Congress this year — Nokia CEO Stephen Elop — to talk about everything …
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CNET News, WinRumors, Mobile Opportunity, Electronista, PhoneArena, DailyTech, SAI and Windows Phone Thoughts.com
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Diana ben-Aaron / Bloomberg:
Nokia's Elop Only Put Microsoft Plan for Board Vote — Nokia Oyj executives put only the Microsoft Corp. option for vote at a board meeting on Feb. 10 after having studied three plans, Executive Vice President Mary McDowell said in an interview. — “We had presented three scenarios …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Facebook Grabs Microsoft Global Ad Head Carolyn Everson — Apparently, it's not only in Google's pond where Facebook fishes for talent-the social networking giant has recruited Microsoft's global advertising head Carolyn Everson as one of its top sales execs.
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CNET News, paidContent, The Seattle Times, ClickZ and Pulse2
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Is Microsoft Zune about to be Kinned? — Over the past few days, more and more Microsoft watchers are noticing that Microsoft execs seem to be making a deliberate effort to avoid using the Z (Zune) word. That avoidance has set off a wave of speculation. — Some pundits claiming …
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Technologizer, I'm Just Being Manan, CrunchGear, Digital Trends, SlashGear, LiveSide.net, WinExtra, Gizmodo, MacDailyNews, Smartphones … and ZDNet
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Arik Hesseldahl / All Things Digital:
IBM “Jeopardy” Challenge Day 2: Very Different From Day One — When we last left our human heroes, one of them had drawn even while another was far behind the supercomputer Watson in a match of the uniquely human game of “Jeopardy!” The computer was winning raves for holding its own against the game's best human players.
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A Smarter Planet Blog, The Register, Ars Technica, NBC Bay Area, Engadget, Data Center Knowledge and Gearlog
Charles Wu / Facebook Blog:
A Better Mobile Experience — Every day, hundreds of millions of people access Facebook from their mobile devices to share and connect with the people they care about, whenever and wherever they want. As this number continues to grow, we want to make sure that everyone has a great experience regardless …
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ReadWriteWeb, VatorNews and WebProNews
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Jeff Bliss / Bloomberg:
Texas Attorney General Seeks Google Ad Rate Formula — Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott's office has requested an array of information from Google Inc., including the firm's formula for setting advertising rates, according to a demand for documents by state antitrust officials.
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Kyle VanHemert / Gizmodo:
The Entire Criterion Collection Is Coming to Hulu Plus — Good news for the handful of you that subscribe to Hulu Plus (and live in the U.S.): there are now over 150 pristinely-restored, culturally-important Criterion films now available on the subscription service, with over 800 titles …
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Engadget, PC Magazine, Hulu Blog, @pkedrosky, IGN Gear, The Criterion Current, GigaOM and MediaMemo, more at Mediagazer »
Stewart Mitchell / PC Pro:
“Two-way” radio breakthrough doubles Wi-Fi performance — Wi-Fi and mobile phone radio network speeds could double after scientists showed radio is able to send and receive over the same frequency at the same time. — The technology would overcome the problem best exemplified by pilots having to say …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Paperless Billing Service Doxo Raises $10 Million In Series B Funding — Paperless billing is one of those things that is slower to take hold than it should, but it just seems inevitable that is how we all will be receiving our bills sooner or later. One startup trying to speed along …
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Yahoo Marketing VP Shane Steele Joins Twitter — Shane Steele, previously VP of global marketing for Yahoo, started at Twitter today as director of sales marketing. She'll be reporting to Adam Bain, the company's president of global revenue, who joined last year from Fox Interactive Media.
Josh / Social Apples:
Apple cripples iBooks for jailbreakers - Updated — I just recently updated my iPhone to 4.2.1 thanks to the greenpois0n jailbreak. Yes, I jailbreak... and I'm proud of it. There are many benefits to jailbreaking your iPhone like SBSettings, Activator, Infinifolders, etc.
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Jeff Bliss / Bloomberg:
Google Chases Computer Criminals to Search-Engine Competitors — Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. has almost cut in half the malicious software affecting users of its search engine, driving hackers to competitors including Microsoft Inc.'s Bing, Yahoo! Inc. and Twitter Inc., a report says.
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Lydia Leavitt / Pocket-lint:
Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone 7 and 3D — EXCLUSIVE: Rovio Mobile spills the beans to Pocket-lint — In an exclusive chat with Pocket-lint, Rovio Mobile has revealed its plans to bring Angry Birds to Windows Phone 7. In addition, the developer has confirmed that it's working …
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WinRumors, CenterNetworks, TechFlash, WinExtra, The Next Web and WMPoweruser.com
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
PayPal Founder: Facebook Could Become One of the More Valuable Companies in the World — Max Levchin — Google VP of engineering and founder of PayPal and Slide — argues that Facebook will become a serious contender to become one of the more valuable companies in the world if it can “successfully replace core messaging.”
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Friending Facebook Blog and SAI
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
VCs Pay Up for Second(ary) Chance to Invest in Web Winners — Silicon Valley's top venture capital firms pride themselves on finding future hits before anyone else. That's how they get the best returns, have the most influence and build their brands. — But the current market tempts VCs …
