Techmeme: Verizon iPhone selling mostly to existing iPhone owners? (Marco.org)

6:50 PM ET, February 20, 2011

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Wolfgang Gruener / ConceivablyTech:

Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar — Article Navigation — Google is working on a “major” overhaul of its Chrome browser user interface (UI). Among the options on the table is the elimination of the URL bar, which could be the most significant UI change to the web browser since its invention.

Discussion: Slashdot, Thanks:lockergnome

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Engadget loses its second editor in two days: Ross Miller resigns — Engadget will be saying farewell to its second editor in the space of a week after its Associate Editor Ross Miller announced he was to leave the popular technology website after five years of service with Weblogs, Inc.

Discussion: Bloggers Blog and Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog

Ross Miller:
Goodbye, Engadget — [For the “too long, didn't read” crowd …

Discussion: @brianalvey, Daring Fireball, @nethed, @marksears and @zpower

Marco.org:

Verizon iPhone selling mostly to existing iPhone owners? — Instapaper's App Store rank is very stable. It's almost always between #2 and #5 in the paid News categories on iPhone and iPad, and usually around #90-110 in the top-paid iPad category. — Since my ranks rarely change significantly …

Discussion: Daring Fireball and MacStories

Jason Hiner / Tech Sanity Check Blog:

The one big reason why iPad rivals can't compete on price — Takeaway: The biggest disappointment of nearly every promising competitor to the Apple iPad has been the price tag. Learn the one trump card that allows Apple to out-price rival tablets. — The mass invasion of Apple iPad competitors has begun.

Discussion: Gadget Lab

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Motorola Xoom up for in-store pre-order at Best Buy, $800 for Thursday availability — No more stunt prices, no more premature web appearances, this (we hope) is finally Best Buy's fully official listing for the Motorola Xoom. It brings no great surprises to those who've been tracking …

Discussion: Examiner, CNET News, Digital Trends, I4U News, Gearlog, IntoMobile, Gadgetell, Techie Buzz, Droid Life, Android Police and Gizmodo

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

To Celebrate The #Jan25 Revolution, Egyptian Names His Firstborn “Facebook” — Cultural relativity is an amazing thing. While American parents worry about their kids being on Facebook, Egyptian parents are naming their kids “Facebook” to commemorate the events surrounding the #Jan25 revolution.

Discussion: Friending Facebook Blog, All Facebook, VentureBeat, Examiner, Runnin' Scared and Gawker

Evgeny Morozov / Wall Street Journal:

Smart Dictators Don't Quash the Internet — Mubarak had no idea how to counter the power of social media. China, Russia and Iran know better — Egyptians celebrate in Tahrir Square after hearing the news that Hosni Mubarak has resigned. Protestors in Egypt were lucky that the government didn't know a tweet from a poke.

Discussion: Security Watch

New York Times:
Cellphones Become the World's Eyes and Ears on Protests

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Chris Chang / M.I.C. Gadget:

Exclusive: iPad 2 Leather Case Hands-on & Video! — Ooops. we got an iPad 2 leather case from an Asian case supplier, and here's what we know about the iPad 2: — Finally, we have some interesting updates for the much-rumoured iPad 2. Yup, we hope you enjoy the lengthy video above showing …

Discussion: Examiner, 9 to 5 Mac, TiPb, MacGazette.net, App Advice, everythingiCafe, Phones Review and RazorianFly, Thanks:mansurehmad

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Best Buy adding new Apple laptop SKUs to its systems, foreshadows MacBook Pro refresh — Best Buy's laptop discovery tool is doing a slightly overzealous job this morning by listing a set of “new SKU” laptops from Apple Computer before said company has had a chance to announce them.

Discussion: MacRumors, AppleInsider, MobileWhack, The Next Web and iClarified

AppleInsider:
Apple tells some stores to expect ‘sealed packages’ early this week

Discussion: TUAW

Pamela Parker / Search Engine Land:

Presidential Hopeful Rick Santorum Stymied By Search Problem — As former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum sets his sights on the White House, he has a lot of awareness-raising to do, and he desperately needs some help with search, a Roll Call piece this week shows.

Discussion: Roll Call

Brooke Crothers / CNET News:

New high-speed connection tech due from Apple — An announcement from Apple is expected soon about a new high-speed connection technology, a source told CNET. — Whether the new connector tech will be part of the upcoming MacBook Pro update (rumored to happen February 24) or announced in another context is not clear.

Discussion: ZDNet, Examiner, Digital Trends, Edible Apple, Apple Bitch, AppleInsider, RazorianFly, gHacks Technology News, Softpedia News, Engadget, MacStories, MacRumors, Neowin.net, Electronista, Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac, TUAW and TiPb

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