Techmeme: Intel lists new Sandy Bridge mobile chips (Brooke Crothers/CNET News)

9:00 AM ET, February 22, 2011

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Steve Jobs Email Suggests In-App Subscriptions Don't Apply to ‘Software As a Service’? — Apple's announcement last week introducing App Store Subscriptions has generated a lot of controversy across the web. At issue is Apple's policy requiring publishers to also offer all subscriptions through Apple's …

Discussion: App Advice, Nicke's shared items …, SAI, MacStories, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Softpedia News, parislemon and thinq_

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Subscriptions and the new In-App Purchase requirement — Apple's new subscription-billing requirement has generated a lot of bad press and debate. The new rule, from the App Store Review Guidelines (developer account required): — In practice, this means that any app that requires content …

Discussion: Fortune, MacStories, MacNN and Cult of Mac

David Carr / New York Times:
2 Platforms, With 2 Sets of Problems

Discussion: Mediactive, Guardian and Technology Liberation Front, more at Mediagazer »

Richard Ziade / Readability Blog:
An Open Letter to Apple

Chris Leydon / TinyGrab Blog:
TinyGrab & Apple's App Stores

Discussion: Cult of Mac, FierceDeveloper, Examiner, TUAW and App Advice

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:

Windows 8 roadmap: A picture is worth a thousand build numbers — Given the very few (and occasionally confusing) leaks around Windows 8, an update as to how things are progressing is always welcome. — In early 2011, a source of mine passed on to me what he claimed was a snapshot of the internal Windows 8 roadmap.

Discussion: Engadget, Softpedia News, thinq_, Electronista, WinRumors, Neowin.net and iThinkDifferent

Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft on the verge of finalizing Windows 8 Milestone 2 build

Discussion: Computerworld, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, PhoneArena, Windows 8 News and Hardware 2.0 Blog, Thanks:blogsdna

Matt Rozen / Adobe Flash Platform Blog:

Update for Flash Player 10.2 Support on Tablets — Adobe will offer Flash Player 10.2 pre-installed on some tablets and as an OTA download on others within a few weeks of Android 3 (Honeycomb) devices becoming available, the first of which is expected to be the Motorola Xoom.

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Adobe: Flash Coming To Android Tablets “Within A Few Weeks”

Discussion: CrunchGear

Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Mobile Flash: Always Exciting, Always Not Quite Here Yet

Discussion: Engadget, Gadgetell, SAI, GottaBeMobile and Daring Fireball

DigiTimes:

HP to start selling WebOS 3.0-based TouchPad in April — First-tier notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to start selling its WebOS 3.0-based tablet PC, TouchPad in April with shipments to start delivery by the end of March, according to sources from HP's upstream component partners.

Discussion: SAI, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, The Next Web, SlashGear, Fonehome, PreCentral.net, Erictric, Electronista, Engadget, Gadgetell, Know Your Mobile, ThinkMobile, CrunchGear and Electricpig.co.uk

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

Exclusive: Sony ‘S2’ dual-screen Android clamshell and 9.4-inch Windows 7 VAIO slider due this year — So, by now you've seen the PlayStation Certified Qriocity tablet known within Sony as the “S1.” But that's not the only tablet the vernerable Japanese company is preparing to launch in 2011.

Discussion: Techie Buzz, PhoneArena, Softpedia News, Geek.com, TG Daily, AndroidGuys, Phones Review, Electronista, Android Phone Fans, SlashGear, Pocket-lint and Liliputing

Steve Clayton / TechNet Blogs:

Kinect for Windows SDK to Arrive Spring 2011 — Every year about this time, Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, holds an intimate gathering to discuss the company's vision for the future: just Craig, a handful of Microsoft thinkers and select media convening …

Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Early Look: Avatar Kinect

Discussion: BBC, WinRumors, The Next Web, The Microsoft Blog and GeekSmack

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Despite 861.5 Percent Growth, Android Market Revenues Remain Puny — You read the headline “Android Market grows a staggering 861.5 per cent”, and you think, “Wow, Android is really on a tear.” But then you look at the fine print, and you realize that Android Market revenues are still barely registering …

Discussion: Know Your Mobile, Android Phone Fans and Stage Two

Tim Stevens / Engadget:

Amazon launches Prime instant videos, unlimited streaming for Prime subscribers — We heard it was coming and now here it is. Amazon has flipped the switch on its “free” video streaming for Prime members, the service we've been hearing about for the past month or so.

Discussion: SAI, The Next Web and SlashGear

Brooke Crothers / CNET News:

Intel lists new Sandy Bridge mobile chips — Intel has updated its price list with new dual-core Sandy Bridge chips—some likely bound for Apple MacBooks and just about every PC vendor on the planet. — On top of the bevy of Core i5 and Core i7 Sandy Bridge chips already listed in Intel's database …

Discussion: Inquirer, Computerworld, MacStories, MacRumors and Electronista

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Exclusive: Spotify Sells Stake To Silicon Valley Firm — Spotify, one of the world's hottest technology companies, is selling a stake to the legendary Silicon Valley investor Kleiner Perkins as part of a deal valuing the online music streaming service at more than $1bn, I can reveal.

Discussion: Guardian, MediaMemo, paidContent, DealBook, TheAustralian, Telegraph, TECH.BLORGE.com and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »

Electronista:

Lenovo intros Sandy Bridge ThinkPads, 30-hour battery option — Confirming a recent leak, Lenovo has officially unveiled six new ThinkPad notebooks based on Intel's Sandy Bridge series of Core and Core vPro processors. The T420s, T420, T520, L420, L520 and W520 models are all geared for business users …

Discussion: CNET News, TechEye, Fudzilla, Engadget, Business Wire, PC Magazine and Crave

Roland Lloyd Parry / Agence France Presse:

Internet tool shows French web surfers ‘Jewish-curious’ — PARIS — An Internet tool that flags up popular search words has spontaneously revealed a deeper trend: French web surfers' exceeding curiosity about whether their politicians are Jewish. — Observers say the phenomenon betrays …

Discussion: Search Engine Land

Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:

Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter — SAN FRANCISCO — Like any aspiring filmmaker, Michael McDonald, a high school senior, used a blog to show off his videos. But discouraged by how few people bothered to visit, he instead started posting his clips on Facebook …

Discussion: Global Nerdy, Twist Image, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, parislemon, WebProNews, Stowe Boyd and Switched, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:fredericl

Scott Rosenberg / Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard: Another misleading story reports that blogs ‘r’ dead

Matt Mullenweg:
Blogging Drift — The New York Times has a pretty prominent …

Discussion: Trends in the Living Networks, TechCrunch and Daily Patricia, more at Mediagazer »

Greg Tito / The Escapist:

PS3 Hacker Raised All the Legal Funds Needed to Beat Sony in a Weekend — Famed rapper and PS3 hacker Geohot asked for donations on Friday to fund his defense against Sony and got all he needed by Monday. — Geohot, aka George Hotz, firmly believes that he has done nothing wrong.

Discussion: Edge Online, SlashGear, Electricpig.co.uk, GamePolitics News, GeekSmack, geohot got sued, Covering Web and Destructoid

Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
“OtherOS” class-action lawsuit: GeoHot, Sony now share same charge

Discussion: Groklaw, GamePolitics News, Electronista and Inquirer

Dick Craddock / The Windows Blog:

Facebook chat in Hotmail now available everywhere — Today, Facebook chat is available to Hotmail customers worldwide, wherever Facebook is available. — When we first announced the ability to chat with Facebook friends from Hotmail, we were only able to offer this to customers in six regions.

Discussion: IntoMobile, Erictric, Digital Trends, Windows 8 Beta, ReadWriteWeb, LiveSide.net, The Next Web, WinRumors, GeekSmack, Download Squad, MarketingVOX, All Facebook and WebProNews

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