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Kelvin Soh / Reuters:
Apple to begin shipping new iPhone in September  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc suppliers will begin production of its next-generation iPhone in July this year, with the finished product likely to begin shipping in September, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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FLASH: Apple suppliers to start production of next-gen iPhone in July, Aug; begin shipping in Sept - sources
Discussion: Engadget
Nilay Patel / This is my next:
Apple sues Samsung: a complete lawsuit analysis  —  Apple sued Samsung yesterday, the latest in a long line of IP lawsuits against Android device manufacturers.  (See: Apple v. HTC, Apple v. Motorola, Microsoft v. Motorola, Microsoft v. Barnes & Noble.)  The case is remarkable for several reasons …
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:   Who's Suing Who? A Cheat Sheet to the Mobile Patent Mess
Andy M. Zaky / Fortune:
Why Apple shares are dirt cheap  —  Ahead of Apple's earnings, the numbers tell it all: If shares don't soar after its quarterly report, it will likely trade at valuation levels not seen since the depths of the financial crisis, making it the cheapest large-cap tech stock.  —  By Andy M. Zaky, contributor
Discussion: NBC Bay Area
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
News.me, the iPad News Aggregator Blessed By Big Publishers, Gets Ready To Launch  —  News.me, Bit.ly's social news iPad app, was supposed to launch by the end of 2010.  But developers didn't submit it for Apple's approval until about a month ago.  —  Now it looks as if News.me is just about ready for public consumption.
Jacques Hebert / YouTube Blog:
Mmm mmm good - YouTube videos now served in WebM  —  If you travel abroad frequently, you know that charging your electronic devices is not always an easy task.  Power adapters for cellphones and computers don't always fit into local power outlets, meaning you have to pack converters.
Aatekah Mir / Digits:
A Look at iPad Users: Apple Still Trouncing Android  —  Google Inc.'s Android might be the most popular smartphone platform, but if you add other mobile devices like tablets to the mix, Apple Inc.'s iOS beats Android in the U.S. by a wide margin — 59% to be exact.
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BBC:
Intel says it will run Google's Android on tablets  —  Google debuted Android 3.0, dubbed Honeycomb, in February  —  Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has confirmed it will run tablets with Google's mobile operating system.  —  Chief executive Paul Otellini confirmed it had received …
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Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
Intel Q1 Blows Away Estimates; Q2 View Beats; Stock Up 6%
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Google's Co-Founder Doesn't Want You to Know About His Facebook Account  —  Google and Facebook are fierce rivals, and spar over advertising, access to private information, and talented engineers.  Given the two companies' obvious mutual obsession, why is Google co-founder Sergey Brin so secretive about having a Facebook account?
Discussion: SAI
Lance Whitney / CNET News:
More Windows 8 leaks reveal cloud syncing  —  More details about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 have apparently leaked onto the Web, revealing new surprises and some makeovers to existing features.  —  A greater peek into the next version of Windows is coming from Windows 8 Milestone 1 …
Discussion: Softpedia News and Windows 8 News
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Eric Schmidt Just Got A Huge Salary Hike  —  When Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google, he earned a salary of $1 per year, just like the two cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.  —  But according to a recent Google SEC filing, that changed on April 4 when Page took over.
Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
RockMelt Goes Mobile with iPhone Offering  —  RockMelt, the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup, is set to launch a mobile version of its browser with built-in social features.  RockMelt's move into mobile this week comes just one month after the public debut of its desktop browser.
Allen Huang / The Official Google Blog:
Google Toolbar 7—cleaner, fresher and faster  —  Today we're bringing the speed of Google Instant to the latest version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer.  We're also introducing a fresh, clean look that personalizes Toolbar with the tools you use most.  —  Toolbar Instant
Mike Swift / Mercury News:
Obama turns Facebook Live into a political stage  —  Facebook's live streaming video channel began as a way for software developers to field geeky questions about the company's products.  It quickly became an avenue for entertainers from Katy Perry to Vin Diesel to connect with fans.
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Michelle Quinn / The Politico:
Are Barack Obama, Facebook getting too friendly?
Discussion: PR Newswire and NewsGrange
iFixit:
Blackberry PlayBook Teardown  —  Step 1 — Blackberry PlayBook Teardown Blackberry's new PlayBook has hit the market with a name containing both entertainment and literary promise.  Such a bold name instills in us feelings similar to those felt by preteen girls minutes before a Justin Bieber concert.
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Byliner Launches With A Splash, Aims To Disrupt Long-Form Journalism  —  The media is buzzing with allegations that Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greg Mortenson fabricated his bestselling books and misused millions of dollars in donations.  —  Amazingly, within days of 60 Minutes breaking the story …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Toshiba's 10.1-inch Regza AT300 Honeycomb tablet hits Japan in June  —  Toshiba's first Honeycomb tablet, which we first laid hands upon back in January, has finally been priced with an honest to goodness ship date.  Unfortunately, this 10.1-incher with 1,280 x 800 pixel display, USB, HDMI …
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Wins iPhone 4 and Key RFID Transponder Display Patents  —  The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 18 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today.  In our first of two reports today we cover design wins for Apple's 2007 iPod touch and iPhone 4 in addition to covering Apple TV and a key RFID patent.
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
BT and TalkTalk fail in challenge to Digital Economy Act filesharing measures  —  Internet service providers' claim that new law infringes web users' ‘basic rights and freedoms’ rejected by high court  —  Government plans to curb illegal filesharing received a significant boost on Wednesday …
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Is Going To Own The Exploding Tablet Market For Years — Goldman  —  Goldman Sachs put out a 68 page report this morning on the growing tablet market.  —  The long and short of it: Apple is going to dominate for the next two years.  —  It could own as much as 71% of the market in 2012 if non-Apple tablets continue to flop.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo's First-Quarter Earnings: The Revenue Growth Drought Continues Due to MicroHoo Search Fall-Off  —  Yahoo announced its first-quarter earnings today, showing a continued worrisome revenue growth stall that its CEO Carol Bartz still has not fixed.  —  Yahoo reported revenues of $1.06 billion …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
uTorrent 3.0 Adds Ratings, Comments and Streaming  —  uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005 and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application.  Today close to 100 million users worldwide use the client regularly and this number continues to rise.
Discussion: Softpedia News, Thanks:alliewag
Marc Flores / IntoMobile:
Square credit card reader for iPhone now available from Apple Store  —  Yesterday we reported that Square, the credit card reader for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, was being sold by Apple online for $10.  Today, Square CEO and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announced that the credit card reader will be sold by Apple retail stores, too.
Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
2 Out of 3 YouTube Videos Are Ignored  —  YouTube has long been lauded for its ability to support the long tail of user-generated content, enabling anyone to publish videos to its site.  As its business has matured, however, it seems that the site is increasingly relying on producer partners …
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Dollars Flow Back Into Tech
Discussion: Reuters
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Total shipments of new Apple TV top 2 million, 820K sold last quarter - report
Discussion: SlashGear
Danielle Kucera / Business Week:
Tablet Market May Surge to $49 Billion
Discussion: Reuters and eWeek
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
E la Carte: Table-Top Computers Bring Restaurants To The Future (With Bonus Trivia!)
Scott Austin / Venture Capital Dispatch:
A Look At The Venture-Backed IPO Pipeline
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Music Gaming Startup JamLegend Acqhired By Zynga
Discussion: Music Ally and Inside Social Games
 Earlier Items: 
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Trademark filing, domain names suggest Toshiba's tablet might be named ‘Thrive’
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Sonos For Android Is Here, Devices Now Support Airplay
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google's ‘Map Maker’ Now Lets You Edit Google Maps In The United States
Dan Anderson / T-Mobile Blog:
Bobsled by T-Mobile: Providing Free, One-Touch Calling Within Facebook
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Tubi launches Scenes, a mobile feature that lets viewers watch 60-to-90-second trailer-style clips from its library to help with content discovery
 
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