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Joshua Topolsky / This is my next Podcast:
Is this what the iPhone 5 will look like? — There's no shortage of rumors swirling about the iPhone 5 right now, but we've got some enlightening information (and an image) that might help paint a better picture of what Apple's next play in the mobile market could be.
Sean Garrett / Twitter Blog:
The Tweets of San Francisco — The city where we have started and grown will remain our future home. Twitter is staying in San Francisco and has signed a lease to move our headquarters to Market Square, a historic building in San Francisco's Central Market neighborhood that is being managed …
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John Brownlee / Cult of Mac:
Universal iPhone Unlocking Service CutYourSim Goes Dark... And Apple Might Be Behind It [Exclusive] — A unique service offering to unlock any GSM iPhone, no jailbreaks required, has suddenly shut down, leaving many customers awaiting refunds. Increased scrutiny from Apple may very well be responsible …
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Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix's days without competition may be numbered — Some big firms are said to be lining up to challenge Netflix, the only company that streams a large selection of movies and TV shows online by subscription. But is it already too big to be unseated as the dominant player?
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Google's Data Shows Hollywood's Headache: Netflix Searches Booming, DVDs Fading Away
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Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Why and How Apple Is Collecting Your iPhone Location Data — iPhone and iPad customers were spooked Wednesday to find out that their devices have recorded a detailed history of their geographical locations for the past year in an unprotected file. But it turns out that Apple already explained …
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Live in The Future …, Gear Live, Techland, TechCrunch, Gizmodo Australia, Betabeat, Redmond Pie, Reuters, Computerworld and everythingiCafe, Thanks:bxchen
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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Windows 7 at 18 Months — 18 months ago to this day was when we launched Windows 7 and with that we've hit another important milestone: we are pleased to announce that Windows 7 has sold more than 350 million licenses. The momentum we've seen and continue to see with Windows 7 is incredible.
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft: 350 million licenses of Windows 7 sold in 18 months
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Exclusive: White iPhone 4 lands at Vodafone UK — Well, would you have a gander at that? That, friends, is Apple's long-awaited, hardly-forgotten white iPhone 4, and so far as we can tell, this is actually the real deal. We've seen retailers making space for the elusive handset over the past few months …
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Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
White iPhone 4 to land April 27th in Europe - sources
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Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Foursquare Seeks New Fund Raising — In the latest sign of the Internet gold rush, location-based service Foursquare Labs Inc. is looking to raise fresh funds at a price that would value the three-year-old start-up at as much as $500 million, people familiar with the matter said.
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Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Foursquare Seeks New Round At $500 Million Valuation
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Google talks to Spotify to power music service — Rather than launch it's own digital music service, Google is considering whether to partner with an existing service, including Spotify, to power Google Music. — According to a source with knowledge of the talks, Google has told the labels …
Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Climbs Toward 700 Million Users Worldwide, With Steady Growth in the US — Discrepancies among third party measurement services partially obscure what still looks like a steady growth rate for Facebook in the US and around the world. — According to the data we track …
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Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:
Apple signs cloud deal with Warner Music — Apple has reached an agreement with Warner Music Group to offer the record label's tracks on iTunes' upcoming cloud-music service, music industry sources said. — In the race to the cloud, Apple is apparently stepping on the gas.
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Nat Ives / AdAge:
Conde Nast Taps Brakes on Efforts to Build iPad Editions for All its Magazines — Company Still Committed, but Why Rush for More iPad Editions Before Pubs Can Find Big Audiences? — Conde Nast is tapping the brakes on its drive to deliver iPad editions of all its magazines …
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PadGadget, MacNN, CrunchGear, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TUAW, iLounge, SAI, Betabeat and Poynter, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:natives
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
How to Unmask the Internet's Vilest Characters — In June 2009, Lani (a nickname) got a Facebook message from a stranger alerting her to nude photos of herself that had been posted on a Web site called Private Voyeur — along with her name, her workplace and the city she lives in.
Mark Dochtermann / YouTube Blog:
An update on Google Video - Finding an easier way to migrate Google Video content to YouTube — Last week we sent an email to Google Video users letting them know we would be ending playbacks of Google Videos on April 29 and providing instructions on how to download videos currently hosted on the platform.
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Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Offers An Unusual Glimpse Inside One Of Its Data Centers — Google posted a video tour of one of its data centers today, highlighting some of the steps it takes to keep data secure and maintain reliability. — Google has been notoriously tight-lipped about its data centers …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple to begin production of Thunderbolt MacBook Airs next month — Apple next month will reportedly begin manufacturing the first updates to its rejuvenated MacBook Air line as the company looks to maintain the impressive sales momentum generated by the ultra-thin notebooks and limit …
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Spencer Ackerman / Danger Room:
Army Picks Android to Power Its First Smartphone — For the Army, Droid does, all right. — The Army wants every soldier to carry a smartphone to stay networked. It doesn't yet have a program for that, having spent the last year working through the implications of what it might mean …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
ValueClick To Acquire Mobile Ad Network Greystripe — The value of mobile advertising networks is well established at Google and Apple: Google bought Admob for $750 million and Apple bought Quattro Wireless for $275 million. So far though the independent ad networks have stayed on the sideline.
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