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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Twitter Is Launching Its Own Photosharing Service — Twitter has been completely emphatic about where developers should stake a claim, with Twitter Platform Lead Ryan Sarver warning the ecosystem to stay away from building “client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter consumer client experience.”
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Digital Trends, Examiner, CNET News, @dannysullivan, VentureBeat, @kevinmarks, The Blog Herald, TechnoBuffalo and Electronista
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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Confirmed: Twitter Plans to Announce Photo-Sharing Service This Week — Twitter will announce a photo-sharing service at the D9 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., this week, according to sources familiar with the matter. — The news was first reported today by TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis.
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Gizmodo, SAI and ReadWriteWeb
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Airbnb Has Arrived: Raising Mega-Round at a $1 Billion+ Valuation — According to several sources Airbnb is in the process of closing a whopper of a funding round: $100 million or more at a $1 billion-plus valuation. The round is being lead by Andreessen Horowitz, and includes participation from DST, say our sources.
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gigaom.com, VentureBeat, SAI and Startups Open Sourced
Dan Webb:
It's About The Hashbangs — Before I get started here's the disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this rant are my own personal opinions on web development and do not represent the views of my employer, its engineering organisation or any other employees. — A few months back there was a flurry …
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@aral, @danwrong, Adactio, @n8agrin, FunctionSource and @carnage4life
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
From Danger to Android: The saga of the T-Mobile Sidekick — An early promotional brochure for the Hiptop, the original name used by Danger for what became the T-Mobile Sidekick — One of the iconic devices of the mobile revolution, the T-Mobile Sidekick, will reach a milestone next Tuesday …
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Technologizer and msnbc.com, Thanks:johnhcook
Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:
Intel reveals skinny Ivy Bridge ‘Ultrabooks,’ Moore's Law-defying Atoms — Intel took the opportunity at Computex to update the tech-loving world on its processor plans, and it looks like those whispers we heard about low power and an accelerated Atom roadmap were spot on.
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Christian Zibreg / 9 to 5 Mac:
Ivy Bridge chips pushed to 2012, Macs will have to wait
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Gadgetsteria, SlashGear and RazorianFly
Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
Appsfire Scores $3.6M As App Discovery Demands Grow — With Apple's App Store hitting the half billion app mark and Android Market poised to overtake it later this year, it's a busy time to be in the app discovery business. Appsfire, a France-based startup, is reaping the benefits …
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TechCrunch
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Nielsen: Android's lead over iOS may have stopped growing — Google's OS is still more popular than Apple's, but no more than it was in March — Top: Feb. to Apr. Bottom: Mar. Click to enlarge. Source: Nielsen — Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Research in Motion (RIMM) …
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9to5 Google
Brian Heater / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 hits Best Buy's site, decorative Androids fall off in the process — Remember the Android tablet we said might be the first real competitor to the iPad 2 earlier this month? Well, it just made its debut on the Best Buy site, and while the big “Coming Soon” …
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Examiner, SlashGear, LaptopMemo and Crave
Klint Finley / ReadWriteWeb:
Is Microsoft's Future in Data-as-a-Service? — The “realist” view on Microsoft's future is that Windows and Microsoft Office licenses will continue to be the company's bread and butter, and that enterprise-focused cloud initiatives like Azure and Office 365 will supplement this growth.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Twitter Close To Acquiring AdGrok — We're hearing from multiple sources that Twitter is in talks to acquire Y Combinator-backed key word bidding platform AdGrok, in a deal that is less than $10 million. It's still unclear where exactly they are in the closing process or whether this is a tech acquisition or an acqui-hire.
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VentureBeat
Derek Kessler / PreCentral.net:
TouchPad to launch June 12? — Thanks to an enterprising tipster, we've managed to get our hands on HP's “QuickSpecs” technical specifications sheet for the TouchPad webOS tablet. The four-page document is something that HP puts together for their business customers and resellers (see examples here and here).
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I4U News, Neowin.net, Gadgetell, Everything webOS, SlashGear, Electronista, PhoneArena and TechnoBuffalo
Om Malik / GigaOm:
Why Instagram Can Become The Mobile Social Hub — Trey Ratcliff, creator of 100 Cameras and I — Of all the apps on my iPhone, the ones that get most attention for me involve photos — from the built-in Camera app to Camera+ to photo filter apps such as Noir, ColorBlast and Hipstamatic.
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App Advice and MacNN
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Next 6 Months Worth Of Features Are In Facebook's Code Right Now (But We Can't See) — A few days ago, Facebook held a tech talk at their headquarters. The topic of the talk was pushing changes — bug fixes, new features, product improvements, etc. Every day, Facebook engineers push hundreds of these; some big, some little.
Alastair Sharp / Reuters:
As RIM struggles, talk of a change at top surfaces — (Reuters) - The two men who made BlackBerry a household name may not have the luxury of time to fix Research In Motion's flagging fortunes. — Investors are clamoring for RIM to come up with a credible response to Apple's iPhone …
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asymco, AppleInsider, RazorianFly, Technologizer, Alec Saunders, Electronista, 901am, PhoneArena and BlackBerry Cool
Isabel Reynolds / Reuters:
Sony: Japan must wait for full restoration of PlayStation — (Reuters) - Sony said on Tuesday it would restore all PlayStation Network videogame services by the end of the week, except in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, weeks after a massive security breach leaked details on tens of millions of user accounts.
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
ASUS announces the Padfone (update: eyes-on!) — If pads and phones are the fastest growing categories in consumer tech, surely a Padfone would be the ultimate combo? That's what ASUS thinks, and it's just introduced an Android smartphone device that comes with a tablet it can dock into.
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Engadget, jkkmobile, BGR, TechSpot, Inquirer, SlashGear, This is my next, PC World, GottaBeMobile, VentureBeat, LaptopMemo, 9to5 Google, LAPTOP Magazine, Computerworld, dailywireless.org, Neowin.net, The Next Web, CrunchGear, Electronista, Mashable!, SAI, Examiner, IntoMobile, eWeek, Fudzilla, TechEye, Softpedia News, MacHackPC, ZDNet, techeblog.com and Linux.com
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James Kendrick / ZDNet:
Pros and cons of the Asus Padfone modular approach
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netbooknews.com
Wall Street Journal:
Samsung Expands Ties to Android on Tablets — Samsung plans more tablets despite ongoing legal battles with Apple, and Computex, Asia's answer to Las Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show, starts this week, with Acer and Intel expected to make a splash. WSJ's Andrew LaVallee and Jake Lee discuss.
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IntoMobile, morningstar.co.uk, Redmond Pie, Android Phone Fans, Android Community, Examiner, Electronista, Softpedia News, Gadgetsteria, Samsung Hub, Neowin.net, Pocket-lint, MobileSyrup.com, BGR, Gadgetell, AppleInsider, MacStories, Tech Daily Dose, SlashGear, The Next Web, VentureBeat, TechnoBolt, Techie Buzz, Droid Life, CrunchGear, MobileBurn.com, AndroidOS.in, Engadget, www.pocketgamer.biz, ITProPortal, AndroidOS.in, ITworld.com and Samsung Hub
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Samsung Seemingly Unconcerned Over Apple Lawsuit, Hints Dispute Could Continue to Escalate
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9 to 5 Mac and Electronista
