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Apple:
Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6 — Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote …
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Jobs to Unveil iCloud Service — Apple Inc. said Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs will kick off the company's annual developers' conference next week, with new versions of Apple's iOS and Mac operating systems to be unveiled. — The company also said the event will include details on iCloud …
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eWeek, T3.com News, App Advice, 9 to 5 Mac, Mashable!, Open Gardens, Evolver.fm and Electronista
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Apple still trying to land films, TV shows for iCloud — Feature films could be part of Apple's iCloud launch next week. — In the past several weeks, Apple executives have stepped up their attempts to convince some of the major Hollywood film studios to issue licenses that would enable Apple …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, SAI, VatorNews, Between the Lines Blog, Apple Bitch and RazorianFly, more at Mediagazer »
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Jobs to Unveil Apple's ‘Next Generation’ Software
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Bloomberg, TechnoBolt, AllThingsD, AppleInsider and PC World
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Getting Photos In Order Ahead Of iOS 5 Integration — Yesterday, we first reported that Twitter was on the verge of launching their own photo-sharing service. That report has since been confirmed by Liz Gannes, who happens to work for All Things D, which is hosting a conference …
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Gizmodo, Electronista, SAI, PC Magazine, TUAW, IntoMobile, The Next Web, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Edible Apple, Techland, FierceMobileContent and GigaOM
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Twitter Photo Storage and Account Integration in iOS 5 — MG Siegler on Twitter's imminent but as-yet-unannounced photo-hosting service: … So close to the bigger story, but yet so far. Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service. — Link
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BGR, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, LaptopMemo, RazorianFly, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple Headlines and TiPb
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Lodsys Responds to Apple, Files Lawsuits Against App Developers, Promises $1000 If Wrong — Patent holding firm Lodsys today published a series of blog posts revealing that the company has filed suit against some App Store developers, accelerating its efforts to extract licensing fees …
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The Register, Lodsys, LLC, CNET News, ReadWriteWeb, Gizmodo, gigaom.com, Engadget, Daring Fireball, Macworld, Lodsys, LLC, iClarified and MacStories
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Lodsys sues 7 app developers in Eastern Texas, disagrees with Apple; Android also targeted — I almost appeared to be a “party spoiler” last week: amid all the enthusiasm among iPhone/iPad app developers over Apple's letter to Lodsys, I wrote that “Apple's letter in and of itself is not yet a reason to celebrate.
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AppleInsider, AllThingsD, Lodsys, LLC, Lodsys, LLC, paidContent, SAI, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Guardian, TiPb, Gadgetsteria, Apple Headlines, everythingiCafe, SlashGear, OSNews and MacNN
Brian Ellin / Twitter Blog:
Introducing the Follow Button — When you follow interesting accounts on Twitter, it's easy to stay connected with what's most meaningful to you. Today we're excited to launch the Follow Button, a new way to discover and instantly follow Twitter accounts directly from the websites you visit everyday.
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VentureBeat, SFGate, CNET News, Search Engine Land, Mashable!, Gizmodo, The Register, TechCrunch, Techie Buzz, ClickZ, @rsarver, @rsarver, The Next Web, @dannysullivan, AllTwitter, @dannysullivan, @rsarver and @apiannounce, Thanks:tomwarren
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Danielle Dellorto / CNN:
WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk — (CNN) — Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
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Technologizer, Bloomberg, BBC, Daring Fireball, Computerworld, Between the Lines Blog, AllThingsD, SAI, IEEE Spectrum, The Raw Story and CNET News
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Cell phone cancer report comes amid industry lobby
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BGR, LaptopMemo, Ars Technica, The Register and BetaNews
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Official: Google +1 Button For Websites Comes Tomorrow — It's official. Google's +1 button for web sites will be coming tomorrow. A launch partner accidentally tipped the news of the release to TechCrunch, and Google's since confirmed with me officially that it will be happening.
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Search Engine Watch and CNET News
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Whoops Redux: Looks Like Partner Just Leaked Google's +1 Button For Websites Launch
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Digital Trends, Fors and SAI, Thanks:srikardhanakoti
Apple:
Apple iWork Now Available For iPhone & iPod touch Users — Apple® today announced that its groundbreaking iWork® productivity apps, Keynote®, Pages® and Numbers®, are now available for iPhone® and iPod touch®, as well as iPad®.
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9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, The Next Web, GigaOM, Computerworld, Engadget, App Advice, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, GeekWire, AppScout, Digital Trends, Apple Headlines, @f, SocialTimes.com, PadGadget and GottaBeMobile, Thanks:tomwarren
Bloomberg:
Microsoft Hardware Rules ‘Troublesome’ for Makers, Acer Says — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is putting “troublesome” restrictions on makers of processors used to run the coming Windows tablet-computer operating system, Acer Inc. (2353) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J.T. Wang said.
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Gizmodo, Hardware 2.0 Blog, mocoNews, 9 to 5 Mac, Engadget, MacNN, IntoMobile, OSNews and 901am
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John Hsu / LiveSide.net:
First Windows Phone “Mango” hardware revealed - Acer W4
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Gizmodo, WMPoweruser.com, VentureBeat, Pocket-lint, WinRumors, Electronista, All about Microsoft Blog and IntoMobile
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Federal government loosens its grip on the BlackBerry — Somewhere in America, perhaps at this very moment, a bad guy is under video surveillance. He is being watched, every movement, every step — but not on a little TV. That's so 2009. Instead, a special agent from the Bureau of Alcohol …
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AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, Apple Headlines, Engadget, GottaBeMobile, Tech Trader Daily, PhoneArena, RazorianFly, PC World, MacRumors, TUAW and PadGadget
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Jann Wenner: Magazines' Rush to iPad Is ‘Sheer Insanity and Insecurity and Fear’ — Successful Migration to Tablet Editions Will Take ‘Decades,’ Rolling Stone Co-Founder Says in Interview — Nobody mistakes Jann Wenner — whose Wenner Media publishes Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal — for a digital fanboy.
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Jann Wenner Is Wrong Again, This Time About Tablets
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Zynga Channels Settlers Of Catan In New Social Combat Game Empires & Allies; Debuts In 12 Languages — Social gaming giant Zynga is launching its latest game tomorrow—Empires & Allies, the company's first strategy combat game. Zynga is going big with this launch, debuting the game on Facebook …
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Digits, gigaom.com, Bits, AllThingsD and NBC Bay Area
Manan Kakkar / Techie Buzz:
[Images] Microsoft Did Plan A Zune Nano — There is a lot of talk about the fact that Microsoft is not talking a lot about Zune these days. Rumors that Microsoft will be phasing out the brand started a while back and off late have been strengthened by more rumors that Zune will be merged with Xbox LIVE and Windows Live.
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WinRumors, Engadget, All about Microsoft Blog and Anything But iPod
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Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft hints at Zune rebrand, focuses on Xbox for entertainment - Fusion?
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All about Microsoft Blog, TechNet Blogs, SAI, Kotaku, Gadgetsteria, Neowin.net, WebProNews and The Next Web
John Cook / GeekWire:
Chart: Steve Ballmer's approval rating plummets among Microsoft employees — Hedge fund manager David Einhorn created a stir last week when he suggested that it was time for Steve Ballmer to step down. But that's not the only sign of slipping confidence in the Microsoft CEO.
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Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Microsoft Streetside Isn't Just a Google Streetview Clone Anymore — Microsoft today released a number of major updates to the Streetside feature in Bing Maps. Streetside used to be very similar to Google's Streetview, but Microsoft just mixed things up a bit and included an important twist.
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Scobleizer, Bing, ReadWriteWeb, GeekWire, LiveSide.net, Lifehacker, Search Engine Land, PC World, TechNet Blogs and WinRumors, Thanks:fredericl
Tim Young / Knowledge is Social:
VMware acquires Socialcast — Today, I am pleased to announce that Socialcast has been acquired by VMware. — Going forward, I am excited for the accelerant that VMware will provide to the product. VMware shares my vision of changing the way that people work, and we are completely aligned on Socialcast's future direction.
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
More Than Friending: How Can the Social Web Go Beyond Facebook? — When people talk about making the Web more “social,” what they really seem to mean is making it more tightly integrated with Facebook. — But is that all there is? — With only a smattering of deliberate exceptions …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple releases security update that removes MacDefender — There is now a security update available in Software Update that hunts down existing MacDefender malware installations and prevents further infections, reports TUAW. Security Update 2011-003 provides a File Quarantine definition …
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