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Behold: Facebook's Secret Photo Sharing App — Last night, something very interesting came our way. Something massive — documents and images outlining what appears to be a new Facebook iPhone app built around photo sharing. We teased what we had with a single image last night.
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Is Facebook about to have the last word in iPhone photo sharing?
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Exclusive: Google Nexus 4G detailed - 720p display, 4G LTE, Android 4.0 — Google is two devices deep in a quest to deliver its vision of what a mobile device should be, while pushing the envelope forward as far as specifications and collaboration is concerned.
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Google ‘Nexus 4G’ rumored for Thanksgiving launch with 720p display, LTE, and Ice Cream Sandwich
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BetaNews and PhoneDog.com

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LulzSec opens hack request line
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Fast Company, BetaNews, The Register, @lulzsec and CNET News


Duke Nukem's PR threatens to punish sites that run negative reviews — Update: 2K Games has officially weighed in on the issue. “2K Games does not endorse the comments made by Jim Redner and we can confirm that The Redner Group no longer represents our products.
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ZDNet, @therednergroup, Broken Toys, Neowin.net, The Escapist, broadstuff, Tools, msnbc.com, DailyTech, VG247 and @jspepper, more at Mediagazer »


Me, Myself and I: Helping to manage your identity on the web — In recent years, it's become easier and easier to publish information about yourself online, through powerful new platforms like social networking sites and photo sharing services. One way to manage your privacy on these sites …
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PC Magazine, Between the Lines Blog, The Next Web, Computerworld and Neowin.net


Chromebooks now available for sale — Last month we unveiled the first Chromebooks from our partners, Samsung and Acer. Chromebooks were built and optimized for the web to give you a faster, simpler and more secure experience without the headaches of traditional computers.
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BetaNews, Techie Buzz, Search Engine Land, Engadget, Computerworld, SlashGear, Geek.com, Chrome OS Site, 9to5 Google, ZeroPaid.com, @dannysullivan and Guardian


Acer cuts 2011 tablet shipment target by nearly 60 percent — (Reuters) - Acer Inc slashed its full-year shipment target for tablets by almost 60 percent and expects lower notebook shipments as the world No.2 PC maker works to clear accumulated inventory. — However, Acer …


Pandora IPO Pops 60 Percent, Closes Up Nearly Nine Percent — Update — 4:15 p.m. EDT: Pandora shares ended regular session trading at $17.42, nearly nine percent higher than the $16 offering price. — Pandora, the internet radio company, became the latest web company to go public Wednesday …
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Pandora Puts The “P” In IPO — Our Talk With Them On The Big Day
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The Network Effect: Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter & Tumblr Reach New Heights in May — With each passing month it seems that social networking becomes more deeply ingrained into our digital lives. If we take a look back at the past few years we can see just how pervasive it has become.
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VatorNews, All Facebook, SAI, GeekWire, Inside Facebook and Search Engine Land


My Places now helps you manage your important locations — Almost every day you encounter new places and businesses, whether it's a new store you spotted on your commute to work, or a restaurant you visited with friends over the weekend. To date, you've been able to star places on Google Maps …


Dolby Sues RIM Over Patent Infringement, Aims To Halt Sales Of BlackBerry Devices — Breaking - Dolby has just announced that it has filed patent infringement lawsuits in the United States and Germany against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. — The lawsuits seek recovery of financial damages …
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Business Wire, AllThingsD, mocoNews, The Next Web, CNET News, BerryReview.com, Electronista, IntoMobile, PhoneArena, CrackBerry.com blogs and BGR


TV or Web Video? Now, Finally, We're Starting To Choose. — The weird thing about the Web video boom is that it doesn't seem to have cut into the TV business: Much to the relief of many well-paid people, TV viewing has gone up even as Web video usage has gone up. Put us in front of a screen, and we'll watch it.
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ReadWriteWeb, Nielsen Wire, Mashable!, GigaOM and Lost Remote, more at Mediagazer »


bitly Pro is now... bitly! — Since launching in December of 2009, our bitly Pro whitelabel service has grown to power over 10,000 custom short domains, including but by no means limited to gat.es (The Gates Foundation), diddy.it, (Diddy), dalaila.ma (His Holiness the Dalai Lama), and cart.mn (South Park Studios).
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TechCrunch, The Next Web and AllTwitter


New AirPort Extremes and Time Capsules confirmed, software update caching references found — Following our reports that Apple is gearing up to release updated AirPort Extremes and Time Capsules with software update caching, we have discovered references to unreleased AirPort Extremes …
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CNET News, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Geek.com, Softpedia News and O'Grady's PowerPage, Thanks:salemsayed


Apple's Retail Secrets Spilled: Don't Correct The Customers, Abide By The A.P.P.L.E. Code — It's no accident that Apple's retail empire has grown into a $12 billion+ business. — It's run as a strict operation, with specific guidelines on how employees can and can not talk to customers …
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PC Magazine, Digits, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Hillicon Valley and eWeek


Facebook Photos Product Manager Sam Odio Leaving the Company — Sam Odio, the product manager for Facebook Photos who joined when Facebook bought his start-up, Divvyshot, just over a year ago, will leave the company at the end of this week. — A spokesperson for Facebook confirmed Odio's departure but did not offer further comment.
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TechCrunch

HP Files Civil Lawsuit Against Oracle — HP today issued the following statement: HP believes that Oracle's March 22 statement to discontinue all future software development on the Itanium platform violates legally binding commitments Oracle has made to HP and the more than 140,000 shared HP-Oracle customers.
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AllThingsD and Electronista, Thanks:hpnews


Starbucks unveils Android app, brings mobile payment to Safeway — Starbucks today rolled out a new Android application that allows users to pay with their mobile phones, find nearby stores and manage gift cards. The Seattle coffee retailer also announced that its mobile payment technology …
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Business Wire, Engadget, Between the Lines Blog, AllThingsD, MobileCrunch and Tools


Three in China convicted for iPad2 design theft — BEIJING — A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple's iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday. — The theft from a plant run by Foxconn …
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Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, MacRumors, CrunchGear, SAI, Electronista, MacStories and iClarified


In Run-Up To Kindle Lending Program, Libraries Beef Up E-Book Offerings — The number of people that check out e-books from libraries is still relatively small—under 15 percent, according to a January Digital Book World survey. But as e-book sales surpass print sales and e-readers add support …
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Market Wire, ReadWriteWeb and TeleRead

Senators introduce location privacy bill — Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal unveiled a bill Wednesday that would require firms like Apple and Google along with app developers to obtain consent before collecting or sharing consumers' location data.


Reddit Hits 1.2B Monthly Pageviews, More Than Doubles Its Engineering Staff — Community news site Reddit, which at some point was running on one engineer, has almost tripled its engineering staff today, with the addition of three new hires, Google's Logan Hanks, Oracle's Keith Mitchell and recent engineering graduate Brian Simpson.
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VentureBeat and Softpedia News


T-Mobile launches More for Me daily-deal app for Android — T-Mobile USA is getting into the daily-deals game with the launch of its new Android app, More for Me. — The app landed in Google's Android Market on Wednesday and is available to any Android user, whether on a phone or tablet …


Microsoft hints at Windows 8 release date — Autumn 2012 still the most likely date for the next version of Windows By Mary Branscombe 3 hours ago | Tell us what you think [ comments ] microsoft-hints-at-windows-8-release- date Corporate VP Dan'l Lewin says the tablet race …
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WinRumors, SlashGear and Neowin.net