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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
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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Screenwerk, PR Newswire, Inside Facebook, SAI, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, TiPb, Neowin.net, IntoMobile and Friending Facebook Blog
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Project Spartan: Facebook's Hush-Hush Plan To Take On Apple On Their Own Turf: iOS — Given the news that has already come out about Facebook, you're probably thinking there is no way that anything else leaks out today. They're probably on lockdown (real lockdown, not the crazed coding “lockdown"), right?
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9 to 5 Mac and Electronista
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The Lulz Boat / @lulzsec:
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BBC:
LulzSec opens hack request line
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Examiner, BetaNews, @lulzsec, Fast Company and Between the Lines Blog
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
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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eWeek, Technologizer, mocoNews, Ars Technica, Android and Me, CNET News, IGN Gear, PhoneDog.com, Pocket-lint, pocketnow.com, Digital Trends, Redmond Pie, Geek.com, GottaBeMobile, Droid Life, ITworld.com, Edible Apple, Gadget Lab, Android Phone Fans, IntoMobile, SAI, I4U News, Pulse2, Techie Buzz, TG Daily, PhoneArena, Electronista, MobileCrunch and MacHackPC
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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Google ‘Nexus 4G’ rumored for Thanksgiving launch with 720p display, LTE, and Ice Cream Sandwich
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BetaNews and PhoneDog.com
Andreas Tuerk / Google Public Policy Blog:
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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Search Engine Land, The Next Web, PC Magazine, Between the Lines Blog, Computerworld and Neowin.net
AppleInsider:
Source: Apple drastically reduces orders for iPhone 4 camera flash — Apple's next-generation iPhone could feature a new LED camera flash module from a different manufacturer, a person familiar with the company's supply chain has told AppleInsider. — Apple is said to have “greatly reduced” …
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Electronista
Daniel H. Wilson / Wall Street Journal:
The Terrifying Truth About New Technology — Do robots and Twitter make you nervous? Growing old is what you're really afraid of — A pilot virtual senior center program in New York City is allowing homebound seniors to use social technology to battle isolation and depression.
Felix Lin / Google Chrome Blog:
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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USA Today, OStatic blogs, TechSpot, Computerworld, Search Engine Land, SlashGear, Geek.com, BetaNews, Chrome OS Site, ZeroPaid.com, Pulse2, Techie Buzz, WebProNews, Guardian, Engadget, @dannysullivan and 9to5 Google
Sam Gustin / Epicenter:
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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Pew Internet, SAI, The Tech Trade, Deal Journal, @r0bl0rd, Pulse2, BetaNews, Pandora, TheStreet.com, WebProNews, Fast Company and CNET News, more at Mediagazer »
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Pandora Puts The “P” In IPO — Our Talk With Them On The Big Day
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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Sun co-founder launches new startup — on Twitter — WayIn is a new startup being developed by Sun Microsystems' co-founder Scott McNealy. But so far, the tech industry titan is going about the company's launch in a slightly unexpected way: entirely over Twitter.
Ross Miller / This is my next:
HTC EVO 3D review — HTC's EVO 4G legacy is something of a rarity in the smartphone industry. Sprint used it as a gateway drug for its WiMAX service — “4G” back when that nomenclature meant something (and was used to great effect in a huge marketing campaign).
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BGR, BGR, Engadget, Gizmodo, AllThingsD, Electronista and GottaBeMobile
Andrew Lipsman / comScore Voices:
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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Inside Facebook, VatorNews, SAI, All Facebook, GeekWire and Search Engine Land
Hiroki Asakawa / Google LatLong:
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 …
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Google Places Blog, Pulse2, Lifehacker, Search Engine Land, WebProNews, Softpedia News and Understanding Google …
Brent Simmons / inessential:
What we talk about when we talk about RSS — (Disclaimer: I started working with RSS even before creating NetNewsWire nine years ago. I still very much want NetNewsWire to succeed. But know that I don't speak for NetNewsWire or for its new owner, Black Pixel.) — Varieties of RSS
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Not Quite a Blog
Ethan Bauley / Data Central:
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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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
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
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
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 …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
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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Nielsen Wire, GigaOM, Lost Remote, ReadWriteWeb and Mashable!, more at Mediagazer »
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Investors Flock To Boston To See TechStars' 12 Cool New Startups (Here's A Peek) — Today, seed fund and accelerator, TechStars, put on its “Demo Day” in Boston to debut 12 new companies to the world. Investors came in from far and wide to vet these young startups and to potentially take out their checkbooks.
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GigaOM
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
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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Examiner, @therednergroup, The Escapist, Tools, msnbc.com, @jspepper, ZDNet, DailyTech, Broken Toys, VG247, All New Musings, Kotaku, Neowin.net and The Consumerist, more at Mediagazer »
Matt LeMay / bitly blog:
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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The Next Web, Pulse2, AllTwitter and TechCrunch
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
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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All Facebook and TechCrunch
Zach Honig / Engadget:
Google Sync adds mail server search, appointment confirmation to native iOS apps — Google Sync has pushed Gmail messages, calendar updates, and contacts to iOS since its launch in 2009, but this half-baked solution previously lacked some key functionality.
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MacRumors and Google Enterprise Blog
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
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
