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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, Inside Facebook, PR Newswire, SAI, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, TiPb, IntoMobile, Neowin.net, Friending Facebook Blog and PetaPixel
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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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Kelly Hodgkins / Gizmodo:
Facebook is Armed With HTML5 and Gunning For Apple — Facebook is secretly working on an HTML5-based version of its social network that will target iOS devices. Internally, it's called Project Spartan. — The project's goal is to undermine Apple's App Store with a web application that can infiltrate millions of iOS devices.
The Lulz Boat / @lulzsec:
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The Register, The Next Web, Naked Security, Examiner, Computerworld, PC Magazine, CNET News, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, L.A. Times Tech Blog, @th3j35t3r, CBS News, Bits, ReadWriteWeb, AllThingsD, BetaNews, @kevinmitnick, @k_sec, Pulse2, @voulnet, @wikileaks, @kevinmitnick, Techland, @kevinmarks, Boing Boing, Gawker and Gizmodo
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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, Ars Technica, mocoNews, CNET News, Android and Me, PhoneDog.com, pocketnow.com, Digital Trends, Redmond Pie, Geek.com, GottaBeMobile, IGN Gear, Droid Life, ITworld.com, Edible Apple, Gadget Lab, Pulse2, Android Phone Fans, Pocket-lint, SAI, IntoMobile, I4U News, Techie Buzz, TG Daily, PhoneArena, Electronista, T3.com News, MobileCrunch, MacHackPC and Smartphones …
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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, Between the Lines Blog, Computerworld, PC Magazine 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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1001 Noisy Cameras and Electronista
Adrianne Jeffries / The New York Observer:
Bit O'Money: Who's Behind the Bitcoin Bubble? — A new virtual currency has computer nerds playing bankers. But is Bitcoin really an “unbreakable bubble”? And how do we get some? — Comic by Rasmus Rasmussen, Z1Xwitch ArtWork) — It was a tweet from a stranger that crystallized the concept of Bitcoin for Bruce Wagner.
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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
A risky currency? Alleged $500,000 Bitcoin heist raises questions
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The Register, The Next Web, VentureBeat, ExtremeTech, Between the Lines Blog and Tools
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.
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, Bloomberg, 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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Evolver.fm
Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
Insiders Tell The Story Of LinkedIn's Stunning Success — A month after its IPO, LinkedIn has a $7 billion market cap. — We spoke to Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn's executive chairman and principal founder, as well as two former long-time executives to learn the story of how a company founded amidst …
Thanks:mariosundar
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, Datamation.com, OStatic blogs, Computerworld, TechSpot, SlashGear, Geek.com, BetaNews, ZeroPaid.com, Pulse2, Techie Buzz, Search Engine Land, WebProNews, Chrome OS Site, Guardian, Engadget, @dannysullivan and 9to5 Google
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.
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, Mashable!, VatorNews, SAI, All Facebook, GeekWire, Search Engine Land and Stowe Boyd
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, Electronista, AllThingsD and GottaBeMobile
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
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 …
Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Mobile Apps:
With Three Titles in iOS' Top Grossing 15, Is Zynga Starting to Get Mobile Right? — It's been no secret that many of the Facebook platform's stars have had a hard time reaching the same level of dominance on iOS where mobile-focused companies like Rovio, Pocket Gems and Storm8 have flourished.
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Inside Social Games, AllThingsD, mocoNews and TechCrunch
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
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, Lost Remote, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM 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 and The Next Web
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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The Register, Techie Buzz, Pulse2 and Electronista, Thanks:hpnews
