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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
EXCLUSIVE: Google to Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push — Say goodbye to the Picasa and Blogger names: Google intends to retire several non-Google name brands and rename them as Google products, Mashable has learned. — The move is part of a larger effort to unify its brand …
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ReadWriteWeb, Digital Trends, PC World, Search Engine Land, Between the Lines Blog, Gizmodo, The Business Insider, 9to5Google, INFOdocket, @kevinrose, CNET News, Neowin.net, lalawag, Technologizer, Google+ Info, TechSpot, TechnoRocket.net, @dannysullivan, Geek.com, @chartier, SlashGear, @adamostrow, Digitizor, @zee, Pulse2, 1001 Noisy Cameras and WebProNews
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FierceWireless:
Verizon confirms it will ditch unlimited smartphone data plans starting July 7 — Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) will switch to a new, usage-based pricing model for smartphone data starting July 7, a company spokeswoman confirmed. — Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney told FierceWireless …
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PC World, MediaPost, Gizmodo, IntoMobile, Daring Fireball, CNET News, The Toybox Blog, BetaNews, App Advice, Engadget, Hardware 2.0 Blog, AppleInsider, TechSpot, dailywireless.org, Gadget Lab, Evolver.fm, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, This is my next, MacRumors, Phone Scoop, 9to5Mac, BGR, LAPTOP Magazine, DSLreports, iPhone, PhoneDog.com, Light Reading, GigaOM, VzBuzz, MobileBurn.com, Android Phone Fans, iPhone Download Blog, GottaBeMobile, The Next Web, MobileCrunch, SlashGear, TiPb, blog.chron.com and PhoneArena
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Pegatron receives orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple — Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011, according to sources from upstream component makers.
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MediaFile, Fast Company, AllThingsD, PC World, Shiny Objects, Ars Technica, CNET News, GottaBeMobile, iPhone Download Blog, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, LAPTOP Magazine, VentureBeat, MobileCrunch, MobileSyrup.com, Neowin.net, Geek.com, Appolicious Advisor, Techland, iThinkDifferent, @qthrul, GigaOM, Techie Buzz, iPhone, iPhone Buzz, IntoMobile, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, App Advice, BGR and The Business Insider, Thanks:michaelkroker
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BackType:
BackType Has Been Acquired by Twitter — We're thrilled to announce that BackType has been acquired by Twitter! We'll be bringing our team and technology to Twitter's platform team, where our focus will be developing tools for Twitter's publisher partners.
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PC Magazine, VentureBeat, @twitterglobalpr, AllThingsD, StartupNorth, AllTwitter, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, Techie Buzz, The Next Web, Digitizor, PE Hub Blog, @swhitley and Fast Company, Thanks:davemcclure
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Twitter Testing Facebook-Like Message Wall [PIC] — Twitter is testing a Facebook-like message wall on profile pages, prompting users to send public tweets (a.k.a @ replies, or mentions) to specific users directly from their profile pages. — Twitter is testing the feature with a small percentage of users.
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Redmond Pie and @dannysullivan
Wall Street Journal:
New Financing Values Twitter as High as $7 Billion — Even as Internet companies such as Zynga Inc. and Groupon Inc. file to go public, Twitter Inc. is taking a different route: It is continuing to tap private investors. — The fast-growing Internet messaging service is currently …
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Mashable!, GigaOM, VatorNews, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNET News, The Business Insider, The Tech Trade and Deal Journal
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
As of July 31st, all Google profiles will be public — Google will no longer allow users to have private Google profiles after July 31st, reports Search Engine Land. The company had previously allowed users to create and maintain profiles on its service without publicly disclosing their existence.
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Digitizor and Search Engine Land
Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog:
Facebook blocks Google Chrome extension for exporting friends — Facebook Friend Exporter is a Chrome extension developed by Mohamed Mansour, an open source software engineer, that lets you grab all the information about your Facebook friends so you can import them elsewhere.
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Mashable!, All Facebook, BetaNews, OStatic blogs, CNET News, Digitizor, Inside Facebook, TechCrunch, The Register, Digital Trends, SlashGear, TG Daily, thechromesource, WebProNews, Neowin.net and Gadgetsteria
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Ailing Nokia cuts smartphone prices to halt slump — (Reuters) - Struggling Nokia has cut the prices of its smartphones in Europe, two industry sources told Reuters on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a more intensive price war in the mobile phone market.
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Bloomberg, Electronista, AllThingsD, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Neowin.net, The Nokia Blog, DailyTech, @ldignan, IntoMobile, TechEye, My Nokia Blog and PhoneArena
Kate Murphy / New York Times:
iPads Replacing Pilots' Paper Manuals — What is in those bulky, black flight bags that pilots carry into the cockpit? It is not a change of clothes but reams of reference material needed for the flight — about 40 pounds of it. There are the aircraft's operating manual, safety checklists …
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WebProNews, 9to5Mac, Techland and Pocket-lint
Bobbie Johnson / GigaOM:
Nokia's $200m secret shows the rot goes way, way back — There have been plenty of attempts to pinpoint where Nokia, the struggling Finnish mobile company, really started to go wrong. Some think it was when the iPhone launched and left it in the dust; some would suggest it was when the board …
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SlashGear, Thanks:bobbiejohnson
Todd Haselton / BGR:
Android market share jumps as BlackBerry slides; smartphones now owned by 1 in 3 Americans — According to a new report from comScore, 1 in 3 Americans now own a smartphone. Google's Android OS is ahead of the pack with a 38.1% share of the market during the 3-month period ending in May — up 5.1% from the last report in February.
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AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, Tech Trader Daily, 9to5Google, TechFlash, comScore, Inc., The Business Insider, TechCrunch and WMPU
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Apparently Undeterred by Apple Crackdown, Tapjoy Investors Pour In $30M More — Tapjoy, which has seen its app marketing business significantly affected by Apple's changed stance on in-app promotions, is still charging ahead. The company last week raised $30 million in a round led …
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GigaOM, Inside Mobile Apps and VentureBeat
Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Why Latin America is Netflix's next big market — Netflix announced plans to go truly global Tuesday, with the news that it would introduce its streaming video subscription service in 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. While many expected Netflix to launch in one or maybe …
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App Advice
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Google Rumored To Launch ITA-Powered Travel Search Product Soon — We're hearing that Google is planning to launch an ITA integrated-flight search product as soon as a few weeks from now, according to a well-placed industry source. In April, the DOJ finally approved Google's $700 million acquisition …
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VentureBeat and The Business Insider
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Google plans to open Hangouts for interoperability — Hangouts, the group video chat component of Google Plus that everyone's been raving about, could eventually be usable with other video chat clients and services as well. Google Real-time Communications Tech Lead Justin Uberti wrote …
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VentureBeat, Gadgetwise, juberjabber and Softpedia News
Krishna Panicker / The Big Blog:
New Skype 5.2 Update for Mac Brings Group Screen Sharing and Improved Multi-tasking — We are excited to announce that the Skype 5.2 update for Mac is now available for download. — With this new update, Skype for Mac users can now share their screen during a group video call.
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TechCrunch, MacRumors, Skype Garage, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Coolest Gadgets, TUAW, GigaOM and MacStories
Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal:
When Guests Check In, Their iPhones Check Out — When booking a weeklong yoga retreat, Amanda Levy signed up for a special package. Called “digital detox,” it promised a 15% discount if Ms. Levy, a sales executive at a San Francisco social-networking company, would agree to leave …
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The Business Insider
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Business Insider:
“Apple's... Exclusive Supply Chain Of Advanced Technology [Is] Literally Years Ahead Of Anyone Else On The Planet” — An amazing take by an anonymous user on Quora on why Apple products sometimes seem so superior. Because they are. Because they get them before anyone else.
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Quora, App Advice, Fortune, The Register, MacRumors, iPhone Download Blog, Shiny Objects, Gizmodo, TiPb and iClarified
David Kravets / Threat Level:
‘Massive Infringement’ Case Against CNET Dropped — Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit accusing CNET of facilitating “massive copyright infringement” by distributing peer-to-peer software dropped their case Monday. — The May lawsuit was lodged in Los Angeles by a handful of musicians and filmmaker Alkiviades David.
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TorrentFreak and paidContent
Om Malik / GigaOM:
For Foursquare, Brazil is the next big check-in — Foursquare is no longer a U.S. phenomenon. The New York City-based company is beginning to see some rapid growth in highly mobile societies. The newest one to join the party is Brazil, which has started to take off in the past few weeks …
