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Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
iPhone 5 redesign likely says WSJ, but have you met the iPad HD? — The Wall Street Journal now seems to be confirming what our sources told us back in April about the iPhone 5 (or whatever Apple decides to call it). According to the report (which closely mirrors some of the chatter …
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Mike Webb / Mac Post:
‘iPad HD’ Launching this Fall with Pro-Level Apps Support
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Technologizer, The Business Insider and SlashGear
Sarah Kessler / Mashable!:
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Store Sets Secret Service on Spy Camera Artist — Artist Kyle McDonald installed a program on computers in two New York Apple Store locations that automatically takes a photo every minute. Now his personal computers have been confiscated by the U.S. Secret Service.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Major ISPs agree to “six strikes” copyright enforcement plan — American Internet users, get ready for “six strikes.” Major US Internet providers—including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Cablevision, and Time Warner Cable—have just signed on to a voluntary agreement with the movie and music businesses …
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Victoria Espinel / White House.gov Blog:
Working Together to Stop Internet Piracy — The Administration is committed to reducing infringement of American intellectual property as part of our ongoing commitment to support jobs, increase exports and maintain our global competitiveness. — The joining of Internet service providers …
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Hollywood Reporter, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Daggle, VentureBeat, ExtremeTech and Techie Buzz
Apple:
Apple's App Store Downloads Top 15 Billion — Apple® today announced that over 15 billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store™ by the more than 200 million iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users worldwide. The App Store offers more than 425,000 apps …
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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple's IAd Mobile Business Is Said to Trim Prices as Advertisers Defect — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iAd mobile-advertising business has cut rates by as much as 70 percent as some marquee clients are using rival services, two people with knowledge of the matter said, signaling the company …
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John D. Sutter / CNN:
When it comes to presentation, Mark Zuckerberg is no Steve Jobs — (CNN) — Don't let the sweatshirts and flip-flops fool you: The tech world is all about image. And there's no better place to see this than the tech-company press conference — in which execs show off new products with elaborate PowerPoint presentations.
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
A Walk in the Woods With Mark Zuckerberg
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Gawker, Techie Buzz, @dannysullivan, Friending Facebook Blog and The Business Insider
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Apple Store overnight planned for July 13th, new MacBook Airs and Lion signage awaits — We've heard from a few overseas sources that Apple Retail stores are planning ‘overnights’ on July 13th. Overnights are generally where Apple refreshes store displays and trains up management on new products.
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, Gadgetsteria, MacStories, Gizmodo and Electronista
Ben Popper / Betabeat:
Turntable.fm and the Siren Song of the Start-up Pivot — There is no more overused and reviled word in the world of tech start-ups than pivot. Pivot. Pivot. Pivot. — It seems to capture the manic energy of the current tech industry, in which an idea can get millions in funding …
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Alyson Shontell / The Business Insider:
CONFIRMED: Turntable.fm Has Raised $7.5 Million Round At $37.5 Million Valuation
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Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Facebook trapped in MySQL ‘fate worse than death’ — According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is operating a huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to “a fate worse than death,” and the only way out is “bite the bullet and rewrite everything.”
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Google Mobile Blog:
“Download map area” added to Labs in Google Maps for Android — One way we bring you new product features is through Google Labs—a collection of fun, experimental features you can turn on if you're interested in the functionality. In fact, Google Maps itself started as a lab.
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TechCrunch, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Electronista, Gadgetsteria, Seattle Times, Softpedia News, GigaOM, iClarified, Marketing Pilgrim and VentureBeat
YouTube Blog:
Check out Cosmic Panda, A New Experimental Experience for Videos, Playlists, and Channels — With nearly 8 years of video uploaded and 3 billion views logged every day on YouTube, it's clear you like to watch and share YouTube videos. While you're watching your favorite or new videos …
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
Investment Values Twitter at $8 Billion — While Twitter isn't rushing to go public like some of its larger peers, the micro-blogging service doesn't lack investor interest. — The San Francisco, Calif.-based start-up is in the process of raising $400 million dollars …
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The Business Insider, VentureBeat, FM Blog, @rafat and @dannysullivan
Joel Falconer / The Next Web:
Gmail to roll out new inbox sorting options — Google introduced Priority Inbox last year to much fanfare from those with bottomless inboxes, and today announced that it is taking the sorting options it provides to users a step further in the coming weeks. — The new sorting options include Classic …
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Gmail Blog, Android Phone Fans and Lifehacker
Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Amazon Is Building Out Warehouses Like Crazy — Amazon is on a building boom: the company has announced two new fulfillment centers in the last two days, adding a total of more than 2 million square feet. — The new centers are in Phoenix (adding to three others there) and Plainfield …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Former Top Editor Makes Another Talent Raid on AOL's Engadget for New Competing Gadget Site — I love the smell of blog wars in the morning! — Acting as Facebook often does to Google, a new site started by former Engadget editor Josh Topolsky just hired away yet another passel …
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Jeferson Valadares / Flurry:
Free-to-play Revenue Overtakes Premium Revenue in the App Store — Among the most common questions we get from game developers (either from our current partners or new ones coming through the Flurry Game Acceleration Program) is whether the free-to-play (a.k.a. freemium) model makes sense for their next game.
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MacNN, GigaOM, Games.com The Blog …, AllThingsD, Inside Mobile Apps, VentureBeat and Gamasutra
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Realtime Search & The Aftermath Of The Google-Twitter Split — Last Friday, Twitter quietly shutdown its “firehose” of tweet data that was being piped to Google. Like a gas station no longer getting deliveries, Google in turn effectively had to hang a “Closed” sign on its Google Realtime Search service.
John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
Visa Says It's Still Not Processing Transactions for WikiLeaks — Contrary to widely-circulated reports in the Associated Press and Forbes, Visa did not lift its financial blockade on WikiLeaks, a Visa spokesperson tells The Atlantic Wire. Earlier today, headlines splashed across the web …
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
For The Moment, Visa And MasterCard Reopen Payments To WikiLeaks
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Examiner, DataCell, @wikileaks, CNET News and WL Central, Thanks:msbrumfield
Edmund Lee / AdAge:
Google+ Brand Pages Coming in Two Weeks — Ford, MTV and Mashable Likely Among First Allowed to Create Company Pages — Soon after the launch of Google+ came the inevitable next question: When can brands set up pages there, as they have successfully on Facebook? Now, an answer: in about two weeks.
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ClickZ, @eric_andersen and @semilshah, Thanks:steverubel
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple filings reveal heated, wireless stylus concepts for iPad and iPhone — Though Apple has thus far resisted the market for stylus devices, a freshly-filed pair of filings show the company continues to explore the space with concepts such as a “heated stylus” for more precise interaction …
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Patently Apple, Unwired View, Engadget, SlashGear, PadGadget, BNET and GottaBeMobile
Sarah McBride / Reuters:
Google to cooperate in antitrust review: Schmidt — (Reuters) - Google Inc will cooperate fully with U.S. antitrust regulators but will not let the formal probe launched last month distract or disrupt its strategy, executive chairman Eric Schmidt said. — Schmidt, who vacated his CEO seat …
