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Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:
HTC Says It's Willing to Negotiate With Apple Over Patent Fight — HTC Corp. (2498), the Taiwanese smartphone maker locked in a patent battle with Apple Inc. (AAPL), says it's willing to negotiate with the iPhone maker after both sides scored victories at the U.S. International Trade Commission.
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Exclusive images of AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II revealed — BGR has obtained exclusive images of AT&T's upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. Following our report on Monday showing an unnamed Samsung slider headed to AT&T, we have confirmed that the device pictured is indeed a variant …
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This is my next, GigaOM, The Toybox Blog, The Business Insider, Gizmodo, Android Community, SlashGear, Sammy Hub, Techie Buzz, GottaBeMobile, Pocket-lint, PhoneDog.com, Coolsmartphone, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, Engadget Mobile, AndroidGuys, I4U News, Electricpig.co.uk, MobileSyrup.com, Android Phone Fans, Electronista and Gadgetian
Caterina Fake / Caterina.net:
Anonymity and Pseudonyms in Social Software — On Facebook, and now Google Plus, real names are required. Since its launch, there has been a fair amount of controversy surrounding the Google Plus policies, including this from a former Google employee who goes by the name of Skud, who had her account suspended.
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Anil Dash, Betabeat, eWeek, Pocket-lint, Stowe Boyd and Network World, Thanks:kevinmarks
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / Networking Blog:
Google revises Google+ real name management policy — Over the weekend, Google annoyed numerous one-time Google+ users by blowing away their accounts because they'd broken Google's name restrictions. That went over well. As I asked at the time, “What was Google thinking!?”
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CNET News, The Business Insider, Search Engine Watch, Bradley Horowitz, PC World, Digital Trends, Mashable!, Bill Gross, WebProNews, Webomatica, 9to5Google and VentureBeat
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
HTC Puccini, the company's first 10-inch tablet, uncovered — In addition to exclusively revealing the first photos of AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II earlier this morning, we also got our hands on the first solid images of HTC's upcoming 10-inch slate, codenamed the HTC Puccini.
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Engadget, This is my next, The Mobile Gadgeteer Blog, Gizmodo, Techie Buzz, GottaBeMobile, Liliputing, The Next Web, Electronista and Coolsmartphone
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Face detection software and API land in iOS 5 following Apple's 2010 purchase of Polar Rose — In 2010 we reported that Apple snapped up a Swedish company called Polar Rose that specializes in face detection algorithms. Less than a year after this purchase, we have discovered what Apple actually intends to do with this software.
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App Advice, Fast Company, Gizmodo, TiPb, MacNN, iGadgetsReport, GSMArena Blog, Apple Bitch, MacStories, TUAW, MacGazette.net, everythingiCafe and iClarified, Thanks:markgurman
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Invents New Flat Keyless Keyboard for Desktops & More — Late last week the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that revealed yet another take on a possible future virtual keyboard for the iMac and other devices. Apple's first major patent concerning larger virtual keyboards surfaced in 2009.
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The Business Insider, PC Pro, Engadget, Electricpig.co.uk, iClarified and Pocket-lint
Christopher Finke / Less Talk, More Do:
What do people type in the address bar? — Earlier this year, I added a feature to URL Fixer (a browser add-on that fixes errors in URLs that you type in the address bar) that collects anonymous usage stats from users who opt in in order to help improve the ways that URL Fixer corrects typos …
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PC World
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
All Is Right With The World: EBook Apps Back On The iPad — Yesterday's “Everybody panic!” is today's “Meh.” B&N, Amazon, and Google Books have all taken pains to make it abundantly clear that you can only buy their ebooks from the e-store “through the Safari browser on their device or any computer” …
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PC World, Digital Trends and MobileBurn.com
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Tim Carmody / Wired:
Sidestepping Apple: From Amazon to Conde Nast, Companies Rethink App Strategies
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GigaOM, Wall Street Journal, Music Ally, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, MobileBurn.com, Neowin.net, ITProPortal, TechEye, Webmonkey, CNET News, Reuters, Slashdot, PC World, PadGadget, Techland, CNNMoney.com, FM Blog, Hardware 2.0 Blog and dailywireless.org, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:tcarmody
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
YouSendIt steps on Dropbox's turf with unlimited cloud storage service — YouSendIt is best known as a convenient alternative to email when you have large files to send, but now the California-based firm is stepping up a gear with the launch of a Dropbox-style cloud storage and file sharing solution with a low-price unlimited plan.
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Lifehacker, Techland, ReadWriteCloud, The Download Blog, SiliconANGLE and Social Markets
Nivi / Venture Hacks:
1.5 Years Of AngelList: 8000 Intros, 400 Investments And That's Just The Data We Can Tell You About — It's the AngelList centi-sesquicentennial and we want to share some stats with you. After 1.5 years, AngelList has seen... - 8,000 intros. An investor has asked for an intro to a startup on AngelList over 8,000 times.
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Feld Thoughts, GigaOM and The Business Insider, Thanks:venturehacks
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
AT&T preps for early to mid-September iPhone 5 launch — BGR has exclusively learned that AT&T has begun communicating launch plans internally for Apple's next-generation iPhone 5 handset. We have been told that AT&T has begun informing employees across the company, and those who work in retail locations …
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PC Magazine, Computerworld, Crave, mocoNews, ITProPortal, GottaBeMobile, iThinkDifferent, Macgasm, Softpedia News, Examiner, Between the Lines Blog, PSFK, IntoMobile, MacGazette.net, iDownloadBlog and AppleInsider, Thanks:brodie_duncan
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Smartphones, iPads & the state of the mobile Internet — The first quarter of 2011 turned out to be a big one for smartphone makers, especially Apple and Android-based device makers such as Samsung. In the US alone, slightly more than half of the phones sold were smartphones …
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dailywireless.org and textually.org
Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
As DVD sales decline, Walmart.com adds Vudu streaming — Online video rental store Vudu has seen massive growth lately, driven mostly by getting embedded on an ever-growing number of connected TVs and other devices. But the streaming-video-on-demand service is about to get a big boost …
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Engadget, Reuters, VatorNews, TechCrunch, fierceonlinevideo.com … and Benzinga
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Technology Is The New Smoking — We've all been there; You're at an outing or a dinner table with friends but itching to check your email or Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Google+ or Yammer or what ever digital hit of serotonin you prefer. Have you ever “gone to the bathroom” …
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GigaOM, Daily Mail, blog.chron.com and Washington Post
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Patents ‘Gumming Up’ Innovation: Google — Google Inc. General Counsel Kent Walker said the smartphone industry is using patents in an arms race that hurts consumers, leaving the company trying to “sort through the mess” of litigation. — “It's hard to find what's the best path …
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dailywireless.org, Inquirer and GMSV
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Jumio Turns Webcams Into Credit Card Readers - And Why Merchants Will Welcome ‘Netswipers’ — If it were up to Jumio, we're all going to be ‘netswiping’ to purchase books, clothes, travel, FarmVille crops and whatnot online in a couple of years. The startup has been extensively testing …
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VatorNews, ReadWriteWeb, AllThingsD, GigaOM, CNET News, Engadget, Silicon Valley Watcher, Shelly Palmer Digital Living, GottaBeMobile, Jumio, Pulse2 and FT Tech Hub, Thanks:nitwitty
Ishan Srivastava / Times of India:
Amazon set to launch services in India next year — CHENNAI: World's largest online retailer, Amazon.com is set to enter India, riding on the second wave of e-commerce boom in India. Amazon is in discussions with leading Indian e-commerce players like Flipkart.com, LetsBuy.com and Exclusively.in …
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The Register, The Next Web, The Business Insider, Techie Buzz and Penn Olson
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple considering cheaper components to keep iPad 3 competitive — iPad 2 WiFi teardown image courtesy of iFixit — An interesting report comes this morning via DigiTimes, the Taiwanese trade publication. Besides naming possible integrated circuit suppliers for iPad 4 - Novatek Microelectronics …
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PC Magazine, DigiTimes, Softpedia News, I4U News, AppleInsider, MacNN, MacRumors, iClarified and MacDailyNews
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Design Sales Site Fab.com Hits 350,000 Members, Raises $8M To Celebrate — Fab.com, which started out as Fabulis, a social networking site for gay men, has not only recently changed its name but also started from scratch with an entirely new business centered around online flash sales of design items.
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Betabeat, AllThingsD and @aplusk
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
InterDigital files Nokia, Huawei, ZTE complaint — (Reuters) - InterDigital Inc has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Nokia Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp accusing the cellphone makers of infringing seven InterDigital technology patents.
Pew Research Center:
71% of Online Adults Now Use Video-Sharing Sites — More online Americans are using video-sharing sites— and they are doing so more frequently. As of May 2011, 71% of online adults reported watching videos on a video-sharing site such as YouTube or Vimeo. A demographic portrait of these site users is in the table below.
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techPresident, VatorNews, GigaOM and Pew Research Center
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
For Suspected Hackers, a Sense of Social Protest — SAN FRANCISCO — The F.B.I.'s arrests of 14 people last week were the most ambitious crackdown yet on a loose-knit group of hackers called Anonymous that has attacked a string of government agencies and private companies over the last eight months.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Motorola bid to dismiss 3G phones lawsuit fails — (Reuters) - Motorola Solutions Inc lost a bid to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing it of misleading shareholders about deteriorating prospects for its cellphone business, resulting in investment losses.
Karen Freifeld / Bloomberg:
Facebook Lets Users Opt Out of ‘Tag Suggestions’ Feature, Connecticut Says — Facebook Inc. made it easier for subscribers to opt out of the “tag suggestions” facial- recognition feature, addressing privacy concerns raised by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen.
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Reuters, @agjepsen, NBC Connecticut, Litchfield County Times and The Day newspaper
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
Video: Yes, You Can Bring A Goat Into The Apple Store — Comedian Mark Malkoff may be the next Ralph Nader. From visiting all of Manhattan's 171 Starbucks, to living in a New Jersey IKEA, to beating a crosstown bus in a race (on a Big Wheel!), he's a consumer advocate on a mission.
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MacRumors, @mmalkoff and OS X Daily
Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
Report: Amazon To Use Two-Finger Touchscreen To Keep Tablet Competitive With The iPad — Details about the Amazon tablet are slowly emerging as its supposed release draws closer. The latest news out of the Chinese manufacturing scene is that Amazon, like others, are opting …
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Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, DigiTimes, GottaBeMobile, Neowin.net, Electronista, TeleRead, 9to5Mac, parislemon, DisplayBlog, Techland and iClarified
