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12:10 PM ET, July 28, 2011

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NielsenWire:
In U.S. Smartphone Market, Android is Top Operating System, Apple is Top Manufacturer  —  According to June data from Nielsen, Google's Android operating system (OS) now claims the largest share of the U.S. consumer smartphone market with 39 percent.  Apple's iOS is in second place with 28 percent …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Next iPhone to feature thinner, tapered design according to new silicone cases  —  Yesterday, a purported case mold schematic for the fifth-generation iPhone emerged, pointing to a complete re-design for Apple's handset.  This mold points to a larger display, a larger home button, and a thinner profile for the next iPhone.
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
iPhone 5 Launching in Second Week of September? iPad 3 Later?  —  The China Times pinpoints the iPhone 5 release to the second week of September with an initial order of 4 million units.  Suppliers are said to be currently preparing 400,000 trial run units.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Offers To Re-Write Your Webpages On The Fly, Promising 25% To 60% Speed Improvements  —  Google has long been obsessed with speed.  It's paramount in pretty much everything they do.  Which is why the launch of Google+ with some — gasp — attention paid to design is even more surprising.
Jason Mick / DailyTech:
Exclusive: British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong Guy  —  Chat logs, video evidence indicate that the arrest was misdirection  —  Earlier today the blogosphere lit up with news that “Topiary” a key hacker from Anonymous and LulzSec was arrested.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Steve Perlman unveils DIDO white paper explaining “impossible” wireless data rates  —  DIDO is a new wireless technology that is supposed to be impossible, since it allows people to send and receive data over a wireless network at speeds that aren't possible with today's technology.
Discussion: Business Week, Electronista and thinq_
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
BBC iPlayer goes global with iPad app launch in 11 countries  —  Western Europe first for subscription-based service, with US to follow later in 2011  —  BBC Worldwide is launching its global iPlayer service today, via an iPad app that will be made available in 11 countries in Western Europe.
Thijs van As / The Official Google Blog:
Catch the London Underground with Google Maps  —  Starting today, you can get public transport directions for London within Google Maps.  One of Europe's largest metropolitan areas, London is a major destination for both business travelers and tourists.  More than 1 billion passengers …
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google's Growth Unsettles Mountain View  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW—Google Inc. is the single largest contributor to the coffers of Mountain View, where it is based.  But as the Web giant expands its physical footprint and seeks to build new offices, housing and infrastructure, the city government is pushing back.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Sprint, LightSquared enter 15-year pact for LTE  —  Sprint has inked a wholesale 4G LTE deal with LightSquared that diversifies the carrier's network.  The agreement runs for 15 years.  —  For the wireless carrier, LightSquared gives Sprint an option for LTE—it currently offers 4G services via WiMax and Clearwire.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Netflix Is for Movies, Hulu Is for TV Shows.  Neither Is for Your iPad or Your iPhone.  —  Lots of you are using your phones to watch YouTube.  But Netflix and Hulu?  Not so much.  —  That's one of the takeaways from a new Nielsen report about viewing habits on the two online video services.
Lynnley Browning / Reuters:
Insight: Microsoft use of low-tax havens drives down tax bill  —  (Reuters) - If you want to know why tax from surging corporate profits isn't making much of a dent in the United States' crippling budget deficit, a glance at Microsoft Corp's recent results provides some clues.
Discussion: TechFlash
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Expedia And Zillow Founder Launches Location-Based Mobile Discovery iOS App Trover  —  The idea of discovering items, products and locations around you is a challenge that a number of startups and companies are trying to solve, including Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and many others.
Discussion: GigaOM, GeekWire, mocoNews and Tnooz
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
TaskRabbit goes mobile!  And it's in NYC, which is awesome.  —  Often times I ask myself if technology is really helping us.  I'm not suggesting it's not beneficial.  It's making us super human beings!  And I'm sure you have days when you feel like a 56K modem in a broadband world.
Discussion: Betabeat, TechCrunch, GigaOM and TUAW
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Qualcomm's Awesome Augmented Reality SDK Now Available For iOS  —  Back around July of last year, Qualcomm launched a software development kit for building Augmented Reality apps on Android.  The idea was to allow Android developers to build all sorts of crazy AR stuff (like games and apps …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Moment Of Truth For Airbnb As User's Home Is Utterly Trashed  —  Important updates to post at end  —  Until now everything has been just great for Airbnb, a service that lets people rent out their homes and become a sort of mini-hotel.  The company launched in 2008 and has grown rapidly.
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Steven Millward / Penn Olson:
Alibaba Confirms Aliyun, Its Cloud-Powered Mobile and Tablet OS  —  Wang Jian, president of Alibaba Cloud Computing, launches the Aliyun OS at an event in Beijing today.  —  This afternoon, China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has confirmed the existence of its own mobile operating system, the “Aliyun OS.”
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Hollywood Forces UK ISP To Block Newzbin Usenet Site  —  Following a hearing in London's High Court, leading UK ISP BT will be forced to block subscriber access to Usenet indexing site Newzbin2.  Under the banner of the MPA, the leading Hollywood studios successfully argued that by letting …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Nintendo posts earnings, drops 3DS from $249 to $169 August 12th, current owners get 20 free games  —  The price of the Nintendo 3DS in the US is dropping precipitously August 12th from $249 to $169, with other regions getting a similar price break in their respective currency.
Michael Grothaus / TUAW:
EA: our fastest growing platform is the iPad  —  There was a time when the majority of games were played on dedicated consoles like the Xbox or PlayStation but, as they say, “those times are a'changin.”  Speaking to IndustryGamers, EA CEO John Riccitiello said consoles are no longer the dominant force in gaming.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
After CBS, Amazon Lands Movie Streaming Deal With NBCUniversal  —  Following the e-commerce giant's recent deal with CBS, Amazon has just announced its licensing agreement with NBCUniversal to allow U.S. Amazon Prime customers to stream movies from Universal Pictures' library of content.
Mike Luttrell / TG Daily:
Republican Tea Party leader arrested for computer piracy  —  A heavyweight for the political Tea Party movement in the south has most likely just crippled his potential political future.  —  61-year-old Anthony Trinca was arrested for allegedly selling pirated versions of high-end computer software.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Twitter Pumps Up Its Ads Today With “Promoted Tweets To Followers”  —  Twitter's slow-moving ad business takes another step forward today: Sources tell me that the company will formally launch its new “Promoted Tweets To Followers” ad plan.  —  What that means to advertisers …
 
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