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Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Google: S&P Cuts Rating To Sell From Buy; Sees Risks In Deal — Citing concerns about about Google's plan to spend $12.5 billion to buy Motorola Mobility, Standard & Poor's analyst Scott Kessler today cut his rating on the search engine's stock to Sell from Buy, slashing his price target on the stock to $500, from $700.
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Tech Trader Daily and The Business Insider
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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
RIM Left in 'No Man's Land' By Google Deal — Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), maker of the BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet computer, may have the most to lose from Google Inc. (GOOG)'s deal to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. — Google's proposed $12.5 billion acquisition …
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Wall Street Journal, Pulse2, MediaPost, The Business Insider and Bloomberg
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
Is Google Turning Into a Mobile Phone Company? No, It Says — Back in 2004, Eric E. Schmidt, then Google's chief executive, proclaimed, “We're not going into the phone business, but we're going to make sure Google is on those phones.” — Less than a year later, however, Google did the opposite.
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Fractals of Change, The Snitch, USA Today and The Business Insider
Frank X. Shaw / @fxshaw:
funny! RT @billcox: Google is about algorithms. Why not apply it to PR? Behold, the Android Press Release Generator: http://t.co/mctb8K0
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Daring Fireball, @m4tt and @reckless
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Google-Motorola: Winners and losers
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PC World, The Economy News, SplatF, The Business Insider, mocoNews and Computerworld
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
U.S. Carriers Silent on Motoroogle, but France Telecom Gives It a Thumbs Up
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Fortune, PR Newswire, Softpedia News and PE Hub Blog
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
“Defending Android” — Bravo Google, well played.
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The Tech Trade, Computerworld, CNNMoney.com, DealBook, FOSS Patents, parislemon, TechFlash, Inquirer, deal architect, Bloomberg, GottaBeMobile, FOSS Patents and SplatF
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Why is LTE equipment being installed in an Apple Store? — Well, this is certainly interesting. While rumors of an LTE-enabled iPhone had died down for a little while, they sprung back to life yesterday with a report that just such a device was being tested by carriers.
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eWeek, 9to5Mac, CNET News, Computerworld, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, App Advice, MacRumors, Edible Apple, everythingiCafe, iLounge, Apple Bitch, SlashGear, MacPost, PhoneDog.com, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone, GottaBeMobile and Electronista
Reuters:
Taiwan's HTC sues Apple over patents — (Reuters) - Smartphone maker HTC Corp sued Apple Inc, claiming infringement of three patents through Apple's sale of Macintosh computers, iPads, iPods, iPhones and other devices. — The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware seeks …
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Ars Technica, MediaFile, Phone Scoop, Between the Lines Blog, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Pulse2, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Techie Buzz, Geek.com, Android Phone Fans, This is my next, TUAW, BGR, MacRumors, AppleInsider, mocoNews, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneDog.com, CNET News and TiPb
John Martellaro / The Mac Observer:
Calculating the Size of Apple's Spaceship HQ — TMO TALK (25) — New architectural information has been released about Apple's proposed, so-called spaceship headquarters in Cupertino. There are lots of things to know about it, but one interesting fact is the diameter.
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AppleInsider, CNET News, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases $69 OS X Lion thumb drive, ships in 1-3 business days — As expected, Apple has released OS X Lion on a USB thumb drive via their online store. The $69 thumb drive ships in 1-3 business days and requires 7GB of available storage space. One caveat for users that install OS X Lion via …
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BGR, AppleInsider, LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo, eWeek, CNET News, The Register, This is my next, Digits, Computerworld, L.A. Times Tech Blog, PC World, Pulse2, AppleNApps, AppleInsider and Softpedia News, Thanks:markgurman
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Steven Sande / TUAW:
Lion 10.7.1 now available in Software Update
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Apple, Ars Technica, AllThingsD, Computerworld, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacStories, SlashGear, The Next Web and The Loop
Josh Lowensohn / Crave: The gadget blog:
Starbucks serves up free iPhone apps — Starbucks is now serving up paid applications for free as part of its “Pick of the Week” program. — The next time you go into a Starbucks for a drink or snack, you could end up walking out with a free iPhone app too.
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone, Gizmodo, GottaBeMobile, SplatF, VentureBeat, PadGadget, iDownloadBlog.com and FierceMobileContent
Daniel Rocha / Inside Search:
The evolution of sitelinks: expanded and improved — (Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog) — When you're searching, you often have a specific task in mind, like figuring out which exhibits are showing at a nearby museum. Despite this narrow goal, people often start with a broad query …
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, ReadWriteWeb, GeekWire, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land and The Next Web
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Fox Starts Its Web Pullback, and ABC Gets Ready to Follow — Fox has formally kicked off the The Great Free TV Web Pullback of 2011. Now get ready for ABC to do the same. — Yesterday Fox followed through with its previously announced plans to keep its new shows off the Web for eight days …
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FOX Television Shows, Betabeat, Multichannel News, GigaOM, Lost Remote, MediaPost, Electronista, FierceIPTV and DSLreports, more at Mediagazer »
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction suspended for all EU countries except Germany — Dutch website Webwereld, which also raised issues yesterday concerning pictures of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 presented by Apple to the Düsseldorf court, was first to break the news that the Landgericht (district court) …
Harry McCracken / Time:
Techmeme — Want to know what's new in the world of tech? You could visit one of the big news sites or blogs. Or you could go right to the site that reporters and bloggers check obsessively throughout the day. Gabe Rivera's Techmeme pulls together articles from around the Web …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple currently plans to start pre-orders for next iPhone on Sept. 30, launch Oct. 7 — We've independently heard that Apple has plans to begin selling the next-generation iPhone on Friday, October 7th; the date first reported by TiPB. According to our sources, Apple has been weighing between launching …
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The Business Insider, MacRumors, App Advice, Redmond Pie, MacPost, parislemon, GottaBeMobile, Techie Buzz, iDownloadBlog.com, FreakGeeks, Apple Bitch, SlashGear, MacStories, TiPb and Electronista
Todd Yellin / Netflix Blog:
Netflix Launches “Just for Kids” — Watch kids watch a movie or TV show. Notice how they differ from adults. First, kids love to watch the same thing over and over again. More importantly, kids identify with shows more by the characters than by the title. — Todd Yellin here.
Kinnari Jhaveri / The Official Google Blog:
Shop your favorite catalogs with Google Catalogs — (Cross-posted on the Commerce and Mobile blogs) — For years, shoppers have enjoyed flipping through glossy print catalogs to be inspired, discover new trends and find great products. Today, mobile technologies can make catalog shopping more engaging, social and creative.
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GeekWire, Google Operating System, Mashable!, App Advice, ReadWriteWeb, SlashGear, Gizmodo, BetaNews, PC Magazine, SocialTimes.com, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Search Engine Land, Softpedia News and TiPb
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Redesigns Android, iPhone Apps With Groups And More; Debuts HTML5 Mobile Site — LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner explained on the company's first earnings call a few weeks ago that the company is planning to make a big investment in its mobile strategy. Today, the professional social network …
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The Next Web, VentureBeat, The LinkedIn Blog, MediaPost, VentureBeat, TUAW, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, T3.com News, PhoneArena, SFGate and CNN
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
AWS Launches GovCloud, A Secure Region For U.S. Government Agencies And Contractors — Many government agencies have been slower to adopt the cloud because of the specific regulatory requirements, compliance issues and security regulations. To mitigate this, Amazon Web Services is launching AWS GovCloud …
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Amazon Web Services Blog and Between the Lines Blog
Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Mozilla Officially Launches Firefox 6 — Mozilla today officially launched Firefox 6, the latest stable version of its popular browser. Since its switch to a more frequent release schedule, Mozilla has already pushed out a number of releases, so version numbers themselves …
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Computerworld, VentureBeat, The Mozilla Blog, Mozilla Hacks, GeekWire, @dannysullivan, PC Magazine, DailyTech, Softpedia News, MacStories and TechnoBolt
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Live From 500 Startups Demo Day: McClure's Second Batch Of Startups, Unleashed — We're in Mountain View at Dave McClure's 500 Startups HQ where the second ever 500 Startups Demo Day is about to start. Today 31 startups will present to press and investors here in McClure's bright …
Emily Steel / MorningStar:
WSJ(8/15) AOL Growth Comes At A Cost — AOL Inc. has no shortage of websites, with more than 800. They range from hundreds of little hometown-news sites in the Patch network to its 37 bigger-name properties, including the Huffington Post, TechCrunch, MapQuest and Moviefone.
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The Business Insider and MediaPost
Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog:
Yahoo, Facebook test “six degrees of separation” idea — Summary: Yahoo and Facebook have teamed up to figure out whether the “six degrees of separation” idea is valid or not. — Yahoo has partnered with Facebook to test the iconic social experiment known as “six degrees of separation” …
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Mercury News, NBC Bay Area and All Facebook
Kashmir Hill / The Not-So Private Parts:
Facebook Offers Court ‘Smoking Gun’ Against Paul Ceglia — This would have been easier had Mark Zuckerberg held onto his copy of the Streetfax contract — Facebook knows how to fend off lawsuits. After vanquishing the Winklevoss twins, the company's lawyers turned their full attention to Paul Ceglia …
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Digits
Audrey Watters / Hack Education:
Android App Inventor Saved! Finds a New Home at MIT — Last week, I broke the news that Google plans to shut down Android App Inventor, its DIY tool for building mobile phone apps. Google did indicate that it will open source the code for App Inventor and said that due to App Inventor's adoption …
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TechCrunch, Between the Lines Blog, Research News, Google Research Blog, ReadWriteWeb and SlashGear
