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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Apple's Cloud Still Isn't Streaming — When is a stream not a stream? When it's a download. — While a video making the rounds today makes it seem as if Apple's upcoming iTunes Match service will stream music from Apple's servers to a user's device, that's not the case.
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Nathan Olivarez-Giles / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
HP executive: The TouchPad could be resurrected — Hewlett-Packard could resurrect the TouchPad tablet computer, possibly after spinning off its PC unit into a stand-alone company, an HP executive said in a report Tuesday. — “Tablet computing is a segment of the market that's relevant …
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
HP To Build Touchpads Through October — Hewlett-Packard may have killed the TouchPad, but it's going to continue manufacturing it for just a little while longer. — With demand for the heavily discounted tablet still running high, HP has decided to produce one one last run before sending it off to a final dirt nap.
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Ian Barlow:
Firefox for Tablets — The Mozilla Mobile Team is working tirelessly to make Firefox awesome on tablets, and I wanted to take a moment to share some of the design decisions we've made with the UI thus far. Firefox for tablets is an evolution of its phone based predecessor …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Android And Apple Now Command Nearly 70 Percent Of U.S. Smartphone Market Share — Android and Apple together now account for nearly 70 percent of smartphone subscribers in the U.S., according to new estimates for July put out today by comScore. Android phones command nearly 42 percent market share …
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John Cook / GeekWire:
Microsoft loses ground in mobile as Google Android continues to soar — The latest comScore report on mobile market share doesn't paint a very good picture for Microsoft. The software company, which is touting its new Windows Phone 7 operating system, actually saw its share …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Apple iPad News Reader Zite Sold to CNN for Just Over $20 Million — Zite, the magazine-style reading app for the Apple iPad, has been sold to news giant CNN for $20 million to $25 million. — The arena for news readers on tablets and smartphones is competitive, with high-profile efforts …
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Mark Milian / CNN:
CNN acquires Zite, maker of iPad magazine app
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Oracle to Court: HP Was Sneaky When We Made That Deal — Last year, software company Oracle and IT giant Hewlett-Packard settled a lawsuit stemming from Oracle's hiring of Mark Hurd, a former HP CEO who resigned suddenly amid what might charitably be called a kerfuffle only to land at Oracle a month later.
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Denise Leung / Flickr Blog:
Introducing geofences on Flickr! — Geotagging the location of your photos can help you do all kinds of neat things on Flickr and add some great context to your image. With it, you can easily share with others where you went on your recent trip to patagonia, find the best barbecue in Texas …
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Heather Adkins / Google Online Security Blog:
An update on attempted man-in-the-middle attacks — Today we received reports of attempted SSL man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks against Google users, whereby someone tried to get between them and encrypted Google services. The people affected were primarily located in Iran.
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Google Explores Re-Ranking Search Results Using +1 Button Data — Google is making plans to turn its +1 button into a crowdsourcing tool that helps it re-order search results and fight web spam. — While not surprising, the move would bring Google's search engine into the social networking era …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Samsung announces Galaxy S II in USA on AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint for $199 — Samsung has today officially announced the arrival of the Galaxy S II in the US. The phone will be coming to Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T in an effort to capitalize on its success elsewhere in the world.
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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Samsung Galaxy S II on AT&T: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen, available September 18th - Hands-on pictures!
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
The Mystery of Steve Jobs's Public Giving — Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world. — Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr. Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent philanthropist.
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Alex Kidman / Gizmodo Australia:
Samsung's Official Statement On Apple's Ongoing Aussie Court Case — Following up from yesterday's court hearing that saw Samsung significantly delay the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, we've been sent Samsung's official response. Read it after the jump.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Sequoia-Backed Dolphin Brings Its Popular Browser To The iPhone — One of Android's biggest success stories so far has been the Dolphin Browser, a third-party browser that includes plenty of niceties that Android's stock browser doesn't: things like gestures, handy sidebars to access menus …
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Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
Java founder Gosling leaves Google for startup — After just a few months at search giant, Gosling is taking a chief software architect position at Liquid Robotics — Follow @pjkrill — After only a few months at Google, Java founder James Gosling has left the search engine giant …
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Serkan Toto / TechCrunch:
Wacom's Inkling Captures What You Draw On Paper Digitally (Amazing Video) — Wacom has announced a pretty amazing product today, the Inkling. This so-called Digital Sketch Pen allows you to capture whatever you draw or write on a sketchbook or any kind of paper in digital form, “stroke by stroke”.
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Ilya Frank / Gmail Blog:
Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members — We understand that it's not always easy or affordable for our troops serving overseas to call friends and family at home, so starting today we're making it completely free for all uniformed military personnel with valid United States Military …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Index Leads $4 billion Valuation Round In Dropbox — Dropbox is finally moving to close that massive valuation venture round we've been talking about all summer. According to multiple sources, Index Ventures will lead the round, which values Dropbox at around $4 billion.
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
OpenDNS and Google team to speed up the web — A few million Americans may find their YouTube requests get delivered faster on Tuesday as Google, OpenDNS, and several content delivery networks announce the Global Internet Speed Up effort. — As the web scales and bandwidth demands rise …
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Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
A Very Gloomy Picture Of Larry Page's Short Tenure As Google CEO — So far, new Google CEO Larry Page's tenure at the top has been fun for the rest of us to watch. — There was the big Motorola Mobility acquisition, a deep re-organization, and Google+'s successful launch.
