Techmeme: Amazon is testing a slick new site design, built with tablets in mind (Matt Brian/The Next Web)

10:10 AM ET, August 31, 2011

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Amazon 10-inch tablet PC to start mass production in 1Q12 — Mass production of Amazon's 10.1-inch tablet PC reportedly will be conducted in the first quarter of 2012 with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to handle the orders, according to sources from upstream component suppliers.

Discussion: VentureBeat, 9to5Google, I4U News, The Business Insider, The Digital Reader, The Next Web, Electronista, PhoneArena, Fudzilla and Pocket-lint

Peter Cartwright / netbooknews.com: Amazon Tablets - 7-incher in October, 10-incher Next Year

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Financial Times Apps Finally Pulled From iOS — Two months after the deadline for compliance hit, it's now clear The Financial Times and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) can't come to a compromise over the new requirement that in-app subscription payments must go through iTunes Store.

Discussion: GigaOM, Inquirer, AllThingsD, Reuters, Between the Lines Blog, App Advice, everythingiCafe, SlashGear, Mobile Entertainment, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, Poynter, TUAW, MacRumors, New Media Age and MacNN

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:

Couple Can Sue Laptop-Tracking Company for Spying on Sex Chats — An Ohio woman and her boyfriend can sue a laptop-tracking company that recorded their sexually explicit communications in an effort to identify thieves who stole the computer the woman was using.

Discussion: The Not-So Private Parts, GadgetTrak Blog and The Register

Joanna Stern / This is my next:

Samsung Series 7: aluminum covers, quad-core Core i7 power, and AMD graphics starting at $999 — Samsung might have just announced a trio of new Galaxy S II phones a few hours ago, but it's shifting gears fast to some brand-canew laptops. And they're not just your run-of-the-mill systems.

Discussion: LAPTOP Magazine, Inquirer, Gizmodo, Liliputing, LAPTOP Magazine, Electronista, PC Magazine, Crave, Liliputing and Engadget

Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:

Apple wants its 3G MacBook prototype back — The unusual Apple notebook. — Apple wants a North Carolina man to return a prototype notebook computer he purchased on Craigslist earlier this year, CNET has learned. — Three weeks ago, photos of the device emerged in an eBay listing by Carl Frega …

Discussion: MacRumors, Appletell, SlashGear, TekGoblin, The Apple Core Blog, 9to5Mac, MacPost, AppleInsider, Between the Lines Blog, iClarified and Gizmodo

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.

Discussion: Appolicious Advisor, Guardian, I4U News, Pocket-lint, iPhone Alley, T3.com News, The Register, ReadWriteWeb, Electricpig.co.uk, BGR, Techie Buzz and MediaFile

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Despite Apple's Denial, iTunes Match is Streaming

Discussion: Music Ally and Geek.com

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

“Respect Explorer's Heritage” — When photos started circulating yesterday of the new interface for Windows Explorer in Windows 8, I was sure they were a joke. Surely, this was an Onion mock-up. Or maybe they were from some Apple fan making fun of Microsoft's design aesthetic in which more is quite often... more.

Discussion: 9to5Mac and The Ed Bott Report Blog

Lewis Curdie / Mobot:

“One last run” TouchPad blog refers to the US — HOME > “ONE LAST RUN” TOUCHPAD BLO... “One last run” TouchPad blog refers to the US — You know HP's “one last run” blog post about the TouchPad that everyone is currently peeing their pants over? Well don't get too excited just yet, homies.

Discussion: The Register, Android Phone Fans and The Next Web

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
HP To Build Touchpads Through October

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Amazon is testing a slick new site design, built with tablets in mind — It appears that online retail giant Amazon will launch a new, vastly improved version of its massively popular shopping website in the near future, overhauling its design that not only looks great on the desktop …

Discussion: Softpedia News, VentureBeat, FT Tech Hub and 9to5Mac, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:m4tt

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 …

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog: Firefox's tablet UI looks promising

Jeremy Stoppelman / Yelp Official Blog:

My Thoughts on Daily Deals... Wowza! There's a lot of buzz lately circulating around the future of daily deals, so I thought I'd take a moment to share my perspective. — Daily deals have been a hit with consumers and since we launched Yelp Deals last year, we've learned a lot about the business.

Discussion: CNET News, Search Engine Land and VentureBeat

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Salesforce Adds Realtime Chat, Screen Sharing, And Groups To Chatter; Debuts HTML5 Mobile App — Salesforce's ‘social network for the enterprise’ Chatter has been the company's first real foray into incorporating social with business functions. Salesforce originally announced Chatter …

Discussion: eWeek, InfoWorld and Between the Lines Blog

Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The New York Times imagines the kitchen table of the future — At The New York Times Company's R&D Lab, the group's collective of technologists, artists, and journalists talks a lot about “information shadows” — the auras of data that surround us in our daily lives.

Discussion: Screenwerk, GeekWire, Betabeat, TechNet Blogs and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »

Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:

Groupon's PR Boss Suddenly Quit After Just Two Months On The Job - Here's Why — The vice president of global communications at Groupon has left the company after just two months on the job. — According to a source familiar with one view of the situation, Bradford Williams left due …

Discussion: Gawker and @robhof

Joe Fedewa / Sprintfeed:

Sprint Changing ETFs Starting September 9th — As of right now the early termination fee for ending a contract before it's up is a pricey $200, but starting September 9th you might not think $200 is so bad. Our world renowned Super Spies have done it again, and this time they bring us some bad news.

Discussion: TechCrunch, ZDNet, DailyTech, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile and Android Phone Fans

Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:

Exclusive Interview with Mike Kirkup, Sr. Director of Developer Relations, on why he is leaving Research In Motion — It's a sad day for CrackBerry Nation. To say I was shocked when I saw word that one of our absolute all-time favorite Research In Motion employees, Mike Kirkup …

Discussion: Mobile Insights, BlackBerry Cool, IntoMobile and Mobile Entertainment

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Subscription movie service Moviepass gets a second chance — After a false start earlier this summer, Moviepass might finally be able to launch its subscription movie ticket service, thanks to a partnership with theater voucher provider Hollywood Movie Money.

Discussion: SFGate

Juliette Guilbert / The Windows Blog:

What's new in Pictures + Camera for Mango — I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't own a “real” camera anymore, digital or otherwise. — Instead, for the past couple of years I've recorded all my memorable events with my phone—my daughters' birthdays, my trip to Hawaii …

Discussion: IntoMobile, Ubergizmo, Electronista, MobileBurn.com, WPCentral.com, WMPoweruser and Phone Scoop

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:UK:

Nokia Keeps Its Eye On The Ball, Puts Design Front And Center — Analysts often talk about the growth of the smartphone market based on which software OS is selling the best, but there is another way to look at what is working: the design of the device. An emphasis on the latter came up twice today …

Discussion: Internet2Go, Wall Street Journal, My Nokia Blog and ITworld.com

Chris Ziegler / This is my next:

Samsung Galaxy S II on AT&T: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen, available ‘in the coming weeks’ — Hands-on pictures and video! — Updated with hands-on pictures — You can forget the rumored “Attain” branding, because AT&T is taking the same tack as T-Mobile on this one and leaving the name of its own Samsung Galaxy S II untouched.

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.

Discussion: Mercury News, Bloomberg, Between the Lines Blog, The Business Insider, PC World and Times of India

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 …

Discussion: Softpedia News and Ubergizmo

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