Techmeme: Designing for Metro style and the desktop (Steven Sinofsky/MSDN Blogs)

9:10 PM ET, August 31, 2011

Top Items:

Apple loses another unreleased iPhone (exclusive) — Cava22, the San Francisco bar where another unreleased iPhone apparently went missing. — In a bizarre repeat of a high-profile incident last year, an Apple employee once again appears to have lost an unreleased iPhone in a bar, CNET has learned.

John D. Sutter / CNN: Again? Apple reportedly loses another iPhone prototype in another bar

Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:

U.S. Files Antitrust Complaint to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger — The U.S. government sued to block AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc., saying the deal would “substantially lessen competition” in the wireless market. — The Justice Department complaint was filed today in federal court in Washington.

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
AT&T Surprised by Government's Move to Block T-Mobile Deal

Discussion: LAPTOP Magazine, StreetInsider.com, TechCrunch, Deal Journal, The Register, BGR, Engadget, VatorNews, GottaBeMobile, BetaNews, SiliconANGLE, L.A. Times Tech Blog, CNET News and The Tech Trade

StreetInsider.com:
Statement by FCC Chair Genachowski on AT&T/T-Mobile Deal

Discussion: PC Magazine, GigaOM, This is my next, Al Franken and Between the Lines Blog

Sprint Newsroom / Featured News:
Sprint Statement on Department of Justice Action on Proposed AT&T and T-Mobile Transaction

Discussion: Seattle Times, Light Reading, PC Magazine, dailywireless.org and IntoMobile, Thanks:jbtaylor

Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
AT&T vows to bring back 5,000 U.S. jobs if merger approved

Discussion: MediaFile, AllThingsD, PC World, DSLreports, AT&T, DealBook, Bloomberg, CNET News, FierceWireless and GMSV

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Deutsche Telekom Vows to Fight to Keep AT&T-T-Mobile Deal Alive

Discussion: CNET News, T-Mobile Newsroom and LAPTOP Magazine

Steven Sinofsky / MSDN Blogs:

Designing for Metro style and the desktop — We thought it would be good to take a moment to talk about where we are heading in terms of the user interface of Windows 8. — By now you've seen two different elements of the Windows 8 design—first, a Metro style user interface we showed previously …

Discussion: The Microsoft Blog, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, WinRumors, msnbc.com, The Business Insider, Pulse2, Neowin.net and All about Microsoft Blog

Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:

Microsoft: The Schizophrenic Windows 8 Interface Will Offer the “Best of Both Worlds” — One thing that has vexed industry watchers for quite a while now is how Microsoft plans to integrate its flashy Metro interface for tablets and phones with its upcoming Windows 8 interface.

Discussion: parislemon and CodenameWindows

Ben Parr / Mashable!:

Facebook To Launch Music Platform With Spotify, MOG & Rdio — Facebook intends to launch its long-rumored music service next month with Spotify, MOG and Rdio as three of the company's launch partners, Mashable has learned. — The music and media platform will be announced at Facebook's f8 developer conference on Sept. 22.

Discussion: AllThingsD, This is my next, The Next Web, BGR, GeekWire, PC Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, Geek.com, Electronista, Tools, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Engadget and The Blog Herald

Jon Fortt / Tech Check:

Facebook Plans to Launch Music Platform in September — Facebook plans to launch a music platform at its f8 conference in San Francisco on 9/22, a source with knowledge of the plans tells CNBC. — The social network's music platform launch has been long rumored, but has not yet materialized.

Discussion: Music Ally, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Ars Technica, CNBC, ReadWriteWeb, All Facebook, Inside Facebook, Hillicon Valley, GigaOM, VentureBeat, CNET News, Neowin.net, @pluc and Friending Facebook Blog

Michael Bolognino / Blogger Buzz:

Blogger's fresh new look — As you may have heard, things are starting to look a little different across many Google products—and today, Blogger is the next product to get a makeover. — It's been a few years since we made major updates to Blogger's look and feel, and there's a lot …

Discussion: PC World, CNET News, PC Magazine, Pulse2, The Next Web and 9to5Google

Wikileaks / Twitlonger:

WIKILEAKS EDITORIAL - Guardian disclosure — Wed Aug 31 23:44:00 2011 GMT A Guardian journalist has negligently disclosed top secret WikiLeaks' decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables. Knowledge of the Guardian disclosure has spread privately …

James Ball / Guardian:
Unredacted US embassy cables available online after WikiLeaks breach

Discussion: @adrianchen

Paul Graham:

The Patent Pledge — I realized recently that we may be able to solve part of the patent problem without waiting for the government. — I've never been 100% sure whether patents help or hinder technological progress. When I was a kid I thought they helped.

Discussion: TechCrunch

Joanna Stern / This is my next:

Samsung Series 7 Slate PC: a Wacom-enabled, dual-core tablet... with Windows 7 — “Wait, you're announcing a Windows 7 tablet now?” Yes, those were literally the words that came out of my mouth when Samsung told me of its new Series 7 Slate. However, despite a move towards Android tablets …

Discussion: PC Magazine, eHomeUpgrade, Engadget, WinRumors and GottaBeMobile

Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Samsung Series 7: aluminum covers, quad-core Core i7 power, and AMD graphics starting at $999

Discussion: LAPTOP Magazine, PC Magazine, PC World and Liliputing

Ghostinthecomputer / VintageZen:

Apple Should Kill Off the iPod Touch — One example always cited of Steve Jobs' genius at the helm of Apple is his decision to kill off the iPod Mini, a best selling product at the time, and introduce an entirely new product line in its place, the iPod Nano.

Discussion: Daring Fireball

DigiTimes:

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: PC World, I4U News, GeekWire, netbooknews.com, Good E-Reader Blog, TechFlash, VentureBeat, The Digital Home, Screenwerk and Penn-Olson

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Twitter Ramps Up Its Ad Plan Again, With Ads You Haven't Asked To See — Coming to some of you, in about a month: Ads in your Tweetstream, from Twitter accounts you don't follow. — In an incremental but important step for Twitter's ad business, Dick Costolo's company …

Discussion: Gizmodo and The Next Web

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Google's New HTML5 Chrome Apps For Gmail, Calendar And Docs Give Users Offline Access — As we reported at Google I/O in May, Google has been working on offline versions of their three most popular apps: Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Google previously offered offline access for Gmail …

Discussion: LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, ReadWriteWeb, Neowin.net, Google Operating System, Pulse2, ZeroPaid.com, Gmail Blog, CNET News, Engadget, The Register, GeekTech, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land, Techie Buzz and Tech Cocktail

Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Why Facebook Decided To Settle With Lamebook — Facebook is never one to shy away from a good legal throw-down, but it has quietly settled a trademark tangle with Lamebook, a site that republishes “the funniest and lamest” Facebook posts. According to a joint statement from the companies …

Discussion: VentureBeat

Charles Newark-French / Flurry Blog:

Mobile App Inventory Hungry Enough to Eat Internet Display Ad Spend — Smartphones app usage, facilitated by explosive iOS and Android device adoption, has created among the fastest-growing media channels in the history of consumer technology. Flurry estimates that, worldwide …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Local Media Watch and MarketingVox News & Trends

Kate O'Flaherty / Inquirer:

Sony launches touchscreen 3D PC — JAPANESE ELECTRONICA MAKER Sony is launching a touchscreen 3D PC that allows users to watch 3D video from a TV or Playstation 3 through a 3D HDMI output. — The Vaio L Series PC can be used with the same rechargeable active shutter glasses …

Discussion: presscentre.sony.eu, Engadget, DailyTech and Crave

Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Sony VAIO S Series gets a 15-inch variant, full HD screen option

Discussion: presscentre.sony.eu, PR Newswire and Engadget

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