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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.
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
AT&T Surprised by Government's Move to Block T-Mobile Deal — AT&T said it had no indication that federal regulators would seek to block the company's planned $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA. Earlier on Wednesday, the Justice Department filed suit to stop the acquisition …
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StreetInsider.com:
Statement by FCC Chair Genachowski on AT&T/T-Mobile Deal — FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said, “By filing suit today, the Department of Justice has concluded that AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile would substantially lessen competition in violation of the antitrust laws.
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PC Magazine, Between the Lines Blog and GigaOM
Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
AT&T vows to bring back 5,000 U.S. jobs if merger approved — (Reuters) - Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc, whose proposed buy of T-Mobile USA is under scrutiny by U.S. regulators, promised to bring 5,000 wireless call-center jobs back to the United States if the deal wins approval.
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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.
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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 …
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The Business Insider, All about Microsoft Blog, ExtremeTech, Softpedia News, AnandTech, @fxshaw, WinRumors and Neowin.net
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.
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PC World, Screenwerk, TechFlash, CNET News, I4U News, Computerworld, VentureBeat, The Next Web, 9to5Google, SlashGear and The Business Insider
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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.
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Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Can HTML5 replace an iPad app? Financial Times to find out
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Computerworld, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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BGR, 9to5Mac, Phone Scoop and DSLreports
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 …
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.
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The Business Insider, Computerworld, Naked Security and GadgetTrak Blog
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 …
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PC Magazine, Computerworld, TUAW, MacRumors, The Apple Core Blog and SlashGear
Helen Blackburn / The Big Blog:
Using Skype from Your Home Phone Just Got Easier — •Me Home Phone Adapter for Skype and a New Skype-enabled Cordless Phone from GE Open up a New World of Calls from Your Home Phone — At Skype, we strive to ensure anyone can use Skype anywhere, at any time.
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GigaOM, VatorNews, Engadget, The Next Web, Lifehacker, Skype Journal and Ubergizmo
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.
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Mashable, CNBC, The Next Web, CNET News, ZDNet, The Business Insider, VentureBeat, The Tech Trade, Engadget, SlashGear, scribbal.com, The Blog Herald and @pluc
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.
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PC World, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, Inquirer, LAPTOP Magazine and Liliputing
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.
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Between the Lines Blog, MarketingVox News & Trends and Softpedia News
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Spotify opens doors to iOS devs with new API — Subscription streaming music service Spotify launched an API on Wednesday that allows third-party iOS developers to integrate Spotify into their apps. Called libspotify, the new resource should allow for some fairly innovative uses of Spotify services.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Sony debuts Android-based Walkman prototype — Sony's Android-powered Walkman brings many music-specific features. One of them is this W.Music app, shown here with a scattering of albums that will play when tapped. Swipe gestures bring new albums into view.
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TechCrunch and Electronista
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.
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Computerworld, GottaBeMobile, Android Phone Fans, The Next Web and MacDailyNews
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Nokia Exec Leaves After 21 Years To Start ‘Vision+’ Fund, Promptly Partners With Nokia — Nokia this morning announced that Tero Ojanperä, former CTO and currently Executive Vice President and a member of the company's ‘Leadership Team’, is leaving the flailing phone manufacturer …
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The Register and paidContent:UK
Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Sony VAIO S Series gets a 15-inch variant, full HD screen option — We've always considered Sony's 13.3-inch VAIO S to be, well, the not-as-handsome, thicker brother of the VAIO Z. However, today Sony's making moves to differentiate the line a bit more by adding a 15.5-inch version …
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 …
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Mobile Marketing Watch, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Apple, RIM Phones, Tablets Targeted By Openwave in Patent Case — Openwave Systems Inc. (OPWV), a maker of software for mobile phones, filed patent-infringement complaints against Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), seeking to block U.S. imports of the companies' phones and tablets.
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CNET News, openwave.com/news_and_events …, The Tech Trade, Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Subjot: A Topic-Based Twitter, Without The Noise — Ah, your first days on Twitter. A time of innocence and serendipity. — Look, your friend just made a witty joke about their burnt toast! And there — Oprah's tweeting about her new favorite book! It's like your favorite people are in your pocket talking to you, all the time.
Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
Sony Finally Fully Unveils Its Android Tabs, The Sony S and P — “It's not about who makes them first, but who makes them better.” That's how Sony's Sir Howard Stringer announced his upcoming tablets. Zing. — Meet the S and P, everyone. Sony just took the wraps off …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
New Kindle ‘@author’ feature lets readers ask writers questions from inside their books — Amazon.com today unveiled a new Kindle feature, @author, that will let readers ask questions of authors while reading their books. Confused about the motivations of a particular character?
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Take the Money and Run? Twitter Shareholders Now Mulling Cash-Out Offer From DST. — Whether or not to sell any of their shares in Twitter is the big decision facing stakeholders of the microblogging service right now, as the second $400 million part of the company's recent funding …
