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Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple CEO Tim Cook promotes iTunes/iCloud chief Eddy Cue to senior VP of Internet Software and Services — 9to5Mac has learned that Apple's iTunes chief Eddy Cue has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, reporting directly to Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple.
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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.
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John D. Sutter / CNN:
Again? Apple reportedly loses another iPhone prototype in another bar
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Reuters:
Google touts daily deal on home page, a first — (Reuters) - Google Inc promoted a Groupon-like daily deals offer on its home page on Wednesday for the first time, a rare instance of the Internet giant using its prized online real estate for advertising. — The world's No.1 Web-search engine launched …
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Vlad Savov / This is my next:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 launched at IFA 2011: Super AMOLED Plus display, 7.9mm thickness, and Android 3.2 — The Samsung Android tablet family today welcomes a new member in the form of the Galaxy Tab 7.7. As with the Tab 8.9 and 10.1 that came before it, this slate's name is derived …
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Brian Heater / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 hands-on (video)
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Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
Groupon PR to peHUB: Call Us Before You Write Another ‘Nastigram’ — For a company that's in registration to go public and thus forbidden from pumping up the company stock in advance of an IPO, Groupon is having an awfully hard time keeping quiet. Last week, of course …
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Venture Capital Dispatch, The Business Insider, Felix Salmon and Reuters, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:mlstotts
Lisens / Lisen's “Blog”:
My Neighbor, Steve Jobs — This article first appeared in Palo Alto Patch. — My neighbor, Steve Jobs, has been in the news lately. The talk of the town is the recent announcement he will be stepping aside to let other seeds grow at Apple. The business press, the general press …
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Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
A Parallels World Where Windows Zips on Macs — Apple's Macintosh computers have long been able to run Windows, in addition to their native operating system, Mac OS X. But the process has sometimes been clumsy, slow or taxing to the machine and it hasn't been tailored to the new Lion version of Apple's OS.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Hackers may have stolen over 200 SSL certificates — Source say DigiNotar breach generated fraudulent certs for Mozilla, Yahoo and Tor, not just Google — Computerworld - Hackers may have obtained more than 200 digital certificates from a Dutch company after breaking into its network …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Move Over, Craigslist: Airbnb Launches Sublets for Longer-Term Rentals — Airbnb, the fast-growing online accommodations service, is expanding an offering to allow users to more easily book longer rentals of a month or more. — The San Francisco-based company said in a press release that it had seen a …
CNET News:
Suspects in iPhone prototype case plead not guilty — The men who allegedly found and sold an iPhone prototype to a gadget blog last year pleaded not guilty to theft charges during their arraignment today. More — Share … 40 MINUTES AGO — TWEET Nicole Lee
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google May Be On The Verge Of Resurrecting “GDrive” — In 2006, Google was internally testing a project codenamed “Platypus”, an online storage service. When it was accidentally disclosed during an analyst meeting as “GDrive”, it quickly captured the web's imagination.
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Matthew Humphries / Geek.com:
Why a $25 PC? Because it's the price of a textbook — There is growing interest surrounding the Raspberry Pi Foundation and their promise of a PC that will cost just $25. We've seen how the OLPC has struggled to deliver a $100 laptop for developing countries, and yet Raspberry Pi …
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WikiLeaks:
Guardian journalist negligently disclosed Cablegate passwords — 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 …
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James Ball / Guardian:
Unredacted US embassy cables available online after WikiLeaks breach
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pogoplug Debuts New Hardware For Streaming To Mobile Devices — Cloud Engines, Inc., makers of the Pogoplug line of devices and accompanying software, are launching a new hardware product today called Pogoplug Mobile. The device works like the company's current Pogoplug product …
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Wall Street Journal:
Biz Stone Goes Back to College, This Time as Adviser to M.B.A.s — Twitter Inc. co-founder Christopher “Biz” Stonedropped out of college—twice, from Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Boston—yet this fall he'll be advising M.B.A. students at the University …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Takes A Deep Data Dive On Startup Founder Profiles — LinkedIn has taken a number of deep data dives on the profile information of its 120 million members to highlight trends. The company has compared men and women networkers, professional names and more.
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AJ Glasser / Inside Social Games:
A Closer Look at Zynga's Adventure World — Zynga's Adventure World is an exploration adventure game for with puzzle elements. The game will launch on Facebook in the next week or so. — This is the first title to come from Zynga Boston, the studio formed following the Conduit Labs acquisition back in August 2010.
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Technologizer, AllThingsD, Technology Review, VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Zach Epstein / BGR:
Nielsen: Android takes 40% of U.S. smartphone market in July; iOS flat, RIM down a point — Google's Android platform gained once again during the three-month period ending in July, increasing it's share by 1% over second-quarter totals to grab 40% of the U.S. smartphone market.
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GigaOM, Computerworld, Nielsen Wire, MobileBurn.com, PhoneArena, I4U News, Electronista and textually.org
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Quietly Rolls Out The Chrome Extension To Bring +1 To The Entire Web — You may recall that back in May, we spotted something in Google's “Dear Sophie” commercial: an unreleased +1 Chrome extension. This was pre-Google+, when the +1 button still didn't do a whole lot …
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Google Watch, WebProNews, Softpedia News and Marketing Pilgrim
Vlad Savov / This is my next:
Samsung Galaxy Note unveiled at IFA: 5.3-inch Super AMOLED display, WXGA resolution, and S Pen stylus — Ever heard of a 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen with 1280 x 800 resolution and a pixel density of 285ppi? The answer, now that Samsung has removed the veil of mystery from its new Galaxy …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google Chrome Celebrates Its Third Birthday By Browsing Down Memory Lane — It's a little hard to believe, but it's been three years to the day since Google first launched its Chrome browser in September 2008 (sure, we found out about it a few days early due to a leaked comic book of all things …
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