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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Editorial Independence — There's confusion - way too much confusion - about my status at TechCrunch and TechCrunch's status at Aol after last week's announcement that I was launching a venture fund, partially backed by Aol. — The multiple conflicting statements made by Aol.
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Business Insider and @paulcarr, more at Mediagazer »
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over — This is a post I never thought I'd have to write. Unfortunately, I do. And the worst part about it is that it should be Michael Arrington writing this post, not me. — But he can't. — TechCrunch is on the precipice.
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Digits, Betabeat, BetaNews, CNN, Don Dodge on The Next …, TechEye, Screenwerk, TPM Idea Lab, Internet Evolution, TechNodeTechNode, Mark Evans Tech, @dondodge, @dotben, @benpopper, Robert Scoble, WebProNews, @jason, @rafat, @charlesarthur, @davewiner, TomsTechBlog.com, @sammyd, @violetblue, Startup Meme, Geek News Central, Edible Apple, broadstuff and OzTechNews.com, more at Mediagazer »
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Give Me Back My Baby: Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL — But Would AOL Sell It? — Here's another interesting wrinkle to the ongoing saga of AOL, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and his nascent venture firm, CrunchFund. — Arrington has reached …
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@rafat and TechNodeTechNode
MG Siegler / parislemon:
It's Not A Mirror, It's A Crystal Ball
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Stowe Boyd, TechCrunch, @bijan, @niubi, @gartenberg, broadstuff, the Econsultancy blog, louisgray.com, @sdkstl, All New Musings, @dannysullivan, @karaswisher, Poynter, @loic and @manan
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Conde Nast Spins Out Reddit, Without Letting Go — Five years after buying Reddit, Conde Nast is giving the social news site a gentle shove out the door. — The publisher isn't pushing Reddit very far away, though. It is spinning out the company as a standalone operation, but will retain full ownership of it, for now.
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reddit, The Next Web and Alexis Ohanian
Ari Burack / San Francisco Examiner:
Google exec Marissa Mayer threatened by man on Twitter — A man accused of threatening a prominent Google executive via Twitter has been arrested and indicted on felony charges by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, court documents show. — Gregory Calvin King, 27 …
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Oye! Times, WebProNews and The Next Web
Sprint Newsroom:
Sprint Files Suit to Block Proposed AT&T and T-Mobile Transaction — Sprint Nextel [NYSE:S] today brought suit against AT&T, Inc., AT&T Mobility, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile seeking to block the proposed acquisition as a violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act.
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, VatorNews, TechFlash, GeekWire, GigaOM, Between the Lines Blog, mocoNews, Bloomberg, DailyTech, iLounge, Slashdot, Light Reading, IntoMobile, iClarified, Neowin.net and Telecompetitor
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Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
Apple May Have to Show IPad Sales to Successfully Bar Samsung in Australia — Apple Inc. (AAPL) may have to reveal iPad and iPad 2 sales figures in the U.K. and U.S. to improve its chances of barring Samsung Electronics Co. from selling the Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in Australia, a judge said.
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Inquirer, CNET News, AppleInsider, PhoneDog.com, Redmond Pie, GigaOM, ITProPortal, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Electronista, SlashGear, Edible Apple, The Next Web, TUAW and iClarified
Pew Internet:
28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services — More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities:
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its own game — My desktop isn't the only computer I plan to replace in the next few months. I need a new laptop too, and my goal is simple: to find a 13" MacBook Air that isn't made by Apple.
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TechPinions, blog.chron.com and Technologizer
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units
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Shiny Objects, eWeek, PC World, CNET News, Hardware 2.0 Blog, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Electronista, Between the Lines Blog, SlashGear, I4U News, thinq_, TUAW, Product Reviews, TG Daily, TechEye, ITProPortal and Business Insider
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Apple designer Jonathan Ive enters a new era — The synergy between ‘Jony’ Ive and Steve Jobs set into motion a decade of hits from the iPod to the iPad. Now Apple will be counting on Ive to deliver breakthrough designs without much input from Jobs. — Reporting from San Francisco …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In E-Mail Age, Postal Service Struggles to Avoid a Default — The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due …
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A VC, WebProNews, Business Insider and Gizmodo
David Segal / New York Times:
Closed in Error on Google Places, Merchants Seek Fixes — In mid-August, Jason Rule learned some surprising news about the coffee shop that he owns and operates in Hays, Kan.: the place had closed for good. — Not in the real world, where it is thriving.
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot — The key difference between Amazon and Google is that one of them holds millions of credit cards and is a famous name in retail — The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks …
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Ars Technica, eWeek, LAPTOP Magazine, Computerworld, The Tech Report, Wired In Blog| BNET, Digits, Techland, Liliputing, FierceMobileContent, ITworld.com, Fonehome and Fudzilla
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Now Lets You Export Google Voice Data — Google Takeout, the recently launched “data liberation” service that lets you export files, photos and data from Google services like Picasa and Buzz, now includes support for Google Voice. — With the update, users of Google's Internet …
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9to5Google, VatorNews, Between the Lines Blog, Google Voice Blog, SlashGear, WebProNews, Ubergizmo, Data Liberation and The Next Web
Tomio Geron / Forbes:
After Doubling Fund Size, Google Ventures Looks For Next Google — First, it's the strength of Google — it is Google Ventures. We have access to all these resources. It'd be foolish to ignore them. Google is really great at recruiting. We get millions of resumes at Google.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Moot's Media Sharing And Editing Community Canvas Opens Its Doors To The Public — 4chan founder Christopher Poole (a.k.a. moot) made waves this past year when he unveiled his newest project— Canvas. Canvas is a place for people to post media (i.e. images, video) and start a discussion around this content.
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GigaOM
Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Dell to partner Baidu to develop tablets, mobile — (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday it will partner China's top search engine Baidu Inc to develop tablet computers and mobile handsets. — Baidu offered a glimpse of its upcoming mobile operating system and launched a new mobile application platform …
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Digital Trends, L.A. Times Tech Blog, BBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, VentureBeat, CNET News, PE Hub Blog, Digital East Asia, This is my next, paidContent, dailywireless.org, The Register, TechCrunch, Penn-Olson, Geeky-Gadgets, Mobile Entertainment, Geek.com, Liliputing, MobileBurn.com, Fast Company, Guardian, DailyTech, Tech Trader Daily, SlashGear, TechEye, TechSpot, PhoneArena, Business Insider, Engadget, Electronista, TG Daily and AppleInsider
Evan Blass / pocketnow.com:
Samsung Stratosphere (LTE) for Verizon Revealed (Images) — We've gotten a few glimpses of the Samsung Stratosphere SCH-I405 in the wild, but the handset could never seem to sit still for a clear or full-body shot. Now this Verizon-bound, LTE-capable QWERTY slider has been fully revealed.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Will Windows Phone Apps Run On Windows 8? — When you look at the combined 70 percent smartphone market share of Android and Apple in the U.S. compared to Microsoft's measly and shrinking 6 percent, it seems like it's game over before it really began for Windows Phone.
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Computerworld, InfoWorld and WPCentral.com
