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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Apple announces iPhone 5 event for Oct. 4 — Apple on Tuesday officially announced its iPhone 5 launch event. According to the invitation received by The Loop, the event will be held on October 4 at Apple's Cupertino, Calif. campus. The event will begin at 10:00 am PT.
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Announces October 4 Event: Let's Talk iPhone — Apple this morning announced an invitation-only special event to be held at company headquarters in Cupertino on Oct. 4, a Tuesday. “Let's Talk iPhone,” the invitation reads. — While the next-generation iPhone's design has been heavily debated …
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple's iPhone 5 very likely to be released on October 14th, iOS 5 on the 12th — Apple today announced that it will be holding its next iPhone event on Tuesday, October 4th. This is where we will see Apple's next device announced, but when will we see it arrive for sale?
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AVOS:
A New Flavor...Still Delicious — Hey there, we have some great news - the new Delicious site is now live! Today's a big day for us, and there's lots to share. We'll try to keep it brief so you can start using the new service and giving us feedback! — Back to Beta — “What if they say I'm no good?
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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Delicious Relaunches Tonight: Exclusive Q&A with CEO Chad Hurley — Tonight is the relaunch of Delicious, the little bookmarking site that helped inspire a wave of social companies in the eight years since it was founded. New owners Chad Hurley and Steve Chen (aka the creators of YouTube) …
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Facebook iPad App Still Snagged in Negotiations — It was almost ready to make its long-awaited debut. — In June, I reported that the Facebook iPad application had been in the works for almost a year and was essentially complete. According to people briefed on Facebook's plans at the time …
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Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft employees allegedly left “in droves” during Ballmer's company meeting speech — Microsoft employees allegedly left “in droves” during Steve Ballmer's recent speech at the recent annual Microsoft Company Meeting. — The claims were made in comments at mini-Microsoft …
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GeekWire, Computerworld, Fortune, Business Insider, Electronista, Edible Apple and TechEye
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
On Wednesday, Amazon Will Unveil The “Kindle Fire” — Last Friday, Amazon sent out invites to a press conference being held this coming Wednesday. They didn't give away any details in the invite, but given our scoop earlier this month, everyone assumed it was to unveil the new Kindle tablet.
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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
Amazon Kindle, tablet lineup will test the water for bigger form factors in 2012
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Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Skype's new iOS apps brings Bluetooth support, advertising — Skype has updated its iPhone and iPad apps as of Tuesday, introducing some new features. Bluetooth headsets are now supported on select devices, and video has been improved with image stabilization, but these enhancements will cost you …
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Roger Cheng / CNET News:
Sprint to launch own 4G LTE network in early 2012 (scoop) — Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse speaking at an emerging technology conference last year. — Sprint Nextel will launch its own 4G LTE network early next year. — The company is already installing LTE equipment …
Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
SlideShare ditches Flash, rebuilds entire site in HTML5 — SlideShare, the website for sharing PowerPoint presentations and other documents, has had a major makeover. The company has ditched Adobe Flash technology entirely, and rebuilt its website using the HTML5 markup language …
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0 Blog:
Mozilla adds ‘telemetry’ feature to Firefox 7 — Summary: Will you help make future versions of Firefox smarter by enabling this new feature? — Mozilla has added a new feature to Firefox 7 that will help make future versions smarter - telemetry. — Telemetry, or usage statistics to you and me …
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Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Windows Phone Web Marketplace starts to go live around the world — We're getting reports that the much anticipated web version of the Marketplace, which will allow you to try and buy apps and have them sent directly to your Mango phone, is going live. — The site can be accessed through …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Leading Mobile Device Makers Pledge Support For Carrier-Led NFC Venture Isis — Isis, the carrier-led joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is today announcing support for its mobile wallet system from the majority of leading device makers, including HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM …
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Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Square COO: There's no value in NFC
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Firefox Creator Says the Web is Dead Meat; Android Creator Disagrees — Joe Hewitt, one of the most important software developers in recent history, published a provocative and sad post on his personal blog today, predicting that unless the open and free Web gets someone to own …
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
Apple Denied Trademark for Multi-Touch — In a decision handed down by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Apple has been denied an application for a trademark on Multi-Touch. Apple originally applied for the trademark on January 9, 2007, the day the iPhone was introduced.
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Business Insider:
Guess Who Made The Highest Bid For Hulu — Remember how a group of bidders was circling around Hulu a couple weeks ago? Whatever happened with that? — Two sources tell us that satellite TV provider Dish was the highest bidder, coming in around $1.9 billion. It beat out both Amazon and Yahoo.
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Star Chang / M.I.C. Gadget:
Fire Has Broken Out At Foxconn Plant again (Video) — Breaking news. Yes, yet again, fire has broken out at one of the Foxconn factories in China this morning! There are reports coming in of a substantial fire and possible explosion at a Foxconn plant in Yantai, a city in northeastern Shandong province of China.
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Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Chomp gets a stunning iPhone redesign to help you find more apps — With its latest iPhone app, the mobile app search company Chomp has delivered a stylish new redesign that not only looks good, but will also help you easily find new and interesting apps. — The free Chomp app …
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Agam Shah / Macworld:
Intel: Mac Thunderbolt ports will support optical cables — Thunderbolt ports on Apple's current Macintosh computers will be compatible with upcoming fiber optic cables, which should be ready by next year.
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Gizmodo, AppleInsider, DailyTech, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, Insanely Great Mac and MacNN
Jessica Dolcourt / CNET:
Sprint confirms it will stick with unlimited data plans — Sprint's data-hungry customers can breathe a sigh of relief. The carrier's commitment to unlimited data plans remains unwaivering—at least for now. — So said Sprint Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye when addressing attendees …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
How Not To Make Music Social: The Way Spotify And Facebook Did It — Last week there was a lot of talk about Facebook's new setup, which would allow for tighter integration and sharing of everything that people do, with music being a key example. Whether or not that's a good idea, I have no idea.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Google Taps Kleiner-Backed Inrix To Provide Real Time Traffic Data For Maps And Navigation Apps — Google recently removed its realtime traffic data from its Maps product, informing users that they are “currently working to come up with a better, more accurate solution.”
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Jenna Wortham / Bits:
Is New York's Tech Boom Sustainable? — The battle royale brewing between New York and Silicon Valley to be the nation's dominant epicenter for tech innovation and hot start-ups wages on. — On Monday night in downtown Manhattan, Paul Graham stood before a jam-packed auditorium of 800 entrepreneurs …
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VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Nik Cubrilovic:
Facebook Fixes Logout Issue, Explains Cookies — I wrote a post two days ago about privacy issues with the Facebook logout procedure which could lead to your subsequent web requests to third-party sites that integrate Facebook widgets being identifiable and linked back to your real account.
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