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iPhone 4S Preliminary Benchmarks: ~800MHz A5, Slightly Slower GPU than iPad 2, Still Very Fast — Apple's ability to control the entire information chain, down to the point of limiting leaks, appears to be gradually slipping as it grows as a company. Case in point are the numerous hardware …
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
The iPhone 4S Appears to Have 512MB RAM — Last week, the Infinity Blade developer first suggested that the iPhone 4S still had 512MB of RAM, just like the iPhone 4: … The developer would be in a position to know as they had demoed their game on the new iPhone 4S during last week's keynote.
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Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
iPhone 4S delivered early in Germany, packaging & Siri shown off
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Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
Steve Jobs Died at Home of Respiratory Arrest — Steve Jobs died at home of respiratory arrest and a pancreatic tumor at about 3 p.m. on Oct. 5, according to his death certificate. His occupation was listed as “entrepreneur.” — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department in San Jose, California, released the document today.
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James Hibberd / Inside TV:
Discovery orders Steve Jobs documentary with ‘Mythbusters’ hosts — EXCLUSIVE — Discovery has ordered a documentary on the life of the late Steve Jobs, with the Mythbusters duo on board to host. The network is teaming with NBC's Peacock Productions for iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World, a one-hour special.
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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple plans celebration of Steve Jobs' life for October 19th, 10 a.m. PT
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Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Facebook Totally Caved To Apple On Its New Mobile Platform — Facebook announced a huge extension of its mobile platform today, and as long rumored, the company is going to be spreading its payment platform, Facebook Credits, to the mobile versions of all Facebook apps.
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Nick Bilton / New York Times:
At Long Last, Facebook Releases an iPad App — It has been the equivalent of waiting for Bigfoot. Bloggers had seen it. Developers said they had worked on it. Facebook denied its existence. Everyone else just wanted to know if it was real. — It's the Facebook application for the iPad …
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Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Mobile Apps:
Facebook Makes Its Move: Brings Viral Channels to HTML5, iOS Apps
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comScore, Inc.:
Smartphones and Tablets Drive Nearly 7 Percent of Total U.S. Digital Traffic — iOS Accounts for Largest Share of U.S. Smartphone and Tablet Devices while Driving the Majority of Non-Computer Traffic — comScore Releases Report, “Digital Omnivores: How Tablets, Smartphones and Connected Devices …
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Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
iPad now 97% of tablet traffic, eclipses iPhone, iOS remains mobile leader
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
David Cameron's ‘porn filter’ will make no difference, say ISPs — Four big providers insist web controls will only apply to people taking out completely new contracts — Claims that David Cameron has forced a new “porn filter” on UK internet content have been disavowed by internet service providers …
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Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Adobe demos incredible unblur feature for Photoshop — Adobe is developing an upcoming feature for Photoshop that could end the problem of blurred photos forever. — The new feature was demoed at the company's MAX 2011 event, drawing gasps of amazement from a crowd that witnessed a blurred photo, retouched and perfected in seconds.
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Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
We've got the internal docs that Apple employees use to explain iCloud and iOS 5 — Last week, we detailed the internal docs Apple uses to tell its employees how to sell the iPhone 4S, the new iPods and the new Cards app. Today a tipster added to the trove two more internal docs. iCloud and iOS 5 First looks.
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Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
HP set to decide future of Palm, webOS this week — HP is rumored to have finished the initial bidding process for its webOS unit and will hold an all-hands meeting tomorrow that may reveal its future plans for selling or spinning off the group, according to people familiar with the company's plans.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Alfred, The iOS Butler, Serves Up Serendipity On A Silver Platter — Back in July I wrote about a nifty iPhone app called Alfred. It's a sort of Yelp meets Pandora: you tell it what kind of restaurants you like, and then it tries to make some solid recommendations.
Ron Rosenbaum / Slate:
The article that inspired Steve Jobs: “Secrets of the Little Blue Box” — The 1971 article about phone hacking that inspired Steve Jobs. … It's also available in Rosenbaum's collection The Secret Parts of Fortune. Also in Slate: Rosenbaum reflects on the article that inspired Steve Jobs.
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Brad Molen / Engadget:
AT&T starts CTIA off right by introducing five new smartphones to its Android lineup — At CTIA last March, AT&T stole the show by announcing its intent to purchase T-Mobile US. This time around, the news is a bit more modest in comparison but the company's still hoping to give us a bit …
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
BlueStacks Ready to Test Its Android-on-Windows Software — BlueStacks, a start-up focused on allowing Android apps to run on Windows PCs, said it is ready to start public testing of its software. — The company is making an alpha, or early test version, of its software available to the public.
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
Calif. Governor Veto Allows Warrantless Cellphone Searches — California Gov. Jerry Brown is vetoing legislation requiring police to obtain a court warrant to search the mobile phones of suspects at the time of any arrest. — The Sunday veto means that when police arrest anybody in the Golden State …
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Mobile Devices Seen Doubling by 2020 — With the number of cellular connections nearing the number of people on the planet, the fast-growing cellphone industry could hit a wall if it doesn't convince people to get more than one wirelessly connected device. — So will things really level off?
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Sling Media Launches $29.99 SlingPlayer App For Android ‘Honeycomb’ Tablets — Sling Media, an EchoStar subsidiary, this morning announced the availability of SlingPlayer for tablets running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) or later. The app is available on Android Market now and costs $29.99 …
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Christopher MacManus / CNET News:
Amazon to offer preorders of digital PC games — Amazon says pre-orders for a digital PC download of Battlefield 3 and many other titles will start soon. — Amazon is expected tomorrow to roll out the ability for consumers to preorder digital game downloads for PC.
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Amir Efrati / Digits:
Twitter Will Get “Tweet” Trademark, Settles Lawsuit — Twitter is closer to having dominion over the word “tweet.” — On Monday, James Eliason, CEO of Twittad, said in an interview that Twitter would drop a lawsuit it filed against his company last month that sought to nix Twittad's registered trademark of the word “tweet.”
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