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Dan Moren / Macworld:
iOS 5 Review: Ambitious update rings in the changes — It seems like every time a major software revision comes along, it's described as the “biggest ever.” In the case of iOS 5, though, that might not be hyperbole—there's hardly a part of Apple's mobile operating system that isn't altered in some way by the latest update.
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Computerworld, TiPb, GigaOM, BGR, BaltTech, Engadget, TUAW, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, ITworld.com, The Next Web and blog.chron.com
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Dylan Love / Business Insider:
Updating To iOS 5 Has Been A Massive Headache — Ever since iOS 5 was made available to the public around 1 PM ET or so, we've been attempting to update in vain. — The download goes through, but an error message keeps popping up when people try to install iOS 5.
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TechCrunch, GigaOM, CNET News, The Register, Computerworld, The Next Web, Between the Lines Blog, GottaBeMobile, SocialTimes.com, App Advice and LAUNCH
Jonathan Seff / Macworld:
Apple TV 4.4 update adds Photo Stream, NHL, and more — As part of its barrage of updates on Wednesday, Apple bumped the second-generation Apple TV's software to version 4.4, bringing with it support for Photo Stream, AirPlay mirroring, NHL hockey, Wall Street Journal content, and more.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Apple releases iOS 5, go update your iPhone, iPad and iPod right now!
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Daring Fireball, Macworld, MacStories, dailywireless.org, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iPhone, Gizmodo UK, GigaOM, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac and App Advice
AppleInsider:
Apple updates iWork, iMovie, Remote & Find My iPhone, adds Cards & iTunes trailers apps
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9to5Mac, Gizmodo, MacStories, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, everythingiCafe, 9to5Mac, iLounge, TUAW and The Next Web
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
iCloud.com Website Updated, No Longer in “Beta”
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BetaNews, ReadWriteWeb, Digital Trends, CNET News, Computerworld, App Advice, Gizmodo, GigaOM, MacRumors, CNET News, TUAW, everythingiCafe, PadGadget, Redmond Pie, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, reddit.com and Engadget
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases AirPort Utility for iOS
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GigaOM, MacStories, Techie Buzz, Redmond Pie, MacRumors, CNET News, GottaBeMobile, The Next Web and everythingiCafe
Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Google Engineer: “Google+ is a Prime Example of Our Complete Failure to Understand Platforms” — Last night, high-profile Google engineer Steve Yegge mistakenly posted a long rant about working at Amazon and Google's own issues with creating platforms on Google+.
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, Computerworld, Hacker News, Digits, Digital Trends, CNET News, Rip Rowan, Unfiltered Opinion …, Seattle Times, Epicenter, PC Magazine, Business Insider, FT Tech Hub, line of site, Mashable!, @hornokplease, Between the Lines Blog, Gizmodo UK, WebProNews, bijan sabet and Technologizer
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Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:
Sprint won't sell iPhone 4S with unlocked micro-SIM card slot — Sprint customers who buy the iPhone 4S will be able to roam internationally on GSM networks, but will not find themselves with unlocked microSIM slots, a Sprint representative tells Ars. While some initial reports suggested …
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Engadget, PC Magazine, MacRumors, Sprint Community, Daring Fireball, TechHog.com, Gadget Lab, TechnoBuffalo, Macgasm, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW and VentureBeat
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Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
Siri says some weird things
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GigaOM, LAPTOP Magazine and CNET News
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The iPhone 4S — This is the easiest product review I've ever written.
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Fabian De Simone, paidContent, parislemon, The Loop, GMSV, PetaPixel, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, GottaBeMobile, Techland and App Advice
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
RIM Still Doesn't Know When BlackBerry Service Will Be Restored — Research In Motion held a conference call on Wednesday afternoon to talk about its ongoing spate of outages. Disruptions that began earlier this week have now spread to North America. — On the call, RIM CTO …
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Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, TechCrunch, Reuters, Tech Trader Daily, SlashGear, Internet Evolution and Technologizer
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Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
RIM: Right now we're letting you down, here's what's actually going on
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Reuters, Thanks:alex_clough
Foursquare Blog:
The real world, now in real-time! Say hi to foursquare Radar! — [The new version should be available in the App Store soon! Thanks for your patience] — The initial vision for foursquare centered around one question: can we build something to help make the world easier to use.
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, Betabeat, About Foursquare, paidContent, CNET News, Lifehacker, TechCrunch, GigaOM, Gizmodo UK, ReadWriteWeb, WebProNews, The Next Web, Mashable! and IntoMobile
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Releases OS X 10.7.2 with iCloud Support — As part of Apple's rollout of its iCloud service today, Apple has just released OS X 10.7.2. The new update includes support for iCloud and will ensure that users have full access to their iCloud-hosted data across all of their devices.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Product Reviews, The Loop, GottaBeMobile and GigaOM
Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald:
Samsung ambushes Apple's iPhone 4S launch in Sydney — Apple fans queue outside Sydney's Apple store for Friday's delivery of the new iPhone 4S as bargain-hunters queue for the $2 Samsung Galaxy S II, just one shop away. — Samsung has ambushed the launch of the iPhone 4S by offering $2 smartphones …
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MediaFile, The Next Web, Engadget, BGR, Product Reviews, MobileWhack.com, Sammy Hub, PC World, IntoMobile, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Neowin.net, iPhone Buzz, Gizmodo UK, SlashGear and Android Community
Ryan Kim / GigaOM:
With X.commerce, eBay eyes a bigger prize as sales enabler — EBay and PayPal formally unveiled their X.commerce platform, an ambitious attempt to bridge online and offline commerce and arm developers and merchants with a host of tools to help part consumers from their money.
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VentureBeat, Computerworld, Social Markets and Social Markets
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CNET News:
How Gizmodo escaped indictment in iPhone prototype deal — The great iPhone prototype caper of 2010 has finally ended, with the two men accused of shopping the device to gadget blogs sentenced to probation yesterday. — Last year's investigation began with a raid on Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's Fremont …
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VentureBeat, The Register, Daring Fireball, Macgasm and ITProPortal, more at Mediagazer »
Reuters:
AOL CEO pitches investors on Yahoo deal: sources — (Reuters) - AOL Inc CEO Tim Armstrong has been meeting with top shareholders in the past couple of weeks to push the idea of a sale to Yahoo Inc that could wring up to $1.5 billion of cost savings, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions.
Vic Gundotra / Google+:
Real-time search and improved hashtag support — Today we're rolling out two new features: 1) real-time search results; and 2) improved hashtag support. Together, we're trying to make it easier to follow and contribute to live events on Google+, including breaking news, sporting events, and many others.
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Search Engine Land, Googling Google Blog, 9to5Google, CNET News, LAUNCH and The Next Web
Matt Mullenweg:
What's Next for Apple — I have no inside information or insight, but historically Apple's product improvements have strongly broadcasted where they're going in the future. Here are six things I think are inevitable for Apple to do over the next decade, from most to least obvious: maps, iCloud, payments, TVs, search, and cars.
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Daily Patricia and FierceMobileContent
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Sources All Over The Ad Tech Industry Think Google Is Going To Buy Akamai — What's the next big move for Google? — We're not sure, but multiple ad tech industry sources think Google is about to buy Akamai. — We've been chasing a rumor that Google is about to make a big ad tech acquisition.
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The Tech Trade and Electronista
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Winklevoss Twins to Pay $13 Million to Lawyers for Facebook Settlement — A NY appeals court declines to reopen consideration that the twins' lawyers committed malpractice in the settlement with Facebook and subsequent disclosure of how much money the twins got in the case.
