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Paul Miller / This is my next:
Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ official: release in November, SDK available today (updated with screenshots) — Alongside a new flagship handset (check out our hands-on with the Galaxy Nexus!), Google is announcing an all-new version of its Android OS. Codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich …
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Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Google confirms Nexus S will get Ice Cream Sandwich — for real this time (Gingerbread devices, too) — Okay, so we've already seen Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Nexus S, but that was decidedly... unofficial. We've just heard straight from Google's Gabe Cohen that the Nexus S will definitely be getting ICS.
Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
Exclusive: Matias Duarte on the philosophy of Android, and an in-depth look at Ice Cream Sandwich — I'm sitting in an anonymous, fluorescently-lit office on the Google campus where the Android team is situated, a surprisingly bare setting that seems to clash with the rest of the company's, multi-colored, neo-hippie aesthetic.
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Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:
Motorola RAZR Ice Cream Sandwich update coming early 2012 — Motorola has revealed that the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola RAZR will be pushed out OTA at the beginning of 2012. — The Motorola RAZR was announced on Tuesday at a New York event for the Verizon network in the US …
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Brad Molen / Engadget:
HTC: We're reviewing Ice Cream Sandwich and determining our plans — Samsung was awarded a precious head start in its upgrade path to Android 4.0, but how will its competition respond? HTC may have one of the most difficult jobs ahead, since it has integrated its Sense UI so deeply …
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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
A Quick Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Feature Rundown
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Dieter Bohn / This is my next:
Android Ice Cream Sandwich to feature ‘Face Unlock’
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Lee Youkyung / Yonhap News Agency:
Galaxy Nexus designed to bypass Apple patents: Samsung mobile chief — The Galaxy Nexus smartphone, the first handset built using a new version of the Android system called “ice cream sandwich,” is designed to bypass potential legal attacks from Apple Inc., the mobile chief of Samsung Electronics Co. said.
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Vlad Savov / This is my next:
Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich: pictures, video, and hands-on — Samsung may have been the one to launch and produce it, but the Galaxy Nexus is all about Google and its latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. This 4.65-inch smartphone is loaded with a fundamentally new operating system …
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Mike Rundle / Flyosity:
Android's Touch Responsiveness Is Terrible
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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Galaxy Nexus versus the competition: by the numbers
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Google Mobile Boss Andy Rubin on Apple, Microsoft and Tablets — At AllThingsD, we like to eat our dessert first. — That's why we're kicking off AsiaD with a little Ice Cream Sandwich. Google mobile chief Andy Rubin is taking the stage with Walt Mossberg to talk about the future of Android …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Google Music Store - “With a Twist” - Coming Soon, Says Android Boss — Google worked for a long time to get a music store/service up and running with the blessing of the big music labels. But last spring all of that broke down, so Google launched a cloud-based music locker on its own.
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Business Wire:
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results — Highest September Quarter Revenue and Earnings Ever — CUPERTINO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2011. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $28.27 billion …
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Erica Ogg / GigaOM:
China is now Apple's second-most important market
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Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple's cash hoard grows to $81B with two-thirds of it offshore
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Apple's just-okay quarter in charts
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Mark Gongloff / MarketBeat:
Apple Misses on Earnings, Revenue, iPhone Sales, Stock Tanks
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Apple receives more than 1 million Steve Jobs tributes, creates new ‘Remembering Steve’ page — When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away, Apple immediately paid its own tribute to its talismanic leader by posting a memorial page on its website, also asking those that wanted to pay …
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Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Microsoft's Ballmer Bashes Android, Google Apps, iPhone: Web 2.0 Summit — Table of Contents: — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer rocked the house here at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 18, bashing Google Apps, Android and yes, even Apple's hallowed iPhone. — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) …
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Google's Andy Rubin on Apple After Steve Jobs — What will become of Apple without Steve Jobs, its charismatic founder? Might it lose its way or its edge following Jobs's death? — Google mobile kingpin Andy Rubin doesn't think so. — During a Wednesday evening interview at AsiaD …
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Yosem / Diaspora*:
How Diaspora* Found Its Tiger Stripe in the Midst of a Paypal Fiasco — We want to update you on the whole PayPal fiasco. We have good news and bad news, but after the day we've all had, why don't we start with the good news? — So the good news is... actually, the GREAT news …
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The Korea Herald:
Samsung heir, Apple chief discuss long-term parts cooperation — As Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. wage legal battles across the world, two of their top executives have met to discuss long-term parts cooperation and maintaining existing partnerships.
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Dan Auerbach / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF Gets Straight Privacy Answers From Amazon About New “Silk” Tablet Browser — EFF Gets Straight Privacy Answers From Amazon About New “Silk” Tablet Browser — Amazon recently announced that the new Kindle Fire tablet will ship with a brand new browser called Silk.
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Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
Foxconn reportedly lands orders for next generation Kindle Fire, say Taiwan makers — Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly has secured orders from Amazon for assembling second-generation Kindle Fire tablet PCs, with shipments to begin in the first half of 2012, according to Taiwan-based makers.
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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Facebook power users ‘have gone to Google+ and Twitter’ — Facebook's biggest threat is that its ‘power users’ have gone to Twitter or Google+, one of its founding investors and former president has said. — Sean Parker, managing partner of Founders Fund, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco
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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
After 400 Million Downloads, Angry Birds Introduces New Bird; Movie Confirmed — Well, Rovio doesn't need much of an introduction: It's the company behind the now ubiquitous game that features everybody's favorite affronted and chafed birds. Back in September, a whopping month and a half ago …
Andres Sehr / Spotify:
Introducing Spotify for your Blackberry — We're excited today to announce our first preview release of Spotify for Blackberry. As our sixth mobile app, Blackberry comes packed with great features to keep you listening to your favourite music wherever you are. — Features included in this release are:
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
VMware and Verizon team up for mobile virtualization — Stephen Herrod - CTO, VMware at Mobilize 2011 — VMware has signed deals with Verizon and Telefonica to offer its mobile virtualization products on phones provided by the operators. The net result of this deal is that employees …
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