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Matthew Izatt / Official Gmail Blog:
Gmail app for iOS available in the App Store (again) — Two weeks ago, we introduced our Gmail app for iOS. Unfortunately it contained a bug which broke notifications and displayed an error message, so we removed it from the App Store. We've fixed the bug and notifications are now working, and the app is back in the App Store.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Tumblr Takes Fight Against SOPA Up A Notch, ‘Censors’ User Dashboards — Congress is in the process of kneecapping the web as we know it with a House bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (a similar bill, called the Protect IP Act, is in the Senate). In a misguided attempt to curb piracy on the web …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
At Web censorship hearing, Congress guns for “pro-pirate” Google — The House Judiciary Committee today held an important hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act with a hugely stacked deck of witnesses—Google's lawyer was the only one of the six to object to the bill in a meaningful way.
Rainey Reitman / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Internet Community Shut Out of Stop Online Piracy Act Hearing - Again — Internet Community Shut Out of Stop Online Piracy Act Hearing - Again — This morning, EFF's staff and concerned netizens across the country tuned into the live webcast of the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261).
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Byron Acohido / USA Today:
Facebook tracking is under scrutiny — In recent weeks, Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users' privacy by making public too much of their personal information. — Far more quietly, another debate is brewing …
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Samsung modified and relaunched Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany, may steer clear of design right infringement — In its intellectual property spat with Apple, Samsung proves resilient, perseverant, and courageous. If there ever was any doubt about those virtues (not on my part anyway) …
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Kenneth Pennington / BriefMobile:
Amazon Releases Kindle Fire Source Code — Developers looking to “hack it up” with Amazon's latest, greatest, and only Android-powered tablet can now download the source code behind the Kindle Fire. In order to comply with Android licensing agreements, Amazon's required to release this code for external developers.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Boxee Box Live TV dongle shipping for $49 in January 2012, pre-orders open today — No point in hiding in plain view, eh? Boxee has just affirmed that the leaked Live TV dongle is legit, and it'll be splashing down on North American shores in January. The Boxee Box Live TV dongle …
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Brian Heater / Engadget:
Nook Tablet limits internal storage for non-B&N purchased content to 1GB — Well, this is definitely a bummer. Barnes & Noble has spent a fair amount of time talking up all of the Nook Tablet's internal advantages over the Kindle Fire, a list that includes 16GB of storage to the Fire's 8GB.
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Jenna Wortham / Bits:
Evernote Takes On Web Reading With Clearly — Evernote, an application that has gained momentum by providing an easy way for people to quickly capture things they want to remember, is determined to branch out past its humble note-taking origins. — First, the company bought Skitch …
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Robert Scoble / Google+:
Why I'm treating startups more critically lately — I've noticed that lately I'm treating startups much more critically. Today I chewed into an entrepreneur who was pitching me a new thing that was sort of like Oink, or maybe it was Foursquare, or maybe it was Foodspotting.
xda-developers:
The Rootkit Of All Evil - CIQ — And the spy and invasion of privacy saga continues, but this time XDA Recognized Developer TrevE seems to have hit the very core of most of what is happening with devices. You may recall from a few articles back that we started talking about something called CIQ or Carrier iQ.
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Steve Jobs Secret Meeting to Explore an iPod Phone is Revealing — In our special report today we present you with a fascinating account of one of Steve Jobs' secret meeting that involved creating the iPhone and how the iPod Phone almost came to be. It was much closer to reality than any us could have ever imagined at the time.
Surur / WMPoweruser:
Nokia hints at higher-end Lumia handset, confirms Windows 8 tablets by June 2012 — The head of Nokia France it seems has loose lips. — Talking to French LesEchos newspaper he spoke of Nokia's plan to boost their market share of the French market from their current 16% back to 22% (close to the 25% they had 2 years ago).
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Brad Molen / Engadget:
HTC Zeta rendered, rumored to pack 2.5GHz quad-core CPU and Ice Cream Sandwich — Ready for today's grain of salt? We just got handed imagery and specs of a possible HTC device in the works codenamed the Zeta. It's a quad-core handset, much like the Edge that was leaked last week …
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Steven M. Davidoff / DealBook:
The Wisest Entrepreneurs Know How to Preserve Equity — So you want to be an Internet billionaire. It's not just about having a great idea and building a world-class business at light speed. — A review of recent initial public offering filings for Internet start-ups shows that the founders …
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Brian Heater / Engadget:
Qualcomm announces a slew of new Snapdragon processors, upgrades, mobile games — It's shaping up to be a busy morning for Qualcomm. The San Diego-based mobile chipmaker issued a bunch of announcements today, including a number of additions to its S4 line of next-generation processors.
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Few AT&T iPhone Users Fleeing to Verizon, Sprint — Though you might assume otherwise, the iPhone's debut on rival networks Verizon and Sprint hasn't really fazed AT&T. In fact, the carrier doesn't seem to miss the iPhone exclusivity it once had at all. Nor does it have reason to …
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Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat:
Zappos founder launches RNKD to connect brands and the people who love them (video) — Zappos founder Nick Swinmurn wants to see a picture of everything in your closet. — In return, he'll give you badges and even discounts on clothing brands that you love. — He's not a creep (as far as I know).
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Michael A. Prospero / LAPTOP Magazine:
Serious MacBook Envy: HP Launches Redesigned Envy 15 and 17 — There's no denying that the redesigned Envy 15 and 17 look a lot like the MacBook Pro. And we're not complaining. For the first time in three years, HP has done a major overhaul of its premium notebook line.
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Ben Folk-Williams / Digg Blog:
Some Charts Are Wrong aka An Update on Digg Traffic — From time to time at Digg we see speculation on our traffic based on “estimated data,” and ominous prognostication of what it means. But the story is pretty different if you're looking at the actual data.
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Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
Wow: Intel unveils 1 teraflop chip with 50-plus cores — I thought the prospect of quad-core tablet computers was exciting. — Then I saw Intel's latest — a 1 teraflop chip, with more than 50 cores, that Intel unveiled today, running it on a test machine at the SC11 supercomputing conference in Seattle.
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BBC:
Scientists boost battery strength with small holes — Batteries built from the novel material mix could be fully charged from flat in 15 minutes — Batteries for phones and laptops could soon recharge ten times faster and hold a charge ten times larger than current technology allows.
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