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Laurie Segall / CNN Money:
Facebook buys Gowalla — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Facebook has acquired location sharing service Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a source close to Gowalla. — Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. — Most of Gowalla's employees, including founder Josh Williams …
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Matt Macari / The Verge:
Apple gives Samsung some work-around options for its iPhone and iPad design patents — Redacted public versions of the legal briefs tied to Apple's July request for a ban on Samsung's products began to trickle in over the last few days. While we eagerly await the judge's decision on an injunction …
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Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge rejects Apple bid to halt Galaxy sales — (Reuters) - Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling some Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies.
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Revealed: Apple's internal policies on employee social networking, speculating on rumors, leaking, blogging, and more — With some of the Apple news spotlight this week on the firing of an Apple employee (and last month) over a Facebook rant, we thought the best way to clear up this employee's claims of …
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Roger Cheng / CNET News:
Comcast, Time Warner preparing to bid farewell to Clearwire — Cable providers Comcast and Time Warner Cable are planning to end their wholesale relationship with Comcast as a result of the Verizon Wireless deal, CNET has learned. — Clearwire is losing a few of its key wholesale customers.
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Rhoda Alexander / iSuppli®:
Red-Hot Kindle Fire Blazes its Way to Second Place in Media Tablet Market — Just two weeks after its introduction, Amazon's Kindle Fire already is shaking up the market, with the device expected to surpass all other iPad rivals to take second place in the global media tablet business in the fourth quarter.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
With $2 Million In Funding, Senzari Prepares To Take On Pandora — There are two main complaints that always crop up whenever you mention Pandora: its music catalog is too small and it's not available outside the U.S. That's room enough for another startup to move into the streaming radio space …
Lee Rainie / Pew Internet:
The internet as a diversion and destination — Americans are increasingly going online just for fun and to pass the time. On any given day, 53% of all the young adults ages 18-29 go online for no particular reason except to have fun or to pass the time. Many of them go online in purposeful ways, as well.
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
$2.7 billion PER YEAR, possibly $16 billion in total: that's the bond Apple wants Motorola to post in case of early enforcement of German patent injunctions — Today I watched a hearing in another patent infringement lawsuit brought by Motorola against Apple in Mannheim.
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David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Carrier IQ disputes spying accusations; security researchers agree — Carrier IQ, the beleagured online metrics company that has been accused of installing spy software on millions of smartphones, has broken its silence to say the critics have it wrong. — “While a few individuals …
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Bill Powell / Fortune:
The war over Kai-fu Lee's biography — The prominent technology executive has been accused of overstating his relationships with Barack Obama, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Now, he's hitting back. — By Bill Powell, editor-at-large — FORTUNE — A noted whistle blower in Beijing …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Apple Sends Match.com's App To The Dog House For Untaxed Subscription Payments — Those looking for love won't find it in the App Store. Apple has removed Match.com's iOS app because it allowed the lonely to pay for Match subscriptions with a credit card through an external link rather than using the in-app purchases system.
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Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. approves Google's AdMeld acquisition — The Justice Department on Friday gave the green light to Google's $400 million acquisition of AdMeld, a major display advertising company. — The agency said the deal can proceed without any major conditions, because a detailed analysis …
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