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March 7, 2012, 2:30 PM

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Ryan Block / gdgt:

Live Apple iPad 3 event coverage! — Are you ready? Because it's almost time for Apple to upend the tablet world yet again with the much anticipated iPad 3 (or, if the rumors are to believed, “iPad HD").

More: GeekWire, Gizmodo, MacRumors, CNET, Kotaku, The Wirecutter, Liliputing, Geek.com, WebProNews, The Next Web, Daring Fireball, Macworld, Lifehacker, Ars Technica, iHackintosh, kottke.org, Telegraph, Softpedia News, PC Magazine, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Techland and Android and Me. Tweets: @ldignan

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple's new iPad: 264PPI Retina display, quad-core A5X chip, iSight, 5MP camera, 4G LTE, March 16th from $499 — Apple has today announced its new iPad 3, which comes packing a new high-resolution Retina display. “Until you see it you can't understand how amazing it is”, said CEO Tim Cook.

More: Engadget, Ars Technica, Tech Trader Daily, Fortune, 9to5Mac, BBC, BGR, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Apple, New York Post and Mercury News

Tweets: @bill_gross, @thenextweb, @thenextweb, @nickbilton, @antderosa and @parislemon

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Apple reveals new 1080p Apple TV: $99, arrives March 16th — It looks like we were blind-sided a little by that decidedly iPad-esque invite, because Apple has something more for us — it's just announced the latest iteration of Apple TV and it can do 1080p video.

More: BGR, VatorNews, Ars Technica, MacRumors, SiliconFilter, TechCrunch, LAPTOP Magazine, GigaOM, Macworld, Dan Rayburn, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, IntoMobile and TUAW. Tweets: @marcoarment

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

New iPad is Apple's first LTE product, coming to Verizon and AT&T — The just-announced iPad will be offered in an LTE version, marking the first time that Apple has offered a true 4G-enabled product. Of course, LTE support requires carrier partners with LTE networks …

More: VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Touch Arcade, Gotta Be Mobile, iMore, TUAW and 1001 Noisy Cameras

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Updated Version Of iOS Shipping Today With New Languages For Siri — Apple just announced it will be shipping an update to iOS today. — The new version, iOS 5.1, includes added language report for Siri, including Japanese. — iCloud is also getting an update, with support for TV shows and movies.

More: The Verge

Michael Gorman / Engadget:

Siri sort-of comes to the new iPad, does voice dictation only — Ever since Siri showed up on the iPhone 4S, she's been put to work in a variety of non-Apple approved ways and unofficially ported to other iDevices, including the iPad. Now Apple's next-gen iPad has made its auspicious debut …

More: 9to5Mac, IntoMobile, VG247, MacStories and MobileSyrup.com

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

Apple drops iPad 2 price to $399 for the 16GB WiFi-only model — Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Facing soaring demand for budget tablets (and one in particular), Apple has announced it will sell the iPad 2 alongside the new iPad, with last year's model tumbling to a more palatable price of $399.

More: The Verge

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Launches iPhoto for iPad with Photo Editing and Organization Features

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, The Verge and Gotta Be Mobile

Tweets: @gruber, @nickbilton, @parislemon and @pogue

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Apple: 172 million iOS devices sold, comprising 76% of company revenue

More: TechCrunch, AllThingsD and 9to5Mac

The Next Web:

Apple releases free updates for iWork, iMovie and GarageBand for iPad, pricing remains the same

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

HBO Deals Keep Fox, Universal Out of New iCloud Movie Service

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The Verge:

Live from Apple's iPad 3 event in San Francisco

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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

Stakeout: how the FBI tracked and busted a Chicago Anon — “Script kiddie”—no hacker worth his salt wants to hear the term used to describe him. Anyone with modest computer skills can cause modest havoc using other people's code fragments, scanners, and infiltration tools …

More: The Register, Guardian, Internet Evolution, Wired, New York Times, Softpedia News and Edible Apple

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:

Anonymous Posts Response Letter To Snitch Sabu (On A Hacked Security Firm's Website) — The hacker group Anonymous is dealing with the arrest and betrayal of one of its most vocal members the only way it knows how: By hacking a security firm and covering its website with a rant against feds and snitches.

More: Inquirer, Betabeat, Computerworld, Fox News, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Network World, Neowin.net, PC World, New York Times, Examiner, ExtremeTech, Social Media and Gawker

JP Mangalindan / Fortune:

Is Amazon getting into original TV? — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are pouring resources into original content. Now, Amazon may be, too. — FORTUNE — Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are all betting big on original content. Now, Amazon may be doing the very same.

More: BGR, Computerworld, VentureBeat, TPM Idea Lab, TechFlash, ITProPortal, CNET, GeekWire, Gizmodo, Deadline.com and WebProNews. Thanks:@jpmanga. See also Mediagazer

Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Google looking to unload Motorola's TV set-top box business — This just in: The TV set-top box is on its deathbed. — Google is looking to unload the set-top box business it will inherit from Motorola Mobility even before it closes on the $12.5 billion acquisition, The Post has learned.

More: The Verge, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Engadget, MediaPost, PhoneArena, The Next Web and FierceIPTV

TSA Out of Our Pants!:

$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners — This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA's insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe …

More: WebProNews, CNET, Mashable, Gizmodo and Geek.com

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Acer: $799 ultrabooks make no profit, aiming for $499 price nonetheless — Acer Global President Jianren Weng has been quoted at CeBIT today reiterating something he said at the beginning of December: ultrabooks will drop to the crazy-low price of $499 in 2013 and compete directly against Apple's iPad.

More: CNET, PC World, Electronista, DailyTech, SlashGear, Gizmodo, The Tech Report, Fudzilla, The Loop and Softpedia News

Jackie Dove / Macworld:

Adobe previews Shadow, a free Web development utility, on Adobe Labs — Web program works with development tools to preview site designs simultaneously on multiple mobile devices — Adobe has unveiled Shadow, a lightweight Web development utility that helps designers and developers preview designs …

More: BetaNews, the Econsultancy blog, Forbes, VentureBeat, eWeek, Android Police and Android Community

Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:

American Express transforms Twitter hashtags into savings for cardholders — American Express is giving cardmembers one super compelling reason to tweet about promotional offers: instant savings at name brand U.S. merchants. — The company launched a “Tweet your way to savings” …

More: Fast Company, Tradigital, VatorNews, AllThingsD, Digital Trends, MarketingVox News & Trends, MarketWatch, InvestorPlace, Associated Press and GigaOM

Tweets: @chrismessina, @sacca and @hunterwalk

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Spotify: ‘We have to turn ourselves into the OS of music’ — Streaming music service provides stats for the first apps to launch on its desktop apps platform — Spotify users have spent 1,500 years inside apps within its desktop application since the start of December, the company has announced.

More: The Verge, Spotify, Gizmodo, T3 News and WebProNews

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Google promises a unified social and mobile game platform — Within the year, Google will turn its different game platforms into a single, unified platform that developers can more easily target. That's the promise made today by Punit Soni (pictured second from right), group product manager for the company's Google+ social layer.

More: The Verge, SocialTimes.com, Softpedia News, Gotta Be Mobile, Social Markets and MacNN

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:

Nuance buys Transcend for $300 million, bolsters medical business — Summary: With the Transcend purchase, Nuance said it will be able to better target mid-sized hospitals. — Nuance Communications said it will acquire medical transcription company Transcend in a deal valued at $300 million, or $29.50.

More: PC World, VentureBeat, The Tech Trade, TechCrunch, Reuters and Dow Jones Newswires

Dan Frommer / SplatF:

Analyzing Apple's All-Time Top Apps Lists — With the iOS App Store passing 25 billion downloads, Apple has published all-time rankings of the top 25 free and paid iPhone and iPad apps. (Via Daring Fireball.) — Digging in... - Angry Birds is 3 of the top 10 paid iPhone apps — nos. 1, 5, and 8.

More: Daring Fireball

Erin Griffith / PandoDaily:

‘Anti-Display’ Network BlogFrog Raises $3.2 Million for NY Office and Mom Blog Empire — BlogFrog, a community-building network for mom bloggers, has raised $3.2 million in a Series A round of funding led by Grotech Ventures. Seed investor David Cohen, founder of TechStars also participated.

More: VatorNews, TechCrunch, The Next Web and Techrockies.com

Reuters:

Exclusive: Netflix in talks for cable partnership — (Reuters) - Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has quietly met with some of the largest U.S. cable companies in recent weeks to discuss adding the online movie streaming service to their cable offerings, according to sources familiar with matter.

Bloomberg:

Sprint Is Said to Plan to End Its Network Deal With Falcone's LightSquared — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) plans to end a network-sharing agreement with billionaire Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. (SKYT) wireless venture as early as next week, according to two people familiar with the plan.

More: BetaNews, Digital Trends, BGR, The Verge, Tech Trader Daily, DSLreports, TechCrunch, Engadget, FierceWireless, PhoneArena and Light Reading

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