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| Michael Sippey / Twitter Developers blogs: |
Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API — At the end of June, I wrote about how we're working to deliver a consistent Twitter experience, and how we would soon introduce stricter guidelines about how the Twitter API is used. I'd like to give you more information about coming changes …
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See also Mediagazer| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Interpreting some of Twitter's API changes — Twitter has posted some of their upcoming API-policy lockdowns and restrictions in this post from Michael Sippey, euphemistically titled “Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API”. — First, from Twitter's Display Guidelines, which will become requirements for all apps:
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| Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb: |
Tweets: @mrgan and @tapbot_paul
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Lenovo's Says RT Tablets Up To $300 Cheaper Than Win 8 — Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, said new devices based on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows RT software will cost $200 to $300 less than competing products using Windows 8 software.
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| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
| pod2g / pod2g's iOS blog: |
Never trust SMS: iOS text spoofing — I mentioned it on twitter a few days ago, I found a flaw in iOS that I consider to be severe, while it does not involve code execution. I am pretty confident that other security researchers already know about this hole, and I fear some pirates as well.| Paul Morris / Redmond Pie: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's TV Vision: Sharing, Full On-Demand, Icons — TV Device Interface Would Simplify Programming; Company Faces Hurdles With Cable Operators — Apple Inc.'s vision for a new device that can be used as a set-top box includes features designed to simplify accessing and viewing programming …
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, LAPTOP Magazine, Business Insider, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, everythingiCafe, The Tech Block, Macgasm, iLounge, TechSpot, Apple Bitch, TUAW, SlashGear, WebProNews, The Verge, PhoneArena and Gizmodo. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
The Facebook distribution dilemma — Facebook is unlocked. So who held, and who sold? — FORTUNE — Approximately 271 million shares of Facebook (FB) stock was “unlocked” yesterday, under a provision that had prevented certain investors from selling shares until 90 days after the company went public.| Seth Fiegerman / Business Insider: |
Zuckerberg Admits Facebook's Plummeting Stock Is ‘Painful’ To Watch During A Company-Wide Meeting — Facebook is finally acknowledging that its employees may be just a little bit concerned about the company's plummeting stock. — According to The Wall Street Journal …
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| Matt Jarzemsky / Wall Street Journal: |
| Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
RIM plans new contact management features on BB10 devices — (Reuters) - Research In Motion plans to provide BlackBerry users with an easy way to tap their contacts' public profiles — including blog posts, tweets, emails and other details — in its latest push to regain ground in the smartphone market.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
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| Katherine Rushton / Telegraph: |
Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops — Amazon steps up battle with the high street by delivering parcels to nearly 5,000 corner shops and newsagents around the country. — Amazon is to deliver parcels to nearly 5,000 cornershops and newsagents around the UK
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| Charlie Sorrel / Cult of Mac: |
Skype For Windows 8 Is Way Ahead Of iPad Version Design-Wise — Look! Skype managed to make a non-hideous version of its app. — Say what you like about Windows 8, but Microsoft seems to have knocked developers into line when it comes to interface design.
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VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Neowin, The Verge, Softpedia News, SlashGear, The Tech Report, Pocket-lint, LiveSide.net and Electronista. Tweets: @adamucf
| Mike Rosenberg / Mercury News: |
Steve Jobs' stolen iPad unwittingly used by local clown after burglary — What would you do if you had Steve Jobs' iPad? Kenny the Clown, who had the late Apple (AAPL) co-founder's tablet all to himself for a few days this month, didn't play any games, surf the net or check for any top-secret corporate documents.
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The Verge, CNET, Forbes, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, IntoMobile, WebProNews, Tecca, Know Your Cell, Inquirer, PhoneArena and iClarified. Thanks:@mercbizbreak
| Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
I Have 50 Dollars, ‘A Real-Time Social Feed for People Who Have $50,’ Hilariously Satirizes App.net — Much has been written about Valley celeb Dalton Caldwell and his rather notorious new social network, App.net. The Twitter-like site charges $50 to join, in an effort to weed out spammers …
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Web Strategy …, Pulse2 Technology …, SocialTimes and TechCrunch
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Microsoft resumes publishing Windows Phone apps, all is right with the world — Everybody, you can stop panicking. Microsoft has solved the digital signing problem that prevented app installations on older Windows Phones, as promised, and the flow of new apps is back to a steady stream.
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| Artem Russakovskii / Android Police: |
Google Flips The Switch On Smart App Updates In The Play Store [Video] — There seems to be quite a lot of movement happening behind the scenes at the Play Store - yesterday we discovered that Google Play Store gift cards and wishlist are getting prepped for launch, and today Google seems … | Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Private justice: How Hollywood money put a Brit behind bars — Anton Vickerman, 38-year old owner of the once popular link site surfthechannel.com (STC), was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday by a British judge. But the prosecutors sitting across the courtroom from him didn't work for the Crown … | stevejobsspirit: |
Thoughts on Jack Dorsey, by Steve Jobs — I have no problem with your success. You've earned your success; for the most part. The problem is, you wholesale ripped off my identity. Grand theft. I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. You are not just trying to be the next me, you are trying to be me.
| Kathleen Chaykowski / Bloomberg: |
New York Chases Silicon Valley With Roosevelt Island Site — New York City's ambitions to challenge Silicon Valley as a technology center are taking root on a narrow isle in the East River, where Cornell University is building a $2 billion campus and startup incubator.| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Videogame maker EA attracting PE interest — This game is just getting started. — Electronic Arts — the force behind such popular video games as “SimCity” and “Madden NFL” — is quietly exploring a sale, The Post has learned. — While the discussions are at an early stage … | Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Data Centers: Facebook Will Ice Backup Data in ‘Sub-Zero’ Building — Facebook will house its new breed of storage servers next to this Prineville, Ore. data center. Photo: Pete Erickson/Wired — We now know what Facebook is up to in Sub Zero — the mini data center it's building right beside … Sponsor Posts
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