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September 21, 2012, 10:30 PM

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Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com:

The Verizon iPhone 5 is GSM unlocked, tested with AT&T — I can confirm that the Verizon iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked. Even though I bought an iPhone 5 from Verizon under contract, I was able to cut down my AT&T Micro SIM, and use it in my Verizon iPhone 5 to pick up an AT&T signal.

More: iMore.com, digitaltrends.com, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, BGR, MacRumors, GigaOM, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, Mashable!, Engadget, Pocketnow, parislemon, Softpedia News, iClarified, App Advice and iLounge

Tweets: @qthrul, @gartenberg and @dannysullivan

Thanks:@idownloadblog

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, — Our good friends at UBM TechInsights sent over the first diffusion images of Apple's new A6 SoC. It's still too early to tell a lot but we have confirmation of a lot of things. The image above shows two 32-bit LPDDR2 memory channels and three GPU cores.

More: BGR, Computerworld, CNET, PhoneArena, MacRumors, Mashable!, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocketnow, Ars Technica and iFixit

Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:

iPhone 5 Reaches Same Level of Online Sales in First 3 Days that iPhone 4S Reached in First Month — Today, crowds of eager consumers will get their hands on the iPhone 5 as Apple's latest smartphone officially hits stores and mailboxes across the U.S. It's been just over a week since CEO Tim Cook …

More: CNET, AllThingsD, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, MacRumors, VatorNews, 9to5Mac, WebProNews, Forbes, Tech Trader Daily and MacNN

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 Now on Sale in the U.S.

More: iMore.com, Gothamist, Japan Real Time, Fortune, Guardian, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, GigaOM, TechCrunch, iPhone BlogiPhone Blog, MacNN, Gizmodo UK, Pulse2 Technology …, ZDNet, Fortune and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @richdemuro and @jyarow

Paul Graham:

Startup = Growth — A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of “exit.” The only essential thing is growth.

Tweets: @bill_gross, @cdixon and @robgo

Ms. Smith / Network World:

‘We will find you’ marketing gone wild: Candy bars that guarantee stalkers — What do you get when you mix technology with candy bars? In a cool yet creepy for privacy marketing campaign, Nestle plans to stalk consumers. The “We will find you” promotion involves GPS trackers embedded in chocolate bars.

More: Food Magazine, Techdirt, newlaunches.com, Popular Science, Betabeat, CNET and Wired.co.uk

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching? — After the original announcement of the iPhone 5, one early concern amongst readers was how well the anodized aluminum back and edges of the black iPhone 5 would hold up over time. — One lengthy thread on our forums …

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 (vs Samsung Galaxy S3) Drop Tests Show Very Durable Device and Screen

More: Android Authority, Los Angeles Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Phones Review, Sammy Hub, Redmond Pie, Jailbreak | iOS, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, Gotta Be Mobile, The Tech Block, TUAW, everythingiCafe, 9to5Mac, parislemon and The Words of iFixYouri

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook tests prompt asking you to snitch on your friends who aren't using their real name — Facebook's ongoing war on pseudonyms is well-documented. The company wants everyone to use their real name on the social network, and ideally this would be their only identity on the Internet.

More: AllFacebook, Macgasm, WebProNews and TPM IdeaLab

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

Young startup Double Robotics scores $1.2M in sales for iPad-on-wheels robots — Double Robotics, the Y Combinator grad that's created probably the best-looking telepresence robots on the planet, announced a $250,000 investment from Grishin Robotics today — and the fact that Double …

More: Betabeat, Singularity Hub and The Verge

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to deliver new Windows 8 and Windows RT Lync app in late October — Summary: The product formerly known as Lync MX, a touch-centric, Windows Store app, will be available for Windows 8 and Windows RT PCs and tablets in late October. — Testers have been putting the new version …

More: VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Softpedia News and TechNet Blogs

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Verizon finally rolling out Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Nexus — Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean back in June and released it for the unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus a few weeks later, but Verizon's version has remained stuck on Ice Cream Sandwich.

More: Droid Life, IntoMobile, Verizon Wireless, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, GadgeTell, LAPTOP Magazine, Android and Me, CNET, WebProNews, Neowin and 9to5Google

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Good Karma! Facebook to launch social gifting app in the US in a matter of weeks — Around the same time it started listing its shares on NASDAQ, Facebook announced that it had acquired social gifting app maker Karma for a reported $80 million+, making it one of the company's largest purchases to date.

More: digitaltrends.com, Inside Facebook, AllFacebook, Inside Facebook, Pulse2 Technology … and WebProNews. Thanks:@bradmccarty

Reuters:

China's Alibaba to spin off team developing mobile operating system — (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce firm, will spin off the team developing its Aliyun mobile operating system, which Google Inc claims uses aspects of its own mobile operating system Android.

More: Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Pulse2 Technology … and Tech in Asia

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Facebook Turns Off Facial Recognition In The EU, Gets The All-Clear On Several Points From Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner On Its Review — The ongoing investigation into Facebook's transparency on user data and privacy by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has come to a positive conclusion for the social network.

More: Reuters, Mashable!, CNET, Pulse2 Technology …, Guardian, ValueWalk, The Verge, digitaltrends.com, Computerworld, Silicon Republic, GigaOM, Engadget, The Register, Ars Technica, Softpedia News and Slashdot

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

OpenStreetMap Gets First Major Funding From Knight News Challenge — OpenStreetMap, the increasingly popular Wikipedia-like project to create a map of the world — it's now used by Apple, Foursquare and others — has gotten its first major funding grant. — Knight News Challenge …

More: Pulse2 Technology …, dailywireless.org, Spatially Adjusted, TechCrunch and Knight Foundation

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook adds searches to the Activity Log, allows you to view and remove your search activity — Facebook today announced it has added searches to the Activity Log. As with most Facebook updates, the new addition will be rolling out over the next few weeks.

More: Facebook Newsroom, digitaltrends.com, Engadget, Gizmodo, WebProNews, The Verge, Search Engine Land and TechCrunch

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Google may face EU antitrust proceedings — EU competition commissioner says concessions do not go far enough to ease concerns it used its search clout to block rivals — Europe's antitrust chief has publicly warned Google that it could face charges of breaching EU rules, and be fined …

More: New York Times, TechWeekEurope UK, WebProNews, EU Press Room, The Register, Hillicon Valley and FairSearch.org

Vanessa Mock / Wall Street Journal:

EU Clears Universal-EMI Merger With Conditions

More: EU Press Room, BBC, Engadget, Reuters and Bloomberg. See also Mediagazer

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