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The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
AT&T: New iPhone will be hot, son — We can't tell you where or who, but pretty high up in AT&T's food chain, the following was reported to be said: … For clarification, the above is 100% confirmed. — Thanks, Stephanie!
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Gizmodo, Digital Daily, PC World, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Roughly Drafted, DSLreports, Technologizer, Scobleizer, Electronic Pulp, Electronista, iPhone Savior, MobileCrunch, Engadget, Unwired View, tinyComb, IntoMobile, I4U News, jkOnTheRun, Crave, The iPhone Blog, Edible Apple, The Toybox, World of Apple, PalmAddicts and Neowin.net
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Arn / MacRumors:
Next Generation iPhone: 7.2Mbit, Video Camera, More? — Last week some more details about the next iPhone revision continued leaking out. — First, there were spottings of new Apple device IDs found embedded within the iPhone 3.0 firmware. Silicon Alley Insider then claimed that the next iPhone …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Looky Here! Actual Revenue for Twitter, Courtesy of Microsoft. — Finally. Here comes Twitter's first real foray into advertising, courtesy of Microsoft's marketing budget. — And don't worry, Twitter users: You won't be getting come-ons for Vista in your Twitterstream. Not yet, at least.
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, ReadWriteWeb, Twitterrati, Silicon Alley Insider, Neowin.net, Mashable!, AppScout and Between the Lines
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BIZ / Twitter Blog:
Check Out ExecTweets — Last year we created an interesting site for the US Presidential election. It looked a lot like Twitter but it was focused around the candidates, the debates, and the political topics being discussed. Lots of really great API projects have created similar experiences …
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TechCrunch, All about Microsoft, FM Blog, ITworld.com, VentureBeat, John Battelle's Searchblog, Jon Burg's Future Visions and Gawker, Thanks:atul
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
From Google to Gone: EMI Boots Digital Boss Douglas Merrill — Douglas Merrill, the Google vet tapped by struggling record label EMI to run its digital operations a year ago, is out. He doesn't have a formal replacement, but the company's top digital exec will now be Cory Ondrejka, whom Merrill brought in as his number two.
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Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
IE8 Users Downgrade To Explorer 7 — The latest data shows that Microsoft's new browser lost market share over the weekend. — Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 appears to be losing market share, even though the browser has been on the market for less than a week.
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Byron Acohido / Technology Live:Microsoft: Internet Explorer is faster than Firefox
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Telegraph:
Jennifer Aniston ended relationship with John Mayer because of his Twitter ‘obsession’ — Jennifer Aniston has reportedly ended her relationship with musician boyfriend John Mayer because he is obsessed with Twitter, it has been alleged. — People claiming to be friends of the actress …
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VentureBeat, Etan on Tech, Mashable!, Gizmodo, Open The Dialogue, Gawker, geeksugar, Silicon Alley Insider and The Social, Thanks:duivestein
Aza Raskin / Mozilla Labs:
Firefox New Tab Page: Cognitive Shield — We've been iterating quickly over the last couple of weeks to define a potential new tab screen for Firefox. — The feedback for the last major iteration was largely positive, and it seems like we are on the right track. But we ran into a paradox.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
iPhone game developer Ngmoco raises second round of funding — The iPhone game publisher Ngmoco is announcing today that it has raised $10 million in a second round of funding — in its ninth month as a company. — The funding — led by Norwest Venture Partners and put together in a matter of weeks …
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Serkan Toto / TechCrunch:Sparkle: The iPhone Gets Its First Virtual World (And It's Completely 3D)
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NEWSFACTOR, Digits, Guardian, Gizmodo, Virtual Worlds News, Music Ally and New World Notes
Kfury / fox @ fury:
Google design: The kids are alright — Visual Designer extraordinaire Doug Bowman is leaving Google, and on his way out he wrote a passionate post on his blog detailing the core differences that lead to his departure, focusing heavily on the Google design process which, as he puts it …
Richard Stallman / The GNU Operating System:
The Javascript Trap — You may be running non-free programs on your computer every day without realizing it—through your web browser. — In the free software community, the idea that non-free programs mistreat their users is familiar. Some of us refuse entirely to install proprietary software …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Hulu Gains 10 Million Viewers In February, Now No. 4 Video Site In U.S. — Hulu jumped two spots to become the fourth largest video site in the U.S. in February, according to the latest data from comScore VideoMetrix. Hulu drew an audience of 34.7 million people who watched 332.5 million video streams.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Zimbra Founder and Ex-Yahoo Exec Dharmaraj to Redpoint Ventures — Another former Yahoo exec has landed at a Silicon Valley venture firm. This time, well-regarded serial entrepreneur Satish Dharmaraj will become a partner at Redpoint Ventures, according to sources.
Joe Hewitt:
The Three20 Project — Last week I released my first iPhone open source project, Facebook Connect for iPhone, and today I'm ready to start talking about the next one. — Five months ago I talked about open-sourcing as much of the Facebook iPhone app as I could, and as you can see by the delay …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Former MSN Exec Named RNC New Media Director — Todd Herman, former Microsoft and MSNBC.com employee and streaming media expert, has been named the Director of New Media for the Republican National Committee. Herman founded and ran SpinSpotter, a startup that provides tools to detect spin in news stories.
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Court Allows Dentist To Sue Writer Of Bad Yelp Review — A California court has ruled that dentist Yvonne Wong can continue to pursue a lawsuit against a husband and wife who allegedly panned her on the review site Yelp. — Judge William Elfving of the Santa Clara County Superior Court found …
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Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple discontinues iPhone Bluetooth Headset [u] — Apple this weekend appears to have discontinued its iPhone Bluetooth Headset, a possible sign that the company could be planning to introduce an updated model alongside new iPhones a bit later this year or cede the market segment to third parties.
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NEWSFACTOR, Gizmodo, I4U News, IntoMobile, 9 to 5 Mac, Technologizer, iPhone Buzz, MacRumors iPhone Blog, Pocket-lint.com, Crave and Gearlog
Brad Feld / Entrepreneur.com:
A VC's Biggest Flaw: Arrogance — Their weaknesses may vary , but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. — Print Get the Mag Weekly Updates — Early in my entrepreneurial career, I didn't really know what to make of venture capitalists.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
AOL, Yahoo Will Add Life Streams to Their Popular Web Services — The growing popularity of Twitter and Facebook's news feed functionality has made everyone embrace life streaming — essentially a way for us to broadcast our daily digital lives via photos, videos, postings and status updates — as a way to consume information.
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Simon Alford / Times of London:
UK Google boss escapes cameras — THE £2m home of the UK head of Google, the internet search engine, is not visible in the company's new Street View service. — The web function allows users to view photographs of thousands of UK streets and houses, with the option to swivel 360 degrees and zoom in on homes.
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Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab:
‘New’ 17" iMac Turns Out Not to Be so New — The internet is quivering with excitement today at the introduction of a new 17" iMac, aimed exclusively at the education market. — The problem? It seems that a lot of people were out partying over the weekend and haven't yet recovered.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Fox Breathes New Life Into Redlasso — Redlasso, the troubled video startup that was effectively sued into oblivion last year by major networks including NBC, Fox, and CBS, is back from the dead. The site has just closed a deal with Fox, allowing it to offer embeddable video content to bloggers for the first time since last July.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Intel Seeks OK To Reprice Worthless Employee Options — Intel (INTC) is asking its shareholders to approve a program that would allow its employees to exchange their out-of-the-money employee stock options for new options with lower strike prices. In a proxy filing with the SEC this morning …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Food Delivery Service GrubHub Secures $2 Million In Series B Funding — Food delivery search engine GrubHub.com has secured $2 million in Series B funding led by led by Origin Ventures and Leo Capital, with earlier investor Amicus Capital participating as well.
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BusinessMirror:
Acer said to introduce Android-equipped smartphone in September — Acer Inc., the world's third-largest personal-computer vendor, will introduce a mobile phone in September that runs on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, an official at the Taiwanese company said.
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Google Android News …, Engadget, Boy Genius Report, Android Central, IntoMobile and Ubergizmo
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Vuze Integrates with iTunes, Xbox 360 and PS3 — Over the past year, Vuze has been slowly transitioning to an all-in-one BitTorrent application where users can search, download and play videos from the Vuze network and other torrent sites. The latest addition to the client takes yet another step forward.
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Vuze Blog, 9 to 5 Mac, Gizmodo, Download Squad, Softpedia News, NewTeeVee, Electronista and Engadget
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint.com:
Dell Adamo battery not replaceable … It seems Dell is emulating Apple in more ways than one with its new MacBook Air-rivaling “Adamo” laptop. — Like many recent Apple offering, the ultra-thin Dell laptop will have a non-user-replaceable battery Pocket-lint has learnt.
Richard Luscombe / Guardian:
Patrol watches Texas-Mexico border - from pub in Australia — The United States has unveiled an unlikely weapon in its battle against drugs gangs and illegal immigrants at the Texas-Mexico border - pub-goers in Australia. — The drinkers are the most far-flung of a sizeable army …
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