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Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
iPhone 5 Will Enable Ambitious Remote Computing Program - Source [Exclusive] — We've received a tip about an unexpected application for the NFC chip Apple is expected to build into the iPhone 5. — Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless connection technology that would turn …
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Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:
Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Gold Master To Developers [Update: See What's New!] — Good news folks, Apple just released the pre-final version of iOS 4.2 to members of the Apple developer program. iOS 4.2 Gold Master, or GM as it's called, should be the exact version that Apple will be shipping very soon (hopefully) to the public.
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Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Apple Brings AirPlay Back To Youtube App With 4.2 GM — Great news: AirPlay is back to the official Youtube app for iPhone and iPad, and AirPlay even got specific controls in the multitasking bar. When iOS 4.2 Beta 3 came out, we first reported that Apple removed the AirPlay feature in the built-in Youtube app.
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MacRumors, Appletell, RazorianFly, iClarified and TUAW
Matt Graves / Twitter Blog:
Promoted Tweets: Testing in the Timeline — When we launched Promoted Tweets in April, we outlined our plan for gradually rolling them out in all of the places people experience Twitter: first in search on Twitter.com, later in search through our partners, and eventually in the user timeline.
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VentureBeat, The Next Web, AdAge, TechCrunch, SelectStart, HootSuite blog, WebProNews, Digits, Social Media, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, ProgrammableWeb, SocialTimes.com, SFGate, CenterNetworks, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, ClickZ, Search Engine Land, L.A. Times Tech Blog and paidContent, more at Mediagazer »
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Exclusive: Apple, Google Are Sniffing Around Mobile Payments Startup BOKU — Both Apple and Google are engaged in conversations with mobile payments startup BOKU about a potential acquisition or a wide-reaching partnership at the very least, we've heard from people familiar with the talks, which are ongoing.
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AppleInsider, Mashable!, MacRumors, Mobile Marketing Watch, Internet2Go, Electronista, IntoMobile, App Advice and SAI
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Apple takes the lead in the US smart phone market with a 26% share — In Q3 2010, the worldwide smart phone market grew an impressive 95% over the same quarter a year ago to 80.9 million shipped units. Nokia retained its leadership position, albeit by a diminished margin, with a 33% share of the market.
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eWeek, Gearlog, Android Phone Fans, The Next Web, Cult of Mac, Digits, FierceMobileContent, TheGadgetClub.net, BetaNews, MobileWhack.com, Android and Me, PadGadget, Mashable!, the Econsultancy blog, Computerworld, VatorNews, Gadget Lab, Tech Sanity Check, IntoMobile, mocoNews, WebProNews, msnbc.com, Evolver.fm, ReadWriteWeb, ThinkMobile, Appletell, PhoneArena, DailyTech, WMPoweruser.com, AndroidGuys, Ubergizmo, Internet2Go, Digital Trends, asymco, MediaPost, Pulse2, The Register, SAI, dailywireless.org, Bits, AppleInsider, TechSpot, MacStories and App Advice
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Election Badges, Vote by Check-In and Twitter Bubbles — It may not be quite as big a deal as the presidential elections in 2008, when Barack Obama's campaign team used social media and social networks to mobilize supporters and win the White House, but the mid-term state elections happening tomorrow …
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SlashGear, techPresident and The Bivings Report, more at Mediagazer »
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Jodi Olson / Twitter Blog:
Midterm Elections 2010 — Tomorrow the balance of power …
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Poynter Online, MediaMemo, Lost Remote, The Next Web and Dan Zarrella, more at Mediagazer »
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook and Twitter Will Try to Mobilize Millions of Voters Tomorrow
Joanna Stern / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab review — The story of the Galaxy Tab has been quite a saga, to say the least. In fact, it was actually back in May that we first heard rumblings of Samsung's plans to unleash a 7-inch Android tablet much like its Galaxy S phones, but it was only after months of painful teasing …
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Marco.org, Electronista, Computerworld, TechEye, Inquirer and Daring Fireball
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Google Sues The US Government For Only Considering Microsoft Solutions — Eric Goldman alerts us to the interesting bit of news that Google has sued the US government — specifically the Department of the Interior, for not seriously considering Google Apps when it put out a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to handle its messaging needs.
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Cade Metz / The Register:
First official HTML5 tests topped by...Microsoft — Memo to Redmond: CSS ain't HTML — The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the results of its first HTML5 conformance tests, and according to this initial rundown, the browser that most closely adheres to the latest set of web standards is...Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.
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The Next Web, Neowin.net, Techie Buzz, winrumors and ReadWriteWeb
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Vendors to debut Chrome-featured smartbooks later in November — Global brand vendors are expected to launch their new generation smartbooks featuring the Google Chrome operating system (OS) later this month (November), while Google also plans to launch its own-brand Chrome notebook …
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Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear:
Component Makers Whisper That Chrome OS Will Ship In November
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Ricky / Digitizor:
And So The Exodus Begins - 33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org — We all knew that it would come to this and it has finally happened - 33 developers have left OpenOffice.org to join The Document Foundation, with more expected to leave in the next few days. — The History
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The H Open Source, OStatic blogs, Geek.com, THINQ.co.uk and V3.co.uk, Thanks:digitizor
Bob Muglia / The Silverlight Blog:
PDC and Silverlight — [This blog post is from Bob Muglia, President of the Server and Tools Division at Microsoft] — Last week, we held our PDC conference on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. We also streamed it online using Silverlight (with both live and on-demand sessions).
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Computerworld, The Register, Microsoft, TechCrunch, CNET News, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, Delicate Genius Blog, MSDN Blogs, All about Microsoft Blog, ReadWriteWeb and TechNet Blogs, Thanks:rawmeet
Google Code Blog:
Introducing the Google APIs Console and our latest API updates — After a busy year of creating, curating, and re-organizing our APIs, we're pleased to share that: We're announcing the Google APIs console, a new tool to help you use our APIs in your applications and on your websites.
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ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, WebProNews, Computerworld and The Next Web
Drew / Fark Blog:
Jon Stewart to Reddit: you don't matter — Backstory: Reddit has been pushing support for the Stewart/Colbert rally since its inception, possibly since before its inception. — At the Rally For Sanity press conference on Saturday, Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit …
Dick Craddock / The Windows Blog:
Use Hotmail features without changing your email address — If you've been reading this blog for the last few months, you've seen lots of new features added to Hotmail that make Hotmail more efficient, like Sweep or the ability to send up to 10GB of photos in one message.
Henry Blodget / SAI:
Sorry, Blekko Is Doomed — A new search-engine called Blekko just launched. It's the latest in a long line of companies to try to leapfrog Google by providing “better” search results. — Specifically, in Blekko's case, the company is using human input into algorithmic results to screen …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Did Apple pay big bucks in iAds settlement? — A trademark lawsuit filed against Apple by a Web advertising firm over the term “iAds” was quietly settled in July. — No one has disclosed exactly how the case was resolved but Apple now owns the “iAds” trademark, and last week …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, MacStories, Macsimum News, RazorianFly, iLounge, Crave and iClarified
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
Inside the Google Books Algorithm — Google is famous for the brilliance of its algorithm for searching web pages. While the company looks at dozens of factors in determining which results to display, the heart of the search engine is using links between pages to rank their relevancy.
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The Next Web and Switched
James Temple / SFGate:
Salesforce.com planning huge Mission Bay headquarters — Salesforce.com, one of San Francisco's largest and fastest growing technology companies, plans to announce today that it will build an enormous new headquarters at Mission Bay. — The online sales software company …
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ReadWriteWeb and Tech Trader Daily
Larry Dignan / SmartPlanet:
GM's Volt: 10 million lines of code — General Motors' Volt—the electric car that could redefine the company—is about to hit the road and now details about its engineering innards are starting to emerge. — Make no mistake about it. The Volt is more software and code than anything else.
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Green Tech and ReadWriteWeb, Thanks:editorialiste
Reuters:
Skype IPO to take stage in 2011: sources — (Reuters) - Skype is moving forward on an initial public offering of up to $1 billion, but investors will have to wait until next year before it prices, said several people close to the situation. — Despite investor expectations that an IPO …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
NPD: Android Surging, BlackBerry Falling, Apple Flat — Here's a chart pretty much guaranteed to get teeth grinding in Cupertino - new data from NPD showing Android extending its lead as America's most popular mobile operating system. — The consumer research group says that Google's software …
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SAI, Ars Technica, PRWeb, Electronista, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Computerworld, Mobilized, IntoMobile, Insights on the tech industry and Appolicious Advisor
Tim Carmody / Gadget Lab:
Updated Xbox and WinPhone7 Get Updated Netflix, ESPN, and More — Xbox 360's long-awaited dashboard update is here, bringing a slew of new features, including a nice bonus from Netflix: a genuine UI for search on the Xbox and support for streaming on Windows Phone 7. — Let's take the Xbox first.
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The Official Netflix Blog, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, Mashable!, IntoMobile, The Next Web, Download Squad and winrumors
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Bang! Publishers Say Giant Web Ads Have “Stopping Power” — Bigger really is better! — So say Web publishers who have been running super-sized, don't-you-dare-look-away-from- me ads for the past year. — Even better, the ad-sellers insist — they have scientific proof to back up their claim.
