Top Items:
Heidi / Nokia Conversations:
Introducing the Nokia N9: all it takes is a swipe! — SINGAPORE - At the Nokia Connection event in Singapore today, Nokia introduced the Nokia N9, the first-ever pure touch smartphone that is all about making things simpler. Nokia N9 focuses on the most important things that people do …
Discussion:
Computerworld, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Near Field Communications …, ArcticStartup Posts, The Nokia Blog, Nokia, Engadget, InfoWorld, Between the Lines Blog, DailyTech, MobileSyrup.com, Uncrate, 9 to 5 Mac, This is my next, ExtremeTech, Telegraph, PhoneArena, AnandTech, SlashGear, IntoMobile, Neowin.net, My Nokia Blog, My Nokia Blog, The Next Web, Electronista, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat and New York Times
RELATED:
Apple:
Apple Revolutionizes Video Editing With Final Cut Pro X — Apple® today announced Final Cut Pro® X, a revolutionary new version of the world's most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible …
Discussion:
Engadget, Computerworld, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, GigaOM, AllThingsD, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Apple Bitch, Gadget Lab, SlashGear, Larry's Blog, TiPb, The Loop, CrunchGear, TUAW, MacStories, Edible Apple and Electricpig.co.uk
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Apple unveils updated Time Capsule, bumps storage to 3TB — It's been a good long while since Apple unveiled a new Time Capsule, almost two years since the 2TB model rolled out. At the time that was a volume of storage that you couldn't possibly fill up — even if you ripped your entire Peter Gabriel collection in lossless.
Discussion:
GigaOM, 9 to 5 Mac, CNET News.com, MacRumors, AppleInsider and iClarified
RELATED:
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple about to drop cheaper AirPort Extreme, 3TB Time Capsule (update: FCC confirms)
Discussion:
Ars Technica, The Digital Home, BGR, AppleInsider, Engadget, Electronista, MacStories, O'Grady's PowerPage, Gadget Lab, TUAW, I4U News, SlashGear, TiPb, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, I4U News, thinq_, MacStories, Apple Bitch, TUAW and CrunchGear, Thanks:lillerik
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Dropbox Security Bug Made Passwords Optional For Four Hours — This morning a post on Pastebin outlined a serious security issue that was spotted at Dropbox: for a brief period of time, the service allowed users to log into accounts using any password. In other words, you could log …
Discussion:
Computerworld, TUAW, Naked Security, Geek.com, gHacks Technology News and Delimiter
RELATED:
Arash Ferdowsi / The Dropbox Blog:
Yesterday's Authentication Bug — Yesterday we made a code update at 1:54pm Pacific time that introduced a bug affecting our authentication mechanism. We discovered this at 5:41pm and a fix was live at 5:46pm. A very small number of users (much less than 1 percent) logged in during that period …
Naked Security / Sophos:
‘LulzSec suspect’ arrested by New Scotland Yard — New Scotland Yard has confirmed that it has arrested a 19-year old suspected hacker in Essex, UK, in connection with a series of hacks and denial-of-service attacks against a number of organisations. — It is being widely speculated …
Discussion:
Between the Lines Blog, PC Magazine, Computerworld, The Digital Home, Computerworld, The Firewall, Mashable!, ZDNet, BBC, Zero Day Blog, Metropolitan Police, The Next Web, Sky News, New York Times, Softpedia News, Associated Press, Eurogamer, Techland, Pocket-lint, Techie Buzz, Kotaku, Neowin.net, VG247, Electronista and @channel4news
RELATED:
Kellex / Droid Life:
Exclusive: Tiered Data Plans Headed to Verizon July 7, Packages Start at $30 for 2GB — We knew that July 7 was going to mark the beginning of something after Verizon extended out the free 4G hotspot promo one more time to the 6th, but what we weren't 100% sure of was if it would have to do with tiered data.
Discussion:
Digital Trends, Digits, Tools, InfoWorld, ITworld.com, AllThingsD, DailyTech, Engadget, MobileBurn.com, Disruptors, SocialTimes.com, Electronista, Examiner, PhoneArena, PC Magazine, iLounge, iPhone and techblog.dallasnews.com
RELATED:
Omar Shahine / The Windows Blog:
Introducing SkyDrive for the modern web, built using HTML5 — We're committed to making SkyDrive the best place to get access to your content from anywhere, collaborate on Office docs, and share photos. Mike recently talked about how we're delivering access to your information seamlessly across devices - starting with Windows Phone.
Discussion:
All about Microsoft Blog, Softpedia News, gHacks Technology News, LiveSide.net, TechCrunch, MSDN Blogs, SocialTimes.com, WPCentral.com, Technologizer, VentureBeat, SAI and SiliconFilter, Thanks:harrisonhoffman
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Apple iOS 5 now outperforms IE9 HTML5 on Windows Phone Mango — Microsoft kicked off a mobile HTML5 performance war back in April. — The software giant demonstrated a Windows Phone Mango device against an Android and iPhone 4. Windows Phone came out on top but it hasn't taken Apple long to respond.
Discussion:
mocoNews, 9 to 5 Mac, WPCentral.com, AllThingsD, AppleInsider, Electronista and eWeek
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
“Why Should Somebody Buy This Instead of an iPad?” — It's been fifteen months since the first iPad shipped. Nearly every sizable company that makes anything that looks even sort of like a computer or a phone has rushed into the market that Apple created. Many of these companies haven't yet shipped the tablets they've announced.
Discussion:
Google Watch
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
The Real Reason There Was No Email On The BlackBerry PlayBook — When Research In Motion shipped the PlayBook without native email support, it was surprising. — After all, RIM's greatest strength is a killer email-application for BlackBerrys. Why didn't it have email baked into the PlayBook?
Discussion:
Gadget Lab
DigiTimes:
Apple demands 10% quote cuts from component suppliers in 2Q11, says paper — Apple's suppliers of components such as PCBs, optical components, battery modules and touch panels are reportedly facing pressure from Apple, which has demanded quote cuts of 10% for the second quarter of 2011 …
Discussion:
9 to 5 Mac, BGR, 9 to 5 Mac, Fortune, DigiTimes, MacRumors, SlashGear, MacNN, Redmond Pie, iPhone, Softpedia News, MacHackPC, MacStories, I4U News and The Next Web
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
Apple Tried And Failed To Make A Black MacBook Air? — Apple did indeed test out a black powder-coated MacBook Air, but the treatment absorbed body oils and didn't live up to Steve's standards, according to an anonymous Apple employee. — This employee got in touch after we wrote about emails …
Discussion:
Neowin.net, 9 to 5 Mac, eWeek and Computerworld, Thanks:jlgolson
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone — Not too long ago, theorists fretted that the Internet was a place where anonymity thrived. — Now, it seems, it is the place where anonymity dies. — A commuter in the New York area who verbally tangled with a conductor last Tuesday …
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Windows Phone Mango ‘secret’ features demo [video] … WinRumors has been able to play around with a couple of Windows Phone Mango devices this week. — Microsoft's next-generation Windows Phone operating system is slick, full of features and addresses the needs of consumers and businesses every step of the way.
RELATED:
Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Windows Phone ‘Mango’ preview
Discussion:
LiveSide.net, Gizmodo, WPCentral.com, pocketnow.com, TechSpot, SlashGear, The Next Web, The Seattle Times, Smartphones …, WMPU, LAPTOP Magazine, Neowin.net, Fudzilla and MobileBurn.com
Foursquare Blog:
Wow! The foursquare community has over 10,000,000 members! — And, to commemorate this pretty crazy occasion, we put together a little infographic. Be sure to click through to see it bigger; if you're anything like us, watching the full-size animated map puts butterflies in your tummy.
Discussion:
Screenwerk, FierceMobileContent, Softpedia News, L.A. Times Tech Blog, TechCrunch, The Next Web, @jason and @bluto_corp
Nikhil Pahwa / MediaNama:
Google Street View Stops Driving In India; Bangalore Police — Exclusive: Google has paused it's Street View project in India, the company has confirmed to MediaNama, stating that they received a letter from the Commissioner of Police regarding street view, and decided to stop Street View cars …
Discussion:
Search Engine Land, Times of India, The Register and Pluggd.in
Bloomberg:
Real M&A: RIM Takeover Beckons Microsoft — Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) has lost so much value that an acquirer could pay a 50 percent premium and still buy the BlackBerry maker for a lower multiple than any company in the industry. — RIM, once worth $83 billion, has fallen …
Discussion:
Inquirer, Tech Trader Daily and Armed and Dangerous
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Onswipe Wants To Make Slate, Forbes And Your Website Feel Like A Native Tablet App — Onswipe, the publishing platform that allows any content site to create an app like experience on the iPad and other tablets, is coming out of beta this week and will be available to the public tomorrow …
Discussion:
Betabeat and Poynter, Thanks:jasonlbaptiste
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
DARPA-Born TrapIt Wants to be Your Personalized Newsreader of the Future — How would you like to have a “cognitive prosthetic” that could “adapt to unexpected events” in situations of “intense information overload”...as a personal newsreader app online? That sounds pretty hot and it's exactly …
Discussion:
Mashable!, AllThingsD, GigaOM, @fredericl and Technology Review
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
If You Use All Your iCloud Storage, Apple Sends You This Email — A reader sent us this email he received from the “MobileMe Quota Service”, informing that he was using 4.2GB of his 5GB of free iCloud storage. — The email notes that once the storage is full, iOS devices will no longer …
Discussion:
The Next Web and Tools
Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF and Bitcoin — For several months, EFF has been following the movement around Bitcoin, an electronic payment system that touts itself as “the first decentralized digital currency.” We helped inform our members about this unique project through our blog and we experimented …
Discussion:
@mkapor, Naked Security, @counternotions and The Next Web, Thanks:bskingdom
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Euro commissioner tells Facebook it has nowhere to hide — Offshore servers no defence, Reding tells El Reg — Interview — European Commissioner Viviane Reding was in the UK on Monday to warn banks that they will be required to immediately notify customers about data security breaches.
Discussion:
paidContent and EU Press Room
