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TechCrunch
The upcoming iPhone 5 will almost certainly be a single phone that supports multiple networks, namely CDMA (such as the one used by Verizon or Sprint in the United States) as well as GSM (which is used by AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S.). This has been rumored before , and even at one point half confirmed by a Verizon executive , but nothing ...
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RIM launches new BlackBerry Curve
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Want to get your BBM on in style without spending a fortune on RIM's latest trio ? Say hello to the new 11mm (0.43 inch) thin BlackBerry Curve, now official in 3 variants -- the dual-mode GSM / CDMA 9370, the GSM / UMTS 9360 and the CDMA-only 9350. These long rumored handsets feature an 800MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, a tiny 2.44-inch HVGA+ (480× ...
The Globe and Mail
Cheaper iPhone 4 weeks away: sources
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Sources say Apple supplies have started work on 8GB version of popular smart phone, could be launched within weeks
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Déjà vu, much? Like Apple's original strategy for the aging iPhone 3GS, a new report states that Apple is working on an 8GB iPhone 4 to be sold at a discount while the iPhone 5 will sell at a higher price with contract. According to Reuters's sources , Apple has contracted a Korean firm to manufacture the discount iPhone's flash drive. Samsung ...
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Apple’s aging iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS were the best-selling phones in Q2, says NPD Group
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Apple’s iPhone 4 first launched in June 2010, and the iPhone 3GS came out in June 2009. But in the three months ending in June 2011, they were again the two most-purchased phones by U.S. consumers, according to NPD Group. And … Continue reading →
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Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.1 Admin
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The best way to manage the Mac computers on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate routine management tasks - all without leaving your desk. Featuring Automator actions, Remote Spotlight search, and a new Dashboard widget, Apple Remote Desktop 3 ...
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The Newest iPhone Rumors Point To Apple's Mass Market Ambitions
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We’re not yet into September, and Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) has yet to announce any events for the autumn, but the public is hungry for Apple news, and nature abhors a vacuum. Enter: more unattributed reports about what we might expect come the next generation of the iPhone. The latest are that Apple is producing a low-cost handset, and further ...
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Fortune Tech
Apple and HP went on a Silicon Valley hiring spree in July
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Apple was No. 1 and HP was No. 6 in San Jose metro area job listings Source: Business Journal Apple ( AAPL ) topped list in the San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara metropolitan area with 847 help-wanted ads, according to a survey conducted by the California labor department in July 2011. It was followed by Yahoo ( YHOO ), Lockheed Martin ( LMT ), ...
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Ubergizmo
Apple’s Asian suppliers build cheaper 8GB iPhones
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It seems that the more affordable 8GB iPhone has moved on from mythical status to being a real product, as Asian suppliers to Apple have started working on the more affordable version of the iPhone 4 that will carry just 8GB of internal memory, according to a couple of folks who are in the know. The 8GB flash memory will be manufactured by a ...
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Exclusive: Apple suppliers building cheaper, 8GB iPhone
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TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian suppliers to Apple Inc have begun manufacturing a lower-priced version of its hot-selling iPhone 4 with a smaller 8 gigabyte flash drive, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Is Apple preparing an ‘absolutely different' Mac?
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A report suggests that Apple is developing an entirely new type of Mac - and it could make an appearance before the end of the year. Read more...
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TUAW
No Comment: The iPhone Megaphone
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We've actually seen this megaphone idea implemented before. While it's probably easiest to just go ahead and plug your iPhone in rather than trying to mechanically amplify the sound waves with a series of cones and chambers, that hasn't stopped some designers from putting together some intriguing devices for making your iPhone louder (and clearer?
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Active.com Launches iPhone App For Runners
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San Diego-based Active.com, the online fitness site run by Active Network, announced this morning that it has launched a new, iPhone application. Active. com said its new Active.com Couch-to-5K Running Plan application, avaliable in the iPhone App store, costs $1.99 and helps get people "off the couch and onto the roads." The new app letes ...
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TG Daily
Report: Cheaper, 8 GB iPhone in the works
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In addition to the new, updated iPhone sure to be announced any day now, there will be a smaller, cheaper model making headlines soon as well. read more
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Gizmodo
Reuters Says Cheap-O 8 GB iPhone 4 Arriving "Within Weeks"
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The mythological "cheap iPhone" is coming, according to equally mythological "people with knowledge of the matter," reports Reuters. And it's coming soon, they say: a less expensive 8 GB version within weeks. Run, rumor, run ! More »
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Technology Frustration in a Multi-Device World
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In a review of Sherry Turkle's book Alone Together , John Battelle notes a familiar experience in regards to technology: "this cake ain't baked. I mean, think about it. Facebook: Not quite right. Smart phones? Not quite right. Desktop computing? Even though we've had nearly three decades of interaction, it's still not quite right." ...
Yahoo! News
Camera, battery and audio flex cable for iPhone 5 supposedly leaked
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Appolicious - Asian component makers are ramping-up to begin major manufacture of Apple’s iPhone 5 in the next few months. At least, that’s what we’re led to believe based on rumors about Apple’s plan to launch the new iPhone at the beginning of October.
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AllThingsD
Apple's iPad Already Replacing Cash Registers by the Bushel
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Mobile devices -- and especially Apple products -- have become fairly mainstream at retail locations around the country. Today, Pacific Sunwear announced a significant deployment of mobile devices in its stores.
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9to5Mac
Reuters: Inexpensive iPhone is the 8GB iPhone 4
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Reuters this morning ran a story sourced from “two people with knowledge of the matter” who confirmed that Apple in fact is gearing up to launch an inexpensive iPhone model alongside a new fifth-generation iPhone in late September, with the former being an 8GB version of iPhone 4. The handset is expected to launch “within [...]
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Apple May Tap China Mobile's 600M Users With IPhone on 2G
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There are signs that Apple may soon allow China Mobile to distribute the iPhone, a deal that could give Apple a bigger share of China's mobile phone market. But...
MacNN
Apple making 8GB iPhone 4, iPhone 5 said due late September
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<img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /Apple's often rumored cheap iPhone could just be a low-capacity model. Leaks early Tuesday had Apple making an 8GB iPhone 4 with flash memory from "a Korean company," almost certainly Samsung. While the Reuters tip ...
Warp2Search.net
Apple suppliers building cheaper, 8GB iPhone
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11/03/2010 08:15 PM: Apple Support Acknowledges iOS 4.1 Daylight Saving Time Bug by Philipp Esselbach Mac Rumors posted a news story that Apple today posted a new support document acknowledging the daylight saving time bug being experienced by iPhone and iPod touch users on iOS 4.1 in a number of coun...
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Apple's 2-year-old iPhone 3GS still America's No 2. smartphone
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Apple Insider posted a story that the two year old iPhone 3GS held onto the second spot in popularity thanks to its low price...
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Technology
Boot up: spam kingpin mugged, smartphones in Africa, coding kids and more
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Plus analysis from the past and present about HP, PHP's big crypto screwup and more A burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Flashy cars got spam kingpin mugged Krebs on Security Go on, enjoy the schadenfreude. Cheap smartphones could transform Africa Internet Evolution Rom Miller: "When it comes to ...
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Techdirt
Tech Titans Shift And Change: Worrying About Dominance Is A Fool's Game
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I've lived in Silicon Valley for a little over thirteen years now, and the one thing I've learned is that nothing is pemanent. When I moved out here, the "big fight" over who was going to dominate the tech landscape was supposed to be between Netscape, Microsoft and AOL. No one had heard of eBay (and people thought that "OnSale" -- an online ...
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RSS
A Cloud over Ownership
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Online services set content free from the physical world's constraints—including those that have defined the very idea of possession. Our possessions define us. Yet today the definition of possession itself is shifting, thanks to cloud services that store some things we hold dear on distant Internet servers. When those belongings reside in ...
Jason.pontin
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RSS
Blog - Is a 4G LTE iPhone on the Way?
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Undoubtedly. But reports that carriers are testing such a model tell us relatively little about just when we might see it. Mobile carriers are testing an iPhone with LTE capability, reports Boy Genius Report, the recent king of Apple-related leaks. It even has action shots of code that it says are a smoking gun.
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Back in the Summer of 2008, when there was still a glimmer of innocence and belief in the fundamental goodness of people in this young blogger's mind, I decided that I wanted a touchscreen tablet. Something like the screen side of a Macbook Air, plus a touch screen. It would mostly be for "couch" computing, I said. although I also meant "bathroom"
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HP TouchPad best seller at Best Buy, Amazon
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Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet has become an instant hit at Best Buy and Amazon despite being discontinued in the wake of HP's shuttering of its WebOS device business. And HP is responding by shipping more out from its warehouses.
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HP TouchPad to Android Port = $1500 Prize
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As you’re probably aware, the HP TouchPad is now available for $100 – A $400 discount from it’s original price. And let’s be honest, we all want it running Android. So, to speed up the porting process, we’re offering a bounty! With built in Wifi, Bluetooth, etc, it’s a perfect tool for enhancing DIY ...
Brad Linder
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Liliputing
How to install Ubuntu Linux on an HP TouchPad
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The HP TouchPad is a tablet with a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display, 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and webOS 3.0 operating system. But with HP discontinuing the TouchPad and all webOS smartphones, the future of the operating system remains uncertain. Fortunately you may not be stuck with webOS... or at least not only with webOS. ...
Allthingsd.com
How Much Did HP Lose on the TouchPad? Here’s a Good Guess.
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Sales of Hewlett-Packard’s abandoned TouchPad tablet are spiking today on word that prices have been slashed on existing inventories of the device at retailers like Best Buy to $99 for the 16 gigabyte version and $149 for the 32GB version.
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Is it worth buying a discounted HP TouchPad?
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Last Thursday, HP announced that it would "discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones." The surprise announcement came less than two months after the release of the TouchPad and the company subsequently slashed its price, prompting a stampede of customers looking to snap up a tablet bargain. But just how ...
Joel Hruska
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HP decisions signal huge frustrations with Intel, Microsoft
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The PC market isn't dying, but the cracks in the Wintel Alliance are threatening its core.
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Neowin.net
HP could lose as much as $300 million on TouchPad
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HP is certainly taking a big financial loss on its failed HP TouchPad tablet with one estimate claiming that the company could lose as much as $300 million on just this one item. Read more...
Haydn Shaughnessy
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Forbes
Radical Adjacency Comes of Age with HP's Autonomy Buy, Google and Motorola.
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HP's (HPQ) purchase of Autonomy and Google's (GOOG) purchase of Motorola Mobility have one important ingredient in common. These are radical adjacency strategies. A radical adjacency is an acquisition that takes the buyer into areas where its management has no current experience. Nor does the buyer company know the sector like an insider.
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Technology news
HP review 'to be finished in eight to 12 weeks'
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Former Palm chief executive Todd Bradley says HP will decide what to do with its PC division before year-end – while Microsoft woos WebOS developers to Windows Phone Hewlett-Packard Co will complete a strategic review of its personal computers unit in the next eight to 12 weeks, the company's PC chief, Todd Bradley, said on Monday. Bradley, ...
MacNN
Samsung may be ready to buy HP's PC business, outsource work
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<img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /Samsung might be grooming its notebook business in hopes of buying HP's spun-out PC business. Insiders in the part stream claimed Samsung was talking to Taiwan companies to outsource some notebook orders to companies like Compal,
MacNN
Leaks: HP hurt webOS through low resources, rushed shipping
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<img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /HP's decision to get out of webOS hardware may have come as much from HP's top-level commands as anything from the webOS team. Insiders in the former Palm group disclosed that having HP onside hadn't translated to more resources.
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Neowin.net
Report: HP had nearly finished a 7-inch TouchPad
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A post mortem report on HP's Palm acquisition suggests the company had a 7-inch TouchPad almost ready to go, alongside other projects that also got scrapped. Read more...
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Slashdot
Android On HP TouchPad
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NicknamesAreStupid writes "As fast as you can say '$99 blowout sale,' PC World reports on an Android port to the now defunct HP TouchPad. 'Of course, it will turn out to be the best Android pad ever, making the iPad stink by comparison,' reports Muphy's Law Reports." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Kelly Hodgkins
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Gizmodo
Samsung May Buy HP's PC Business Says Digitimes
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Samsung has reportedly talked to manufacturers like Quanta Computers and Pegatron about outsourcing notebook orders. The Korean company is supposedly eyeing HP's PC business and needs outside manufacturing help. It's an interesting proposition; maybe it'll move beyond a rumor. [ Digitimes ] More »
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TechCrunch
AliveCor , developer of a low-budget electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder that works in conjunction with a variety of mobile platforms (including iPhone, iPad, and Android devices), has raised $3 million in Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The financing round was led by Burrill & Company along with Qualcomm, acting through ...
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TechCrunch
Desktop Virtualization Company Wanova Raises $10M From Greylock And Others
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Wanova , a turnkey desktop management cloud provider, has raised $10 million in series B funding from Greylock Partners, Carmel Ventures and Opus Capital. This brings the company's total funding to $23 million. Wanova provides Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that centralize control of the desktop infrastructure while optimizing the ...
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SocalTECH.com
Qualcomm Backs Mobile EKG Firm
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San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures has backed the developer of a mobile electrocardiogram recorder, AliveCor, as part of that company's Series A round. AliveCor said today that it has raised $3M in a Series A for its products, which connect iPhones, iPads, and other smartphones and tablets to EKG data. The round was led by Burrill & Company, and ...
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TechCrunch
Phone Radiation Measurement App Maker Tawkon Raises $1.5 Million
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Tawkon , an Israeli startup that offers mobile apps capable of measuring cellular radiation , has secured seed funding to the tune of $1.5 million . The capital injection comes from thetime , an investment company owned by Ilan Shiloah, chairman of McCann Erickson Israel and Nir Tarlovsky, and from Tzvika Barinboim. Other backers include ...
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Ubergizmo
Verizon Video brings TV shows to your Android devices
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Verizon announced yesterday that it has launched a new version of its video on demand app, Verizon Video. It appears to be just a rebranding of its V Cast Video, providing the same features as before but offering higher quality video content, unlimited access to Verizon’s catalog of over 250 full episodes of TV shows, local and national ...
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AliveCor Raises $3 Million Series A Equity Round
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK--(Marketwire - Aug 23, 2011) - AliveCor, Inc., developer of a breakthrough mobile electrocardiogram recorder, announced today that it has secured $3 million in Series A financing. Burrill & Company led the financing round along with Qualcomm Incorporated, acting through its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures, and the ...
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Verizon Wireless Raises The Bar For Quality Mobile Video With Verizon Video
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BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today introduced Verizon Video, a new version of its video-on-demand application for mobile phones. Verizon Video offers Verizon Wireless customers access to current TV episodes, live streaming of major sporting and news events, and a high-quality video experience, all powered by the nation’s ...
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Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet is meant for business types, but it just might be the best Honeycomb tablet available right now. It was announced late last month alongside the consumer-oriented IdeaPad K1 and the Windows version, the P1. Well, Lenovo is finally ready to take your credit card in exchange for a place in the shipping line. The tablet ...
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Engadget
HP TouchPad tops Amazon US sales, rumored for UK price drop
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Well, it's official, the TouchPad is currently the hottest piece of consumer electronics around, and all it took was HP's complete abandonment of its current line of webOS devices. The once maligned slate is currently atop Amazon's electronics sales list. The 16GB and 32GB models have snagged the top two spots, beating out the Kindle, the iPod ...
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HP's TouchPad fire sale: The fallout
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Summary: HP’s TouchPad liquidation sale says a lot about the company, the tablet market and its ability to keep an e-commerce site running. HP’s TouchPad liquidation sale this weekend was telling on multiple fronts as techies drooled over a good deal, servers blew up and the tablet market pricing structure was upended. However, the ...
Kevin C. Tofel
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GigaOM — Tech News
HP TouchPad becomes a low-cost Ubuntu tablet
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Tech savvy users may be snapping up the $99 HP TouchPad for a reason nobody thought of: You can turn the slate into an Ubuntu Linux tablet with these instructions. The TouchPad will still run webOS, so this solution offers two operating systems for one price.
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Wired Top Stories
Lenovo Joins the Fray, Pumps Out a Decent Android Tablet
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With everyone trying to muscle into the tablet market, Lenovo's entry is a credible contender.
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TechCrunch
Nothing goes better with back-to-school clothes than a nice little point-and-shoot. Thus, Canon’s timing couldn’t be any better. Today the new PowerShot digital cameras are making their debut, and from the looks of it, Canon has its bases covered. We have three new models: the PowerShot SX150 IS, PowerShot Elph 510 HS, and the PowerShot Elph ...
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Engadget
Canon announces PowerShot SX150 IS, ELPH 310 / 510 HS point-and-shoot cams
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It's not every day that we see a new camera hit the market -- it only feels like it is. And today it's Canon's turn in the spotlight. Beefing up its point-and-shoot lineup with a trio of PowerShots , the company just announced its SX150 IS, ELPH 310 HS, and ELPH 510 HS -- that last one is billed as the thinnest camera to include a 12x optical ...
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Canon announces IXUS 1100 HS slim compact 12x superzoom
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Canon has unveiled the IXUS 1100HS - a super-slim compact superzoom in the SD/IXUS family. Despite its small size, it manages to fit a 28-336mm equivalent, image stabilized lens in front of its 12.1MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor. It also has a 460k dot 3.2" (8.8cm) touchscreen LCD on its reverse. Unlike most previous Canon compacts, it ...
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Canon announces Pixma MG3150 & MG2150 budget all-in-one printers
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Canon has unveiled the PIXMA MG3150 and MG2150 budget-orientated all-in-one printers. The MG2150 is the most basic model, offering 4800x1200dpi 4-ink printing at rates of up to 4.8ipm color (8.4ipm mono). The MG3150 improves on this by adding Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing its use with the Easy-PhotoPrint App that allows simple printing from and ...
MacNN
Canon unwraps long-zoom Elph 510 HS and 310 HS, SX150 IS
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<img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /Canon as rumored brought out a trio of PowerShots and made their optical zoom the focus. The Elph 510 HS headlines the pack as the thinnest camera in the young series but still managing to zoom out to 12X and carry a 28mm ...
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TechCrunch
A week ago, Fox changed its licensing rules so that non-paying users of Hulu would be unable to watch new episodes of their shows until eight days after their air date . Put on your analyst hat and think about what effect this might have on, say, piracy of those shows. Did you determine that it would increase piracy? Congratulations, you are a ...
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TorrentFreak
Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge
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It's been a week since Fox stopped offering free access to its TV-shows the day after they air on television. The TV-studio took this drastic step in the hope of getting more people to watch their shows live and thus make more revenue. TV-viewers, however, are outraged by the decision and have massively turned to pirated sources to watch their ...
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Viewers vexed by Fox’s TV Everywhere pay wall
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It’s been just a week since Fox instituted its eight-day delay for non-authenticated viewers of its shows online, and already people are heading to BitTorrent to watch instead. According to TorrentFreak, the number of viewers downloading shows like MasterChef and Hell’s Kitchen has surged dramatically over the past few days.
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FOX 8-day Delay FAQ
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Below you will find the answers to several common questions regarding recent changes to the availability of current season FOX content. If you have a question that is not answered here, please feel free to contact our support team, who will be more than happy to help.
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AllThingsD
QOTD: The Case for Holding On to Hulu
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The big media companies have all failed when it comes to digital … Hulu is the exception to that rule. It has flourished, despite ownership by the major media companies. Yet, this is the business that the media companies are looking to sell — does that make sense? BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield, in a note [...]
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TechCrunch
Erply, a company that develops retail inventory management software, is taking on Square, Intuit and VeriFone today with a new mobile credit card reader for iOS devices. Erply's credit card device connects to an iPad or iPhone and will transmit a customer’s encrypted credit card data to its own point of sale and inventory management software ...
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Ubergizmo
WebOS heads for PCs and printers, Pre3 to launch in limited markets
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There was some whispers about the possibility of HP not licensing webOS, but that remains but a rumor – although today we have heard that webOS might just see action on PCs and printers, not to mention the Pre3 will be launched in “limited” markets, according to webOS chief Stephen DeWitt. DeWitt also mention that HP will ...
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Bright.nl
Nieuwe Blackberry Curve met NFC
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De nieuwe Blackberry Curve 9360 heeft ook ondersteuning voor NFC voor mobiel betalen aan boord. Lees meer...
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Alesis iO Dock offers music production on the move
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I have to admit to feeling a flutter of excitement when Digitech announced its programmable iPad pedalboard . Now it's the turn of vocalists, musicians of all kinds, producers and writers to access the wealth of digital music apps available for the iPad with the release of the iO Dock, from professional audio and studio equipment manufacturer ...
MCV
Square signs game from Portal co-creator
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Former Valve designer and the co-creator of Portal Kim Swift has had her new game signed up by publisher Square Enix. The game itself has not been revealed, though more details about the "incredibly fascinating and quirky" title are expected to be released this weekend, Eurogamer reports. What is known is that it’s being developed by Dark ...
AppleInsider
Briefly: Mac OS X 10.7.2 build; iOS market share; Starbucks promotion
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Apple recently issued a new build of Mac OS X 10.7.2 along with the eighth beta release of iCloud for Lion. Also, Research in Motion and Microsoft suffered heavy market share losses last quarter as Apple's iOS and Google's Android continue to grow. Finally, Starbucks is said to be adding TV shows and extended e-book previews, in addition to apps ...
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After adding online payments exec Bill Ready as an Executive-In-Residence, Accel Partners is shoring up another area of expertise with the addition of former Salesforce.com executive Chuck Ganapathi as the firm's newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence. At Accel, Ganapathi, who was the creator of Salesforce's “Facebook for the Enterprise” Chatter, ...
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Here are some of yesterday’s stories on TechCrunch Gadgets: TC Tests The GeoMate Jr., A Geocaching GPS Unit For The Wee Ones A Woman, A Cupcake, A Bank And A Square: Why Credit Card Companies Are Scared Of Change New Research Weaves Omnidirectional Antennas Into Clothing Jetty The Duct-Cleaning Robot Will Hunt You Down, Wash You With Dry ...
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Engadget
Sharp RW-T107 Android tablet packs NFC reader, will accept payments in Japan
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Tools like Square's credit card reader and Apple's proprietary iOS retail system make mobile payments possible in the US, but they're hardly streamlined, or widespread. A new Gingerbread tablet from Sharp -- the RW-T107 -- sets out to simplify payments in Japan with its built-in NFC reader. You won't be using your own tablet to pay -- instead, ...
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TechCrunch
Why isn't Chrome a part of Android ? It's a question as old as time itself. Or at least a few years old. But given that the same company, Google, makes both products, it never made much sense. Now they're finally taking steps to resolve this. A bit. Maybe. As a group of Googlers have announced on the WebKit-Dev group today ( relayed by Google's ...
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Android developers can start writing Google TV apps
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Google released a preview version of an Android programming tool plug-in today to let developers write software for Google TV devices. "With the upcoming OS update to Honeycomb, Google TV devices will be Android compatible," said Ambarish Kenghe, a Google TV product manager, in a blog post today. "That means developers can build great new Android ...
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GigaOM — Tech News
360 for Android phones: the “Instagram for Panoramas”
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When thinking of social photo apps, iOS comes to mind with strong offerings like Instagram. But it doesn't do panoramic images like 360 for Android does: the beta app doesn't require a ton of processing power to produce a seamless 360-degree image that can be shared.
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TechCrunch
Android Devs Can Now Start Optimizing Their Apps For Google TV
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Last fall, Google made its first attempt to take over your living room with the launch of Google TV — a platform that merged the web with television content to create an experience promising to usher in a new era of convenience and interactivity. Unfortunately it's been mostly a dud thus far. The platform's overly-complex user interface and ...
MacNN
Google to turn to WebKit to complete Android browser
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<img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /Google is turning to the WebKit community to create a more functional, Chromium-like browser for the Android platform, TechCrunch reports. The project will involve removing a previous but incomplete Android port of ...
Terrence O'Brien
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Engadget
Ben Heck tackles Android ADK, whips up car trip-simulating baby seat
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We've been wondering what would happen if the infinitely resourceful Ben Heck got his hands on the powerful Android ADK . Thankfully, in the most recent episode of the accomplished modder's show, our curiosity is satiated. The crafty Wisconsinite tackles a reader request -- to recreate the soothing motion of a car ride and help put a three-month- ...
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Microsoft Says Motorola’s Android Phones Infringe Its Patents
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software maker, began arguing its U.S. trade case that Android- based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. use technology derived from Microsoft inventions.
The Seattle Times
Microsoft begins trial against Motorola over Android technologies
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Microsoft began arguing its U.S. trade case that Android-based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings use technology derived from Microsoft inventions.
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SlashGear
Microsoft sues Motorola Mobility for infringing Android patents
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Microsoft has filed a patent infringement suit against Motorola Mobility for infringing on Microsoft patents that cover Android. The purchase of Motorola Mobility by Google was only recently announced and part of the reason that Google bought Motorola Mobility was to keep Microsoft from getting hands on 18 of the key Android patents that Motorola [
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Forbes
Should Google Have Dropped Android Instead of Buying Motorola?
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Adam Hartung makes a forceful case at his Forbes blog that Google made a big mistake by buying Motorola. He argues that Google only did it to save Android and that it should have, instead, cut its losses and dropped Android. I posted a short dissenting comment at Adam?s blog,
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Remember last year when it seemed like everyone was doing a location-based mobile app? One of the original players in that space, Brightkite, eventually got overshadowed by newer rivals. Now two of its founders are back with a new mobile startup, and once again they're entering a space that is quickly getting crowded: food. Specifically, Brady ...
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Forkly Launches to Discover Food You'll Like the Taste Of
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Forkly is a beautiful new iPhone app that helps you discover new restaurants you might like and recommends dishes once you're at restaurants, based on your individual taste. Built by former leaders of location based social network Brightkite, Forkly has been talked about in the tech press for almost a year but it just launched quietly tonight. ...
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TechCrunch
Last November , location startup SimpleGeo brought in former Digg CEO Jay Adelson to replace co-founder Matt Galligan as CEO. At the time, Galligan slid into the role of Chief Strategy Officer and became more of a public face for the company. Now he's leaving the company entirely. You can read the news on SimpleGeo's blog here , as well as ...
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Matt Galligan
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Matt Galligan is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for SimpleGeo, where he oversees the strategic direction of the company. He founded SimpleGeo in 2009 with Joe Stump with the goal of providing a location infrastructure for developers to easily add location-aware elements to consumer and business applications – a process that they ...
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TechCrunch
While $300 for a tablet might seem insanely high after this weekend's $100 TouchPad frenzy , it's still a decent buy. I still find it hard to recommend existing budget Honeycomb tablets over the iPad when I'm talking to people who aren't into tech, and this makes its case even stronger. iPad or netbook? For some people the choice is obvious, for ...
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Refurbished iPads now just $299
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Apple's got a new price on a refurbished iPad (that's an iPad 1, not the latest 2), and it's likely the lowest official price you'll ever pay for the tablet. $299 is the new magic number, for a 16 GB iPad Wi-Fi . Of course, that presumes that the unit will come back into stock, but it likely will before long. That price is the lowest available ...
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Radiant to supply backlights for iPad 3
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<img align='left' src=' ' border='0' width='176' height='120' /A supply chain leak has revealed that Taiwan-based Radiant Opto-Electronics has become the major supplier of backlight units for its forthcoming iPad 3. Apple has appointed LG Display, Samsung and Sharp to supply the ...
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Three days ago I wrote about Codecademy — a slick, fun way to teach yourself how to program. The app has done an excellent job minimizing the frustration often associated with writing your first lines of code, and it sports a good-looking and intuitive interface. Another plus: the initial signup flow doesn't show up til you've completed your ...
 
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TechCrunch
Over the last few months, Twitter has been rolling out some key new enhancements to their user experience, adding improved search functionality and the ability to upload images right from a user's Twitter stream. The photo upgrade came thanks to Photobucket hosting and appeared as a pic.twitter link and image for a user's followers, as we ...
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Twitter Adds Galleries for Users' Last 100 Tweeted Photos
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Twitter has just announced the rollout of user galleries for tweeted images. Galleries will show images shared using all the major services supported by Twitter, including yFrog, TwitPic, Instagram and Twitter's new native images. Galleries can be found on the user's profile page through the Web interface. They will display up to 100 recent ...
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How International is Twitter? @Twitter_Es Now Has More Followers Than @Twitter
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It's a little discussed but widely-known fact that Twitter is bigger outside the United States than it is inside its home country: it's huge in Brazil, Japan and the Philippines, for example. It turns out Twitter's pretty hot in the Spanish speaking world, too. Rebecca Villaneda of HispanicBusiness.com points out some interesting numbers in an ...
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Earlier today, new TechStars Network member, the Tampa Bay-based Gazelle Lab , announced its first full round of program participants . This 3-month, mentor-driven program based on the TechStars model is one of the first of its kind to emerge in the Tampa Bay region - a region that's been pushing to become a new home to technological and ...
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