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| Apple publishes guidelines for app approval
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. gave software developers on Thursday the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut. |
| Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover
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| Google search accelerates with 'instant' results
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| Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation?
(Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out. |
| Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says
(Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research. |
| How the Term 'Hipster' Lost Its Swing
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Hipsters once seemed to be a marketing staple. Whether rocking out as iPod silhouettes, acting the cool Mac counterpart to the dorky PC in Apple ads, or modeling for Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, hipsters were ubiquitous. |
| Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan
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| For iPhone 4 Buyers, AT&T is Bigger Issue Than 'Antennagate'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The iPhone 4's connectivity issues prompted some cell phone customers to shy away from purchasing the device, but the main reason customers have avoided Apple's popular new smartphone is because it is offered on the AT&T network rather than Verizon Wireless, according to a Wednesday report. |
| Apple to make app development more flexible
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| Morning Brief: iOS 4.1 Jailbreak, T-Mobile's Next Android Phone, Max Mara's iPad App
(Mashable)
Mashable - This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology. |
| How Facebook got involved in human rights film
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| How Graphic.ly Plans to Transform the Comic Book Business
(Mashable)
Mashable - This post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day. |
| Google Instant changes search, Scoreloop brings PayPal to Android gaming
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - Google unleashed a new search product yesterday, fundamentally changing its core experience. Google Instant reveals search results in real-time, as you type, skipping the “enter” button all together. |
| IDC: Smartphone Market Exploding, Android is 'Wild Card'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The worldwide smartphone market is expected to grow 55.4 percent in 2010, and while the Android operating system is expected to see major gains in the coming years, no one mobile OS is expected to dominate the market, according to IDC. |
| New Arm Chip to Stretch From Smartphones to Servers
(PC World)
PC World - Arm Holdings has taken the wraps off its next major chip design, promising a five-fold increase in performance that the company hopes will take it beyond smartphones and into new types of equipment such as high-performance routers and servers. |
| Cybercrime is Rampant Around the World, Says Study
(PC World)
PC World - A new study by security vendor Symantec reports that Internet crime has grown into a widespread problem globally. It also provides intriguing insights into consumers' lax attitudes toward online piracy, plagiarism, and other illegally or unethical activities. |
| Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere
(PC World)
PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines. |
| Google unveils faster Internet search
(AFP)
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