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Target to start carrying iPad in October (Associated Press)

September 25, 2010
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Target to start carrying iPad in October (Associated Press)

Associated Press:Target to start carrying iPad in October  —  Target to start carrying iPad in October; plans to sell 4 models  —  Related Quotes  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. says it will begin carrying four models of Apple Inc.’s iPad, starting at $499.  —  The nation’s second-largest discount chain …

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Target to start carrying iPad in October (Associated Press)

September 25, 2010
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Target to start carrying iPad in October (Associated Press)

Associated Press:Target to start carrying iPad in October  —  Target to start carrying iPad in October; plans to sell 4 models  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. says it will begin carrying four models of Apple Inc.’s iPad, starting at $499.  —  The nation’s second-largest discount chain …

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Facebook: We Are Not Building a Phone (Lauren Indvik/Mashable!)

September 19, 2010
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Facebook: We Are Not Building a Phone (Lauren Indvik/Mashable!)

Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:Facebook: We Are Not Building a Phone  —  Rumors surfaced earlier today that Facebook is building a mobile device based on Android OS.  According to Facebook, however, the company is not, in fact, building a phone.  —  Spokesperson Jaime Schopflin revealed the following in a statement to Mashable:

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Here’s Why Facebook Is Secretly Building A Phone: It Needs To Be A Platform, Not Just A Service (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)

September 19, 2010
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Here’s Why Facebook Is Secretly Building A Phone: It Needs To Be A Platform, Not Just A Service (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:Here’s Why Facebook Is Secretly Building A Phone: It Needs To Be A Platform, Not Just A Service  —  Facebook already has over 150 million mobile users and is likely the most popular iPhone app of all time.  —  But if Facebook is going to have as much impact...

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Google Reader in Flipboard (Rick Klau/tins)

September 19, 2010
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Google Reader in Flipboard (Rick Klau/tins)

Rick Klau / tins:Google Reader in Flipboard  —  As a new owner of an iPad, I was eager to dive in and get to know the device.  A number of co-workers had raved about Flipboard, the “personalized, social magazine” app designed for the iPad.  Sure enough, it’s a really fantastic re-imagining of how we...

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Netflix Is Beating Blockbuster With Clicks, Not Bricks (Randall Stross/New York Times)

September 19, 2010
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Netflix Is Beating Blockbuster With Clicks, Not Bricks (Randall Stross/New York Times)

Randall Stross / New York Times:Netflix Is Beating Blockbuster With Clicks, Not Bricks  —  NOT so long ago, in 2005, Blockbuster seemed invincible.  However you preferred to rent movies — in stores or online — the company was ready to accommodate you.  —  At the time, Netflix could offer only one way of obtaining...

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Best Buy CEO: The Reports Of Microsoft’s Death Are Grossly Exaggerated… By Me. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

September 19, 2010
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Best Buy CEO: The Reports Of Microsoft’s Death Are Grossly Exaggerated… By Me. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:Best Buy CEO: The Reports Of Microsoft’s Death Are Grossly Exaggerated… By Me.  —  All day, the Internet has been erupting with news that the age of notebook and netbooks is over, and the age of tablets — specifically, the iPad, of course — has begun.  One of the main catalysts...

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Apple Said to Negotiate With Publishers Over Digital Newsstand (Bloomberg)

September 19, 2010
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Apple Said to Negotiate With Publishers Over Digital Newsstand (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Apple Said to Negotiate With Publishers Over Digital Newsstand  —  Apple Inc. is developing a digital newsstand for publishers that would let them sell magazines and newspapers to consumers for use on Apple devices, said two people familiar with the matter.  —  The newsstand …

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Fly on the wall says Apple made Newsday kill funny iPad ap ad (Paul McNamara/Network World)

September 19, 2010
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Fly on the wall says Apple made Newsday kill funny iPad ap ad (Paul McNamara/Network World)

Paul McNamara / Network World:Fly on the wall says Apple made Newsday kill funny iPad ap ad  —  Report unconfirmed; Apple has yet to respond  —  Yesterday we were speculating about whether Apple was behind the sudden disappearance from YouTube of a newspaper’s funny iPad app ad that depicted a Dad “forgetting” …

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Why Yahoo plays well in Peoria (Tom Krazit/Relevant Results)

September 19, 2010
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Why Yahoo plays well in Peoria (Tom Krazit/Relevant Results)

Tom Krazit / Relevant Results:Why Yahoo plays well in Peoria  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—In the men’s room outside the media briefing room here at Yahoo’s headquarters, there’s a dual sink with mismatched faucets: one modern hands-free sensor-activated model and a more traditional hand-operated one.

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