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iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 3GS

A full-color guide to the iPhone, including the new iPhone 3G S With its new 3G S model, the iPhone is definitely the must-have mobile device. This fully updated guide covers all the cool features of the fastest iPhone ever...
Eco-Beat, 3/12
Filed under: NewsWhich high-profile celebrity couple is joining the Earth Hour party? Have you stockpiled your non-hybrid seeds for a crisis garden yet? Is your carbon footprint growing while you sleep? Today's Eco-Beat has the scoop on all the latest...
From: Green Daily | By: Josh Loposer | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Solar Power Up Your iPhone
A new solar charger promises to keep your iPhone juiced up at all times....
From: New York Times | By: ERIC A. TAUB | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Hearst's Smart Bet On Niche iPhone Apps
Hearst's plan to create thousands of cheap, topic-centered iPhone apps has real potential to buoy its journalism....
From: The Atlantic | By: Niraj Chokshi | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Solar-Powered iPhone Battery Case: Apple Approves
Solar power combined with fancy-looking cases? The perfect storm for getting an end-of-the-week mention on the Gadget Lab. Today its the turn of the Novothink Solar Surge, an iPhone and iPad Touch case with a solar panel and a lithium-ion polymer battery....
From: Wired | By: Charlie Sorrel | Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Great Salt Lake
I took this with my iPhone yesterday as we were approaching cruising altitude over Utah on a flight to Los Angeles yesterday. All the apps that you can get for photography on the iPhone have sparked a new interest in this hobby for me, so we left all...
From: Dooce | By: dooce | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Slacker Radio Secretly Preparing On-Demand Music Service ...
The Slacker music service, the critically-praised interactive radio service our readers helped us discover in ‘07, plans to launch an on-demand subscription service combining elements of Pandora, Rhapsody and Spotify in the next few months, Wired.com...
From: Wired | By: Eliot Van Buskirk | Friday, March 12, 2010
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'30 Rock': Liz meets her future husband (we hope)
It’s been a long “30 Rock”-free month (thanks a lot, you selfish Olympians!) ,so I'm going to start out by saying something bold: I’d like to see Liz Lemon maintain an adult relationship. It’s a controversial desire, but it probably...
From: Los Angeles Times | By: Meredith Blake | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Andy Ihnatko’s Morning Purchases
Andy Ihnatko: Between the hours of 8:30 and 8:45 this morning, I bought two things: Breakfast, consisting of a wheat bagel and a Diet Coke. Purchase price: $1.74. An iPad. Which cost me more than the breakfast.  ★ ...
From: Daring Fireball | By: John Gruber | Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Engadget Show: Inside chiptunes and 8-bit visuals
Greetings humans! If you've seen The Engadget Show, then you've been privy to some pretty incredible performances by a group of musicians and artists who eschew familiar instruments in exchange for hacked and modded handheld gaming devices. We grabbed...
From: Engadget | By: Chad Mumm | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Netflix Cancels 'Netflix Prize' Sequel Because Of Privacy ...
From Forbes: On Friday, Netflix announced on its corporate blog that it has settled a lawsuit related to its Netflix Prize, a $1 million contest that challenged machine learning experts to use Netflix's data to produce better recommendations than the...
From: Business Insider | By: Taylor Buley, Forbes | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Solar Slumber May Have Been Caused by Magnetic Flows
Newly reported observations of gas flows on the solar surface may explain why the sun recently had such an extended case of the doldrums. From 2008 through the first half of 2009, the sun had a puzzling dearth of sunspots, flares and other storms, extending...
From: Wired | By: Ron Cowen, Science News | Friday, March 12, 2010
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FCC comes through with a Consumer Broadband Test app for ...
We talk about the FCC a lot here, but usually the ways ye olde Commission affects our lives are indirect. A little extra spectrum here, a nice leaked image there, that kind of thing. Not this time, though, as the FCC is getting involved directly with...
From: Engadget | By: Vladislav Savov | Friday, March 12, 2010
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iPad mute switch magicked into a 'screen rotation lock' ...
Apple's pushing out a few more scraps of info about the iPad in conjunction with the launch of pre-orders. One of the quirkier details is that what was previously known as the mute switch on the iPad -- similar to the one on the iPhone -- is now known...
From: Engadget | By: Paul Miller | Friday, March 12, 2010
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iPad Gets New Button: Screen Rotation Lock
As we comb through the updated Apple website for more iPad-related clues, up pops this new picture detailing the physical buttons on the iPad. Now, in addition to the sleep/wake, home and volume buttons familiar to iPhone users, there is a new button...
From: Wired | By: Charlie Sorrel | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Americans: Test your broadband speed, help the FCC keep ...
James from the New America foundation sez, "The FCC launched a consumer broadband test on their blog broadband.gov yesterday. Internet speeds in the US are often 50% to 80% lower than advertised and its vital consumers have reliable information on the...
From: Boing Boing | By: Cory Doctorow | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Tweet or Meet? How to Choose Your Medium Wisely
When Stevie Wonder first sang "I just called to say I love you," no one wondered whether he would have...
From: Harvard Business School Publishing | By: Stew Friedman | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Breast Cheese, Famine-Based Marketing, and Biggie Smalls ...
Recent food news you need to know about.
From: Chow | By: Lessley Anderson and Roxanne Webber | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Fingers-On with Streetfighter IV for iPhone
There are three* video games I know anything about, and all of them I played obsessively through my college years. One of those games is Streetfighter II, Capcom’s amazingly popular (and awesome) one-on-one beat’em-up. So when Streetfighter IV turned...
From: Wired | By: Charlie Sorrel | Friday, March 12, 2010
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With More Than Enough Apps, Apple Pushes for Quality
Apple’s recent purge of sex-tinged iPhone apps, combined with its lesser-known ban of “cookie-cutter” apps, signifies the company’s new focus on quality, rather than quantity, in its App Store. Last month, Apple removed about 5,000 apps with...
From: Wired | By: Brian X. Chen | Friday, March 12, 2010
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STAT OF THE DAY: 29 Million People Use The Facebook iPhone ...
28.8 million people used the Facebook iPhone app in the last month. That's about a third of the 75+ million iPhone and iPod touch devices that have been shipped so far -- a huge percentage of phones. Most super-successful iPhone apps only have a fraction...
From: Business Insider | By: Dan Frommer | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Interview: ABC News' Slavin: Paywall Strategy Coming Down ...
ABC News Digital execs are currently putting together a formal paywall strategy with expectations of having some concrete ideas for ways to charge consumers by the summer, said Paul Slavin, the unit’s SVP, in an interview with paidContent. This isn’t...
From: PaidContent | By: David Kaplan | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Geolocation on Twitter
Twitter’s geolocation feature was officially announced today by Twitter co-founder and CEO Biz Stone. Twitter’s location sharing is opt-in, and must be turned on through each individual’s account settings. To start Tweeting with your location attached,...
From: Daily Wireless | By: Sam Churchill | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Hearst Slices Content Into Apps
The transition from print to digital hasn't been easy. But the most likely outcome, as I've been banging on about these last few weeks, is a media world where a central editorial brand produces content that is accessed (and paid for) in a variety of...
From: The Big Money | By: Marion Maneker | Friday, March 12, 2010
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CBRE launches iPhone app, with Cushman waiting in the wings ...
Click image for larger versionCommercial real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis announced today the launch of its new iPhone application. While it appears to be the first corporate iPhone application launched by a commercial real estate firm, Cushman...
From: The Real Deal | By: Amy Tennery | Friday, March 12, 2010
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EA Confirms 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11' Won't Use Project ...
It turns out that we weren't reading too much into that "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11" press release this week that mentioned PS3 motion controller and Wii MotionPlus support but left off any mention of Project Natal. That's not to say EA Sports doesn't like...
From: MTV | By: Brian Warmoth | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Hearst pumps out 70 iPhone apps
"Unlike the web, we've always trained people that everything on the mobile device costs money."Steve Jobs thinks he can save media, and Hearst hopes he’s right. The publisher is pumping out iPhone apps—70 so far—that aggregate news around topics...
From: VatorNews | By: Matt Bowman | Friday, March 12, 2010
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A New Way to Advertise
iPhone apps that will help you get through conference season. For the small business owner or entrepreneur, springtime often equates to conference season. From booking flights and accommodations, to finding out what's going on in the local area, there...
From: Inc Magazine | By: Jason Del Rey | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Dr. Dre Teams with HP for 'Amazing' Ads, Pink Floyd Vanquishes ...
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Dr. Dre has embraced technology and touted its benefits to the music industry, so it's only fitting that the icon is starring in a new wave of tech ads. HP drafted the rapper to appear in its...
From: Switched | By: Warren Riddle | Friday, March 12, 2010
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NY Subway Ad Campaign Tells Women "Abortion Changes You" ...
So, I live in BK and work in Manhattan. That means that every morning and every night, I spend about 30 minutes riding the NYC subway -an hour total on a daily basis. Now. Usually I don't mind this...
From: Feministing | By: Lori | Friday, March 12, 2010
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This Week in Review: Plagiarism and the link, location ...
[Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week’s top stories about the future of news and the debates that grew up around them. —Josh] The Times, plagiarism and the link: A few weeks ago, the resignations of two journalists from The Daily Beast...
From: Nieman Journalism Lab | By: Mark Coddington | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Seven Alternatives to the Apple iPad
Wait! Stop. Before you hand over Apple your credit card and pre-order the iPad, you may want to check out the other touchscreen options available now and in the near future. The iPad isn't the only game in town. Sure, it might have a fancy-pants interface,...
From: TechCrunch | By: Matt Burns | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Appeal To Your Inner Nerd By Revamping Your Pad With Geek-Chic ...
I may be the ultimate fashionista when I'm out on the town (ha!), but behind closed doors I'm a total nerd. Beyond my pile of shoes is a neatly-arranged collection of Nintendo DS and Wii games (not to mention tons of movie musicals on DVD), and slightly...
From: StyleHive | By: Alex Gambardella | Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Hearst Pumps Out 70 iPhone Apps To Bring In The Money
Hearst's LMK division is pumping out dozens of cheap iPhone apps to bring in a new revenue stream, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lead by executive vice president of Hearst Entertainment George Kliavkoff, LMK's five-person team uses a simple template...
From: Business Insider | By: Gillian Reagan | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Android's American market share soars, WinMo pays the price ...
Mobile manufacturer and platform market share stats for the US are in for the month of January thanks to comScore, and as usual, they tell a fascinating (and somewhat unpredictable) story of what's actually going on at the cash registers. Motorola --...
From: Engadget | By: Chris Ziegler | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Com2Us' 9 Innings Got Me Through Baseball's Offseason
Oakland Is Up 12-3 Over San Francisco In This 9 Innings BattleBehind only technology, sports, specifically baseball, is my true obsession. I've dedicated a good amount of my idle time and brain power over the last 20 years absorbing statistics and remembering...
From: Louis Gray | By: Louis Gray | Friday, March 12, 2010
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More Music Industry News: Nokia Coming, MediaNet, Mulligan ...
The demise of the music industry is visible everywhere but in the facts. - If music executives sold bottled water, they'd be calling for a ban on tapwater downloads. But their industry is proving resilient. (Guardian) Nokia Is Coming to...
From: Hypebot | By: Bruce Houghton | Friday, March 12, 2010
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A night at the video game awards: irreverence, strangeness ...
The awards night for the Game Developers Conference is always a hoot. It starts out with the Independent Games Festival, where the industry celebrates the students, amateurs, and one-person shops of the industry. One of my favorite games of the year...
From: VentureBeat | By: Dean Takahashi | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Preview posted of Ubuntu 10.04 installer slideshow, leaves ...
Filed under: OS Updates, Canonical Among the other improvements, tweaks, and retoolings headed to Ubuntu 10.04, the Ubiquity installer slideshow appears set for an update. Ubuntu contributor Dylan McCall has posted preview images of the new screens which...
From: Download Squad | By: Lee Mathews | Friday, March 12, 2010
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CBRE just launched an iPhone app. How much of an effect ...
The Real Deal is looking for your feedback on market-related issues. To read a story about the CBRE app, click here. Please comment below. If you have questions you'd like posted, please e-mail news@therealdeal.com....
From: The Real Deal | Friday, March 12, 2010
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FBConnect on iphone
Hi, I've integrated one of my iphone app with facebook. And i'm facing a small issue in canceling an ongoing request. I'm using this function [[FBRequest requestWithDelegate:self] call:@"facebook.friends.get" params:params] to raise a request and - (void)request:(FBRequest*)request...
From: Stack Overflow | By: user155673 | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Cadmus Adds Twitter Lists Support, Including Trends
Cadmus, the Twitter filter and conversation collector we have covered a few times on the site, has just introduced support for Twitter lists, providing personalized trending topics by list and conversations from that list, giving you an instant update...
From: Louis Gray | By: Louis Gray | Friday, March 12, 2010
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iPad 101: iPad AppleCare pros & cons
Filed under: Apple, iPadConsidering AppleCare for your iPad? I know that I am. For $99, AppleCare extends your iPad warranty coverage to two years from the date of purchase. Although AppleCare tends to be expensive, for certain purchases it can really...
From: TUAW | By: Erica Sadun | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Block has an app for tax questions
H&R Block is showing off a free iPhone app that answers your tax questions.
From: Kansas City Star | Friday, March 12, 2010
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GamesBeat@GDC: Booyah’s Keith Lee describes rapid growth ...
Location-based gaming in the real world is a hit with gamers and a broader community of mobile app users. Booyah’s Keith Lee has learned that with the rapid growth of his company’s MyTown app on the iPhone. Lee, chief executive of Booyah, was one...
From: VentureBeat | By: Camille Ricketts | Friday, March 12, 2010
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CBS Sports to Stream NCAA Basketball Championship Selection ...
Sufferers of March Madness and bracket fever who can't be near a television for the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show Sunday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. ET won't be benched if they have access to a broadband connection, iPhone, iPod Touch, or FLO TV-enabled...
From: Media Bistro | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Don't Get Up From That Couch! Get Your Music Wirelessly
Now you can play your iPod Touch or iPhone music through your home stereo or stand-alone speakers—wirelessly. The Wireless Bluetooth Music Receiver connects simply to your stereo and pairs wirelessly with your iPod or iPhone via Bluetooth for reliable...
From: Radar Online | Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Pitch Taxi: Making investor connections at Logan Airport ...
Jeremy Levine's Scion xB is not a licensed cab, but when the Silicon Valley blogger and angel investor Dave McClure sent out a tweet that he was flying into Logan on Tuesday, Levine decided to offer him a lift. McClure has been an employee, investor,...
From: Boston Globe | By: Scott Kirsner | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Eight Ways Apple Could Botch iPhone Multitasking
It's hard out there for an iPhone (AAPL) user. Once the bearer of the mightiest and most groundbreaking smartphone the world has ever seen the iPhone owner has been plagued by a variety of features left unimplemented in the treasured device. Tethering....
From: Minyanville | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Should I Pre-Order an iPad?
I'm going to buy one. Not the very first one, I'm going to wait for the 3G model to come out later in the month. But I can pre-order the 3G model for delivery upon release. What to do? The WSJ Smart Money blog says wait: Price drops Putting off your...
From: Professor Bainbridge | By: Steve Bainbridge | Friday, March 12, 2010
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Quizarium the multiplayer trivia app is nearly ready for ...
Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, iPod touch, App Review Quizarium [free], a multiplayer iPhone/iPod touch trivia game, arrived in the App Store today. I got a chance to look at a pre-release copy and I found some problems with the interface and...
From: TUAW | By: David Winograd | Friday, March 12, 2010
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