TECHNOLOGY

When is it Coming?

iPhone 5 slated for Sept. release: analyst

While industry observers have chimed in over the past weeks about what will be inside Apple's next iPhone 5, one analyst on Friday gave insight into when the phone will actually hit shelves.

Apple, Foxconn review China factory explosion

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Apple Inc said on Friday it was working with Foxconn, its main contract producer for gadgets, to understand the cause of an explosion at a factory in China that local media have linked to the technology giant's iPad 2 production.

Apple nears cloud music service with label deals

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Apple Inc is close to launching an online music storage and streaming service after reaching deals with three of the four major labels and is expected to wrap up the fourth in a few days, according to several people familiar the plans.

Apple moves closer to the cloud

After reaching agreements with four major record labels to stream music on the Internet, Apple prepares its move into the cloud.
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Google bond deal sets stage for Apple, Amazon

by Danielle RobinsonNEW YORK, May 20 - The pressure is on Apple and Amazon to consider the merits of issuing bonds for the first time in their corporate lives, especially now that Google has demonstrated how low investors will go on yield to get a rare slice of large-cap tech company debt.

Playboy Goes Digital

Playboy will archive its 57 years of content in a new digital HTML5 subscription service called iPlayboy.
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Cortex-M System Design Kit launched by ARM

ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) has announced the accessibility of the ARM Cortex-M System Design Kit (CMSDK), a system solution allowing Cortex-M processor licenses to get to silicon faster with reduced risks and focusing on differentiation, a report on ARM’s website said.
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China Telecom in touch with Apple on CDMA iPhone

China Telecom Corp Ltd, the smallest of the country's three wireless carriers, has contacted Apple Inc to introduce the popular iPhone based on CDMA technology, Chairman Wang Xiaochu said on Friday.
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Playboy archives entire magazine online

Moving further in to the digital age, Playboy Enterprises is archiving its entire magazine online by launching the web-based subscription i.Playboy.com, the company announced today.
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Zombie Apocalypse campaign crashes website

A blog post by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that mentions a zombie apocalypse as a lighthearted way to get Americans to read about preparing for hurricanes drove so much traffic that it crashed the website, the agency said Thursday.
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Walmart eager on tablets, expands wireless focus

The tough task of selling electronics should ease up a bit as shoppers scoop up tablets and television prices stop plunging, the head of Wal-Mart's U.S. entertainment division said on Thursday.
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Verizon eyes family data plans

Verizon Wireless expects to offer family plans at some point in the future for data services supporting multiple devices including smartphones and tablet computers, according to a top executive of parent company Verizon Communications.
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Facebook looks at China

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to make his second visit to China as the world's No. 1 social networking company looks for the best way to expand into that country.

Google Social Search Global Debut

Google disclosed plans to make its social search available to global users in 19 languages over the next week, and more languages later.
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Goldman cuts Intel to sell as supply glut looms, shares fall

Intel Corp could suffer due to slowing processor shipments, rising competition and record capital expenditure levels this year, warned Goldman Sachs analysts, who in a rare downgrade, cut their rating on the stock to sell, sending its shares down nearly 3 percent.
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European start-ups shy away from IPO frenzy

European tech industry executives, highly skeptical about the sky-high market valuations put on U.S. start-ups, are choosing not to float their own shares for now and are instead pursuing growth in the relative calm of the Old Continent.
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Amazon says e-books now outselling paper books

Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that it now sells more digital e-books than paper books and that its recently introduced lower-priced Kindle e-reader is outselling other versions of the device.

Google fixes Android data security leak faster than a speeding bullet

It has only been a few days since the potential security flaw that affects 99% of Android devices was discovered, but Google has already announced a fix will start rolling out as soon as today. The flaw could potentially allow hackers to access users' phone data, calendar, and contact apps through an open Wi-Fi network.
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Verizon to offer family data plans

Verizon Wireless will offer family plans for data services supporting multiple devices including smartphones and tablet computers, according to a top executive of parent company Verizon Communications.

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