TGIF! - Techie News...

• Android is top OS, but Apple top Smartphone maker... by Lance Whitney via cnet.com
• iPhone 5 to launch in early September, report says... by Josh Lowensohn via cnet.com
• Motorola beats expectations but guidance disappoints as Xoom fails to match iPad... by Daniel Eran Dilger via AppleInsider.com
• Amazon's first tablet will attack the Nook, not eh iPad... by Matt Rosoff via BusinessInsider.com
• Android widens lead, Apple 2nd, RIM slips again... via IbTimes.com
• BlackBerry Messenger 6 lets users interact inside Apps... by Mark Long via NewsFactor.com
• Is RIM's PlayBook the best tablet for Web Apps?... by Sara Yin via PCMag.com
• Is the iPad Unbeatable?... by Tom Kaneshige via PCWorld.com
• Motorola sells 440K Xooms, but phone, tablet outlook looks grim... by Mark Hachman via PCMag.com
• Gmail Man video mocks Google in the name of Microsoft... via LaTimes.com
• Google's Erick Schmidt set for Sept. 21 Senate Antitrust Hearing... by Sam Gustin via PaidContent.org
• Google+ loses U.S. traffic, people spending less time... by Simon Saavedra via ChristianPost.com
• Android leaves Apple iOS in the dust... by Paul McDougall via InformationWeek.com
• Next Apple MacBook Pros to get the slimmed-down MacBook Air treatment... by Melanie Pinola via PCWorld.com
• S3 Patents that Apple violated were ruled unpatentable... by Vryan Chaffin via MacObserver.com
• Apple hoping Lion will make it king of the OS jungle... by Danny O'Brien via IrishTimes.com

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Techie news at the middle of the week...

• Microsoft launches Avatar Kinect by Sharon Pian Chan via The Seattle Times
• Microsoft gives manufacturers a taste of Mango by Josh Lowensohn via cnet.com
• Microsoft announces sleek new Xbox 360 media remote, headset by Ricardo Bilton via ZDNet.com
• Is RIM in "death spiral" or just being smart? by Josh Rubin via thestar.com
• RIM teases new Blackberry announcement as Verizon leaks its Bold 9330 variant by Alex Wagner via phonedog.com
• Mozilla's boot to Gecko: A Windows Phone OS competitor or something else? by Mary Jo Foley via ZDNet.com
• Android Legal Troubles Benefit Windows Phone by Ed Hansberry via InformationWeek.com
• Windows Phone "Mango" Released to EOMs by Mark Hachman via PCMAG.com
• SEO Peddlers See Value in Google's+1 by Ed Oswald via PCWorld.com
• Lexmark profit rises, shares surge by Roy Strom via Reuters.com
• Dell Streak and Dell Mini Discontinued by David via TmoNews.com
• Thermaltake Level 10 GT: Monument to Excess by Dustin Sklavos via anandtech.com
• New Blackberry 7 smartphones coming out today? by Athima Chansanchai via msn.com
• What the new Google Places means for Your Business... by Illie Mitaru via PCWorld.com

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Tuesday Morning... there are the News...

• Study: Average customer spends $14 in freemium games on iOS and Android by Mike Schramm via TUAW.com
• iOS significatly beating Android in Enterprises by Nancy Gohring via pcworld.com
• Apple's new App Store Policies Zap Third-Party Store Links by Mark Hachman via pcmag.com
• What Twitter can learn from Facebook by Tom Anderson via Mashable.com
• Angry Birds maker sued for Patent Violation by Stan Schroeder via Mashable.com
• Facebook iPad App preview leaks out by Christina Warren via Mashable.com
• Apple's new MacBook Air by Erik Malinowski via wired.com
• Apple replacing Bum Hard Drives for Free! by @juansmith via lifehacker.com
• Why iPad is stomping Android tabs 24 to 1 by Wilson Rothman via msnbc.com
• Facebook for iPad Leak Access Blocked by Chris Burns via slashgear.com
• Flipboard is a real digital magazine now - it comes with ads... by Mathew Ingram via gigaom.com
• Barnes & Noble to offer access to magazines and periodicals on iPad by Juli via padgadget.com
• VA to allow iPhones, iPads for work use: RIM's Playbook AWOL by Tom Krazit via moconews.com
• How to factory reset the Blakberry PlayBook by Jason Cipriani via cnet.com
• RIM cutting 2,000 employees, buys JayCut for online PlayBook photo editing by Michelle Maisto via connectedplanetonline.com
• US government okays to PlayBook via lol.co.za
• RIM shrinks work force as rivals gain ground by Omar El Akkad & Iain Marlow via theglobeandmail.com
• Of course RIM is downsizing. The Blackberry is over... by Alexandra Petri via washingtonpost.com
• Why fake Apple Stores in China can make Steve Jobs happy... via newyork.ibitimes.com
• Aspire to emulate Appe? Unfortunately, You're no Steve Jobs... by Chunka Mui via forbes.com
• Steve Jobs shows the way for a new Generation by Moneylife Digital Team via moneylife.in

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Techie news Today!

• Microsoft to deliver Surface 2.0 software developer kit on July 12 by Mary-Jo Foley vua ZDNet
• RIM tweets of local success by Dave neal via the INQUIRER
• Nortel Patents: A Painful Loss For Google by Douglas Perry via tom's GUIDE
• Teenage dream devices by Taryn Luna via The Boston Globe
• Q&A RIM Director on plans for Playbook via it News Africa
• The Blackberry PlayBook is my favorite tablet... by Zach Epstein via BGR
• Microsoft's Android-Related Patent Moves Have a Familiar Ring by Ina Fried via AllThingsD
• Why Android Tablets Are No iPad Killers by Chris Lay via Seeking Alpha
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread finally gaining on 2.2 Froyo while Honeycomb stagnates by Jeffrey Van Camp via Digital Trends
• App inventor: Create Your Own Android Apps by Harry Fairhead via I Programmer
• Microsoft Plans Fixes for 22 Bugs in July Patch Tuesday Update by Fahmida Y. Rashid via eWeek.com
• Google shares slip on Morgan Stanley downgrade by Benjamin Pimentel via MarketWatch
• The good, the bad, and the ugly of Google Plus by Nat Torkington via O'Reilly Radar
• Google tells Businesses to Stay Out of Google+ (For now) via International Business Times
• Google's Blogger Plattform Massively Redesigned by Jill Duffy via PCMAG.com
• Apple's loses 'App Store' Legal Action against Amazon by IDG Reporters via PCWorld
• Secret Service investigates artist who used Apple Store Macs as spy cameras by Phil Hornshaw via appOlicious
• Apple Promises Fix for iOS PDF Vulnerability by Chloe Albanesius via PCMAG.com
• Report: Apple's iAd Service Losing Customers, Forced to Slash Prices by themaster08 via DailyTech

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Today's Recommended Stories...

• Senators skeptical of Google, Apple mobile privacy by Diane Bartz via Reuters
• iFlow Reader is closing down, a victim of Apple's 30% cut by Philip Elmer-DeWitt via CNN Money
• Some thoughts on the Google I/O Keynote by Peter Smith via IT World
• Top iOS apps for the weekday Pinoy by JM Tuazon via GMA News
• How will Apple implement artificial intelligence into iOS 5? by Evan Selleck via PhoneDog
• Apple, RIM, HTC Tide High in Q1, but Smartphone Market Dips: iSuppli by Michelle Maisto via eWeek
• With PlayBook, where's the email? by Dwight Silverman via Chron Computing
• RIM / Blackberry losing ground to Android. Is anyone surprised? by Keith Ainsley via DailyPress
• Fortune's Apple expose: Steve Jobs is a 'dictator,' and 3 other takeaways via TheWeek
• Apple granted horizontal docking iPad patent by Josh Lowensohn via CNET News
• How to force your Xoom to check for the Android 3.1 update by JR Raphael via ComputerWorld
• Motorola Launches UK Marketing Drive For Xoom, Atrix by Michael Ide via ITProPortal
• Google Movies play perfectly on the Blackberry PlayBook too by Matthew Miller via ZDNet
• What the Android update consortium must do to help consumers by James Kendrick via ZDNet
• Apple Gains Strenght as Google Rattles Its Cage by Richard Adhikari via MacNewsWorld
• PMA Postpones 2011 Show, Relocates With 2012 CES by T.J. Raphael via ExpoWeb
• PMA's CliQ Show Postponed Until CES by Marc Hachman via PCMag

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Recommended Articles from eWeek...

• Windows POS device has slots and ports galore by Jonathan Angel from WindowsFor Devices
• RIM PlayBook's Facebook, Video Apps Not Likely Game-Changers by Nicholas Kolakowski
• AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Scale Back Isis NFC Plans by Michelle Maisto
• Windows Weakness a Cause for Concern by Nicholas Kolakowski
• RIM Blackberry Bold 9900, 9930 Pack Power in Thin Package by Clint Boulton

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Recommended Stories at Noon... IT World

• Apple iOS 5 Could Deliver Over-the-Air Updates to iPhones by Nicholas Kolakowski via eWeek
• Printer Pro 1.5 Improves Printing From iOS Devices, Press Release via SFGate
• TUAW's Daily iOS App: Enduro by Mike Schramm via TUAW
• Apple planning easier upgrades for iOS, Mac OS X by Chris Foresman via ars technica
• RIM Names New Marketing Executive by Stuart Weinberg via The Wall Street Journal
• RIM downgraded... again by David Pett via Financial post
• RIM slayed by analyst, Android 'to surpass Apple App Store size this year', and more by Josh Halliday via guardian.co.uk
• IDC says smartphones grew 79.7%, Apple takes #2 spot behind Nokia by Daniel Eran Dilger via AppleInsider
• Google's Marissa Mayer Talks Location Strategy by E.B. Boyd via FastCompany
• Google Earth for Android Tailored for Honeycomb Tablets by Clint Boulton via eWeek
• Google-Skype Deal Could Create Communications Powerhouse by Robert Dutt via PCWorld
• Apple iPhone 5 Design: 10 Features That Absolutely Won't Make the Cut by Don Resinger via eWeek
• In iPhone 5 shadow, white iPhone 4 breathes life into stalled Verizon via Beatweek Magazine
• Apple's wireless-updates may herald a PC free iPhone via IBTimes
• Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Down, "NoDo" Related? by Sara Yin via PCMag
• Windows Phone Marketplace is shut to users by Chris Martin via the Inquirer
• Estimate: 2.5M Windows Phone 7 Shipments in Q1 by Kevin C. Tofel via GIGAOM
• AT&T Reveals Android, Windows Phone Plans by Sascha Segan via PCMag
• Motorola XPRT, Titanium Android Phones for Businesses: Sprint by Clint Bulton via eWeek
• Samsung Galaxy S II (unlocked) by Jessica Dolcourt via cnet
• Why Bing and BlackBerry make sense together by Mary Branscombe via ITPRO

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What to learn today from recent reports? IT Industry...

• Will Apple finally disclose iPad 2 sales figures? via Reuters
• Lesson to Congress: iPad Doesn't Kill Jobs, Government Does by Gary Shapiro via Forbes
• On-premises Blackberry servers won't connect to Microsoft's Office 365 at launch by Jon Brodkin via NETWORKWORLD
• Nokia Profit May Fall 49% as Pressure Grows on Elop's Symbian Handset Goal by Diana ben-Aaron via Bloomberg
• Microsoft Must Start Thinking Beyond Windows, Office: 10 Reasons Why by Don Reisinger via eWeek
• Microsoft Windows InTune Keeps PCs Updated, Secure by Cameron Sturdevant via eWeek
• Selling Your Business: The Pros and Cons of MandA by Ericka Chickowski via channelinsider
• Nortel's patents up for grabs, but will Google or RIM win out? by Sylvie Barak via RCRW Unplugged
• Apple Earnings Analysis (AAPL) by Dan Frommer via Business insider
• Analysis: Apple v. Samsung suit sidesteps Google by Dan Moren via Macworld
• AT&T Adds 1.6 Million Emerging Device Connections in 1Q; Surpasses 12 Million Total Devices Mark via PR Newswire
• Project Management Leadership Grows Up by J. Kent Crawford via Baseline
• How to Ace a Job Interview by Edward Cone via Baseline
• Google's Groupon Competitor Goes Live by Todd Wasserman via Mashable
• Nissan Leaf Becomes First Electric Car To Win Global Auto Prize by Charlie White via Mashable

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