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AT&T Inc. is effectively ending unlimited data plans, saying that it will no longer let customers use more than a set amount of data per month without penalty. Under a new policy, AT&T will slow download speeds for unlimited 3G and 4G smartphone customers who exceed 3 gigabytes and 4G LTE users who exceed 5 gigabytes of data in a given month. AT&T had previously been slowing speeds, or throttling, customers who were in the top 5% of data users in their respective market.

Google patent application reveals broadband dreams | Deep Tech - CNET News | |

Apple’s tough talk backfires in negotiations for new streaming TV service | VentureBeat | |

Apple's App Store: 25 billion downloads | Apple - CNET News | |

Apple banner - Apple preps the scene for iPad event (photos) - CNET News | |

Man sues Google over Street View urination shot | Technically Incorrect - CNET News | |

Yahoo Starts Its First Season of Scripted Comedy Programming - | |

EFF publishes mobile user privacy bill of rights | InSecurity Complex - CNET News | |

Apple Claims Credit for 514,000 U.S. Jobs - Liz Gannes - News - AllThingsD | |

Samsung Securities says 7" 'iPad mini' coming in Q3 2012, Apple investigating flexible panels | |

Microsoft Pri0 | Cloud computing to generate 14 million jobs, according to Microsoft-commissioned study | Seattle Ti...

IPad Launch live Feeds | |

Hello, Google Play: Google launches sweeping revamp of app, book, music, and video stores | The Verge | |

Android Market Becomes "Google Play," Reflects Google's Multiplatform Content Aims | |

Isaacson Left Apple Television Details Out of Steve Jobs Bio | |

The OSM data that Apple is using is rather old (start of April 2010) so don’t expect to see your latest and greatest updates on there. It’s also missing the necessary credit to OpenStreetMap’s contributors; we look forward to working with Apple to get that on there.

Verizon will offer iPad 4G hotspot, AT&T won’t…yet (Updated) | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence | |

By Thursday, three days after its release on YouTube, the video had been viewed 40 million times, fueled by Tweets from celebrities including Rihanna, Oprah Winfrey and P. Diddy.

U.S. Warns Apple, Publishers on E-Book Pricing - | |

Apple could sell 1 million iPads on first day | Apple - CNET News | |

Apple's Ive talks design, what competitors do wrong | Apple Talk - CNET News | |

Twitter buys microblogging site Posterous | Digital Media - CNET News | |

Yahoo sues Facebook over patents; it's war in Silicon Valley | Digital Media - CNET News | |

Yes, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) went there today—claiming in a lawsuit that it, not Facebook, is the real king of social networks. The company points to ten patents that it says cover features like messages, advertising and privacy settings.

The opportunities in front of Twitter are exciting, and we couldn’t be happier about bringing our team’s expertise to a product that reaches hundreds of millions of users around the globe. Plus, the people at Twitter are genuinely nice folks who share our vision for making sharing simpler. Posterous Spaces will remain up and running without disruption. We’ll give users ample notice if we make any changes to the service. For users who would like to back up their content or move to another service, we’ll share clear instructions for doing so in the coming weeks.

When Mom Goes Viral: Marilyn Hagerty, 85, Is Talk of Social Media - | |

Samsung official claims Apple's releasing a 7.85-inch iPad -- Engadget | |

The Associated Press: AT&T offers quiet settlement with iPhone user | |