RIM developing self-run BlackBerry music service

RIM is in the process of developing its own BlackBerry-themed music service with a unique tie-in, tipsters unearthed on Thursday. The company is believed to have at least one deal among the top four music labels and negotiating the rest. Its service would stand out through a connection through BlackBerry Messenger, though CNET couldn't get information as to how it would work; it would most likely take advantage of BBM sharing to spread tracks....

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China Unicom execs visiting Apple in US, report says

China Unicom executives have flown to the US for iPhone talks with Apple, a source claims. The person suggests that the purpose may be to sign a final contract for launching the iPhone 5 in China. Another source, described as an insider at Unicom, says that the carrier has set aside 1.5 billion yuan ($235 million US) for marketing a new iPhone....

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iPad 3 launch in 2011 purportedly scrapped due to displays

A rumor late Monday conveniently pushed back the iPad 3 out of a questionable 2011 release window. Apple was supposedly due to ship the tablet in limited numbers in 2011 but has cancelled all orders until 2012. Tips to Digitimes claimed that it was due to poor production yields of the 2048x1536 display, which makes it too expensive at Sharp and just isn't enough to meet goals at LG and Samsung....

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WINGstand pairs keyboard with iPad, iPhone; launches 8/26

Entrepreneurs have successfully engaged the Kickstarter funding platform to release the WINGstand iPad and keyboard stand. The stand anchors a wireless keyboard and an iPad, iPhone or other tablet or smartphone, together in a notebook-style configuration, allowing easy typing and quick muti-touch access. The stand allows quick reconfiguring of the iPad, switching between vertical and horizontal, and it can also be used as a simple stand without a keyboard. The stand ships in two pieces, allowing each to be moved in or out along the keyboard to accommodate larger or s...

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Android users more conservative, pessimistic than on iPhone

A new user survey published by Hunch shows that Android users are more conservative and more pessimistic than iPhone users. The survey asked over 15,000 users a wide range of questions, but also then cross-referenced these against the respondents' choice of mobile OS. In a finding that won't surprise many developers, Android users were 29 percent more likely to prefer saving their money, while iPhone users were 26 percent more likely to prefer spending their money....

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Creating Media-Savvy Journalists with Mac

At the world-famous Missouri School of Journalism, the MacBook Pro is now a universal presence in a curriculum designed to give students the hands-on experience they need to produce work at the same level as any professional journalist. Students use their Mac notebooks with iLife and Final Cut Pro to report, write, edit, and produce stories for the school?s newspaper, TV station, and online news service. Says Associate Dean Brian Brooks, ?The Mac can really transform how we teach journalism in this country.?

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AT&T sues to stop arbitration trying to freeze T-Mobile deal

AT&T on Friday said it had filed eight lawsuits in federal court to stop an arbitration-based campaign to try to halt the buyout of T-Mobile. The suits, filed in each of the eight areas where law firm Bursor and Fisher was launching its anti-merger efforts, allege that the attempts violate the terms of AT&T's arbitration cases. Although individuals are making arbitration cases, they're demanding penalties that would apply to a class action, claims AT&T, and are supposedly violating terms that bar making more than individual claims....

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Apple files Chinese 'figurative' patent for Smart Covers

Apple's Smart Cover for the iPad 2 has been trademarked as a name in most of the major territories where Apple does business -- the U.S., Canada, Europe and China -- but the company is moving to file a "figurative" trademark on the design, a patent filing in China discovered by Patently Apple shows. Should the patent be granted, Apple would be in a position to pursue litigation against "knock off" imitators....

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