Apple Issues Invitations for October 4th iPhone Media Event
What to expect at the Apple iPhone 5 event
Rumor: iPhone 5 Is Coming on Oct. 14 [Rumor]
AT&T Joins Sprint and Apple in Setting Mid-October Employee Vacation Blackouts
Apple Rushing Retail Store Renovations Ahead of iPhone 5 Launch
Sprint Is Sticking With True Unlimited Data [Sprint]
Skype iOS Update Brings Bluetooth Headset Calls [Skype]
Firefox 7 goes live with leaner, faster design
Dish Network Is Probably Buying Hulu [Hulu]
Rumor: The Kindle Fire Is Only a “Stopgap” Before the Real Amazon Tablet? [Amazon]
Is a second generation Kindle Fire tablet hitting early next year?
Where Were You When Google Was Born 13 Years Ago Today? [Google]
Xbox Live Marketplace sales bonanza, starting today

Apple’s ‘Assistant’ Seen as Key Feature for New iPhone Hardware
New iPhone will have 1GB of RAM, dual-mode chip, report says
Facebook iPad App Developer Quits After Repeated Launch Delays
Facebook iPad App to Launch at iOS 5 and iPhone 5 Event?
Apple Denied Trademark for Multi-Touch
Apple Q4 financial call set for October 18
Apple erases emerging Mac OS X trojan via malware definition update
Given a choice, 46% of Citrix employees picked Macs
Broadcom unveils smaller, more power efficient 40nm NFC chips
Motorola’s Xoom 2 tablets pair up for a portrait, both at around 9mm thick
Kindle Fire tablet purportedly on tap for Wednesday, set to ship in November
New to Spotify? You better have a Facebook account, or else
What’s Really Behind the Netflix/Qwikster Split?
Netflix lands deal for DreamWorks movies, snubs HBO
Amazon Prime Streaming Adds FOX TV Shows and Movies [Video]
World’s biggest lightsaber battle looks like a giant rave [Video]
Some Guy Threw 4,800 Messages in a Bottle Into the Atlantic Ocean and Got 3,100 Responses from All Over the World [Retro]

What’s On Our Radar?
Movies – 50/50, Courageous, Dreamhouse, What’s Your Number?
DVD – Transformers – Dark of the Moon
Games – FIFA 2012, X-Men Destiny
TV – The Amazing Race, Boardwalk Empire, Desperate Housewives, PAN AM, Gossip Girl, Terra Nova, Suburgatory, How to be a Gentleman
Music – Blink 182, Frankmusic

News
October 4th Media Event to Be Held at Apple’s Headquarters?
Apple Blocking Out Vacations for October 14th iPhone 5 Retail Launch?
Twitter developer events suggest iOS 5 release by Oct. 10
Apple to Wipe iTunes Match iCloud Data on Sept 26th, GM to Follow?
Amazon Media Event Set for September 28th, Tablet Announcement Expected
Apple lends a hand (and an iPad) to retail employees
Gartner: Still no true iPad challengers through 2015
If A Motorola Android Tab Leaks And It’s Just Like The Rest, Does It Really Matter?
SFPD requests bar surveillance footage for lost iPhone 5 probe
Comcast working on iPad TV Streaming Service Called AnyPlay
Google Drive spotted, to include desktop, mobile sync apps
Cellphone Service Hitting NYC Subways to Both Delight and Dismay [New York]
Forza Motorsport 4 gets a $30 season pass, redeemable for six DLC packs
Gotham City Impostors beta invites are the real deal

Apple Donates Refurbished Original iPads to Teach For America Teachers
Study: one in 10 UK kids under age 10 have an iPhone
iPhone Announcement Coming Oct 4th
‘iPhone 4S’ to Debut as Only New iPhone Next Month?
FaceTime calls are encrypted, HIPAA compliant
Google Voice Going International?
at&t Launches New Global Messaging Plans
Canon Gets In On The AirPrint
Pandora Rolls out HTML5 Redesign and drops 40 hour listening Cap
PlayStation Network Down AGAIN!!
Amazon launches Kindle integration with public libraries
Facebook Changes
Notable App—Splashtop ($2.99), Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery ($2.99), Mahjong

T-Mobile says NO iPhone 5 this Year
Apple Slowly taking the wraps off 5th Ave Store
ThunderBolt-equipped LaCie Drive hit Apple Store
Apple to release a White iPod Touch with minor changes in October
Apple Releases Major Update to FinalCut Pro X
Lion security hole lets hackers change account passwords
Survey: 60 percent of back-to-school PC purchases are Macs
Acer: Intel must cut CPU prices to compete with MacBook Air
Dell CEO claims post-PC era is ‘complete nonsense’
Kindle Library Lending Service is out in Seattle in Full Beta testing
Verizon and Comcast may turn Xbox360 into a CableBox
Google+ Now open to Everyone—91 new Features, DO WE CARE?—Stop with the crazy names
Hurricane Irene Has Ruined Halloween By Killing Our Pumpkins [Irene]
A Giant Typhoon Is Headed Straight for Japan’s Ruined Nuclear Plant [Japan]
Americans and Text Messaging
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