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Friday, September 21, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // September 21, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 21, 2012

Watch It Live: Apple Opens Doors To Its NYC Flagship Store For iPhone 5 Launch

The fanbois — not the 2 million that pre-ordered within the first 24 hours, but the rest of them — have only recently showed up to Apple's Fifth... read more

The iPhone 5 Has Arrived: But Which iPhone Is The Best Value?

The iPhone 5 is now on sale in most launch markets starting today, and as daylight approaches on the U.S. west coast, the coveted device will be hitting that... read more

In Line For The iPhone 5: All Of This For A Phone?

Without sounding too much like a reality TV show, I can't sleep. Observing the wasteland in front of the Apple Store Fifth Avenue helps a bit. Yet, the Apple... read more

Tales From The Front Of The iPhone 5 Line: Stick It In My Veins

Apple's iPhone 5 is here, but there are still plenty of people in line. A lot of you might be asking, "Why?" Who better to answer than the people in line... read more

BlackBerry Outage Strikes EMEA On iPhone 5 Launch Day: Ouch -- That's Gotta Hurt

A network outage has struck BlackBerry users in the EMEA region this morning -- on, irony of ironies, iPhone 5 launch day -- affecting BBM, email and internet... read more

How Popular Is Passbook? Sephora Sees 17,000 Passbook Users On Day One, 20K After 24 Hours

How popular is Apple's Passbook, the new iOS 6 application that lets you store tickets, cards, and coupons in a mobile wallet-like interface? According to some... read more

YouTube Testing Feature To Quiz You While You're Watching A Video

YouTube videos may soon be getting a little more interactive. There's now a page on the YouTube website describing a feature called "Video Questions Editor... read more

MapBox, A Contributor To OpenStreetMap, Gets $575K From The Knight Foundation

While Apple continues to weather very bad press (and embarrassing photographic evidence) over its fumble on Maps in iOS 6, here's another development in the... read more

Chasing Shazam, SoundHound Quietly Passes 100M Users, Averaging 200K Downloads/Day

With Shazam infiltrating our TVs, showing up in Super Bowl ads, and passing 200 million users, you just might think that the market has its music-identification... read more

In Line For The iPhone 5: As The Craze Of The Day Settles Down, Neighbors Share Line Experiences

When talking with other people in the line for the iPhone 5, most of them have been doing Apple launches for a long time and are used to living in these... read more

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