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RIM to Unveil New Blackberry Device Today
Mashable's Adam Ostrow is heading to an event hosted by RIM in NYC at 11 a.m. ET today, where the company is expected to reveal the Blackberry 9800 slider, a smartphone rumored to sport a slide-out keyboard, a pure touch screen and a brand new OS.
Kindle 3 Sold Out
The first round of $139 Wi-Fi-only and $189 3G-enabled Kindle 3 devices have temporarily sold out, according to their respective product pages on Amazon.com. Orders placed today are now expected to ship on or before September 4, the site says. Those who got their pre-orders ahead of the delay should receive their device on August 27.
iTunes for the Cloud Delayed
According to sources familiar with the matter, Apple has told the executives of the four biggest music labels that any cloud-based music service the company may roll out in the next few months will likely be very "modest in scope." Apple has not yet negotiated the necessary licensing deals, those same sources disclosed. [via CNet]
Further News
You can now calculate taxi cab fare using Bing Maps.
Digg has turned off new user registrations ahead of its relaunch.
The FTC is contemplating a “do not track” list, similar to the Do Not Call registry, so that Internet users can hide their browsing activity from online advertisers.
Android Froyo is now available for Sprint EVO 4G owners.
Rdio's $9.99-per-month streaming music service is now open to the public.
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