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    Daily Dispatch: iOS overtakes Linux as 3rd most popular Internet platform; Google adds Branded Map Icons

    Consumer Reports News: September 03, 2010 12:59 PM

    In today's Digital Dispatch:

    iOS now 3rd most popular internet platform after Windows, Mac (TiPb)

    Net Applications is reporting that iOS has passed Linux to become the third most popular platform accessing the internet.

    Google Introduces Branded Map Icons (ClickZ)

    ...In the initial beta stage, a handful of brands including HSBC now feature their logos in place of the standardized images Google has been using when users zoom in closely on a map area.

    Verizon Wireless Offers Very First Prepaid Smartphone Data Plans (mocoNews.net)

    ...The variety of phones is really where this offer stands apart from the rest. It works with a dozen of smartphones, ranging from BlackBerry devices, and a handful of Android devices.

    Skype Doubles Down with 10-Person Video Chat (ReadWriteWeb)

    ...When the company first introduced group chat in May, it limited the number of participants to five, but now it has doubled that number to 10.

    Watchdog Group Takes Google to Task in Times Square (Marketing Pilgrim)

    ..."We're satirizing Schmidt in the most highly trafficked public square in the nation to make the public aware of how out of touch Schmidt and Google are when it comes to our privacy rights."

    About Digital Dirk's Dispatches
    Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily to bring you the Digital Dispatch—a compilation of the most important and interesting tech news for consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.


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