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Technology Report: Apple iPhone 5 fever rages despite grumbling over maps

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Apple iPhone 5 fever rages despite grumbling over maps
SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc fans queued around city blocks worldwide on Friday to get their hands on the new iPhone 5, pointing to a strong holiday season for the consumer device maker despite grumblings about the mapping app in the new smartphone.
Amazon to launch Kindle in Japan next month: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is expected to release the Kindle e-book reader in Japan early October, the Nikkei reported.
Swiss railway weighs challenge to Apple over trademark clock
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss railway operator SBB and a Swiss watchmaker are considering challenging Apple over the striking similarity between the country's trademark station clocks and the clock on a new operating system for the iPad.
Facebook tightens privacy to satisfy Irish regulator
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has tightened up its privacy controls sufficiently to satisfy a review by the body that regulates the social networking company outside North America, removing the immediate threat of legal challenges.
Oracle targets raised on cloud push, new products
(Reuters) - Several brokerages raised their stock price targets for Oracle Corp, saying the company is set to see higher growth from its cloud computing services and newer database software products, offsetting declines in hardware sales.
Sharp in talks to supply panels for ultrabooks: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cash-strapped Sharp Corp is in talks to supply liquid crystal display panels for ultra-thin laptops that typically use processors made by Intel Corp, sources familiar with the matter said.
RIM restores service after BlackBerry outage in Europe
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd said it had restored service to millions of BlackBerry users affected by a three-hour service outage in Europe and Africa on Friday, embarrassing the company on the same day Apple Inc launched its new iPhone.
Microsoft complains to China over piracy at state firms: report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has lodged a complaint with China to stop four state-owned companies from allegedly using pirated and unlicensed versions of its software, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
Google shuts once-feted China music download service
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it will shut its once-popular China music download service next month, in a sign of how far the fortunes of the world's biggest search engine have fallen in China.
China's Alibaba to spin off team developing mobile operating system
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce firm, will spin off the team developing its Aliyun mobile operating system, which Google Inc claims uses aspects of its own mobile operating system Android.
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