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Submission + - Apple Finally Approves Google+ App For iPhone (computerworld.com)

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "Apple approved the Google+ app for the iPhone on Tuesday, and posted it to the App Store. Only an iPhone version of Google+ was available. It's unclear whether Google has created an iPad-specific app. Still, the app may not be available to everyone immediately, said Vic Gundotra on Google+, who heads Google's social division. Two weeks ago, a Google employee said that the company had submitted Google+ to the App Store. 'The Google+ iPhone app has been submitted to the App Store (no not today, sometime prior to today) and is awaiting approval,' said Erica Joy on July 4. According to that timeline, Google's app took twice as long as the vast bulk of submitted apps to win Apple's approval."
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Submission + - Wind power surges disrupting grid (oregonlive.com) 1

Submitted by cpm99352
cpm99352 writes: The Oregonian reports gusts of wind cause synchronized power surges, more than the transmission lines can handle. Windmill farms are order to fan the blades, despite tremendous demand for "green" power from California.
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Submission + - StarCraft II cost $100 million to develop (gamepron.com)

Submitted by UgLyPuNk
UgLyPuNk writes: Video game production is in a slump, the world’s struggling with the tail-end of the Global Financial Crisis, and Activision Blizzard has spent more than US$100 million developing StarCraft II.

The sequel’s been 12 years coming, and expectations are understandably high, with analysts predicting several million units will be sold this year alone – comfortably padding Activision‘s wallet.

Submission + - First halophile potatoes harvested.

Submitted by Razgorov Prikazka
Razgorov Prikazka writes: A Dutch based company from Groningen is trying to create a potato race that is able to survive in a saline environment. The first test-batch is just lifted on the island Texel and seem to be in good shape. The company states that rising sea-levels will create a demand for halophile crops.

TFA in Dutch: http://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/nieuws.asp?pid=93291

Googletranslation: http://translate.google.nl/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rtvnoord.nl%2Fnieuws%2Fnieuws.asp%3Fpid%3D93291&sl=nl&tl=en

The company (only in Dutch): http://www.dbiemondbv.nl/home.html

I do wonder if one still has to put salt on ones potatoes when they are grown in salt water...

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