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"This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The \"First to Know\" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.\n\nWelcome to this morning\u2019s edition of \u201CFirst To Know,\u201D a series in which we keep you in the know on what\u2019s happening in the digital world. We\u2019re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.\nNetflix App Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch\nThe long-awaited Netflix app [iTunes link] for the iPhone and iPod touch has finally appeared in the App Store alongside the existing app for the iPad.\nUsers with a Netflix subscription (which begins at $8.99/month) can now stream video, browse movies and manage their Instant Queue straight from their devices [via MacRumors].\nAmazon Loses Exclusive E-Book Deal to Random House\nA month after Amazon announced that it had signed a deal with The Wylie Agency to bring the e-book editions of 20 classic titles, including Vladimir Nabokov\u2019s Lolita and Ralph Ellison\u2019s Invisible Man, exclusively to its Kindle Store for two years, The Wylie Agency has backed out of the agreement.\nWhen the deal was first announced, Random House declared that it would \u201Cnot be entering into any new English-language business agreements\u201D with the agency, which represents such illustrious authors as Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie, \u201Cuntil [the] situation is resolved.\u201D\nThe boycott apparently worked; Random House will now distribute the e-book editions to retailers. The titles from the deal have been removed from the program and taken off sale, Amazon and Wylie revealed in a joint statement [via WSJ].\nConsumers \"Like\" Facebook Pages to Convey Brand Affiliations [STUDY]\nA new study from ExactTarget and CoTweet finds that 39% of Facebook users who \"Like\" a brand's Page do so to convey their brand affiliations to friends \u2014 a practice, the study claims, that is only half as common on Twitter. Another 1% become fans to receive special discounts and promotions.\nIn addition, 17% of consumers surveyed said that they are more likely to purchase something from a company after becoming a fan of their Page on Facebook.\nYou can access the full study here.\nFurther News\n\nAfter a month of testing the new alpha version to invite-only users, Digg's redesigned site is now live for everyone.\nMophie and Intuit have launched a \"Complete Credit Card Solution\" for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS owners that allows them to accept payments and process credit cards with their devices, upping the ante for Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey's latest startup, Square.\nApple is holding an invitation-only event on September 1 in San Francisco, the company announced Wednesday. The event, which should center around the company\u2019s music-related offerings like iTunes and the iPod touch, will also be broadcast live via satellite in London.\n\nSeries supported by HTC EVO 4G\n\n\n\n\nThis series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The \"First to Know\" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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