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Today in Tech: Gamestop testing Android tablet
September 13, 2011: 3:30 AM ETFortune's curated selection of newsworthy tech stories from the last 24 hours. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you every day.
* Gamestop (GME) president Tony Bartel revealed that the videogame retail chain is testing the sale and distribution of a branded Android tablet that will likely stream console games to it. (GamesIndustry)
* It's (still) official: TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington confirmed at the tech blog's Disrupt conference yesterday morning that he's no longer an AOL (AOL) employee and moving on to his venture capital fund, CrunchFund.(Fortune)
* HTC is considering the purchase of a new mobile operating system. (Mashable)
* Popular iPad news curation startup Flipboard is even more popular these days. Founder Mike McCue revealed the app has been downloaded 3.5 million times and that users are doing 550 million "flips" per month. (TechCrunch)
* Meanwhile, mobile developer Rovio revealed that the Angry Birds franchise has been downloaded 350 million times since the first game's launch in December 2009, 150 million more downloads than reported by Fortune last June. (Fortune)
* IDC predicts mobile Internet users will outnumber wireline users in the U.S by 2015. (IDC)
* Why someone needs to make a good $100 tablet. (Gizmodo)
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