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6:50 AM ET, July 3, 2007

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Wesley Chan / Official Google Blog:
All aboard  —  We're pleased to announce that we have acquired GrandCentral Communications, a company that provides services for managing your voice communications.  GrandCentral is an innovative service that lets users integrate all of their existing phone numbers and voice mailboxes into one account …
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Vincent / GrandCentral Blog:
We're now part of Google!  —  We wanted to let you know that GrandCentral has been acquired by Google!  We're particularly excited about this because it ensures that not only will we have the resources to continue to bring you even more innovative communications features down the road …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
GrandCentral pulls into Google
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Should Announce GrandCentral Acquisition Today or Tomorrow
Discussion: CrunchBase and MarketingVOX
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Grand Central acquired by Google for $50 million?
Discussion: Byte of the Apple
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:   Google Acquires GrandCentral - Game on Skype!
Tony Halpin / Times of London:
Russia shuts down Allofmp3.com  —  The music download website whose activities threatened to scupper Russia's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been shut down.  —  The site, Allofmp3.com, was quietly closed as the Kremlin sought to end criticism from the United States …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
AllOfMP3 Shut Down by Russian Government  —  Before the shutdown AllOfMP3 had nearly 6 million users who were able to download songs and albums for a fraction of the price from authorized alternatives such as the iTunes Store.  MP3s were sold for $0.20 per song, or less.
Tai Adelaja / The Moscow Times:
Target of U.S. Ire Quietly Goes Offline
Discussion: paidContent.org and Slyck
Carlo Longino / Techdirt:   Russia Shuts Down Allofmp3, International Trade Can Now Resume
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Zoho Launches Facebook Application  —  Online office suite provider Zoho has launched a Zoho Facebook application.  —  Zoho for Facebook allows users to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations from within Facebook.  Support includes the ability to view and edit all existing documents …
Discussion: Webware.com
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Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter:
Zoho Meets Facebook: Match Made in Web Heaven?
Discussion: Rev2.org
Dennis Howlett / AccMan:
Zoho Office on Facebook
Discussion: Elaine Young
Barryg / Announcements:
Update on the Windows Ultimate Extras  —  When we launched Windows Vista in January 2007, we identified Windows Ultimate Extras as a unique series of add-ons that would be available to Windows Vista Ultimate customers.  To date, we have released four sets of Extras - Windows Hold'Em …
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Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Windows Ultimate team provides an update on Extras
Discussion: ZDNet, WinExtra and Softpedia News
Associated Press:
Online software service owned by Oracle co-founder files IPO plans  —  Online business software provider NetSuite Inc. on Monday filed its long-awaited plans for an initial public offering of stock, paving the way for another big payday for its owner _ billionaire Larry Ellison.
Discussion: Inquirer
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Joe Weisenthal / Techdirt:
NetSuite Decides To Go Dutch For Date With Public Market
Discussion: alarm:clock and The Register
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Makes FeedBurner MyBrand Free  —  Google is about making things accessible to everyone and one of the way to make this happen is to buy a service or software that used to cost money and release it for free.  Google did this with Keyhole (now Google Earth), Picasa, SketchUp …
Discussion: WebProNews and ParisLemon
Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
Are my online friends for real?  —  As Facebook continues its explosive growth here's one question troubling me.  Are my friends for real?  —  This week I received this intriguing message from a man who moves in London's new media circles.  —  He wrote: "I met somebody the other day who told …
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 6: How much funding is too little?  Too much?  —  In this post, I answer these questions: … The first question to ask is, what is the correct, or appropriate, amount of funding for a startup?  —  The answer to that question, in my view …
Discussion: ben barren
Dan Goodin / The Register:
iPhone hackers disclose vulns and hunt for clues  —  The game is on for hackers trying to spot security vulnerabilities in Apple's iPhone and already they're scoring points.  —  Less than 72 hours after the iPhone's introduction, researchers have reported at least one flaw that could allow …
Discussion: eWEEK.com and Errata Security
Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Tada!  The 6th Gen contract-free WiFi-enabled iPod  —  Oh man, what a day.  Earlier today, I got my prepaid iPhone activated after a long struggle, which you can read about here, along with an easy solution.  After all that, what time was it?  Time To Hack!  —  So what did I discover?
Discussion: alexking.orgBlog, GigaOM, MacRumors and digg
The Register:
Global mobile subscriptions hit three billion  —  Worldwide mobile phone subscriptions have hit three billion, according to a new report by Informa Telecoms and Media.  —  The study, entitled Multiple SIMs: Quantifying the phenomenon taking mobile penetration beyond 100 per cent …
Jeremyliew / Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog:
Four factors determine how much a Facebook app is worth  —  Many people have been asking what a facebook app is worth.  —  Andrew Chen at MDV says in an interview with Insidefacebook that a facebook app user is worth about 1% of a user on your website.  —  Read Write Web points …
Discussion: Download Squad
Agence France Presse:
Youtube, SKorea's LG agree to develop mobile phone  —  SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's LG Electronics said Tuesday it has signed an agrement with YouTube, the world's biggest video-sharing website, to develop a mobile phone which can operate the service.  —  LG Electronics said the proposed model …
 
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Yahoo! News:
AT&T offers some customers free Wi-Fi
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Kim Hart / Washington Post:
Internet-Phone-Service Provider Drops a Fourth of Its Staff
Battousai / GaX:
The Darkness - Banned in Singapore
Discussion: Joystiq, Kotaku and Game | Life
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Digg Needs Editors
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
BSA announces $1 million reward for piracy snitches
Discussion: MarketingVOX
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Zenith Sees Rosier Picture For Online Advertising
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Editor and Publisher:
100 New TV and Radio Sites Join AP's OVN
Kyle / uncov:
Powerset: Assert yourselves
 Earlier Items: 
Anh Huynh / DailyTech:
AMD Cancels "Lima"
Discussion: TechSpot News
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Internet radio's not dead yet
Discussion: The Register
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
'New' CNN.com Debuts With Free Video Across The Board
Discussion: Joseph Laszlo
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
New Media Meets Old: A Look at Redesigned Mainstream News Sites
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Sony, Nielsen collaborate on in-game advertising metrics
Discussion: Digital Media Wire
Martin Fackler / New York Times:
Rival Manufacturers Chasing the iPhone
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor
Discussion: Computerworld
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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