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Yusuf Mehdi / Search Blog:
A Farewell to Bing cashback — One of the principles we have here at Bing is to constantly experiment and learn. We do this to ensure we are keeping pace with new social and technology trends, and can continue to deliver great value for our customers and advertisers.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Microsoft Discovers That Bribing People To Use Its Search Engine Didn't Work
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft axes Bing Cashback, saying it fell short of aspirations
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Jim Lanzone / Clicker Blog:
How Much Video Can You Actually Stream With AT&T's New Data Plans? — OK, we're going to tell you the punchline right away. Run, don't walk, to get your iPad 3G before the end of the weekend. If want to stream video while on-the-go from sources like Netflix or the ABC Player …
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Updated: iPad 3G Shortage Won't Bar Getting Unlimited Data Plan, AT&T Says — Since AT&T announced this week that it would eliminate its unlimited monthly data plans beginning Monday, June 7, some customers have been scrambling to get an iPad 3G with the hopes of signing up for the unlimited plan, which would be grandfathered in.
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Alexia Tsotsis / The Snitch:
Zuckerberg's Bizarre Facebook Insignia Revealed, And What It Means — To much media fanfare, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took off his signature hoodie at D8 conference Wednesday, revealing a what looked strange Illuminati-like diagram printed on the blue silk lining.
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Jason Calacanis / VentureBeat:
Five things Facebook can do to rebuild trust
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Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
At This Monday's Apple Keynote? Help Us Liveblog — It's no surprise: Apple has not responded to our requests to attend the WWDC keynote on Monday at 10am PST. But we'll still cover the news. Want to help? — If you're going to the keynote, and want to be a part of the exciting Apple coverage …
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Steven Johnson / stevenberlinjohnson.com:
Is Steve Jobs Repeating His Past Mistakes? — One of my very favorite writers, Robert Wright, had an interesting Opinionator post at the NY Times site this week, which revolved around the question of Steve Jobs' alleged lust for power and why he was making the same mistakes with the iPhone …
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Chris Cameron / ReadWriteWeb:
Don't Believe the Hype: Sprint “4G” Slower Than T-Mobile 3G, Report Finds — Excited Sprint customers have been awaiting today's release of the HTC Evo 4G - the first phone to take advantage of Sprint's high-speed 4G network. Before you run out and drop some cash on an Evo …
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Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report:
Evidence suggests MobileMe will become free — It's not a whole lot to go on, but rumors never are. Recent changes to the Account Type statuses of Apple's MobileMe service is leading many to believe that the cloud-based syncing offering may soon become free.
Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
John Gruber jumps the shark — I have been using Macs since February 1984. From just about the day the Mac was announced I was writing software for it from my college dorm room using one of the school's two $10,000 Apple Lisa computers. The Lisa was, at that time, the only tool you could use …
David Heinemeier Hansson / Signal vs. Noise:
You couldn't pay me to work for Ballmer — I'm not going to lie. I was never a Microsoft fan. Not even when I was using Windows (that I begrudgingly moved to after the Amiga). But at least you used to have some awe and respect for the gorilla that was Microsoft.
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Washington Times:
FTC floats Drudge tax — Journalism can reinvent itself without government ‘help’ — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to “reinvent” journalism, and that's a cause for concern. According to a May 28 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul.
Boy Genius Report:
AT&T officially stops selling iPhone 3G — You had a really, really good run iPhone 3G. We'll miss you. … Anyone excited for the 3GS to probably drop to $99, or will you spring for the new $199/$299 device? — Thanks, AT&TFreshNinja!
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Google's iTunes Competitor Will Likely Be Called Google Music — At Google I/O a few weeks ago, Google teased the audience with a glimpse of a web-based iTunes competitor that would be a new section of the Android Market. Details were sparse during that time, but we may have found the name …
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David Feng / techblog86:
China Blocks Foursquare; Too Many People Checking Into Tian'anmen — The Chinese censors are a sight to behold. As in how fast they react. It's an open secret that while Twitter is probably chock-full of “the wrong people” (to the censors), the censors themselves are there, too.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Wants HuffPo Badly — Yahoo is clearly positioning itself to become a stronger player in the online content game, as evidenced by its recent acquisition of Associated Content. But we are hearing that the real prize they want is the Huffington Post. The two companies are currently …
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL Isn't Negotiating A Search Deal, It's Negotiating A Sale To Microsoft (AOL, MSFT, YHOO, GOOG) — AOL, which currently outsources search to Google, began negotiating a new search deal last week, CEO Tim Armstrong said yesterday at the D8 Conference out in California. — Tim is just being coy.
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