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9:05 AM ET, July 2, 2010

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Marissa Mayer / The Official Google Blog:
Taking off with ITA  —  Today, almost half of all airline tickets are sold online.  But for many people, finding the right flight at the best price is a frustrating experience; pricing and availability change constantly, and even a simple two city itinerary involves literally thousands of different options.
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Apple:
Letter from Apple Regarding iPhone 4  —  The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple's history.  It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it.  So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Exclusive Video Of Unreleased Google Voice Desktop App  —  When Google acquired Skype competitor Gizmo5 in November 2009 it wasn't much of a stretch to anticipate a soft phone application for Google Voice to be coming soon.  A few months later we heard that Google was dogfooding Google Voice Desktop internally.
Michael Rose / TUAW:
Found Footage: iPhone 4 takes to the skies  —  If you're afraid of heights, do not watch this video.  A few guys in Los Angeles convinced a friend to loan them his new iPhone 4 for a risky little experiment: A balloon-powered flight into the air, tethered by kite string, with the video camera recording the whole time.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Tapulous Acquired By Disney  —  Tapulous has been acquired by Disney.  The iPhone gaming startup with several hits on its hands was founded by Bart Decrem, who will join Disney as a VP.  Disney is very interested in social and mobile gaming, having recently invested in Playdom's $33 million round.
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The Walt Disney Company:
DISNEY ACQUIRES TAPULOUS
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Best Buy Trying To Fire Employee Over Those Hilarious EVO Versus iPhone Videos  —  By now it seems like just about everyone has seen the iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO video (and the rebuttal video).  The video portrays an electronics store employee trying to convince a person looking for an iPhone 4 to buy an HTC EVO 4G instead.
Boy Genius Report:
Exclusive: Apple iTunes in the cloud definitely happening soon, wireless syncing!  —  One of our reliable Apple sources has just filled us in on some of the company's iTunes plans, and they're exciting.  We have been told iTunes will be getting a huge cloud capability that many people have been asking for …
Andy Grove / Bloomberg:
How to Make an American Job Before It's Too Late  —  Recently an acquaintance at the next table in a Palo Alto, California, restaurant introduced me to his companions: three young venture capitalists from China.  They explained, with visible excitement, that they were touring promising companies in Silicon Valley.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Apple PR: Steve Jobs iPhone 4 “conversation” is a fake  —  Apple's CEO did not tell an angry customer “calm down,” “retire,” “it's just a phone”  —  An e-mail exchange being attributed to Steve Jobs is a fake, and was not written by him, according to Apple (AAPL) public relations.
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Ben Hardwidge / THINQ.co.uk:
TV business kisses HDMI goodbye  —  TV business kisses HDMI goodbye Just use a standard network cable instead HDMI's short-lived reign over the TV cable racks could soon be over, thanks to a new usurper that combines several connections into a single, standard network cable.
Mary Jo Foley / Redmond Mag:
How Microsoft Is Busting Its Own ‘The Browser Is Part of the OS’ Myth  —  For years, Microsoft has insisted that the browser is an integral part of the operating system, yet the company's current strategies with IE 6 and IE 9 make that argument an absurdity.
PJ Jacobowitz / PC Magazine:
Is The iPhone 4's LCD the Best?  —  If you place the latest smartphones side by side the first thing you'll probably notice is that all their displays dazzle—but why?  Image quality can be difficult to express but there is a way to measure it.  To evaluate and help you understand the strengths …
Lionel Menchaca / Direct2Dell:
Dell on the Nichicon Capacitor Issue  —  Some of you may have been reading about faulty capacitors in some of our older OptiPlex desktops.  Before I get into more details, I want to make some points clear:  — This is an issue we addressed with customers some years ago.
Discussion: SlashGear
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Ashlee Vance / Bits:   Dell Speaks About Its Struggles With Faulty PC Components
Tricia Duryee / mocoNews:
T-Mobile USA To Resurrect Sidekick Brand On Android?  —  T-Mobile USA will stop selling the Sidekick tomorrow, ceremoniously ending the era in which celebrities and teenagers alike feverishly sought after one of the first consumer devices built for texting.  —  Many mourned the death …
Discussion: Electronista and TmoNews
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
T-Mobile kills off current Sidekicks, Kin says ‘welcome to the club’
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Adds Face Detection To Photos  —  This afternoon Facebook saw the first improvement to its photo application thanks to its recent acquisition of Divvyshot: the addition of face detection to photos.  Now when you upload photos to various areas of the site, including the homepage …
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
With World Watching, Wikileaks Falls Into Disrepair  —  Would-be whistle-blowers hoping to leak documents to Wikileaks face a potentially frustrating surprise.  Wikileaks' submission process, which had been degraded for months, completely collapsed more than two weeks ago and remains offline …
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet:
iPad blasts past Android in usage share  —  According to data collected by web metrics firm Net Applications, the iPad OS has blasted past Android in terms of usage share in three months.  —  The data says it all:  —  Remember, this is usage share, not market share, and since the Android platform …
Discussion: TheAppleBlog
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Google CEO Schmidt gives crafty non-denial on forthcoming social network  —  Google chief executive Eric Schmidt wouldn't publicly deny that the company is set to hatch a rival social network to Facebook during a speech today in London, adding fuel to rumors that the search giant may launch …
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Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:   Google Can't Beat Facebook At Social, Valley Insiders Agree (GOOG)
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Apple Hopes to Re-enter the Living Room  —  Knock, Knock.  Who's there?  Apple TV?  Apple TV who?  —  In September 2006, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, announced news of the company's latest offering: the Apple TV.  Mr. Jobs had high hopes for his latest creation …
Discussion: Fortune and 9 to 5 Mac
 
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Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Intel Researchers Turn Counter Tops Into Touchscreens
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Judge “rejected all of the EFF's arguments” on P2P cases
Michael Wolf / GigaOM:
How Netflix Shaped Skype's Platform Strategy
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Google researcher says friend groups may give it a window to best Facebook
Chris Preimesberger / eWeek:
Dell to Acquire Data Center Automation Specialist Scalent Systems
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iPads in the Board Room
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Is Hulu Plus Another Nail in the DVD Coffin?
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Chris Nuttall / blogs.ft.com:
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Ina Fried / Crave: The gadget blog:
Microsoft tech lets batteries load in either direction
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Starbucks begins offering free two-click WiFi access in US and Canada
Bob Sutor:
Saying it out loud: IBM is moving to Firefox as its default browser
 

 
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