Techmeme: Revenues for One App Developer for First Day of iAds? $150. Huge. (Zee/The Next Web)

1:30 PM ET, July 8, 2010

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New iPod Touch: 5MP camera and FaceTime incoming? Britain's top sellers say so — The new iPod Touch will come packing a 5MP camera with HD video shooting skills, according to John Lewis which has just spilled the new specs at its Xmas in July event in central London.

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Pirate Bay Hack Exposes User Booty — Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users, according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com.

Discussion: Help Net Security, GigaOM, ZDNet, The Next Web, The Register, TorrentFreak, Technology News, Softpedia News, GMSV, Download Squad, Neowin.net, Gizmodo, DailyTech, Boy Genius Report, TG Daily, V3.co.uk, SlashGear, Techie Buzz, Erictric and AppScout, Thanks:taylorbuley

Adam Z Lein / pocketnow.com:

Actually KIN Sold More Than 503 Devices — There's a rumor being perpetuated by Daring Fireball that Microsoft only sold 503 KIN devices. Many other sites are picking up this posting as though it were true. What I find interesting is that the KIN registers its Facebook app on Facebook …

Discussion: ZDNet, PhoneDog.com, TechSpot, Gearlog, Boy Genius Report, Gadgetell, Electricpig, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Computerworld, The Next Web, Neowin.net, Pocket-lint, Erictric, T3.com News, FierceWireless, IntoMobile, Velocity, Silicon Alley Insider, Phones Review and VentureBeat, Thanks:rawmeet

Wall Street Journal:

Facebook Touts Selling Power of Friendship — In Bid to Boost Revenue, Site Pitches ‘Social Context’ Ads to Major Marketers — Facebook Inc. is trying to rev up its advertising business with a little help from your friends. — The social-networking site is aggressively pitching …

Discussion: Go Rumors

Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:

How did your name get on a Facebook ad? — . How did your name get on a Facebook advertisement? When you click on the Facebook “Like” button you could be agreeing to have your name associated with an ad from that company. The Wall Street Journal reportsthat Facebook is using the “selling power of friendship” in its ads.

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Is It Time to Stop Blogging and Start an Email Newsletter? — When entrepreneur Jason Calacanis shut down his blog in 2008 and replaced it with a subscription-only email newsletter, his move seemed to be more of a personal response to abusive reader comments rather than a leading indicator of a trend …

Discussion: Inc.com, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:lippard

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

Twitter Now the World's Fastest Growing Search Engine — What is your search engine of choice? Google? Yahoo? Bing? Try Twitter. — According to cofounder Biz Stone, who spoke yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Twitter now reaches some 800 million search queries per day.

Discussion: Search Engine Watch, mocoNews, Geeky-Gadgets, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, AppScout, MediaPost, Lockergnome Blog Network and the Econsultancy blog, more at Mediagazer »

Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider: Reality Check: Twitter's Huge Search Query Numbers Are Very Inflated

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

YouTube Mobile Goes HTML5, Video Quality Beats Native Apps Hands Down — If you've got a phone with an HTML5 compliant browser, you'll probably want to check out YouTube's new mobile site, which is rolling out over the next few hours at m.youtube.com. It's a major upgrade from the old mobile web app …

Megan O'Neill / SocialTimes.com:
YouTube Mobile Reaches 100 Million Daily Video Plays; Launches Updated Site

Discussion: Google Operating System and Computerworld

Nick Bilton / Bits:
Google Makes the iPhone YouTube App Obsolete

Discussion: Internet2Go, Ars Technica, Computerworld, InformationWeek, Telegraph, YouTube Blog, DailyTech, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Unwired View, The Next Web, Technologizer and VentureBeat

Mia / YouTube Blog:

YouTube Leanback offers effortless viewing — A click here, a search there, a browse on this page — sometimes it can take more than a few flicks of the wrist and finger taps to get your daily dose of video. Luckily, YouTube Leanback wants you to conserve your energy for actually watching more videos.

Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:

CNN's Octavia Nasr Leaving Network After Controversial Hezbollah Tweet — In the latest case of new media (or oversharing) gone wrong, CNN's Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr is leaving the company following the controversy caused by her tweet in praise of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah

Discussion: Mashable!, AppScout, The Next Web and Silicon Alley Insider, more at Mediagazer »

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Skype's Innermost Security Layers Claimed To Be Reverse-Engineered — Internet telephony giant Skype may well have a significant security issue on its hands, TechCrunch has learned. — Someone claims to have reverse-engineered the proprietary encryption protocols Skype has put in place …

Zee / The Next Web:

Revenues for One App Developer for First Day of iAds? $150. Huge. — This is from a utility app on the iPhone 4 with Apple's new mobile ad network, iAD, integrated. The developer posted details of his earnings onto Hacker News and I'm sure Apple will enjoy a little positive press because the returns are outstanding.

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, MacStories and Erictric

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Yahoo CFO Aims to End Buy-High, Sell-Low Track Record on Deals — Yahoo! Inc. Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse, aiming to boost profitability while adding Internet content and services, says he plans to reverse the company's pattern of overpaying for acquisitions.

Discussion: Tech Trader Daily and WebProNews

Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies … The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.

Discussion: BetaNews, CNET News, Engadget, Hillicon Valley, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, The Register, WebProNews, Future Tense, Technology Liberation Front and MSDN Blogs

Michael Iams / MapQuest Blog:

MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone Adds Spoken Street Names and Supports iOS 4 — Last week we announced the new MapQuest.com and today we've got some big news for mobile: MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone version 2.0 debuts! We listened to all your feedback and now this new version speaks street names aloud …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and The Next Web

BBC:

BT and TalkTalk challenge Digital Economy Act — BT and TalkTalk are seeking a judicial review of the controversial Digital Economy Act, BBC News has learned. — The two internet service providers want the High Court to clarify the legality of the act before it is implemented.

Discussion: Tech Eye, Computerworld, Guardian, DSLreports, Techdirt, paidContent:UK, TorrentFreak, BitterWallet, gHacks Technology News and T3.com News

Anand Srinivasan / Go Rumors:

Microsoft Lays Claim To iPad's Page Curling Feature — The Courier may be dead, but we are still getting to see the innovations built by Microsoft back when development on Courier was still in its prime. A patent application filed by Microsoft back in January 2009 describes the page curl feature …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Erictric and Electronista

Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:

New Laptop From Toshiba Is Lightweight and Speedy — For all the excitement about tablet computers, the traditional clamshell laptop still rules. In fact, the computer industry is working hard to make it smaller, lighter and sleeker. — [ See post to watch video ]

Discussion: CNET News and Macsimum News

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Breaking: Facebook To Enter Into Partnership With Friendster Buyer MOL — We're hearing that Facebook and Malaysian payments company MOL Global will be holding a press conference shortly to announce a significant new partnership around gaming and payments in Asia.

Discussion: Inside Facebook, The Social, Mashable!, PR Newswire, VatorNews, Fast Company, AppScout, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Agence France Presse, All Facebook, VentureBeat and Erictric

Alex Smith / AndroidSPIN:

T-Mobile's End of the Year Road Map Leaked — Well, Folks, it looks like T-Mobile has some Android devices coming our way! After the launch of the Motorola Charm and the Samsung Vibrant on July 21st, T-Mobile plans on launching 5 more Android devices before the years end.

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

iSuppli: OLED panel shortage a concern for Android smartphone makers — Everyone wants an OLED display on their cellphone, right? Ok, maybe not everybody, especially when compared to regular AMOLED, but we certainly want, no demand, a 4-plus inch Super AMOLED on our next Android smartphone.

Discussion: iSuppli, Electricpig and ZDNet

Andy M. Zaky / AppleInsider:

Apple to enter a new golden age in 2010 with 70% earnings growth  — In the four years I've followed Apple (AAPL) grow from a mere mid-sized tech stock to becoming the second largest corporation in the United States in terms of market capitalization, I never imagined that it or any other company …

Discussion: Fortune

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