Techmeme: AT&T, Verizon Said to Target Visa, MasterCard With Smartphones (Bloomberg)

2:15 PM ET, August 2, 2010

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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

Android Sales Overtake iPhone in the U.S. — Sales of Google Android phones in the U.S. are rising so quickly, the devices have outsold Apple handsets for the first time on record. New smartphone subscribers choosing Google phones accounted for 27 percent of U.S. smartphone sales …

Discussion: Nielsen Wire, L.A. Times Tech Blog, The Seattle Times, Between the Lines Blog, Daring Fireball, Internet2Go, Technologizer, Inquirer, eWeek, San Francisco Chronicle, Electronista, Boy Genius Report, Crave and The Atlantic Online

Canalys:

Android smart phone shipments grow 886% year-on-year in Q2 2010 — Nokia retains smart phone leadership position, but competitors close the gap Palo Alto, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 2 August 2010 Nokia retained a substantial lead in the worldwide smart phone market in Q2 2010, achieving a 38% market share.

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Bloomberg:

AT&T, Verizon Said to Target Visa, MasterCard With Smartphones — AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile carriers, are planning a venture to displace credit and debit cards with smartphones, posing a new threat to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., three people with direct knowledge of the plan said.

Kit Eaton / Fast Company: Specter of Apple Looms Over Verizon, AT&T's Cell Phone Credit Cards Game

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Windows Phone 7 coming to Europe in October, US in November, according to Microsoft COO (video) — Here's something that seems to have slipped the net from Kevin Turner's recent presentation on Windows Phone 7 devices. While discussing the move to Microsoft's next great hope in the mobile space …

Discussion: WMExperts, I4U News, WMPoweruser.com, IntoMobile, Electricpig.co.uk, Thoughts from the Sidelines, Pocket-lint, Boy Genius Report, SlashGear, MobileBurn.com, Phones Review, MSDN Blogs and Windows Phone Thoughts.com

Nielsen Wire:

What Americans Do Online: Social Media And Games Dominate Activity — Americans spend nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8 percent just a year ago (43 percent increase) according to new research released today from The Nielsen Company.

Discussion: GigaOM, BetaNews, Between the Lines Blog, Screenwerk, Going Social Now and Digital Trends, more at Mediagazer »

Benny Evangelista / SFGate:
Study: Americans spending more time on Facebook; online gaming overtakes e-mail

Discussion: Computerworld, Technologizer, Ars Technica, eWeek, PC World, Business Week, MediaMemo, USA Today, Network World, Softpedia News, ChannelWeb and Fudzilla

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:

What Microsoft isn't saying about its iPad compete strategy — Some believe Microsoft is being coy about its slate plans. Others simply think the company is being clueless. I think the Redmondians are planting decoys, hoping they'll provide cover for missteps.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, 9 to 5 Mac, GottaBeMobile, Electronista, The Next Web, CrunchGear, SlashGear, Technologizer, Global Nerdy, TechFlash and Daring Fireball, Thanks:rawmeet

Net Market Share:

Internet Explorer on a Roll - Gains Another .42% — Internet Explorer extended its usage share gains by another .42% in July, gaining about 1% global share since May. This is the second month in a row of global gains for Internet Explorer and the third straight month of gains for Internet Explorer 8 in the United States.

Discussion: eWeek, Telegraph, CNET News, The Register, Softpedia News, The Windows Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Neowin.net, GigaOM, BetaNews, Linux.com and WebProNews

Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy

Discussion: CNET News, Download Squad, Fast Company, VatorNews, DailyTech, GMSV, Neowin.net, Tech Eye, THINQ.co.uk, Gizmodo, Technologizer, ReadWriteWeb, Digits, Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard and paidContent, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:atul

MSDN Blogs:
Online privacy, Tracking, and IE8's InPrivate Filtering

Discussion: PC Magazine and Inquirer, Thanks:rawmeet

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:

Facebook Would-Be Owner Says He Owes Claim to Arrest, Andrew Cuomo Lawsuit — Paul Ceglia, who claims in a lawsuit that he owns 84 percent of Facebook Inc., said his case wouldn't have been possible if state troopers hadn't come to his house in October to arrest him for fraud.

Discussion: CNET News, Digital Daily, Silicon Alley Insider, Erictric, The Next Web, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Startup Meme, DailyFinance and bizjournals

Microsoft:

Office for Mac 2011 Hitting Store Shelves This October — Qualifying new purchases of Office 2008 will include a full upgrade to Office 2011. — Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, the next version of the leading productivity suite for the Mac, will be available in more than 100 countries around the world at the end of October.

Discussion: The Microsoft Blog, Computerworld, BetaNews, The Loop, Mac Mojo, Macworld, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, The Next Web, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, Tech Trader Daily, All about Microsoft Blog, Thoughts from the Sidelines, Pocket-lint, Insanely Great Mac, Lifehacker and Edible Apple

Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:

Exclusive: PlayOn brings Hulu and Netflix to the iPhone — without Apple's help — PlayOn, the service that allows you to view streaming media from the web and PCs on a variety of devices, is finally headed to the iPhone as of tomorrow. It originally planned to release an iPhone app via …

Discussion: Technologizer, CNET News, Download Squad, MacStories and ITworld.com

Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:

Jailbreak Only: FaceTime Goes 3G — Well that was quick! Less than 24 hours after the public release of the iPhone 4 jailbreak, FaceTime has already been tricked into working over 3G connections. It's made possible thanks to My3G, a jailbreak app that tricks your iPhone into thinking it's on Wi-Fi instead of 3G.

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, MacStories, Rock Your Phone, Redmond Pie and Digital Society

Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop:

No Hotspot, No Tethering for Motorola Droid — Verizon Wireless announced on July 30 that the Motorola Droid would receive the Android 2.2 update starting the week of August 2. Android 2.2 natively supports tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot creation. The Motorola Droid, however, will not offer these features.

Discussion: EuroDroid, Techland, Thoughts from the Sidelines, Erictric, Boy Genius Report, Android Phone Fans, PhoneNews.com and Engadget

New York Times:

Bing and Google in a Race for Search Features — Edwin Perello discovered that Bing, the Microsoft search engine, could find addresses in his rural Indiana town when Google could not. Laura Michelson, an administrative assistant in San Francisco, was lured by Bing's flight fare tracker.

Discussion: Google Watch, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Softpedia News, Search Engine Watch, LiveSide.net, Data Mining and Windows Connected, Thanks:steverubel

Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:

Windows 7 wins, Mac OS X loses July battle for share — Microsoft's Windows 7 reached a major milestone in July, while Apple's Mac OS X lost ground for the fourth straight month, a Web analytics firm Net Applications said Sunday. — Microsoft's Windows 7 reached a major milestone in July …

Discussion: BetaNews, CNET News, Inquirer, eWeek, Download Squad, Softpedia News, Hardware 2.0 Blog and Computerworld

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

Media Companies Try Getting Social With Tumblr — By now, plenty of traditional media companies have hopped on the social media bandwagon, pumping out news updates on Facebook and Twitter. — But do those companies have the time and resources to work yet another Web outlet into their daily routine?

Discussion: New York Magazine, Future Tense, DealBook, Gawker, Stowe Boyd, Hillicon Valley, Common Sense Journalism and The Atlantic Online, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:nahumg

CT.gov Portal:

Attorney General Investigates Potentially Anticompetitive E-Book Deals With Amazon And Apple — Attorney General Investigates Potentially Anticompetitive E-Book Deals With Amazon And Apple — Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating agreements between the country's largest e-book publishers …

Chad Bray / Wall Street Journal: E-Book Deals Prompts Competition Inquiry

Sean Hollister / Engadget:

Official: iPhone 4 jailbreak hits from iPhone Dev Team (updated with video) — The Library of Congress made it legal, MuscleNerd showed us it was a go, and now Comex and company have delivered the long-awaited jailbreak to the fourth rendition of iPhone. According to their new page JailbreakMe …

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