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Craig Aaron / The Huffington Post:
Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse — So Google and Verizon went public today with their “policy framework” — better known as the pact to end the Internet as we know it. News of this deal broke this week, sparking a public outcry that's seen hundreds of thousands of Internet users calling …
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Washington Post:
Eric Schmidt and Ivan Seidenberg - From Google and Verizon, a path to an open Internet — We have spent much of the past year trying to resolve our differences over the thorny issue of “network neutrality.” This hasn't been an easy process, and Google and Verizon are neither regulators nor legislators.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
It's Official: EPIX, Netflix Announce “Multi-Year” Deal For Streaming Movies — EPIX and Netflix, mum yesterday, are now happy to talk. The two companies have confirmed a big, expensive deal which gives Netflix the ability to show the pay TV service's movies on its streaming video offering.
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New York Times:
Hewlett Took a P.R. Firm's Advice in the Hurd Case — SAN FRANCISCO — As the career of Hewlett-Packard's chief executive Mark V. Hurd hung in the balance, a public relations specialist convinced the company's directors that H.P. would endure months of humiliation if accusations of sexual harassment …
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Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Oracle Chief Faults H.P. Board for Forcing Hurd Out — SAN FRANCISCO — Lawrence J. Ellison, the chief executive of Oracle, denounced Hewlett-Packard's directors on Monday for forcing the resignation of the H.P. chief executive, Mark V. Hurd, who is a friend of Mr. Ellison's.
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korean Police Raid Google Office — SEOUL — The South Korean police raided the offices of Google Korea on Tuesday as part of an investigation into whether the company had illegally collected and stored personal wireless data. — The U.S. search titan is already facing lawsuits …
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Google Agonizes on Privacy as Ad World Vaults Ahead — A confidential, seven-page Google Inc. “vision statement” shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching over a basic question: How far should it go in profiting from its crown jewels—the vast trove of data it possesses about people's activities?
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Twitter Is Hiring, And In A Really Awesome Way — As we wrote earlier this morning, Twitter seems to be aggressively hiring. Perhaps it's this awesome Rushmore-inspired “Meet The Class Of Twitter HQ” video compelling people to join the flock? — Highlights: The “sudo make me a website” …
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Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Twitter Hires Sales Force From Yelp, Facebook
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Motorola Droid 2 (and R2-D2 edition!) finally official: Android 2.2, Swype, $200 on contract — All together now: “Finally!” At long last, the leaks are being plugged by none other than Verizon itself, who today confirmed that the Droid 2 is more than just a figment of everyone's imagination.
Louis Gray:
Google Revamps and Simplifies Contacts In Gmail — approach to Contacts has lagged, making it the target of frustration from many users. Today, the company admits as much, saying it's the thing people “are least satisfied with” about Gmail. They hope a number of improvements, rolling out immediately, will help.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Man Who Designed The Pre Is The Latest To Leave Palm/HP — The hits just keep on coming for HP. Hot on the heels of the massive story of HP CEO Mark Hurd's resignation amid scandal, another high-level person has left the company. Peter Skillman, the Vice President of Design at Palm …
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CNET News, Network World, Gizmodo, Know Your Cell, VentureBeat, DailyTech, Electronista, Gadgetell, The Tech Report, PreCentral.net, Engadget, PhoneDog.com and PalmAddicts
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Bing / Search Blog:
Answering your questions with Bing and Wolfram Alpha — Have your kids ever asked you a question for a school paper or homework that you wish you knew? Have you given an answer that you “think” you remember from your days in school, knowing that the information you were about to give might be very outdated?
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The Next Web and Softpedia News
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft's RearType: Physical keys to the iPad, Kindle and tablet kingdoms? — Microsoft's product groups are busy crafting their answer(s) to the Apple iPad. But Microsoft Research is working on slate/tablet-related projects of its own, including a way to add physical keys to the backs of these kinds of mobile-computing devices.
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Webomatica, GottaBeMobile, SlashGear and Obsessable, Thanks:bobcaswell
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Microsoft keeps Mac vs. PC battle going on Windows 7 website — Microsoft has added a PC versus Mac section to its Windows 7 website. The webpage is under the Compare tab, where users can match up the three main Windows 7 editions, read a Top 10 list of reasons to buy Windows 7 …
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Hotmail still not working? Use Chrome to fix it, says MS — Advises unhappy users to switch to Google's browser — Microsoft has advised Hotmail users struggling to access their email accounts to surf via Google's Chrome browser in order to successfully connect to the recently overhauled service.
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All about Microsoft Blog, GeekSmack and The Next Web
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
First Trojan for Android Phones Goes Wild — Google Android phones must be popular - they've just been targeted with their first Trojan. An SMS Trojan called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a has already infected a number of mobile devices, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab.
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BBC, The Register, The Next Web, MobileCrunch, Softpedia News, Electronista, Phones Review and Kaspersky.com, Thanks:sarahintampa
Newsweek:
Take This Blog and Shove It! — When utopian ideals crash into human nature—sloth triumphs. — In the history of the web, last spring may figure as a tipping point. That's when Wikipedia, “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”—a site that grew from 100,000 articles in 2003 …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Twitpic Announces Stealth ‘Communications’ Startup Heello — Twitter photo sharing site Twitpic has launched a new site today, called Heello. Details are sparse but according to a blog post on the new site, the site aims to “make communication easier.” — The post says that Heello …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Intuit Buys Personal Finance Management App Cha-Ching — It looks like Intuit just acquired Cha-Ching, a Mac web app and iPhone app to help consumers manage their personal finance. According to the site of Midnight Apps, the developer of Cha-Ching, “The Cha-Ching team has merged with Intuit …
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Chris Cameron / ReadWriteWeb:
Meebo Co-founders Help Chat Startup HipChat Score $100K — Usually when a startup raises $100K, it's not much to shake a stick at. With young companies raising tens of millions of dollars or being gobbled up in large acquisitions, why is such a small investment notable?
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alarm:clock, VentureBeat and silicontap.com
Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar:
Waze: Using groups and gaming to get geodata — Waze, the company behind the free turn-by-turn navigation app of the same name, is upping its game with their latest release. It has long made referred to itself as a community mapping app, but there was no really way to be a part of a community within the app — until now.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, GigaOM and By the Waze
Phil Libin / Evernote Blogcast:
Evernote's July 1st Server Problem — Evernote experienced a series of hardware failures on one of our servers between July 1st - July 4th, which potentially affected 6,323 users worldwide. As a result of the failure, some of the notes created and edited by these users between July 1st …
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