Techmeme: Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse (Rocky Agrawal/TechCrunch)

4:45 PM ET, June 13, 2011

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Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

Next iPhone reaches final testing stage, Verizon likely won't support 3G FaceTime this year — A previously accurate Apple source has told 9to5Mac some interesting information regarding what 2011 holds for the iPhone and Apple's popular FaceTime video chat service.

Discussion: Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, MacRumors, Startup Meme, I4U News, Pulse2, TiPb, iPhone, iLounge, Computerworld, iGadgetsReport, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Apple Bitch, MacHackPC, Online Social Media, Techland, iPhone Download Blog, App Advice, MacStories, Electronista, Softpedia News, Crave, AppleInsider, The Register, Edible Apple, Network World, SAI, IntoMobile, eWeek, everythingiCafe, TUAW and iClarified, Thanks:drbuk

BBC:

Spanish police website hit by Anonymous hackers — A member of Spain's Technological Investigation Board displays an Anonymous mask — The website of Spain's national police force has been briefly knocked offline by hacker collective Anonymous. — The attack on the site was carried …

Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog, Pulse2, GMSV, GamePolitics News, Softpedia News, The Register and Eurogamer

Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek:

Turkish Police Detain 32 Suspects Allegedly Linked to Anonymous — Following the arrest of three alleged “Anonymous” members by Spanish authorities on Friday, Turkey's state-run news agency has reported that police have detained 32 individuals allegedly linked to the hacktivist group.

Discussion: Technologizer, BGR, Reuters, Computerworld, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Security Watch, Techland, datasecurityblog.wordpress.com and Neowin.net

Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:

iCloud and Apple's truth: can you win if you don't play? — Last Monday, Steve Jobs debuted one of Apple's boldest products to the world, iCloud. At long last, the brains in Cupertino seemed as if they were set to fully embrace the internet and its inherent, omnipresent power.

Discussion: CNET News, The Next Web, techno.blog, Guardian and Monday Note

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Steve Jobs Confirms Discontinuation of iWeb in iCloud Transition — Since last week's unveiling of Apple's new iCloud service and the transitioning of the company's existing MobileMe service into iCloud, many users have been wondering about the fate of some of the MobileMe services that were not mentioned in the transition discussion.

Discussion: The Register, Fortune, CNET News, Mashable!, Neowin.net, Electricpig.co.uk, iGadgetsReport, MacStories, Electronista, TUAW, InfiniteApple, iClarified and StartupLocker

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Union Square Ventures Leads $3M Round In 4chan Founder Moot's New Startup Canvas — Exclusive: 4chan founder Christopher Poole (a.k.a. Moot) is announcing a round of funding today for his new startup, Canvas. Union Square Ventures led a $3 million series A round of funding …

Discussion: Betabeat, VentureBeat, SAI, NYConvergence.com and Union Square Ventures

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:

Samsung to end 14-year Nokia smartphone reign: Nomura — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will become the world's largest smartphone maker this quarter, overtaking struggling Nokia Oyj which has lead the market since 1996, Nomura said on Monday. — In the next quarter Nomura also sees …

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Feature: Why Microsoft has made developers horrified about coding for Windows 8 — When Microsoft gave the first public demonstration of Windows 8 a week ago, the reaction from most circles was positive. The new Windows 8 user interface looks clean, attractive, and thoughtful …

Discussion: AppleInsider, All about Microsoft Blog, CNET News, Dice Blog Network, Gadget Lab and @carnage4life, Thanks:newsio

Ed Christman / Billboard.Biz:

Is Hewlett-Packard Launching Its Own Cloud Service? — While the music industry focuses on Apple, Google and Amazon, Hewlett-Packard is quietly making plans-again-for its own locker-based service. Multiple sources at the major labels report that the discussions are heating up.

Discussion: mocoNews, MacRumors, SAI, Engadget, Electronista, I4U News, PreCentral.net and parislemon

Neal Mohan / The Official Google Blog:

Helping publishers get the most from display advertising with Admeld — (Cross-posted on the DoubleClick Publisher Blog) — It's now clear that investments in new technologies, new ad formats and improved buying and selling processes are helping to grow the display advertising pie.

Discussion: Bits, Search Engine Land, Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, PC Magazine, CNET News, paidContent, Adotas, TechCrunch, AdExchanger.com, WebProNews, Search Engine Roundtable and ClickZ

Rocky Agrawal / TechCrunch:

Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse — Editor's note:This guest post is part of an in-depth series looking at the daily deal industry written by Rocky Agrawal, an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995. Read Part I, Part II, and Part III also. He blogs at reDesign and Tweets @rakeshlobster.

Discussion: Screenwerk and The Business Insider, Thanks:sidharthdassani

Erica Naone / Technology Review:

Welcome to a Faster Web — The first commercial deployment of SPDY, a protocol designed by Google to make websites faster, launches today. … SPDY, a protocol Google revealed in late 2009, dramatically speeds up Web page loading by changing the way that browsers communicate with servers.

Discussion: 9to5 Google, ReadWriteWeb and The Register

Nicholas Carlson / SAI:

Facebook Expected To File For $100 Billion IPO This Year — The long-awaited Facebook IPO looks like it will come as early as the first quarter of 2012, CNBC's Kate Kelley reports citing sources. — Facebook could file its S-1 to the SEC in October. — Goldman is in the “pole position” to underwrite the IPO, says Kelly.

Avner Ronen / Boxee Blog:

Boxee for PC, Mac, Ubuntu Getting Fall Update — Good news for PC/Mac/Linux users - we are working to update the downloadable software version of Boxee and hope to have builds available this fall so you can enjoy the updated browser, improved playback, and lots more content that are currently available on the Boxee Box.

Discussion: MacStories, Mashable!, Engadget, SlashGear, Electronista and iClarified

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Former Googlers Raise $13 Million From Bain And Greylock For Personalized Ad Solution — TellApart, a startup that enables eCommerce companies to use customer data to offer more personalized display advertising to both their loyal and potential customers alike, today announced that it has closed a $13 million series B round of funding.

Discussion: VatorNews, Adotas, AllThingsD, alarm:clock, Bits and silicontap.com

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

If Something On Twitter Seems Too Bad To Be True, It Probably Is — Anyone else seeing an influx of blog headlines that go “Updated: [Thing That We Just Wrote About] Is A Hoax”? — While Internet hoaxes have been around since the Soviet Union wanted to join Usenet in 1984 (remember LonelyGirl15? …

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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:

AOL's Patch Takes on Groupon with Patch Deals, Powered by AmEx's Serve Platform — The recently launched digital payment and commerce platform from American Express known as Serve has just announced a new partnership with Patch, AOL's big bet on hyperlocal news and content.

Discussion: SocialTimes.com, Marketing Pilgrim, BNET and Screenwerk, more at Mediagazer »

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

iOS developer survey: 47% are on Android too, only 7% on Mac — Perhaps not surprisingly, because they were all at an Apple conference, 100% prefer iOS — Click to enlarge. Source: Piper Jaffray — Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster attended Apple's (AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference …

Discussion: Fast Company, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, Tech Trader Daily, MacRumors, App Advice, TUAW, MacStories, SAI, Electronista and MobileBurn.com

Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:

Available Data Shows Facebook User Numbers Growing Quickly, or Slowly, or Falling — Did Facebook have fewer monthly active users in the United States at the start of June than it did at the start of May? What about user counts in other early-adopter countries like Canada and the United Kingdom.

Discussion: AllThingsD and CNN

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Y Combinator Brings On Alumni To Be “Part Time Partners” — YCombinator has just announced its “Part Time Partner” program, which will bring in former YC alumni to mentor the most recent cohort of startups, like regular partners, but only 1/5 of the time. — Joining the prestigious ranks …

Discussion: Y Combinator Posterous

Joe Wilcox / BetaNews:

Why did Apple choose Twitter over Facebook? — Apple will deeply integrate Twitter into iOS 5 when it releases this Fall, but not Facebook. Now why is that? Facebook is the largest social networking platform on the planet, with more than 500 million users, according to the company (Hell …

Discussion: Ars Technica, TiPb, TechSpot, CNET News, Electricpig.co.uk, Softpedia News and @howardlindzon

Steve Gillmor / TechCrunch:
Game, Set, iMatch

Discussion: WebProNews and CNET News

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