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Thomas Catan / Wall Street Journal:
FTC to Serve Google With Subpoenas in Broad Antitrust Probe — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is poised to serve Google Inc. with civil subpoenas, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling the start of a wide-ranging, formal antitrust investigation into whether the search giant has abused its dominance on the Web.
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New York Times, Tech Daily Dose, Electronista, Guardian, Technology & …, Computerworld, @bijan, FairSearch.org, GigaOM, CNET News, Inside Google, MediaFile, Hillicon Valley, Hillicon Valley, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, Mobile Marketing Watch, Search Engine Land, CNNMoney.com, Reuters, SlashGear, Communications …, paidContent, MarketBeat, The Register, Digital Trends, Between the Lines Blog, Deal Journal, ReadWriteWeb, WebProNews, GeekWire and 9to5 Google
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Googleopoly: The Definitive Guide To Antitrust Investigations Against Google
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The Politico
Felix Gillette / Business Week:
The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace — It once promised to redefine music, politics, dating, and pop culture. Rupert Murdoch fell in love with it. Then everything fell apart — Alamy, Bloomberg, Getty Images — In 2006, Jeremy Jackson—the buff, bronzed former Baywatch child star—couldn't imagine a world without Myspace.
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Yahoo! News and The Social Path
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Even MySpace's Founders Have Stopped Using MySpace — How over is MySpace? So over that even the guys who founded it can't be bothered to update their profiles. Former CEO Chris DeWolfe “cringes” on the rare occasions when he visits his page on the soon-to-be-sold social networking site …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia's first Windows Phone: images and video, codenamed ‘Sea Ray’ — Ok, this one's odd. In fact, we didn't believe the images until a video just surfaced showing Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, foolishly asking a crowd of people to “put away their cameras” for the unveiling of something “super confidential,” codenamed “Sea Ray.”
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WinRumors, Technet, The Toybox Blog, BetaNews, WPCentral.com, ReadWriteWeb, FT Tech Hub, TechFlash, PC Magazine, GottaBeMobile, eWeek, My Nokia Blog, MobileCrunch, 9 to 5 Mac, www.pocketgamer.biz, MobileBurn.com, PhoneArena, Electricpig.co.uk, ITProPortal, Techie Buzz, My Nokia Blog, FierceWireless and Electronista
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Stephen Elop teases with Nokia Windows Phone - but N9 will be DOA, analyst says
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ExtremeTech, LiveSide.net, Pocket-lint, OnlyGizmos, CNET News, IntoMobile, Inquirer, Computerworld, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, techfibe.com, TechnoBuffalo, I4U News, DailyTech, All About Symbian, BGR, MediaFile, Know Your Cell, PC World, Windows Phone Sauce, Geek.com and This is my next
Evan Williams / Evhead:
Five Reasons Domains Are Getting Less Important — While discussing possible names for a product recently, someone asked me if we were at the point where getting the perfect domain name was less important than it used to be. While I'm still a sucker for a clean .com, it does seem less important …
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Fusible.com and parislemon
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
T-Mobile USA: We're now carrying over a million unlocked iPhones — As AT&T tries to swallow up the American wing of the German telekom, many have wondered whether Apple would allow T-Mobile to carry the iPhone. Apple's answer so far is a no*, but that hasn't stopped T-Mobile customers from adopting iPhones.
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Examiner, mocoNews, TUAW, ITProPortal, GottaBeMobile, Redmond Pie, GigaOM, Appolicious Advisor, iPhone Buzz and PC World
Marco Arment / Instapaper Blog:
The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid — One of Instapaper's five leased servers was hosted at DigitalOne, a Swiss hosting company leasing blade servers from a Virginia datacenter. Early Tuesday morning, the FBI raided the datacenter to seize servers used …
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Krebs on Security, Computerworld, BBC, ReadWriteWeb, GottaBeMobile, Betabeat, The Loop and @antderosa, more at Mediagazer »
Tim Bradshaw / FT Technology:
Twitter plans bolder advertisements — Twitter is looking at introducing advertisements among the short messages that users see in the most active part of the social networking service, according to people with direct knowledge of its plans. The move comes as Twitter looks at a wider range …
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The Next Web, VatorNews, The Huffington Post, ReadWriteWeb, AllTwitter, WebProNews, scribbal.com, The Business Insider and Pulse2, more at Mediagazer »
Siu Han / DigiTimes:
Apple iPhone 5 said to come with dual LED flash — Recent market rumors have indicated that Apple's iPhone 5 is likely to come with a dual-LED flash with Taiwan-based LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto and Lite-On Technology being pinpointed as potential suppliers.
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Examiner, SlashGear, Geek.com, I4U News, MacGazette.net, IntoMobile and App Advice
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
LulzSec Releases Arizona Law Enforcement Data In Retaliation For Immigration Law — LulzSec has just released a a torrent of data it claims to belong to Arizona law enforcement. — From their press release:
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AllThingsD, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Zero Day Blog, PC Magazine, CNET News, ZeroPaid.com, Gizmodo, Lulzsec, msnbc.com, Electronista, Boing Boing and @lulzsec
Bloomberg:
Apple Gets Antitrust Approval for Nortel Bid — Apple Inc. (AAPL) got approval from U.S. antitrust regulators to bid for the assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp., according to an agency statement. — The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department reviewed Apple's request to bid …
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AppleInsider, Reuters, CNET News, Wall Street Journal and bizjournals
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
eBay Acquired Magento For Over $180 Million - But Not Everyone Is Smiling — Earlier this month, eBay acquired Magento, developer of an open-source e-commerce platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we've heard from multiple sources that the ecommerce and digital payments giant paid north …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Harry Potter and the amazing exploding book industry — Despite the obvious demand, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has adamantly refused to offer electronic versions of her phenomenally popular series for young adults — until now. As part of Thursday's launch of an interactive website called Pottermore …
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
New iOS Camera Features in the Works + Glass Apple Store TM on the Way — On June 23, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's patent application titled “Image Capture Device Having Tilt and/or Perspective Correction. Apple's patent generally relates to image capture devices …
Andy Baio / Waxy:
Kind of Screwed — TL;DR version: Last year, I was threatened with a lawsuit over the pixel art album cover for Kind of Bloop. Despite my firm belief that I was legally in the right, I settled out of court to cut my losses. This ordeal was very nerve-wracking for me and my family …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
comScore: the iPad Owns 97 Percent of US Tablet Traffic — As part of its new “device essentials” data product release comScore put out some interesting comparative findings about web traffic patterns from a broad array of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.
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PR Newswire, GigaOM, Electronista, Technologizer, Between the Lines Blog, Daring Fireball and Technology Questions
Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Another Sign of Facebook's Latest Interest in the Media Business: Netflix CEO Hastings Joins Board — After YouTube, Facebook and Netflix are the second and third favorite online video sites among US users, according to a recent report. Facebook has its social features driving growth …
Shirlene Lim / The Windows Blog:
Upping our game: What's new in the Games Hub for Mango — I used to play games on my Xbox only on the weekends. Now that I work on and own a Windows Phone, I play them at least once a day. As a new “avid gamer” and one of the program managers behind the Games Hub, I'm excited …
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Engadget, SlashGear, Neowin.net, Windows Phone Secrets, IntoMobile, The Next Web, WMPU, WPCentral.com, Joystiq and Electronista
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Reveals a Directional Audio UI & Invisible Spatial Arc — On June 23, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced directional audio interface. In one scenario, a specialized effect with a new kind …
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AppleInsider, iClarified, Techland and MacDailyNews
Alex Knapp / Robot Overlords:
Nevada Passes Law Authorizing Driverless Cars — The State of Nevada just passed Assembly Bill No. 511 which, among other things, authorizes the Department of Transportation to develop rules and regulations governing the use of driverless cars, such as Google's concept car, on its roads.
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Examiner, Stanford Center …, CrunchGear and Geek.com
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Archos intros 80 G9 and 101 G9 Android 3.1 tablets: 1.5GHz CPU, 250GB HDD, 3G-ready (hands-on) — Angling for a new Android 3.1 tablet, are ya? If so, Archos has a new pair emerging from Paris today, the 80 G9 and 101 G9. Predictably, the biggest differentiator between the two is the screen size …
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Ubergizmo, LAPTOP Magazine, Electronista, IntoMobile, Android Phone Fans, Gizmodo, 9to5 Google, This is my next Podcast, Techie Buzz and GottaBeMobile
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Testing Home Page Design That Keeps Ads and Bookmarks Visible as You Scroll — Facebook is testing a new home page design that allows the news feed to be scrolled independently of the rest of the page. This allows ads, app bookmarks, and the top navigation bar to remain visible …
Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:
Yahoo Chairman Backs CEO Bartz, but Investor Wants Her out — Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was backed by the company's chairman at the start of the company's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, but got ripped by an investor who called for her resignation. — Yahoo's board is rumored to be talking …
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AllThingsD, The Digital Home, Bits and Tech Trader Daily
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Introduces an Enhanced TV Widget Paradigm for HDTV — On June 23, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals one of the next chapters for AppleTV. The proposed system is described by Apple as being an enhanced TV widget paradigm.
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App Advice, 9 to 5 Mac, RazorianFly and iPodNN
Joe Wilcox / BetaNews:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 is out, and you need it for Lion — Say, had you wondered about those strange system requirements for Apple's Final Cut Pro X — Mac OS X 10.6.8, yet only dot seven was available? Wonder no more. Late today, Apple released the dot 8 update, quite likely the last before OS X 10.7, aka “Lion”, releases next month.
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Apple, InfoWorld and AppleInsider
Laura Chambers / The PayPal Blog:
PayPal Doubles Mobile Payments Predictions to $3 billion in 2011 — It's no secret that everyone's talking about mobile payments. We've written about it plenty here at PayPal, and it's a story playing out in the press almost daily. We recently saw coverage of new data …
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Digits and TechCrunch, Thanks:paypal
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Prototype dual-screened 2-in-1 Android smartpad from Imerj preview — From the front it looks like yet another plain smartphone — dark, nondescript, and maybe a little like an iPhone 4 that's had its right-most extent sliced off. Pick it up, though, and you realize this little thing isn't so nondescript.
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Android Phone Fans and AndroidGuys
Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
Google Unveils a Laptop With Its Brain in the Cloud — Would you buy a laptop that comes with only one major program—a Web browser—and doesn't allow you to install widely used software such as Microsoft Office, Apple's iTunes, Adobe Reader, or, in fact, any other locally installed program?
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mocoNews and @dannysullivan
