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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Open letter to BlackBerry bosses: Senior RIM exec tells all as company crumbles around him — There's no question Research In Motion is in the midst of a major transitional period. The company is planning to launch a brand new product line based on a brand new operating system within the next 12 months …
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Research In Motion / Inside BlackBerry:
RIM's Response to “Open Letter” — An “Open Letter” to RIM's senior management was published anonymously on the web today and it was attributed to an unnamed person described as a “high level employee”. It is obviously difficult to address anonymous commentary and it is particularly difficult …
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Matt Hartley / Financial Post:
RIM bows to pressure, plans committee to examine leadership structure — Research In Motion Ltd. will create a committee that will examine possible changes to its corporate structure, including the possibility of separating the co-chairman and co-chief executive roles of its leaders Jim Balsillie …
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Research in Motion, This is my next, mocoNews, Bloomberg, Reuters, Daring Fireball, CNET News, Tech Trader Daily, GottaBeMobile and @tcarmody
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear — While tech pundits are widely praising Google's new Plus product, I've found the one feature that could take away from Facebook where it's most dominant: Time on the site. — Facebook users are known for staying on the site for over half an hour a day …
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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
The technology behind Google+ Hangouts — Ever since Google started to roll out its Google+ project on Tuesday, many of its users have been particularly excited about its group video chat service Hangouts. I agree, but not just because it's fun and easy to use. The real kicker is the technology that powers the service.
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Reuters:
Facebook plans “awesome” launch next week: CEO — Facebook, the world's biggest social networking website, is set to launch a new feature next week, possibly in the mobile or tablet arena, its CEO said. Chief Executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg told reporters in a visit to Facebook's Seattle office …
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D.M. Levine / Adweek:
Facebook Pitches Social TV Creating program guides based on what friends watch
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Peter Boctor / GeekWire:
Facebook's Zuckerberg: TV, books, movies next in line for social disruption
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Jason Cornwell / Gmail Blog:
A preview of Gmail's new look — We get a lot of great feedback about how Gmail helps you be more efficient, keep in touch with family and friends, and get work done. We've saved you from forgetting attachments and made sure that you got the right Bob. Over the years, adding countless features …
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The Business Insider:
Twitter Is Under Federal Investigation — The Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating Twitter and the way it deals with the companies building applications and services for its platform, we've learned. — In Spring 2010, Twitter started making noises that it planned to provide users …
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Guardian, L.A. Times Tech Blog, The Next Web, InfoWorld, GigaOM, ITworld.com, @jakeadelstein, Techland, Everything Ventured, Search Engine Land and Electronista
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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Interview: HP says Apple is not TouchPad's target — HP's TouchPad tablet hits stores tomorrow, and while the device is being compared to Apple's iPad 2, an HP executive told The Loop that's not its target market. — In an interview with The Loop, Richard Kerris, HP's vice president …
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David Pogue / New York Times:
Pretty Tablet, Though Late for the Ball
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PC World, Macworld, mocoNews, Computerworld and GMSV
Twitter Blog:
200 million Tweets per day — Halfway through 2011, users on Twitter are now sending 200 million Tweets per day. For context on the speed of Twitter's growth, in January of 2009, users sent two million Tweets a day, and one year ago they posted 65 million a day.
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BetaNews, PC Magazine, iFans, AllTwitter, The Next Web, scribbal.com and TechCrunch, Thanks:beingcallum
Jon Brooks / KQED News Fix:
Amazon Says It Won't Collect Sales Tax Tomorrow; State Says It'll Send a Bill Then — Update 4 p.m. KQED's Stephanie Martin this afternoon talked to Betty Yee, a State Board of Equalization member who represents 21 counties in central and northern California. The board is responsible for collecting sales tax.
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Marc Lifsher / Los Angeles Times:
California tells online retailers to start collecting sales taxes from customers
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Danny Sullivan / Daggle:
An Open Letter To Jeff Bezos On Terminating The Amazon Affiliate Program In California
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Pool Party: Google Has Their Own Secret Photo-Sharing App Too — Built By Slide — Back in March, we first exposed Disco, a group messaging app that the Slide team within Google had built. And that's not all they've been working on. Say hello to Pool Party, another secret project by the same team within Google.
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Gizmodo, The Business Insider, 1001 Noisy Cameras, scribbal.com and Electronista
NielsenWire:
In US, Smartphones Now Majority of New Cellphone Purchases — Apple iOS up, Android flat, RIM down among recent acquirers. — Smartphones continue to grow in popularity. According to Nielsen's May survey of mobile consumers in the U.S., 38 percent now own smartphones.
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Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Facebook wins access to partnership agreement, emails in Paul Ceglia case — Paul Ceglia, the New York state man who claims he's entitled to half of Mark Zuckerberg's multibillion-dollar stake in Facebook, will have to turn over a key document and emails to Facebook, a federal judge ruled Thursday during a three-hour hearing.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft to retire, refocus Windows Phone MVP program — Microsoft is making some big changes to one of its Windows Phone programs that is resulting in some unhappy former advocates. — A number of Windows Phone Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) — the volunteer army that has helped Microsoft …
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Federico Viticci / MacStories:
The iPad: Now With 100,000 Apps Available — At the end of March we ran a story on the iPad App Store reaching the 75,000 apps milestone in less than 365 days since the original iPad came out in April 2010. Considering the competition the iPad had to face in the past year …
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Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney:
New Apple app rules kick in June 30 — will Kindle vanish? — Big changes are coming to Apple's App Store on Thursday — and they could mean big trouble for e-book sellers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. June 30 is the deadline for app makers to get in compliance with Apple's strict new rules …
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MacRumors, App Advice and MacDailyNews
Jacqueline Botterill / About Skype:
Skype brings Video Calling to Android Phones — LUXEMBOURG, 30th June 2011 - Skype today announced an updated version of its Skype for Android app - Skype for Android 2.0, bringing Skype Video Calling to the currently fastest growing mobile OS1. — With the new version …
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Ready, set, sue! Net neutrality rules almost official — The Federal Communications Commission sent its net neutrality rules on their final steps to becoming a real law on Thursday. The agency sent the rules to the Office of Management and Budget to ensure it complies with arcane paper reduction rules …
Jennifer Pollock / California Home + Design:
CH+D Office Space: Square in San Francisco's Chronicle Building — Jack Dorsey's Square, which may just make old-school registers obsolete with their Square Card Readers, Square Registers and Card Cases, is HQ-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle Building on 5th and Mission.
