Techmeme: Growing Fiber Internet in Rural America: A Stimulus Success Story (Ryan Singel/Epicenter)

8:45 AM ET, July 2, 2011

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Nadia Damouni / Reuters:

Dealtalk: Google bid “pi” for Nortel patents and lost — (Reuters) - At the auction for Nortel Networks' wireless patents this week, Google's bids were mystifying, such as $1,902,160,540 and $2,614,972,128. — Math whizzes might recognize these numbers as Brun's constant and Meissel-Mertens constant …

Discussion: AppleInsider, @eghosao and Electronista

Robert X. Cringely / I, Cringely:

The enemy of my enemy — Nortel Networks, the bankrupt Canadian telecom company, came that much closer to disappearing completely yesterday with the cash sale of its portfolio of 6000 patents for $4.5 billion to a consortium of companies including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion (RIM), and Sony.

Discussion: Fortune

Chris V. Nicholson / DealBook:
Apple and Microsoft Beat Google for Nortel Patents

Discussion: Betabeat, Beyond Search, Wall Street Journal, Mobilized, PC Magazine, @stevenjayl, All about Microsoft Blog, Computerworld, AllThingsD, Bloomberg, GeekWire, GigaOM, FierceWireless, GMSV, dailywireless.org and Reuters

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Facebook Engineers Build Google+ Inspired Facebook Hack — With many asserting that Google+ is heavily Facebook influenced, Facebook engineers Vladimir Kolesnikov, Peng Fan, Zahan Malkani, Brian Rosenthal have flipped the switch and taken inspiration from the novel Google Circles design with Circlehack …

Discussion: Digitizor and Lifehacker

Mike Blumenthal / Understanding Google Maps …:

Google+ To Have Business Profile Pages — Jeff Huber, Google VP of Local and Commerce, has indicated that Google+, at some point in the near future will include the option for business profile page. Here is his comment: … He has additionally indicated that he will be using Google+ as his primary voice …

Discussion: Social Studies Blog, Search Engine Land and Screenwerk

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:

Why yo momma won't use Google+ (and why that thrills me to no end) — OK, I've been putting many hours into Google+. In just the few days that it's been released I've followed 2,723 people, written many dozens of posts there, and have thoroughly used the product.

Discussion: Mark Evans Tech, iKnerd, CNN, Irregular Enterprise Blog, Fast Company, Googling Google Blog, jungleG and The Business Insider

Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Why Twitter Should be Very Worried About Google+

Discussion: Steve Rubel and SlashGear

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Google to disable public sharing of private posts in Google+ [Updated]

Discussion: CNET News, Between the Lines Blog and Techdirt

Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:

Here's Who Gets Rich Off The Zynga IPO — Zynga just filed to raise more than $1 billion in an IPO. — Like usual, the filing lays out all shareholders who own more than 5% of the company. — It's a pretty select list, and CEO Mark Pincus and “related entities” are still on top.

Discussion: PE Hub Blog

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Zynga Finally Files for IPO to Raise $1 Billion — Zynga, a four-year-old company which has made its riches off selling virtual goods in social games, has filed to raise $1 billion in an IPO. — The IPO may potentially rank among the largest of the year, especially among tech companies.

Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Zynga Gets “Substantially All” Its Revenue And Players From Facebook

Discussion: @emilychangtv and BetaNews

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Facebook Will Launch In-Browser Video Chat Next Week In Partnership With Skype — Earlier this week Facebook while visiting Seattle CEO Mark Zuckerberg tipped off Seattle press that the company would be launching an “awesome” new product next week that has been built by Facebook's Seattle team.

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

OS X Lion Allows Running Multiple Copies on the Same Machine (Virtualization) — For the first time, Apple is allowing owners of OS X (client version) to run multiple virtual copies on the same machine. Previously, Apple extended this ability to Mac OS X Server only.

Discussion: MacStories, 9to5Mac and iClarified

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple to ship OS X Lion on July 14th

Discussion: MacRumors, AppleInsider, Geek.com, SlashGear, CrunchGear, OS X Daily, Neowin.net, CNET News, Gizmodo, TUAW, BGR, MacNN, iClarified, Macworld, Gizmodo Australia and Lifehacker

Dawn Chmielewski / Company Town:

Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu — Google Inc. is in preliminary talks to buy online video pioneer Hulu, people familiar with the situation said. — Hulu has begun meeting with potential buyers including Google, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. to drum up interest in a sale …

Ryan Singel / Epicenter:

Growing Fiber Internet in Rural America: A Stimulus Success Story — If you think the Obama administration's stimulus package is about digging ditches, you'd be right — at least when it comes to funding broadband efforts in rural areas. — Take for instance the Mandan …

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

On Attribution and Credit — Ina Fried's story yesterday for AllThingsD about iPad-native apps crossing the 100,000 mark now credits MacStories by name, and includes this note: … The reference in the article now reads: … That's better, and crosses the line into what I consider acceptable attribution.

Discussion: parislemon

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:

Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard — More than six months have passed since Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and others cut WikiLeaks' purse strings. And if that blockade lasts six more days, the secret-spilling group plans to take its financial fight to the courtroom.

Discussion: WL Central, Thanks:seansimms

@breakingnews:
WikiLeaks says it will sue Visa, MasterCard for ‘engaging in an unlawful, U.S. influenced, financial blockade’ http://bit.ly/l0ywUE

Discussion: TwitLonger, Boing Boing, @jeffjarvis, @wikileaks, TechCrunch and WL Central

Kellex / Droid Life:

Exclusive: DROID3 Launching July 7 Via Direct Fill, Hits All Stores July 14 — Well, we told you long ago that the DROID3 was launching on July 7 and just had it confirmed through our friends at Verizon. The device will be available via direct fill next Thursday followed by a mass store rollout on July 14 as a Big Red exclusive.

Discussion: Softpedia News, PhoneArena, DroidMatters.com, GottaBeMobile, Android Phone Fans, PhoneDog.com and Engadget

Robert Francis / @robert_francis:

Adding class and reality to the story of Google+, Andy Hertzfeld shares the spotlight with the rest of the team: http://bit.ly/kYf5rE #fb

Discussion: @charlietuna, Google+ and @scobleizer

Scott Ard / CNET News:
Google+ contributor and Mac pioneer talks with CNET (Q&A)

Discussion: The Business Insider, Pulse2 and Cisco Blog

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:

Thanks to Google Plus, Picasa Gets Unlimited Storage for Photos & Videos, Also Better Tagging — With the launch of Google Plus, there may be some confusion as to how the photos uploaded to the social network (Google+) integrate with Google's online photo-sharing service (Picasa), especially in terms of storage limits.

Discussion: SocialTimes.com, 9to5Google, Liliputing, Gizmodo, Technologizer, Lifehacker and GottaBeMobile

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Hulu halts Facebook Connect after exposing user data — Updated. Hulu's Facebook Connect integration apparently isn't going as planned. The ability to log in is offline as of this writing, with many people reporting issues with the sign-in option earlier today.

Discussion: Hulu Blog, Neowin.net, AVRev.com, Engadget and CNET News

Betina Chan-Martin / Hulu Blog:
TV Just Got A Whole Lot More Social

Discussion: VentureBeat, GigaOM, PC Magazine, SocialTimes.com and MarketingVox News & Trends

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