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Paul Boutin / Technology Review:
How Google+ Will Balkanize Your Social Life — For many, the new service offers the chance to press “reset on Facebook.” — Google launched its Facebook competitor, Google+, just over a week ago now. Even though sign-ups have so far been limited to a fraction of Facebook's 750 million users …
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Between the Lines Blog, Stay N Alive and Webware.com
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Bill Gross / Google+:
I predict that Google+ will go from 0 to 100,000,000 users faster than any other service in history. — Okay, that's a bold proclamation - here's why I think it will achieve that. The service is great. It is timely. People are engaging with it like crazy. There are rumors that there are already 4.5m people.
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VentureBeat, The Business Insider and ReadWriteWeb
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Gmail+: Google Already At Work On “Several” Gmail/Google+ Integrations — One of the factors that led me to conclude that I could walk away from email for the month was the emergence of Google+. It's yet another network where people can now message me if they need to get ahold of me.
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Mark Striebeck, GigaOM, WebProNews and Pocket-lint, Thanks:srikardhanakoti
Sharon Gaudin / Computerworld:
Google: Changes coming to Google+ this week — Top Google exec acknowledges hearing “lots of criticisms” about Google +, and that the firm plans to respond quickly — Computerworld - It looks like Google will be making some changes to Google+ this week. — In a post on Google+ …
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Geek.com, Network World, Techland, Computerworld UK's News, BetaNews and INFOdocket
Dhanji R. Prasanna / Rethrick Construction:
Like it or Not — There's no shortage of punditry around …
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Bokardo, @counternotions, Momentus Media and Sean Percival's Blog
Pratip Banerji / The Official Google Blog:
The first Google eBooks-integrated e-reader: iriver Story HD — Starting this coming Sunday, July 17, the iriver Story HD e-reader will be available for sale in Target stores nationwide and on Target.com. The iriver Story HD is the first e-reader integrated with the open Google eBooks platform …
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PC World, Between the Lines Blog, LAPTOP Magazine, Digital Trends, The Toybox Blog, SplatF, This is my next, MobileBurn.com, Engadget, PC Magazine, dailywireless.org, Techie Buzz, mocoNews, GMSV, Ars Technica, GigaOM, GeekWire, Tools, BetaNews, TechCrunch, GeekSugar, The Next Web, Android Phones …, SlashGear, Techland, Neowin.net, USA Today, Softpedia News, Liliputing, Fast Company, Gizmodo, WebProNews, The Digital Reader, Crave, Lifehacker and silicontap.com
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Apple users buying 61% more apps, paying 14% more per app — Apple's (AAPL) business model is increasingly dependent on the health of its App Store, the rich breeding ground of the company's software ecosystem, and a report to clients issued Monday by Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster suggests that the ecosystem's vital signs are good.
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AllThingsD, Digits, mocoNews, AppleInsider, App Advice, Mobile Marketing Watch, TUAW, It's All Tech, iPhone, Between the Lines Blog, ITProPortal, MacRumors, MacStories, O'Grady's PowerPage, PC World, MobileBurn.com, Neowin.net, CNET News, PhoneArena, The Loop, Digital Trends, iClarified, Internet2Go, MacNN, FierceMobileContent, ITworld.com and The Next Web
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Color Labs Chief Product Officer DJ Patil Resigns — Color Labs Chief Product Officer DJ Patil will soon be leaving the company as a full time employee, we've confirmed. Patil, who was LinkedIn's chief scientist until March, was only with Color for about 5 months. He'll transition to become an advisor to the company.
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ReadWriteWeb, The Business Insider, Technologizer and Pulse2
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft: Windows 7 hits 400 million licenses sold — At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles this morning, Microsoft updated its Windows 7 sales figures — saying that the current version of its operating system has sold 400 million licenses, significantly outpacing Windows XP's growth over the same period of its life.
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CNET News, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Engadget, The Windows Blog, MSDN Blogs, Electronista, Neowin.net and WinRumors
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Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft's products
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The Business Insider and WinRumors
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple seeds iOS 5 beta 3, iTunes 10.5 beta 3, Xcode 4.3 Preview 3, Xcode 4.1 GM to developers — Apple has just seeded the third beta of iOS 5 to registered to developers. Beta 3 of iTunes 10.5 is also available and will be required to sync with iOS 5 beta 3 devices.
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TechCrunch, MacRumors, It's All Tech, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, GigaOM, BGR, Gizmodo, Engadget, MacRumors, Tools, MacStories, PadGadget, SlashGear, iPhone, Mac Post, everythingiCafe and Lifehacker, Thanks:ybrammer
Twitter Blog:
One Million Registered Twitter Apps — Application developers play a fundamental role in helping people get the best out of Twitter. As an ecosystem, we've just crossed one million registered applications, built by more than 750,000 developers around the world. This is up from 150,000 apps just a year ago.
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PC World, Twitter Developer Blog, TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, WebProNews and The Loop
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Philly Papers to Sell Android Tablets — Publishers, desperate to prop up their legacy print business, have been scrambling to put their content on tablet devices. Now the Philadelphia Inquirer and its sibling Philadelphia Daily News are making what may be the boldest tablet push yet.
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Liliputing, BetaNews, Screenwerk, The Digital Reader, SplatF, Technologizer, Mashable!, GottaBeMobile, CrunchGear, AndroidGuys, ZDNet, Poynter and MobileBurn.com
Tom Hals / Reuters:
Courts approve Nortel patent sale to Apple/RIM group — Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Research in Motion Ltd and three other leading tech companies received court approval on Monday to buy wireless patents from the bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp for $4.5 billion.
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SiliconANGLE, CNET News, mocoNews, MacRumors, The Next Web and MacDailyNews
Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Spotify Won't Have An Exclusive On Facebook's Music Service — European music service Spotify is banking on Facebook to drive its U.S. launch, according to documents leaked last week. — But multiple sources say that Spotify will NOT have an exclusive lock on Facebook's music offering, which will be announced soon.
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Electronista
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Brenna Ehrlich / Mashable!:
Spotify Plans To Launch as Invite-Only in the U.S. [REPORT]
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Digital Trends and The Business Insider
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:
Why I'm Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem — Today I'm announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift, a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations.
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GigaOM, Business Wire, TechCrunch, GigaOM, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, VatorNews, AllTwitter, paidContent, Tech Europe, @infoarbitrage and AllThingsD
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Reveals the Next Chapter for iBooks & New Chip for iOS Devices — Last week the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals one of the next chapters for Apple's iBooks. For children's books, Apple has devised a number of new gesture options to make reading more fun and interactive.
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9to5Mac, SlashGear and App Advice
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple files second ITC complaint against HTC: better luck next time? — The ITC website reveals that Apple filed another patent infringement complaint against Android device maker HTC on Friday, July 8, 2011. By my count, that's Android-related lawsuit no. 48 (some disputes consist of multiple lawsuits).
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Bloomberg, GigaOM, AllThingsD, CNET News, Electronista, Engadget, PhoneArena, HTC Source, The Next Web, MacStories, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, TUAW, The Loop, BGR and iClarified
Reuters:
Analysis: Apple-Samsung battle may spur supplier shakeup — An intensifying quarrel between Samsung and Apple is triggering expectations that some of the pairs' $5 billion-plus relationship may be up for grabs. With the electronics titans squaring off in an acrimonious battle over smartphones …
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MediaPost, Techie Buzz and 9to5Google
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Google Readies Ambitious Plan for Web-Data Exchange — While Chattering Classes Obsess Over Google+, Marketers Should Keep an Eye on the Real Action — Wall Street-like exchanges have revolutionized online advertising, but Google is taking the concept further, quietly building one for buying …
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VentureBeat, digiday:DAILY, CNET News, WebProNews, Digits, AdExchanger.com and FM Blog
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Beyond the iPhone 5: The future of Apple's mobile devices — There have been a flurry of rumors surrounding Apple's next iPhone this week. Some of them are reiterations of previous rumors, like a thinner and lighter iPhone, and some focus on a lower-end model that might appeal to prepaid customers.
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Ubergizmo, Fonehome, I4U News and Hardware 2.0 Blog
David A. Kaplan / Fortune:
Don't call it the next tech bubble - yet — Signs of exuberance are everywhere: Tesla roadsters, soaring real estate, overpriced vinegar - and eye-popping valuations for pre-IPO companies like Facebook and Zynga. So why are so many Silicon Valley denizens reluctant to use the B-word?
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TechCrunch, GigaOM and @loic
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Pew: 25 Percent Prefer Smartphones To PC For Internet Access — The Pew Internet Project put out results of its first survey looking at smartphone ownership. Pew found that 35 percent of all US adults own a smartphone. — When the base is just mobile phone owners however (83 percent of American adults) the number goes up to 42%.
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Mashable!, Pew Internet, PC World, Ars Technica, GigaOM, MediaPost and msnbc.com
Dow Jones:
U.S. Venture Fund-Raising Shines for Some, European Funds Still Struggle — Dow Jones LP Source: U.S. VC Fund-Raising Rose 19% in First Half; European Fund-Raising Dropped 45%; Early-Stage Funds Lagged as Late-Stage Commitments Picked Up — In the U.S., brand name venture firms raising anything …
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TechCrunch, GeekWire and Venture Capital Dispatch
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Waiting for Gravity to Hit LinkedIn — Facebook's valuation in the private market this week was approaching $100 billion. Twitter is in the midst of a round of private fund-raising on terms that value it at as much as $8 billion — more than double its worth a mere seven months ago.
