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Paul Allen / Google+:
Google+ To Pass 10,000,000 Users Tomorrow (on 7/12) — As I promised on Saturday night, I have finished updating my Google+ membership model with new data and re-estimated the Google+ user base. — My surname-based analysis shows that the number of Google+ users worldwide reached 7.3 million yesterday …
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Mark Evans Tech, Google Watch, The Next Web, The Business Insider, CNET News, Mashable! and Neowin.net, Thanks:bobcaswell
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Sharon Gaudin / Computerworld:
Google: Changes coming to Google+ this week
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9to5Google, eWeek, Geek.com and AppScout
SLHamlet / New World Notes:
Google Confirms: Non-Real Name Google Profiles Risk Suspension (I.E., Google Still Doesn't Get Social)
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The Business Insider and GottaBeMobile
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Gmail+: Google Already At Work On “Several” Gmail/Google+ Integrations
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Mark Striebeck, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Examiner and Search Engine Land, Thanks:srikardhanakoti
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
New Mac Pros and MacBook Airs to launch this week with OS X Lion — We have been expecting new MacBook Airs this week and now it appears that the ultra-thin notebooks won't be the only new Macs this week. According to our source Mr. X, part numbers for an upgraded Mac Pro line have appeared …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple's new MacBook Airs to bring back backlit keyboards - sources
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TodaysiPhone.com, Electronista, MacStories, MacRumors, I4U News and Apple Bitch, Thanks:beijingdou
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
ROAR! Apple Puts Out The Call For Devs To Submit OS X Lion Apps
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MacRumors, CNET News, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Cult of Mac and AppleInsider
Reuters:
Exclusive: Key Apple patent lawyer to leave, source says — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief patent counsel will soon leave the company, according to a source familiar with the situation. — Richard “Chip” Lutton Junior. manages the iPad and iPod maker's patent portfolio.
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Fortune, The Business Insider, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Inquirer, FOSS Patents, SlashGear, Softpedia News, CNET News, Electronista, The Next Web, PhoneArena and Fudzilla
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Zachary Tracer / Bloomberg:
Cisco Said to Be Cutting as Many as 10,000 Jobs — Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the largest networking-equipment company, may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce, to revive profit growth, according to two people familiar with the plans.
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Between the Lines Blog, The Register, Electronista, NBC Bay Area, Disruptors, CNET News, Neowin.net, @nuveendhingra, Light Reading, The Business Insider, Fudzilla and thinq_
Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Google's Photovine Site Is Live — It Looks Like A Photo-Sharing Service — Last month, Google got the trademark on the word Photovine and registered the domain through MarkMonitor. — A tipster just pointed us to the site and it looks like there's something there now …
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The Next Web, Fusible.com, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Softpedia News and everythingiCafe
Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Foursquare Partners Up — Start-up Foursquare Labs Inc. has a large user base and a $600 million valuation, but unlike social-media stars Zynga Inc. and LinkedIn Corp., it has a big hole on the revenue line. — Now, the service, which lets users announce their location to friends by …
The Official Google Blog:
Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area — (Cross-posted on the Google Commerce Blog) — Following our first launch of Google Offers beta in Portland last month, we're bringing great deals to the Big Apple and the Bay Area starting today.
Joab Jackson / PC World:
Ballmer: Windows Phone 7 Not Successful Yet — While Microsoft has enjoyed many successes over the past year, Windows Phone 7 hasn't been among them, admitted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the opening keynote Monday at the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, being held this week in Los Angeles.
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BGR, Computerworld, Fast Company, TechEye, WinRumors, TechFlash, Computerworld UK's News, nanapho.jp, WMPU, GeekWire and eWeek
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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, Gizmodo, SlashGear, GeekWire and Engadget
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The iPad Was Built For Something Like StumbleUpon, Now They Have A Worthy App — Since its inception, StumbleUpon has always been one of the most perfect lean-back apps. Long before anyone even used that term, the StumbleUpon toolbar took various pages on the web and allowed …
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SocialTimes.com, Gizmodo, Mashable!, The Next Web, Pocket-lint and Lifehacker
Michael Arrington / @arrington:
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Tom Anderson / TechCrunch:
How To Build An Audience On The Internet: The Kevin Rose School Vs. The Fred Wilson School — Editor's note: This guest post is written by Tom Anderson, the former President, founder and first friend on MySpace. You can now find Tom on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
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Marco.org, Marshall Kirkpatrick …, Bill Gross, rc3.org, Technology Review, @gaberivera, @centernetworks, A VC and @davewiner, Thanks:brotheryellow
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
Apple Souvenir T-Shirt Jokes About Company's Secrecy — This $17 t-shirt sums up most visits to Apple's corporate headquarters in Cupertino. Available only at Apple's Company Store, it's a bit more classy than “I visited Apple HQ and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” — but sends the same message.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Kleiner-Backed Katango Organizes Your Facebook Friends Into Groups For You — Perhaps there's something to these friend circle/list/groups after all. — As you've doubtless heard by now, Google recently launched a social network that revolves around one core idea: people want to share different things …
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Bits, San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Facebook, SiliconFilter, Digits, Mashable!, AllThingsD, louisgray.com, Katango Blog, Mac Post and CNET News
Brenna Ehrlich / Mashable!:
Spotify Plans To Launch as Invite-Only in the U.S. [REPORT] — Word on the digital street is that much-lauded European music subscription service Spotify will land on U.S. shores this week. — Our sources in the music industry told us Spotify won't open the floodgates all at once …
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Techland, Examiner, Know Your Cell and SlashGear
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Florida Judge Tosses a Key MPAA Claim Against Hotfile (Exclusive) … Some higher-ups in the movie industry have identified file-storage “cyberlockers” as being Hollywood's biggest threat in the war against piracy. In February, the MPAA took action with a major lawsuit against Hotfile, one of the most popular websites on the Internet.
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Ars Technica and Techdirt
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History — Satellite image of the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in Iran taken in 2002 when it was still under construction. The image shows two cascade halls, in the upper right corner, as they were being built deep underground.
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Guardian, @mtoecker and @mygeektime, Thanks:rsingel
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.
New York Times:
Amazon Backs End to Online Sales Tax in California — SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon said Monday that it would back a California ballot initiative that would roll back a new state law that forces more online retailers to collect sales tax. — Amazon's decision to support the proposed referendum pits …
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Reuters, Wall Street Journal and @pkedrosky
