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Danny Sullivan / Google+:
Open Letter To Google+ On The Subject Of Brand Pages — Hey Google, I'd say I know you're all new to the social game and should be forgiven that you have messed up with how to handle brands here so badly. Except, you're not new. — For one, you know that Twitter and Facebook both support brands …
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Softpedia News and @jowyang
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Christian Oestlien / Google+:
Here is a quick update on Google+ and businesses: — A few weeks ago we mentioned we would be doing a test of business profiles and asked people interested to apply. Believe it or not we actually had tens of thousands of businesses, charities, and other organizations apply to take part from all over the world.
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CNET News, thinq_, The Blog Herald, parislemon, The Business Insider, @dannysullivan, Search Engine Land, Betabeat, 9to5Google and Benzinga
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Vic Gundotra On How Google+ Handled Brands: “It Was Probably A Mistake”
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TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, Craig Kanalley and KCET, more at Mediagazer »
Microsoft:
Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results — REDMOND, Wash. — Jul. 21, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $17.37 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, an 8% increase from the same period of the prior year.
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BBC, Pocket-lint, GSMArena Blog, Search Engine Land, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, The Business Insider, AppleInsider, AdExchanger.com, TechSpot, Guardian, SplatF, Examiner, Ars Technica, Mini-Microsoft, TechFlash, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Techie Buzz, The Register, Shiny Objects, The Next Web, Electronista, Between the Lines Blog, Engadget, DailyFinance.com, WinBeta, WPCentral.com, IntoMobile, eWeek, The Seattle Times, Neowin.net, Liliputing, CNET News, All about Microsoft Blog, BGR, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Tech Trader Daily, Network World, parislemon and @maryjofoley
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Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Anybody Who Thinks Microsoft Is Going Out Of Business Is Nuts — Here's Why — Windows is under attack. PC sales are tepid at best. But Microsoft keeps turning in solid — if unspectacular — quarters. — How? — By selling long-term software contracts to big companies and government agencies.
Discussion:
Computerworld
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft smashes Q4 2011 earnings estimates thanks to Xbox
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The Business Insider and Matt Richman
Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Consider Making an Offer for Hulu Online Television Service — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is considering making a bid for the Hulu online video service, according to two people with knowledge of the auction. — Apple is in early talks that may lead to an acquisition offer for Los Angeles-based Hulu …
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Wall Street Journal, @emilychangtv, Reuters, Neowin.net, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, PadGadget, FT Tech Hub, GottaBeMobile, Electronista, MacStories, AppleInsider, iPhone Alley, The Next Web, SplatF, GigaOM, GeekTonic, TiPb, CNET News, Gizmodo, Electricpig.co.uk, TUAW, Daring Fireball, The Business Insider, Webomatica, MacRumors, New York Magazine, iClarified and The Loop
Apple:
Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day — CUPERTINO, California—July 21, 2011—Apple® today announced that in just one day, over one million users bought and downloaded Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world's most advanced operating system.
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Engadget, AllThingsD, BGR, Computerworld, Redmond Pie, GottaBeMobile, Neowin.net, The Next Web, Techie Buzz, VR-Zone, The Register, TUAW, MacRumors, CNET News, MacStories, The Loop, 9to5Mac, Edible Apple, Between the Lines Blog, Tools, PalmAddicts, The Business Insider, Technologizer and NBC Bay Area
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Yes, Google Chrome Built For OS X Lion Is Coming — But It Will Take Time — Like just about every other Mac user in the world, yesterday I upgraded my machines to OS X Lion. It's great. But perhaps the most annoying quirk is that Google Chrome, my browser of choice, isn't so great on it.
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9to5Mac, Inquirer, Pocket-lint, Softpedia News and Electronista
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge criticizes Google and Oracle at hearing — (Reuters) - Both Oracle Corp and Google Inc have taken unreasonable positions on the scale of damages involved in a high stakes patent battle over the Android operating system, a U.S. judge said in court. — “You're both asking for the moon …
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Between the Lines Blog, VentureBeat, L.A. Times Tech Blog and FOSS Patents
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Brandon Bailey / Mercury News:
Google execs discussed Java license before Oracle filed suit
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paidContent and Electronista
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Oracle gets to depose Google CEO Larry Page for two hours on willful patent infringement, value of Android
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
Google Says It Rejected $100 Million Java Deal From Sun in Patent Trial
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eWeek
iFixit:
MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 Teardown — July 21 brought us a bountiful harvest of Apple produce! Today, Apple released updates to the 11" and 13" MacBook Airs, as well as an updated Mac mini. Although today is an exciting day for consumers, it is a sad day for consumer repair.
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The Apple Core Blog, Pocket-lint, AppleInsider, iFixit Blog, GottaBeMobile, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, MacNN, Ars Technica, TUAW, MacStories, MacRumors, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and FreakGeeks
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Lodsys sues Rovio over Angry Birds for iPhone and Android — Today Lodsys has amended its complaint against mobile app developers and modified the list of defendants, leaving out one of the seven developers sued on May 31 (Vietnamese company Wulven Games) but adding five famous games companies:
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SocialTimes.com, Electronista, MacStories, Edible Apple, CNET News, mocoNews, TiPb, 9to5Mac and MacRumors, Thanks:timo_ruohomaki
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Justin Bieber Takes A Picture Of Traffic, Instagram Usage Explodes — A few minutes ago, the Instagram team noticed their servers blowing up. What happened? Were they under attack? DDoS? No. — Bieber happened. — Yes, Justin Bieber just signed up for Instagram.
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App Advice, The Business Insider, Gizmodo and T3.com News
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The iPad's Dominance of the Tablet Market — So this new report from the consulting firm Strategy Analytics, “Global Tablet OS Market Share: Q2 2011”, came out yesterday and made some news today:1 … Clearly, Strategy Analytics are talking about unit shipments, not sales.
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All about Microsoft Blog, parislemon, Examiner, SplatF, DailyTech, Benzinga, MobileBurn.com, mocoNews, AllThingsD and 9to5Mac
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Winklevosses lash out at Larry Summers over remarks — The Winklevosses are taking their grievances over a public tongue lashing from Larry Summers to Harvard University President Drew Faust. — In a letter to Faust that lashes back at Summers, the Winklevosses and their partner …
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AllThingsD, Digits, @tylerwinklevoss, TechCrunch, Gawker and All Facebook
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google+ Pulls In 20 Million In 3 Weeks — When Google Inc. launched its Google+ social-networking site three weeks ago, executives handed out sailor hats to the hundreds of employees working on the project, symbolizing their year-long journey to that point. — So far, the sailing has been mostly smooth.
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, SlashGear, Gizmodo, CNET News, Digital Trends and Search Engine Land
Cabel Sasser / Panic Blog:
The World's First Emoji Domain — Ladies and gentlemen, are you comfortably running Mac OS X Lion? — Because this is our moment. — Years of technological progression, a steady flowing river of genius and fortitude, breakthrough and discovery, have sent us ever-forward, hurtling towards this.
Desire Athow / ITProPortal:
iPhone 5 To Use Bluetooth 4.0 Rather Than NFC? — Two months after Apple joined the board of the Bluetooth special interest group, the company launched the first truly mainstream Bluetooth 4.0 devices in the world yesterday, namely the new Macbook Air & Mac Mini 2011 edition.
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SlashGear
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Soon-to-Debut Google+ Games Will Hit Facebook Where it Hurts: The Pocketbook — Google is close to launching a social game network that could make Facebook very, very nervous. — Perhaps the biggest difference between the two platforms will be cost. — According to multiple sources …
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The Business Insider and O'Reilly Radar
Jay Yarow / The Business Insider:
Scoble: Twitter Is A Mess, And Jack Needs To Fix It Fast — After news broke that Twitter had fired four product employees, connected tech blogger Robert Scoble added more fuel to the fire saying the company is a “mess.” — On Google+ he detailed four problems he's regularly hearing from people near the company:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Tried To Buy Color For $200 Million. Color Said No. — If that headline looks familiar to you, you're probably remembering our story about Google offering to buy Path for $100+ million from earlier this year. Path turned that deal down. — About the same time …
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Guardian, SocialTimes.com, The Business Insider, PE Hub Blog and Gawker
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Places Stops Stealing Reviews — Google Places looks different. It is cleaner, and there is a much bigger emphasis on user reviews and photos. And not just any reviews from all over the Web, but reviews written by Google users themselves. This should be a welcome change …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
More Than Two-Thirds of Google+ Activity Is Private — While following the activity of tech industry folks and celebrities on Google+ might lead you to believe that Google's new social network is a sort of long-form Twitter, where users pontificate for a public audience, Google says that's not the case.
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The Blog Herald, Technologizer and TUAW, Thanks:bobcaswell
