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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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Danny Sullivan, Softpedia News, broadstuff and @jowyang
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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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PC World, PC Magazine, Venture Capital Dispatch, SlashGear, L.A. Times Tech Blog, DailyTech, CNET News, The Next Web, Neowin.net, Digital Trends, msnbc.com and Gizmodo
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why Google's screwup on Google+ brand pages is a big deal — There's been a lot of sound and fury about the way Google has approached branded (i.e., non-personal) pages on its new Google+ social network. Much of it is a symptom of internecine warfare among the big tech blogs …
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comScore Voices
Christian Oestlien / Google+:
Here is a quick update on Google+ and businesses:
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Marketing Pilgrim, Digits, CNET News, ClickZ, The Blog Herald, thinq_, WebProNews, The Business Insider, parislemon, @dannysullivan and 9to5Google
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Vic Gundotra On How Google+ Handled Brands: “It Was Probably A Mistake”
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TechCrunch, Craig Kanalley and Search Engine Land
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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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Don't Hold Your Breath on That Apple Hulu Deal — If you stop by a Subaru dealer and end up kicking the tires on a new Outback, are you in early talks to consider a bid on a new Outback? — Well, sure. But if you drive off the lot and never come back, no one's going to be shocked.
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The Business Insider, GigaOM, Concurrent Media, Electronista and Tech Trader Daily, more at Mediagazer »
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Google+ Games Stream confirmed — Google's help pages for Google+ have officially confirmed the upcoming Games Stream, a place where results from what will presumably be social-style gaming on the new network will be pulled together. “If you're looking for updates shared from games …
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CNET News, Technologizer, Digital Trends, The Next Web, Pulse2, 9to5Google, Techland, Destructoid, IndustryGamers and Widgets Lab
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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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NBC Bay Area and The Business Insider
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Oracle gets to depose Google CEO Larry Page for two hours on willful patent infringement, value of Android — Late on Thursday by local time, magistrate judge issued an order according to which “Oracle may depose [Google co-founder and CEO] Mr. Page for a maximum of two hours, excluding breaks …
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SlashGear, L.A. Times Tech Blog, CNET News, Edible Apple, The Business Insider and Electronista
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Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge criticizes Google and Oracle at hearing
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AllThingsD, Network World, Techland, Between the Lines Blog, Guardian, VentureBeat and L.A. Times Tech Blog
Brandon Bailey / Mercury News:
Google execs discussed Java license before Oracle filed suit
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paidContent and Electronista
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
Google Says It Rejected $100 Million Java Deal From Sun in Patent Trial
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FierceMobileContent and eWeek
Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Customers angry, staff defiant at China's fake Apple Store — (Reuters) - Customers at an Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming berated staff and demanded refunds on Friday after the shop was revealed to be an elaborate fake, sparking a media and Internet frenzy.
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Digital Trends, Bits, The Apple Core Blog, Gizmodo, Internet Evolution, TUAW, Geek News Central, Mobile Entertainment, Techdirt, I4U News, TechCrunch and MacNN
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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Digital Life, Techland, Music Ally, App Advice, Betabeat and The Business Insider
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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Network World, Digital Trends, TG Daily, dailywireless.org, SlashGear, Geek.com and everythingiCafe
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Verizon: 2.3 million iPhone 4 activations; strong Q2; McAdam CEO — Verizon delivered strong second quarter results, named Lowell McAdam CEO, added 1.3 million postpaid customers and activated 2.3 million iPhone 4 units. — The company reported second quarter earnings of $3.6 billion …
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PR Newswire, Tech Trader Daily, Bloomberg, MacRumors, PC World, ITworld.com, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, AppleInsider, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, iLounge, TUAW, Reuters, MacStories, Engadget, iPhone, BGR and SlashGear
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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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Crave, Softpedia News, OStatic blogs, TUAW, Pocket-lint, MacStories, Electricpig.co.uk and Inquirer
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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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GigaOM, All about Microsoft Blog, SlashGear, I4U News, ITProPortal, SplatF, Examiner, parislemon and DailyTech
Electronista:
Acer insists return to profit in Q3, plans MacBook Air rival — Acer vows bounce back in summer — Acer chairman JT Wang at a presentation Thursday argued his belief that the company would return to profit in 2011. After posting two successive losses in the first half due …
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eWeek, Inquirer, DigiTimes, Liliputing and Softpedia News
Dana Wollman / Engadget:
Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month? — What Dell can give, it can taketh away. That's the story with the Streak, which has quietly vanished from retail as well as the outfit's online storefront. We first got wind of this when a tipster wrote …
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9to5Google, WPCentral.com, Android Phone Fans and PhoneArena
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
AP Finally Learns That On The Internet, You Can Link To Other Sites — Well, look at that. The Associated Press has reached 1993 or so, and realized that they can (and probably should) link to other sites when reporting on a story that those other sites reported first.
David Yach / Inside BlackBerry:
RIM Welcomes JayCut! — Today we are pleased to announce that JayCut has joined Research In Motion (RIM). We're excited that the JayCut team is bringing their expertise in video editing and cloud-based services to the BlackBerry platform. — JayCut is based out of Sweden and operates …
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Gizmodo, Engadget, Reuters, Between the Lines Blog, Electronista, N4BB and CrackBerry.com blogs
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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PC World, Hardware 2.0 Blog, MacRumors, Touch Arcade, Engadget, The Register, iPhone, Pocket-lint, MobileBurn.com, CNET News, FierceMobileContent, MacStories, Electronista, SocialTimes.com, TiPb, mocoNews, Edible Apple and 9to5Mac, Thanks:timo_ruohomaki
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 …
Agence France Presse:
Microsoft deal to buy Skype to close by October: CEO — ASPEN, Colorado — Skype chief executive Tony Bates said he expects Microsoft's purchase of the Internet voice and video leader to close by October, once it gets the green light from European regulators.
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WinRumors, ITProPortal and Neowin.net
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Out Of The Blue, Instacolor Forced To Change Name By The “True” Color — Something of a black comedy involving white hot startup Color and still-green-behind-the-ears Instacolor. Red in the face, the developer behind the latter app, which combines the key functions of Instagram and Color …
