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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft's latest Google-compete weapon: The Gmail man  —  Microsoft managed to keep its 12,000 or so attendees of its annual Microsoft Global Exchange sales conference from tweeting and blogging company secrets last week.  But at least one enterprising attendee managed to grab …
Twitter Blog:
Timely Tweets: Now easier to see  —  We all come to Twitter to connect with the latest information on the topics and people we care about.  So when we decide to follow a favorite brand, business or charitable organization, we expect to be among the first to get a special announcement, access to exclusive content or a great offer.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Twitter Pumps Up Its Ads Today With “Promoted Tweets To Followers”  —  Twitter's slow-moving ad business takes another step forward today: Sources tell me that the company will formally launch its new “Promoted Tweets To Followers” ad plan.  —  What that means to advertisers …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
That Didn't Take Long: Spotify Sued For Patent Infringement Just Weeks After Entering US Market  —  Hello Spotify.  Welcome to America, where if you do anything even remotely innovative, you get sued for patent infringement.  Indeed, just a couple weeks after entering the US market (finally) …
Zach Epstein / BGR:
New iPad 3 contract goes to Pegatron, not Foxconn [updated]  —  Pegatron has been awarded a new contract to build Apple's next-generation iPad tablets, Taiwan Economic News reports.  According to the report, Pegatron underbid Hon Hai for a new contract to manufacture the iPad 3 …
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
iPhone 5 Launching in Second Week of September? iPad 3 Later?
NielsenWire:
In U.S. Smartphone Market, Android is Top Operating System, Apple is Top Manufacturer  —  According to June data from Nielsen, Google's Android operating system (OS) now claims the largest share of the U.S. consumer smartphone market with 39 percent.  Apple's iOS is in second place with 28 percent …
Cleve Nettles / 9to5Mac:
AT&T to implement data throttling in early October, just in time for iPhone 5  —  A new change for AT&T Wireless' Unlimited Data subscribers will soon be taking place.  Rumored to be starting in the first week of October, we've heard that AT&T will start throttling the data speeds of the network's top data hogs.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Logitech CEO steps down after money losing Q1, Revue price slashed to $99  —  This is becoming a trend.  After a disappointing Q4 saw Logitech reduce the price of its Revue it revealed today that after a net loss of $29.6 million for the first quarter it is cutting the price of the Revue to $99 …
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Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Fusion Garage Grid 10: the JooJoo lives on  —  They're back!  Oh yes, you read that headline correctly — the infamous creators of the JooJoo tablet (née CrunchPad) are back at it again, according to the FCC.  There aren't many details to be had, but according to the documents …
Manan / I'm Just Being Manan:
[Video] Microsoft's SkyDrive Starts Streaming Music On WP7  —  Let's file this one under - “Holy sweet Microsoft, why don't you talk about this stuff?!”  —  Last month I wrote about how Microsoft could use Azure as a paid expansion to SkyDrive.  The idea behind it was the consumer cloud offering …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill  —  Internet providers will be forced to keep logs of their customers' activities for one year in case police want to review them in the future, according to legislation that a U.S. House of Representatives committee approved today.
Discussion: PC World and The Raw Story
LAUNCH:
Airbnb Confirms Insurance for “in Case Your Pad Gets Trashed”  —  In the wake of an Airbnb renter's home being trashed, the company mentioned insurance in its plans for improving safety and security.  LAUNCH confirmed today that Airbnb has an insurance offering in the works but is not ready to disclose details.
Rachel King / Between the Lines Blog:
Motorola Mobility: 440K Xoom tablets shipped in Q2, but earnings outlook weak  —  Motorola Mobility topped Wall Street expectations for the second quarter, but it could still be doing better.  Meanwhile, the company's earnings outlook fell short of expectations.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Steve Perlman unveils DIDO white paper explaining “impossible” wireless data rates  —  DIDO is a new wireless technology that is supposed to be impossible, since it allows people to send and receive data over a wireless network at speeds that aren't possible with today's technology.
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Google+ Gets a Feature Update Center  —  In response to user feedback, Google has launched a new section of the Google+ center dedicated to Google+ feature updates.  —  The “What's new in Google+” section is essentially a list of release notes for the Google+ Project.
Timothy B. Lee / Disruptive Economics:
The Supreme Court Should Invalidate Software Patents  —  Last weekend I was thrilled to hear one of my favorite radio programs, This American Life, take up the issue of software patents.  Computer programmers have been sounding the alarm about this problem for two decades …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono's iPad App  —  As we've written in the past, Drchrono, a startup thatsimplifies the professional lives of doctors by bringing electronic health records and much more to the iPad, has received official government certification.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web, eWeek and GigaOM
Bill Hartzer:
Facebook Sues Over Massive Cybersquatting Attack on Its Brand  —  Facebook, the social network, has filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California, claiming trademark infringement.  The case, “Facebook, Inc. v. Cyber2Media, Inc. et al”, involves a lot of domain names, which are essentially …
John Cook / GeekWire:
RealNetworks giving back $136M to shareholders in major overhaul  —  RealNetworks today announced a series of moves to “reinvigorate” the business and make the 16-year-old Seattle company more attractive to investors.  —  It plans to return $136 million to investors in a special dividend …
Jeremy Stoppelman / Yelp Official Blog:
Yelp Names Rob Krolik CFO  —  Every now and then we like to break some news here.  So, live from my desk to yours, I'm proud to announce that Rob Krolik, former CFO of Move, Inc. will be joining the ranks of our management team.  —  As Yelp's CFO, Rob will oversee corporate finance …
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Twitter Adds “Possibly Sensitive” Designation To Tweets With NSFW Content  —  Twitter has just announced to developers that it has added a field for “possibly_sensitive” content in its streaming API, in a test that will eventually result in more granular end-user media settings for Twitter.
Darryl K. Taft / eWEEK Europe UK:
Oracle Java 7 Looks To Community For Innovation  —  Oracle has released the first major Java release in five years, bringing a host of incremental enhancements  —  With the theme of moving the platform forward, Oracle will launch Java 7 today.  —  Although Java 7 is the first major Java revision …
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
Improved Lion compatibility coming to Office, but not for a few months  —  Microsoft's iconic productivity suite Office for Mac will gain support for new Lion features, including auto save and fullscreen mode, in an upcoming update.  But don't get excited just yet, as those features won't be available for the next few months.
Robert X. Cringely / I, Cringely:
Bandwidth caps are rate hikes  —  Internet Service Providers in the USA are trying to apply bandwidth caps to their users, with those caps being 2, 4, or 5 gigabytes-per-month for wireless users at various price levels and generally 250 gigabytes-per-month for home users.
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Google launches ‘Hotel Finder’, a new experimental search tool  —  Google is today launching an experimental search tool called Hotel Finder, which is specifically designed to help users find the perfect hotel.  Google's Hotel Finder helps users narrow down their search options in the following ways:
 
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google's Two-Factor Authentication Now Live In 150 Countries And 40 Languages
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Accused AT&T-iPad hacker Andrew Auernheimer in plea talks
Discussion: CNET News
Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg:
Ex-HP Executive Sued by Former Employer Says Evidence False
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
The inside scoop on Apple's new giant Los Angeles “Apple Store 2.0″ location
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Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:
Isostick: the USB memory stick that thinks it's an optical drive
Discussion: TechSpot and GigaOM
United Nations:
UN Economic and Social Council sets up committee on global geospatial information
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
 Earlier Items: 
Gartner:
Gartner Says Less Than Half of Security Software Market Belongs to Top Five Vendors
Lynnley Browning / Reuters:
Insight: Microsoft use of low-tax havens drives down tax bill
Discussion: TechFlash
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Nintendo posts earnings, drops 3DS from $249 to $169 August 12th, current owners get 20 free games
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

CNN:
Reporters from news orgs were denied credentials to Trump's election night watch event; source: Politico's credentials were revoked following critical coverage

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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