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Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
Why Facebook and Google's Concept of ‘Real Names’ Is Revolutionary — The primary version of identity online is a radical departure from what we expect in real life — Should you have to use your real name online? It's an issue that's long simmered among social media critics and supporters alike.
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En Tequila Es Verdad
Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Why ISPs are hijacking your search traffic & how they profit from it — A handful of Internet service providers (ISPs) in the U.S. are redirecting search traffic around specific keywords to brands' websites, presumably for affiliate marketing revenue. — A study released today …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Techdirt, MediaPost, TechCrunch, Netalyzr News, DSLreports, Boing Boing and New Scientist
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Police, City Use Ridiculous ‘Cyberstalking’ Claim To Try To Identify & Jail Creator Of Mocking Videos — An anonymous reader points us to the absolutely crazy goings on in Renton, Washington, where the police and city prosecutor are seeking jailtime for an anonymous person (or people) …
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seattlepi.com, The Volokh Conspiracy, Seattle 911, Associated Press, KIRO-TV, Law Blog, DailyTech and The Daily What
Lucian Constantin / Softpedia News:
Antisec Hackers Dump Massive Cache of Law Enforcement Data — Hackers associated with Anonymous' Operation Antisec have leaked a massive cache of personal records, email messages and confidential documents belonging to law enforcement agencies. — The data was obtained recently …
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pastee.org and Boing Boing
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google “I Love Lucy” Logo For Lucille Ball's 100th Birthday — If she were alive, it would be the 100th birthday of comedian Lucille Ball. For that anniversary, Google's done a special logo, in the shape of a television and which plays several clips from classic “I Love Lucy” episodes.
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Chris Chavez / Android Phone Fans:
Amazon Expected To Ship As Many As 3 Million “Coyote” Tablets By October — Amazon is prepping for a massive invasion of their 7-inch Android tablets in Q3. Apparently, Amazon's manufacturing partner Quanta (who also makes the Kindle and Playbook) expects to ship around 3 million …
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SlashGear, Good E-Reader Blog, Crave, T3.com News, AndroidGuys, PhoneArena, Geeky-Gadgets, CENS.com and BGR
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Kindle 3 refurb prices slashed: Fourth-gen update imminent? — Amazon's rumored Kindle refresh could be fast incoming, with the retailer seemingly clearing inventory of the existing third-gen model with a refurb price cut. Having been roughly $10 cheaper than new models since March …
Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Motorola Droid 3 review — The original Motorola Droid was a trailblazing phone when it launched. In fact, it's a historical device — one of the very first Android phones and the very first to take on Verizon's Droid moniker. But beyond all that, it boasted features unlike any other phone at the time …
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Why Did Apple Register ApplePico.com? — Apple has understandably long had an interest in controlling domain names associated with its products and features, as recently evidenced by the company snapping up 50 new domain names immediately following its announcements at WWDC earlier this year.
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Computerworld and iClarified
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Do You Live In An Android State Or An iPhone State? — It is clear by now that Android is winning the overall mobile market share battle in the U.S. among smart phones. But how does the battle break down by state? Mobile ad network Jumptap put out a report this morning (embedded below) …
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9to5Mac, SplatF, Examiner, BGR, Jumptap News, Events …, LAPTOP Magazine, The Business Insider, GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com, The Loop, iPhone, Mobile Marketing Watch, Gadget Lab, MacRumors, GeekWire, AllThingsD and VatorNews
Brian Heater / Engadget:
Samsung Conquer 4G set to raid Sprint on August 21st for $100 on contract — We've known about the Conquer 4G for a while now, in spite attempts to keep it under wraps. Sprint finally came clean on the existence of the handset today, announcing the milestone 25th 4G capable device for the its network …
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TechCrunch, 9to5Google, AllThingsD, Computerworld, Softpedia News, Electronista and Gizmodo
Sam Biddle / Gizmodo:
Streamlined BlackBerry App World Hits 3.0 in a Vacuum of Care — Sort of like putting a fancy new hat on a terminally ill patient, RIM's dropped details on the third version of their app store. It'll now be much easier to browse their limited catalog on your mediocre handset.
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
HTTPS Everywhere — HTTPS Everywhere 1.0 has been released, and the project is out of beta. Version 1.0 includes support for over 1,000 new sites, a better UI, and performance improvements. Click here to install it! — HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between …
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Boing Boing, ReadWriteWeb, Webmonkey, PC Magazine, thinq_, The Mac Security Blog, PC World and CNET News
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Groupon Will Dump Controversial ACSOI Accounting in Amended IPO Filing — According to numerous sources close to the situation and after regulatory pressure, Groupon will amend its S-1 public offering filing to remove references to an unusual accounting treatment that has attracted controversy.
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VentureBeat and CNET News
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
Twitter and the Ultimate Algorithm: Signal Over Noise (With Major Business Model Implications) — Note: I wrote this post without contacting anyone at Twitter. I do know a lot of folks there, and as regular readers know, have a lot of respect for them and the company.
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GigaOM
FBI:
The FBI's Child ID App — Putting Safety in Your Hands — You're shopping at the mall with your children when one of them suddenly disappears. A quick search of the nearby area is unsuccessful. What do you do? — Now there's a free new tool from the FBI that can help.
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MobileBurn.com, TechCrunch, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Examiner, The Huffington Post, VatorNews, Computerworld, CNET News, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
Corynne McSherry / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Court Refuses to Return Seized Domain Name, Claims Shutting Down Speech Doesn't Cause a Substantial Hardship — In a cursory opinion issued today that left us scratching our heads, a federal judge has ruled that the government does not have to return a domain name seized by Immigration …
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paidContent, Pulse2, Gizmodo Australia, CNET News, Ars Technica, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, Inquirer and The Domains
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Domain Seizures Do Not Violate Free Speech, U.S. Court Rules
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Electronista, TechEye and Slashdot
