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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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MediaPost, Boing Boing and Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Jay Yarow / The Business Insider:
Human Driver Crashes Google's Self Driving Car* — Google's self driving cars have gotten into their first accident, Justin Hyde at Jalopnik reports. — A reader sent in a photo of a Google car having rear ended another Prius. You can tell it's a self driving car by the thing on the roof of the car.
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The Next Web, CNET News, AllThingsD, NBC Bay Area and Betabeat
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Justin Hyde / Jalopnik:
This is Google's first self-driving car crash
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Digital Trends, L.A. Times Tech Blog, PC World, Examiner, Shiny Objects, CNET News, The Register, VentureBeat, The Seattle Times, Techdirt, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land and Slashdot
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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The Volokh Conspiracy, seattlepi.com, DailyTech, The Daily What, Seattle 911, Law Blog, Associated Press and KIRO-TV
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, Jumptap News, Events …, The Business Insider, LAPTOP Magazine, BGR, Examiner, GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com, The Loop, iPhone, Mobile Marketing Watch, MacRumors, Gadget Lab, GeekWire, AllThingsD and VatorNews
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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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 …
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Good E-Reader Blog, Kindle Review, TechCrunch, Neowin.net, Technologizer, The Business Insider and Softpedia News
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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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
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, AndroidGuys, Crave, T3.com News, CENS.com, PhoneArena, Geeky-Gadgets and BGR
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, Webmonkey, ReadWriteWeb, thinq_, The Mac Security Blog and CNET News
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, Gizmodo Australia, CNET News, Pulse2, 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
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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CNET News and VentureBeat
Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
Ultrabooks and tablet PCs are short-term fads, says Acer founder — Acer founder Stan Shih has commented that the fads for ultrabooks and tablet PCs are both short-term phenomena and urged companies in the notebook supply chain to come out with more value-added products through innovation.
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Tablets Planet, BGR, Hardware 2.0 Blog, DisplayBlog, ITworld.com, Gizmodo, TUAW, Fudzilla, VentureBeat, Electronista, Between the Lines Blog, I4U News, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Electricpig.co.uk and MacDailyNews
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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Examiner, TechCrunch, L.A. Times Tech Blog, VatorNews, The Huffington Post, Computerworld, CNET News, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Facebook Cites ‘Smoking Gun’ Proof of Fraud by Man Claiming Company Stake — Facebook Inc. said its inspection of computers turned over by Paul Ceglia, the western New York man who claims he's entitled to half of Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's holdings in the social-networking company, shows “smoking gun” evidence of fraud.
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, All Facebook and NBC Bay Area, Thanks:chadcat
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
Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
RBC: Apple would only launch low-cost iPhone if it had ‘category-killer’ experience — After a meeting with two of Apple's top executives, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky said the company's primary requirement for launching a lower-end iPhone is whether the handset would provide an “innovative, category-killer experience.”
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
HTC acquires Dashwire to bolster cloud services - and patent portfolio — HTC on Friday announced that it has agreed to acquire Seattle-based cloud services company Dashwire for up to $18.5 million via its HTC America Holding division. Dashwire currently offers a range of cloud services for carriers …
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The Register, WMPoweruser, Tech Trader Daily, IntoMobile, Light Reading, Techie Buzz, The Next Web, CNET News, TechCrunch, eWeek and Electronista
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