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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Will Launch In-Browser Video Chat Next Week In Partnership With Skype — Earlier this week Facebook while visiting Seattle CEO Mark Zuckerberg tipped off Seattle press that the company would be launching an “awesome” new product next week that has been built by Facebook's Seattle team.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why yo momma won't use Google+ (and why that thrills me to no end) — OK, I've been putting many hours into Google+. In just the few days that it's been released I've followed 2,723 people, written many dozens of posts there, and have thoroughly used the product.
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iKnerd, CNN, Irregular Enterprise Blog and Fast Company
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Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Why Twitter Should be Very Worried About Google+ — When Google unexpectedly launched its new social network Google+ earlier this week, many pundits were skeptical about the company's latest attempt to enter the social arena. Given Google's dismal track record when it comes to these kinds of products …
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Steve Rubel
Mike Blumenthal / Understanding Google Maps …:
Google+ To Have Business Profile Pages — Jeff Huber, Google VP of Local and Commerce, has indicated that Google+, at some point in the near future will include the option for business profile page. Here is his comment: … He has additionally indicated that he will be using Google+ as his primary voice …
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Social Studies Blog, Search Engine Land and Screenwerk
Nathan Olivarez-Giles / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Google to disable public sharing of private posts in Google+ [Updated]
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CNET News, Techdirt and Between the Lines Blog
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Zynga Finally Files for IPO to Raise $1 Billion — Zynga, a four-year-old company which has made its riches off selling virtual goods in social games, has filed to raise $1 billion in an IPO. — The IPO may potentially rank among the largest of the year, especially among tech companies.
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Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Zynga Gets “Substantially All” Its Revenue And Players From Facebook — The top risk factor mentioned in Zynga's IPO filing this morning is its dependence on Facebook. — The company admits that basically all of its revenue comes from its partnership with Facebook: “We generate substantially …
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BetaNews and @emilychangtv
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
A Snapshot Of Zynga's Financials: Revenues Grew 392 Percent Last Year To $600 Million
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Inside Facebook, TechCrunch, Venture Capital Dispatch, @danprimack, @danprimack and VentureBeat
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Zynga: The IPO Prospectus Letter From CEO Mark Pincus
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Digits, @mrinaldesai, BaltTech, VentureBeat, @shervin and ForeverGeek
Nadia Damouni / Reuters:
Dealtalk: Google bid “pi” for Nortel patents and lost — (Reuters) - At the auction for Nortel Networks' wireless patents this week, Google's bids were mystifying, such as $1,902,160,540 and $2,614,972,128. — Math whizzes might recognize these numbers as Brun's constant and Meissel-Mertens constant …
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@eghosao and I, Cringely
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Dawn Chmielewski / Company Town:
Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu — Google Inc. is in preliminary talks to buy online video pioneer Hulu, people familiar with the situation said. — Hulu has begun meeting with potential buyers including Google, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. to drum up interest in a sale …
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Examiner, Digital Trends, BetaNews, VentureBeat, @maryjofoley, Betabeat, The Microsoft Blog, CNET News, Search Engine Land, GeekWire, Tech Trader Daily, Between the Lines Blog, The Next Web, WPCentral.com, @danprimack, All about Microsoft Blog, @judygrundstrom, Neowin.net, Android Phone Fans, ReelSEO Online Video …, DroidMatters.com, TechCrunch, @nichcarlson, @johnaugust, @percival, @mbaratz, Technologizer, Techland, Geek.com, Tubefilter, PC Magazine, SlashGear, @hitwise_us, @dannysullivan, Lost Remote, PE Hub Blog, Seattle Times and Geekosystem, more at Mediagazer »
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
OS X Lion Allows Running Multiple Copies on the Same Machine (Virtualization) — For the first time, Apple is allowing owners of OS X (client version) to run multiple virtual copies on the same machine. Previously, Apple extended this ability to Mac OS X Server only.
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MacStories and Technologizer
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple to ship OS X Lion on July 14th
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AppleInsider, iFans, SlashGear, OS X Daily, Geek.com, Neowin.net, CrunchGear and Gizmodo
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
OS X Lion Golden Master seeded to developers ahead of July launch
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PC World, MacRumors, TUAW, SlashGear, OS X Daily, CNET News and BGR, Thanks:computer_slave
DigiTimes:
iPhone 5 and iPad 3 upstream suppliers begin to prepare materials — Taiwan-based companies included in the supply chain for iPhone 5 and iPad 3 have begun to prepare materials for the production of the two devices, which are likely to make their debuts in September and to hit the market in October, according to industry sources.
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iPhone Download Blog, Between the Lines Blog, Redmond Pie, PadGadget, GottaBeMobile, TUAW, TechSpot, Techland, Neowin.net, PhoneDog.com, Geek.com, Edible Apple, PC Magazine, Fonehome, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, BGR, eWeek, AppleInsider, ITProPortal, 9to5Mac and CNET News
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
More letters to RIM; employees rally alongside anonymous exec — BGR published an open letter to Research In Motion yesterday from an anonymous high-level RIM executive who begged for senior management to take notice of all of the issues within RIM. The exec explained how the company …
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The Next Web, LAPTOP Magazine, Computerworld, PhoneDog.com, IntoMobile, Wired In Blog| BNET, Telecom Trends, SiliconANGLE, Geekosystem, DailyTech and AllThingsD
Robert Francis / @robert_francis:
Adding class and reality to the story of Google+, Andy Hertzfeld shares the spotlight with the rest of the team: http://bit.ly/kYf5rE #fb
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@charlietuna and Google+
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Scott Ard / CNET News:
Google+ contributor and Mac pioneer talks with CNET (Q&A)
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The Business Insider and Pulse2
Betina Chan-Martin / Hulu Blog:
TV Just Got A Whole Lot More Social — Do you remember when? — I knew Dwight's stint as manager of the Scranton office would end with hilarious results. But did I see that coming? Not in a million years. But of course, the moment he strutted out with his holster (and gun!) …
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GigaOM, SocialTimes.com and PC Magazine
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Michael de la Merced / DealBook:
Go Daddy to Sell Itself to K.K.R. and Silver Lake — The Go Daddy Group, the controversial giant of Internet address registration companies, said on Friday that it will sell itself to a group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake. — While the company did not disclose financial terms of the deal …
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Digital Trends, Domain Name Wire, Data Center Knowledge, Domain Name Wire, Reuters, Business Wire and @percival
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Thanks to Google Plus, Picasa Gets Unlimited Storage for Photos & Videos, Also Better Tagging — With the launch of Google Plus, there may be some confusion as to how the photos uploaded to the social network (Google+) integrate with Google's online photo-sharing service (Picasa), especially in terms of storage limits.
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9to5Google, Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Liliputing
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Windows Thin PC download now available — Several weeks after its release to manufacturer build shipped, the Windows Thin PC client is now available for general download by Microsoft Software Assurance customers. Windows Thin PC is a small Windows 7 footprint build that is designed for use in the enterprise sector.
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The Windows Blog
Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
Facebook Goddess Sheryl Sandberg On Short List To Replace Tim Geithner As Treasury Secretary — Yesterday, word was leaked that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is considering quitting soon, which immediately triggered speculation about who would replace him. — One of the names that came up?
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James Pethokoukis
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple files motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. against four Samsung products: Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, Galaxy Tab 10.1 — Right before a long weekend in the U.S. (due to Independence Day on Monday), Apple attempts a hole-in-one in its legal spat with Samsung.
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Examiner, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, CNET News and The Next Web
Graham Spencer / MacStories:
The New York Times Enables In-App Subscriptions For Their iPad And iPhone Apps — The New York Times has today released an update for their iPad and iPhone apps that now enables users to purchase in-app subscriptions for their content that is behind a paywall.
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New York Times, The Next Web, Macworld, TiPb, TUAW and MacRumors, Thanks:greyham
Sachin's Posterous:
Why Apple built Final Cut Pro X — I worked on Final Cut Pro from 2002 to 2008. It was an amazing experience. The Final Cut Pro X project was just getting started when I left Apple. It was an ambitious and controversial move, but it made sense for Apple. Here's why: — Apple doesn't care about the pro space
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Shiny Objects and Edible Apple
