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AddyDugdale / Gizmodo:
AT&T Memo to Retail Managers Shows iPhone 3G Policy — We knew it wouldn't be long before someone from AT&T leaked a policy memo vis-a-vis the iPhone 3G's July 11 launch. As well as all the mobile provider's pricing details from yesterday, the document contains a bit more info …
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Don Reisinger / The Digital Home:
Apple may have killed the BlackBerry — During the first hour of Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC, I was wondering why I was wasting my afternoon listening to his stooges drone on about software. But then, in a moment of pure triumph, Steve walked onto the stage and unveiled the new 3G iPhone.
Om Malik / GigaOM:Inside the 3G iPhone Money Machine
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Steve Jobs's Appearance Grabs Notice, Not Just the IPhone — Apple's iPhone 3G got most of the headlines on Monday after the product was announced at an Apple technical conference in San Francisco. But blogs and other Internet news sites also took note of a gaunt-looking Steve Jobs.
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Yahoo: Severance Plan Not ‘Nuts’; Not Easily Revoked; And It Wouldn't Cost Microsoft $2.4 Billion — Following the latest twist in the shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), and Carl Icahn's continued jabs, Yahoo has filed an FAQ with the SEC, detailing everything you wanted …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Execs Under Stress-Whither Weiner? — Yahoo's board has been meeting today and, doubtlessly, its directors had a lot to talk about (more on that later!). — Of course, there's the obvious topic of having to figure out how best to deal with the noisy stylings of billionaire investors Carl Icahn …
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Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:Yahoo facing possible trial before Icahn showdown
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Dawn Chmielewski / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Disney puts movies online for free — “The Wonderful World of Disney,” the venerable prime-time TV show originally hosted by Walt Disney himself, is getting its geek on. — For the first time, Disney.com plans to stream full-length movies online. The films will air on TV …
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Duncan Riley / The Inquisitr:
Stealth Startup Glassdoor.com Launches: Employment Conditions — Sausalito, CA based stealth startup Glassdoor.com, the subject of months of speculation has launched and offers an employment conditions service. — Glassdoor.com has impeccable backing, with CEO and Founder Robert Hohman previously …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Metallica to bloggers: don't review our music — Given all that Metallica has done, said, and been through in the last 20 years, what could they still do that would lead bloggers to ask, “What the hell is wrong with Metallica?” In this case, the answer is fairly pedestrian but still dumb: censor bloggers.
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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Result Offers You to “Skip Intro” — Oh, sweet. You know when you look for some company homepage to get their support email address or something, and then the page will start with a super great 3D animation that will take a minute to load... before you can actually find the info you wanted?
Heej Hwang / The Official Google Blog:
A new flavor of Google Trends — The latest version of Google Trends is now live! If you've used it in the past, you know that Google Trends can be used to see how popular certain search terms are across geographic regions, cities, and languages. With our latest update …
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
Google: Making Nick Carr Stupid, But It's Made This Guy Smarter — I will admit, I was entirely biased upon reading this story from Nick Carr, who has a knack for writing pieces that get a lot of attention by baiting his hook with contrarian link chum. Heck, he's really good at it, and I have a lot of respect for Nick.
John Markoff / Bits:
Apple in Parallel: Turning the PC World Upside Down? — At the outset of his presentation at the opening session of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs showed a slide of a stool with three legs to describe the company's businesses: Macintosh, music and the iPhone.
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Declan McCullagh / The Iconoclast:
N.Y. attorney general forces ISPs to curb Usenet access — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint would “shut down major sources of online child pornography.” — What Cuomo didn't say is that his agreement …
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Clint Ecker / Infinite Loop:
Ars at WWDC: Exclusive preview of mobile NetNewsWire — After yesterday's exhibition of iPhone third-party applications developed primarily by companies who had never programmed for the Mac before, we here at Ars were champing at the bit to get a peek at a few applications written by grizzled Mac veterans and see how they stacked up.
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Jiajun Zhu / Google LatLong:
Street View turns 1, keeps on growing — To celebrate Street View's one year birthday, I am very happy to announce we are bringing Street View to 37 (you heard me - 37!) new areas and we have expanded coverage in 15 of our existing areas. All in all, this effectively doubles our coverage.
Duncan Riley / The Inquisitr:
Game On: Plurk To Release API Tomorrow — Fast growing microblogging platform Plurk is planning to release an API tomorrow. — Plurk first came to prominence at the beginning of June after constant issues with Twitter saw many start looking for alternatives.
