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11:55 AM ET, August 15, 2008

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Smartphone Is Expected via Google — T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google's Android software, according to people briefed on the company's plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world …

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
An Early GPhone Review: Android Is Powerful, But No iPhone (GOOG, AAPL)

Discussion: Tech Ticker

Matt / Socialthing! blog:

Ok, so yeah...it's true! We got acquired... You my have seen the rumors, the leaks, etc. and while we just had to sit here and watch it all go down, we wanted nothing more than to tell the entire world how excited we are. — This post has been a long time coming and we're very excited …

Discussion: Feld Thoughts and WebProNews

Caroline McCarthy / The Social:

Confirmed: AOL will acquire Socialthing — AOL's People Networks division, formed when the company acquired Bebo, has picked up a new friend: Socialthing, a Boulder, Colo.-based start-up that aggregates social feeds from sites like Digg, Twitter, and Flickr. — The acquisition has not yet been completed, but is close to it.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Tech Confidential, Valleywag, Search Engine Watch Blog, The Inquisitr, Profy and Mashable!

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Confirmed: AOL Acquires FriendFeed Competitor Socialthing

Discussion: Epicenter, PDA and AppScout

Frank Gruber / Somewhat Frank:
Yep, It's True, AOL To Acquire SocialThing

Discussion: TechStars, 901am and The Social Times

Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:

Google Launches AdSense for Feeds — I noticed a new option in my AdSense account: AdSense for feeds, a program that displays contextual and placement-targeted ads in FeedBurner feeds. FeedBurner announced in May that AdSense for Feeds will be available to a small number of publishers and now it seems that everyone can use it.

Discussion: Search Engine Journal, Google Blogoscoped, Search Engine Watch Blog, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Roundtable, UMBC ebiquity, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Zoli's Blog and ClickZ News Blog

Peter Burrows / Business Week:

Dell Puts the Bite on Apple — Former Apple vet Tim Bucher, now at Dell, is counting on his Zing software to give iTunes some competition — On Nov. 10, 2004, Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs had a strained conversation with Tim Bucher, one of the company's engineering executives.

Discussion: WinBeta

Andrew Clark / Guardian:

Google pipped - Apple the new king of Silicon Valley as market value overtakes hi-tech rival — The sleek, touchscreen iPhone has proved so lucrative for Apple that the electronic gadgets manufacturer has unseated Google to become the most valuable company in America's cradle of technological innovation, Silicon Valley.

Discussion: Venture Chronicles and CrunchGear

Chris Snyder / Epicenter:

Google Ordered to Unmask Mystery Blogger in India — Google has been instructed to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger in a defamation lawsuit filed by an Indian construction company against them, reports the Wall Street Journal. — The blogger known only as “Toxic Writer,” …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Profy, Techdirt, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, The Blog Herald and GigaLaw.com Daily News

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:

Palm Treo Pro Revealed (Lookin' Good) — Wow, check out the Treo Pro, previously thought to be the Treo 850. It's safe to say Palm is plunging ahead with the Centro's industrial design, but the stark (glossy?) black and white color scheme with the phone/end orbs make it slick, rather than kiddie cool.

Discussion: WMExperts, Engadget Mobile, SlashPhone, jkOnTheRun, Treonauts, IntoMobile, I4U News and PalmAddicts

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Palm Treo Pro Revealed (Best Looking Palm Ever)

Discussion: Boy Genius Report, Telecompetitor, Electronista and Crave

Meghan Keane / Epicenter:

NBC Laughs All the Way to the Bank (Take That, Bloggers) — UPDATED with quotes from Jeff Zucker. — NBC may be taking lumps in the blogosphere for its decision to provide so much of its Olympics coverage exclusively through traditional channels, but they have given advertisers …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider

Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:

10 Worst Web glitches of 2008 (so far) — We have been reminded several times lately that Web 2.0 is in no way a synonym for “reliable.” Major services have crashed. Big product launches have fizzled. Users have raised their collective fists in the air. What's going on? Is the Web crumbling?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:

Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before moving on to Windows 7? — It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! — Yesterday Microsoft indicated that it might be getting ready to peel back the almost Apple-like secrecy surrounding Windows 7 …

Discussion: AppScout, Zero Day and Bink.nu

Engineering Windows 7:
Welcome to Engineering Windows 7

John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:

Exclusive: A Look at Google Ad Planner Data Vs. Comscore — When Google Ad Planner came out back in June, I immediately thought of Comscore - and I was not alone. Many in the marketing industry thought that Google's product would be a “Comscore killer,” and when I noted as much in my coverage …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, Communications …, WebProNews, Startup Chatter, A VC and Ogilvy China Digital Watch

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Interview with Epic Games' Mike Capps, on teaming up with Electronic Arts — Mike Capps, president of hit video game developer Epic Games announced today that Electronic Arts will publish a new action game from Epic's new subsidiary, People Can Fly. — People Can Fly is the game developer based …

Discussion: TG Daily

Dennis O'Reilly / CNET News.com:

Merge your Outlook and Gmail contacts — I spend most of my workday Alt-Tabbing between my Gmail inbox and the Outlook account on my employer's Exchange Server. The problem is, when it comes to contacts, there isn't much overlap between the two: Only a handful of Gmail addresses are also in the Outlook contacts list, and vice-versa.

Miguel Helft / Bits:

Yahoo Appoints 2 Icahn Allies to Its Board — The Yahoo-Carl Icahn saga is entering a new phase. Yahoo said Thursday that it appointed Frank J. Biondi Jr. and John H. Chapple to its board. Their appointment, which had been expected, follows an agreement last month under which Mr. Icahn ended …

Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, Tech Tracks, Between the Lines, Tech Confidential and Valleywag

Yahoo!: Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple Appointed to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors

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