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8:45 AM ET, August 10, 2009

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tr.im URLs:
tr.im R.I.P.  —  Regretfully, we here at Nambu have decided to shutdown tr.im, the first step in shutting down all of our products and services within that brand. — tr.im did well for what it was, but, alas, it was not enough.  We simply cannot find a way to justify continuing to work on it …
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Twitter's platform shortcomings  —  So, now, Tr.im's parent company, Nambu, has announced that the URL shortening service known as tr.im is turning off its service and that links will stop working after December 31.  Here's the news on Techmeme.  —  What will this do?  Well, first of all, any stats are gone.
Discussion: Computerworld, Thanks:atul
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why You Shouldn't Rely On URL Shorteners  —  Thanks to Twitter's rising popularity — and its finite, 140-character message length limit — free URL shortening services have been all the rage recently.  But they should not become a critical part of your company's infrastructure.  —  Why not?
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:   URL shortener Trim gets cut off
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:   SHORTURL SAVIOR: Bit.ly Swoops in to Save Tr.im
Susan Stellin / New York Times:
Bank Will Allow Customers to Deposit Checks by iPhone  —  The Internet has taken a lot of the paperwork out of banking, but there is no avoiding paper when someone gives you a check.  Now one bank wants to let customers deposit checks immediately — through their phones.
Marco.org:
Planet Calacanis  —  I've seen a lot of people quoting and linking to Jason Calacanis' recent article, The Case Against Apple—in Five Parts, in a positive light.  But I can't.  It's ridiculous.  —  Let's start with an easy one: … I don't need to get into this very much with this audience …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Case Against Apple Is Just As Much A Case For Apple  —  I've had a half dozen or so longer posts about Apple brewing in my head the past couple of weeks.  There is no shortage of controversy surrounding the company right now thanks largely to the hugely popular and hugely unpopular aspects of the iPhone.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Source: Dell Mobile Phone Launching In China Within Days  —  A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Dell is launching (or at least announcing) a mobile phone in China in the next day or two.  We are trying to verify the information and gather more details on the hardware and operating system now.
Boy Genius Report:
AT&T pre-launch lineup: BlackBerry 9700, HTC Tilt 2, Garmin G60, more!  —  One of our oh so trusty ninjas just hit us up with a fantastic-looking pre-launch list for AT&T. These phones listed are not launched yet but are reportedly coming soon.  Just remember that coming soon could mean anywhere …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How I Learned To Quit The iPhone And Love Google Voice  —  At the end of July I declared my intention to quit the iPhone and AT&T, port my mobile phone number to Google Voice and use any mobile device that I pleased (or lots of them at once) in the future.  Like others, I will no longer blindly follow all things Apple.
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits … and Softpedia News, Thanks:atul
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Breakfast Can Wait.  The Day's First Stop Is Online.  —  Karl and Dorsey Gude of East Lansing, Mich., can remember simpler mornings, not too long ago.  They sat together and chatted as they ate breakfast.  They read the newspaper and competed only with the television for the attention of their two teenage sons.
Discussion: Gawker and Beyond Search
CBS News:
War In The Valley: Apple vs. Google  —  The Monday Note: Behind The Coming Clash Between Tech Titans  —  (CBS) The Monday Note covers the intersection between media and technology and the shift of business models.  It is jointly edited by Frédéric Filloux …
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Motorola Morrison specs - Next T-Mobile Android phone  —  Motorola will have two Android phones on sale this holiday season; Sholes on Verizon and Morrison on T-Mobile.  We gave you the Sholes specs yesterday and today we present Morrison(via a trusted tipster).
Los Angeles Times:
Barry Diller's air of tech savvy hasn't paid off for shareholders  —  Not so very long ago, when media moguls stalked the Earth in all their arrogant glory, Barry Diller was among the biggest of the big.  —  He occupied that top echelon of giants known by their first names, like Sumner (Redstone), Rupert (Murdoch), and Cher.
Gregory Viscusi / Bloomberg:
Publicis Will Acquire Razorfish Ad Agency From Microsoft for $530 Million  —  Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) — Publicis Groupe SA, owner of the Saatchi & Saatchi ad firm, said it is buying Microsoft Corp.'s Razorfish advertising agency for $530 million in cash and stock to expand in Internet advertising.
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