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8:25 PM ET, September 24, 2009

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Deal Journal:
Breaking News: Twitter to Raise $100 Million From Insight, T. Rowe Price, Other Investors  —  The WSJ's Michael Corkery and Jessica E. Vascellaro report:  —  Twitter, the messaging web site that has become an Internet sensation, is nearing a deal to close as much as $100 million of new funding …
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Brad Stone / Bits:
Twitter to Become Tech's Newest $1 Billion Company  —  Twitter, the fashionable microblogging service, is set to close a round of financing of around $100 million that values the three-and-a-half-year-old start-up at $1 billion, according to a person briefed on the company's plans.
Scott Moritz / TheStreet.com:
Exclusive: Palm Pre's Arrival at Verizon Shelved  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif. (TheStreet) — Palm's (PALM Quote) Pre phone isn't making the cut at Verizon (VZ Quote).  —  The Pre, Palm's premier touch-screen smartphone, which has been an exclusive offering this year at Sprint (S Quote), had been scheduled to arrive at Verizon in January.
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple ready and waiting with redesigned iMac line  —  Apple as early as this month will begin to fill out its 2009 Mac product line with a new family of iMacs sporting classier enclosures and a few added bells and whistles, AppleInsider has learned.  —  The new all-in-one …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why You Can't Trust Google  —  If, like our little company, you run your business using Google Apps, you're playing with fire.  For time and again, the company has proven that despite all its talk, its offerings are as unreliable as those of any other service provider.
Discussion: eWeek, Bloomberg and InformationWeek
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Zee / The Next Web:
(Updated) Gmail Problems Arise Once Again.  [downtime]  —  We're receiving messages and tweets reporting Gmail being down for some and inaccessible in parts for others.  —  This comes soon after a major downtime period just three weeks ago, where the company were forced to explain …
Ben Worthen / Digits:
Gmail Still More Reliable Than Many Corporate Email Systems
Thanks:mgcreed
Lisa Barone / Outspoken Media:
Seth Godin Tries Out Brandjacking  —  Seth Godin has ginormous balls.  There, I said it.  —  This morning, Seth used his much respected blog to reveal the news about Brands In Public.  If you missed it (and if you did, you should really adjust the volume on your Internet) …
Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
Microsoft giving free tools — lots of them — to woo Web designers  —  Web designers haven't exactly rushed out to buy Microsoft's Expression design tools, which are aimed at a market dominated by Adobe.  —  But small design shops may have trouble resisting a new offer that Microsoft's unveiling today …
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Scott Gu / ScottGu's Blog:
Announcing the WebsiteSpark Program
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
New study says Palm Pre second only to iPhone 3GS in mindshare  —  Market research firm Interpret recently made some discoveries about public perception of smartphones that should shock, surprise, and amaze you.  The just released report, dubbed “Signature Smartphones: Gaining Mindshare …
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun:
Confirmed — Nvidia Working on Chrome OS Tegra Devices  —  Earlier this month, rumors out of China indicated that we'd see Google Chrome OS devices running on Nvidia's Tegra platform.  I had a product briefing with Mike Rayfield, Nvidia's GM of Mobile Business, and heard it directly from the source.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Yes, It Makes Money On The App Store  —  There is widespread agreement that the Apple (AAPL) App Store has changed the face of the handset business, forcing other companies to scramble in a desperate attempt to keep up.  At last count, Apple said over 1.8 billion apps had been downloaded …
Discussion: Techgeist, Digits and VatorNews
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Google Books Settlement Delayed Indefinitely  —  As currently written, the controversial settlement between Google and groups representing publishers and authors is officially dead.  On Thursday, a federal judge gave the parties time to negotiate a new deal that would address some of the many objections filed by various groups.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Leaked Email: Quincy Smith Of CBS Wants To Counter “Reckless Hulu Streams”  —  There is no love lost between CBS and Hulu.  You won't find any full episodes of CBS shows on Hulu, and CBS's own site TV.com is so similar in look and feel that one might call it a product of envy.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Contentinople, Thanks:atul
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Brands Flickr; Users Retaliate  —  It appears that a few days ago there was a slight change to Flickr's logo: an addition of a small Yahoo logo to the right side so it reads “Flickr from Yahoo.”  In response, many Flickr users have taken to the photo-sharing site's forums to express their horror at Yahoo's branding on Flickr.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Apple's 2009 earnings up nearly 44% under new accounting rules - analyst  —  How much will Apple's (AAPL) reported earnings be affected by the new accounting rules approved Wednesday?  —  A lot, says Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster.  —  In a note to clients issued early Thursday …
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Google announces Project 10^100 themes  —  Google has finally whittled down the more than 150,000 ideas submitted as part of its Project 10^100 to 16 themes that will compete for $10 million in funding.  —  It's taken far longer than Google had originally anticipated, but the results …
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
Ad data implies only 23% of iPhone owners updated to 3.1  —  A look at some recent statistics from mobile advertising firm AdMob gives us a rough idea of how iPhone users are upgrading to the latest software.  A few weeks after its release, only about a fourth of AdMob's ad requests are coming …
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Early debut for Windows 7 PCs  —  Eager to get your hands on a new PC with Microsoft's Windows 7 preinstalled?  If you play your cards right, you could get one as much as a week or more in advance of the software's official Oct. 22 release.  —  A custom computer maker in the Seattle region …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Launches “Place Pages,” Gets Rid Of Tabbed Info Bubble  —  Google is swapping its “info window” in Maps out in favor a much richer full-page experience that offers more information and a number of new capabilities and features.  The pop-ups on Maps, open to an expanded info bubble view …
Discussion: The Official Google Blog and ResourceShelf, Thanks:atul
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Intel's TV Everywhere Push: One New Chip, Many Partners  —  Intel today at its developer conference in San Francisco said it's committed to the future of entertainment — a different kind of “TV Everywhere” than the one we talk about when we're referring to Time Warner and the rest authenticating subscribers online.
Mark Drajem / Bloomberg:
Obama Administration Creates Office to Boost Entrepreneurs  —  Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Commerce Department is setting up an office intended to help entrepreneurs transform ideas into companies.  —  Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will announce the initiative in a speech today in Maryland …
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and metarand, Thanks:wesleybarrow
Economist:
ICANN be independent  —  America is poised to loosen its control over cyberspace  —  FORTY years ago this month American academics sent the first message over the ARPANET, a military network that was the precursor of today's internet.  A legacy of those efforts is that the American government continues …
Discussion: CircleID and Domain Name Wire
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Unnamed, unpriced PS3 motion controller arrives next spring  —  Sony gave many details about the use and release of its upcoming PS3 motion controller at the Tokyo Game Show, including live demonstrations of how the wand will work in existing games.  What don't we have?  A name, a price, and a specific release date.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Omniture: Who Were The Other Potential Bidders?  —  In a lengthy filing with the SEC, Omniture (OMTR) provides a detailed time-line of the events that culminated in its agreement to be acquired by Adobe Systems (ADBE) for $21.50 a share.  There are several fascinating aspects to the company's account.
Discussion: SiliconBeat
Chris Dannen / Fast Company:
Behind the Apple-Eminem Feud  —  We wrote about Eminem's dispute with Apple yesterday.  Now we've learned that Eminem is seeking $16 million in damages from Apple for selling his tracks without proper authorization, according to court documents.  But Eminem made money off those sales.
Discussion: Mashable!
Om Malik / GigaOM:
As FiOS Zooms, Time Warner Scrambles to Launch Wideband Service  —  Time Warner Cable today finally launched its super high-speed wideband consumer and business Internet service in New York.  It's been a long time coming, for as we've noted before, Time Warner Cable is a laggard when compared to other cable providers.
 
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Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Apple Launches Major Green Effort
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Guardian News and Media: Media vultures circling for PaidContent.org
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Opera Mini Tops 30 Million Users, But Is It The World's Most Popular Mobile Browser?
Discussion: Opera Press Room
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Judges in Microsoft-i4i case question damages
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Peter Nowak / CBC News:
Google exec says Canada missing web's potential
Discussion: p2pnet
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The HP DreamScreen Not So Dreamy
John Burke / TUAW:
A collection of iPhone home screens from your favorite Apple celebrities
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Congrats to Dopplr? Maybe. But before the champagne, some context
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Facebook wastes no time putting FriendFeed to work
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