Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:05 PM ET, June 11, 2010

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Just When He Thought He Was Out, Facebook Pulls Calacanis Back In  —  This morning, we got a tip that despite all the hubbub about Jason Calacanis deleting his Facebook profile, it was still active.  Sure enough, it was.  So what gives?  —  We emailed Calacanis to find out what the deal was …
RELATED:
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
You Know Where Else It's Hard To Delete Your Account?  Mahalo  —  With regard to his recent spat with Facebook we don't exactly see eye-to-eye with Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis.  But this morning, we did when an incident showed just how hard it is to delete your Facebook profile.
Cameron Chapman / Smashing Magazine:   How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites
Erica Ogg / CNET News:
iPhone 4 at Wal-Mart on June 24  —  iPhone 4 goes on sale June 24.  —  If you'd rather avoid the lines at Apple and AT&T stores on iPhone 4 launch day, you have options this year.  —  Wal-Mart said Friday that it will be one of several retail outlets that will have the iPhone 4 on June 24, its first day of availability anywhere.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Comscore Says It'll Fix Search Share Measurement Now That Yahoo And Microsoft Are Gaming It (YHOO, MSFT, GOOG)  —  Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing have recently been “gaining” market share in comScore's search engine stats for somewhat sketchy reasons: The companies have increasingly been putting …
RELATED:
comScore, Inc.:
comScore Releases May 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
World Cup Fever: Internet Has Busiest Day Ever as Tabulated by Akamai  —  Akamai, the world's largest operator of a network of computers which carry video content, reports that today, opening day of the World Cup, is the busiest day it has tracked, with some 11 million visitor requests to its network …
RELATED:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Voice Desktop App Launch Delayed, May Be Scrapped  —  When Google acquired Gizmo5, a Skype competitor, in November Google Voice users rejoiced - presumably they'd be getting a much needed soft phone on the desktop for users to make and receive calls through Google Voice.
Discussion: Erictric, greg hughes and Maximum PC
Jason Kilar / Hulu Blog:
A Thank You for 3 Years of Innovation  —  One of the first phone calls I made over 3 years ago when Hulu was not yet Hulu was to Eric Feng.  Eric and I got to know each other in Seattle when he was at Microsoft and I was at Amazon.  In the weeks following my phone call to Eric in May of 2007 …
Discussion: paidContent and TechCrunch, Thanks:atul
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The End Of An Era: Hotmail Ditches The Taglines  —  “Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service.  Get it now.”  —  When Hotmail launched in 1996 it grew fast.  Very fast.  It was one of the first free webmail providers, and they had a killer marketing idea - add a tagline at the end …
Discussion: Microsoft Watch and Technologizer
RELATED:
Brian Hall / The Windows Blog:
Hotmail respects your inbox
Avner Ronen / Boxee Blog:
Boxee Box by D-Link Release Set for November in North America  —  Earlier this week we got confirmation that the Boxee Box by D-Link will ship this November in US and Canada.  We realize many of you have waited months to purchase the Boxee Box, and we know how frustrating this is.
Jean-Paul Cozzatti / The Twitter Engineering Blog:
A Perfect Storm.....of Whales  —  Since Saturday, Twitter has experienced several incidences of poor site performance and a high number of errors due to one of our internal sub-networks being over-capacity.  —  We're working hard to address the core issues causing these problems …
Alexia Tsotsis / The Snitch:
iPad Hackers: Obtaining Emails Not Illegal, We Will Fight If Charges Are Pressed  —  According to reports, the FBI is currently investigating the AT&T iPad leak because of the sensitive (read governmental) nature of the data revealed, and Gawker Media is now under pressure to provide information …
Discussion: Macworld and CNET News
RELATED:
Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
Apple fears the killer app  —  Ok, so were finally getting down to it.  On at least two fronts, Apple has now essentially thrown out its draconian rules on what developers can and cannot do on its platform, and replaced them with essentially, no rules.  The new “rules” appear to be …
Discussion: The Register, MacRumors and Apple Outsider, Thanks:atul
Vadim Lavrusik / Mashable!:
Google News and Why Human Editors Still Matter  —  After years of having its news generated by algorithms, Google News is testing a new “Editor's Pick” section with publishers, enabling them to select and promote specific content to users.  —  The new feature — a module of content …
RELATED:
Brad Stone / Bits:
Google News Gives News Orgs a Chance to Stand Out
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
ITC to probe Apple for HTC patent infringement  —  (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel will investigate allegations made by HTC Corp that Apple infringes its technology, as HTC seeks to win a ban on the U.S. sale of iPhones, iPads and iPods.  —  The International Trade Commission said in a brief notice …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Google wants to face single mega-lawsuit over WiFi snafu  —  Google is attempting to consolidate the growing number of lawsuits against the company as a result of its “accidental” WiFi data collection.  Meanwhile, a privacy group has analyzed an independent analysis of the situation …
Discussion: CNET News and PC World
RELATED:
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Exclusive: Twitter's Next Moneymaker-"Promoted Trends"  —  Twitter is beginning to roll out its ad platform, which allows advertisers to insert messages into users' streams.  But the microblogging service already has an idea for a new product: Selling some of the real estate dedicated to its …
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Cisco gets into the social network business with Quad  —  Does the world really need another business social network?  Apparently Cisco thinks so, because it plans to release one later this year.  The company has been revealing more details of the new product, called Quad …
Discussion: Computerworld and Techie Buzz
Thomas Catan / Wall Street Journal:
FTC Sets Apple Mobile Software Probe  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will investigate whether Apple Inc.'s business practices harm competition in the market for software used on mobile devices, people familiar with the situation said.  —  For weeks, the FTC has been engaged …
Cade Metz / The Register:
Google morphs Chrome OS into netbook thin client  —  ‘Chromotes’ legacy PC apps inside browser  —  Exclusive Google's Chrome OS — the operating system that moves all apps and data into a web browser — will provide remote access to “legacy PC applications” through a mystery process …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 9:05 PM ET, June 11, 2010.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
All new Zoho Workerly 2024  —  Staffing businesses around the world face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing their temporary workforce.  With a constantly shifting job market and changing staffing needs …
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Alexei Oreskovic / MediaFile:
DoubleClick's Rosenblatt in group shopping start-up
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Finland Plans To Decriminalize Open WiFi
Discussion: Wi-Fi Networking News
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Mobile Uploads Spurs Facebook Video Growth
Discussion: Inside Facebook
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
How Much Is a Facebook Fan Really Worth?
Thanks:filos
JP Manninen / VentureBeat:
Report: Location check-in services are riddled with bugs
Discussion: p2pnet and Appletell
Allie Townsend / Techland:
Hey Google Maps, Why Is Randolph, VT In A Lake?
 Earlier Items: 
Eric T. Peterson / Twitalyzer:
Our thoughts on Twitter buying Dabble DB
Nicholas Carlson / The Wire:
Yahoo News Loses Top Spot To CNN - Here's Why (YHOO, TWX, AOL)
Martyn Williams / Computerworld:
North Korea moves quietly onto the Internet
Discussion: The Next Web and Tech Eye
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
What's Up With Foursquare, Doc?  Try a Bridge Investment, Facebook Talks and More!
Ben Patterson / Yahoo! News:
Trade-in sites offering up to $320 for old iPhones
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Motorola And RIM Make Peace, End All Outstanding Litigation Worldwide