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Zee / The Next Web:
App Store, Hacked. (Updated: iTunes Accounts too.) — Editors Note: This article began with details of one specific app developer hacking iTunes users accounts and purchasing their own apps using those accounts - making it to the top of the iTunes charts.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Reports of ‘App Store Hacked’ Greatly Exaggerated — Earlier today a report on TheNextWeb claimed that the App Store had been hacked and that a rogue developer had gamed the system by artificially driving sales to their eBooks. The rise in ranks were noted by competing developers who thought …
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
Lenovo: Apple is losing out in China — Apple is missing a huge opportunity in the Chinese market, according to Liu Chuanzhi, the head of Lenovo, the country's leading PC maker. — Speaking of Apple's chief executive, Lenovo's founder and chairman, told the Financial Times …
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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
YouTube Hacked, Justin Bieber Videos Targeted. — Updates at foot of the post, including statement from Google. — In the past hour it appears YouTube has become the target of a hacker attack, specifically targeting videos of pop singer Justin Bieber. — Videos relating to the star …
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Richard Cunningham's posterous, Neowin.net, Fortune, Mashable!, Computerworld, GeekSmack, Techie Buzz and Slashdot
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
The poison of arrogance — Arrogance is the most toxic waste-product of technology companies. Past examples abound: IBM, AT&T, Microsoft... All their hauteur got them were expensive antitrust actions and customer backlash. Last week, we got yet another example of the insufferable behavior still prevailing …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
At Yahoo, Using Searches to Steer News Coverage — Welcome to the era of the algorithm as editor. — For as long as hot lead has been used to make metal type, the model for generating news has been top-down: editors determined what information was important and then shared it with the masses.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The $700 Million Travel Search Deal And Google's Shift In Strategy — Last Thursday, Google placed a major $700 million bet on a new strategy. It announced an agreement to purchase ITA Software, a leading provider of flight information (fares, schedules, availability) …
Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:
Adobe Flash from Android Ported to iPad [Video] — After porting preliminary release of Flash to iPhone, the guy behind Spirit untethered jailbreak tool for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has now managed to run “real” Flash content right on the jailbroken Apple iPad.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Happy Fourth Of July From Google With Rube Goldberg Doodle — Google arguably has the most interesting logo for July 4th celebrations of all the search engines today. Google put together a Doodle that celebrated the fourth of July and at the same time, commemorates the birthday of Rube Goldberg …
PewResearch.org:
The Future of Online Socializing — Overview — The social benefits of internet use will far outweigh the negatives over the next decade, according to experts. They say this is because email, social networks, and other online tools offer “low friction” opportunities to create, enhance …
Jeremy Wagstaff / loose wire blog:
Google and Penguin: Bookending a Revolution — (my syndicated Loose Wire column.) — As I write this two significant events are taking place: Google has said it will tie up with the American Booksellers Association—the U.S. trade group for independent bookstores—to sell ebooks.
Jakob Nielsen / Alertbox:
iPad and Kindle Reading Speeds … Many companies are betting big that electronic book readers will be one of the main ways people read long-form text in the future. However, such products will succeed only if the reading experience is much better than the misery of reading from PC monitors.
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
RIAA Warns 1 Million Copyright Infringers a Year — For years, content owners such as record labels and movie studios have been sending copyright infringement notices to Internet users. They hire companies such as DtecNet and BayTSP, who monitor file-sharing networks and automatically send infringement notices to Internet providers.
