Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:05 AM ET, July 14, 2010

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Erica Ogg / CNET News:
Analyst: iPhone 4 recall would cost $1.5 billion  —  The iPhone 4's antenna design has been blamed for reception problems.  —  (Credit: James Martin/CNET)  —  In the wake of Consumer Reports announcing that it would not be recommending the iPhone 4 due to the much-discussed antenna problems …
RELATED:
Consumer Reports Electronics Blog:
Why Apple—and not its customers—should fix the iPhone 4  —  In our reporting and a video yesterday, we made the point that the signal drop that iPhone 4 customers have observed when they hold their phones the “wrong” way is real—and we've called on Apple to do something about it.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Total Recall Or Total Bull?  Some Perspective On The iPhone 4 Antenna Frenzy  —  Given the amount of coverage about the iPhone 4 antenna issue, you'd think it was the first sign of the apocalypse or something.  It's one thing for tech blogs to talk ourselves in circles about an issue …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Apple SVP Scott Forstall Just Signed Up For Twitter — But Why?  —  Everyone knows that Apple is an extremely secretive company.  Some would say to a fault.  But it seems to have served them well over the years.  That's why it's not surprising at all to see that none of Apple's key executives use public social networking services.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Starts Name Dropping In Search Results — Huge For User Discovery  —  Admit it, 99% of your Twitter searches are for vanity purposes.  You do it, I do it, we all do it.  And such a search revealed a potentially very useful and powerful new feature today.
RELATED:
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter's New Name Search Isn't For Buying Followers — At Least Not Yet
Discussion: Go Rumors, Download Squad and ReadWriteWeb, Thanks:bobcaswell
Ray Beckerman / Recording Industry vs The People:
Ha ha ha ha ha.  RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 2008 to recover only $391,000!!!  —  The RIAA's “business plan” is even worse than I'd guessed it was.  —  The RIAA paid Holmes Roberts & Owen $9,364,901 in 2008, Jenner & Block more than $7,000,000, and Cravath Swain & Moore $1.25 million …
Minnie Ingersoll / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing our Google Fiber for Communities website  —  In February we announced our plans to build experimental, ultra-high speed broadband networks.  Over the past several months, our team's been hard at work reviewing the nearly 1,100 community responses to our request for information …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Squarespace Gets $38M to Compete With WordPress and Six Apart  —  Squarespace, a hosted content service that competes with companies such as WordPress (see disclosure below) has closed a $38-million financing round from two leading technology VCs — Accel Partners and Index Ventures …
Boy Genius Report:
Exclusive: Verizon Wireless Summer device catalog leaked  —  One of our Verizon Wireless connects sent us in a pretty nice document just moments ago... It's Verizon Wireless' summer device catalog, and we have it in its entirety.  What's most surprising is the inclusion of the Motorola Droid 2 …
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Facebook to write “new chapter” of its mobile strategy  —  Facebook is going to go beyond rolling out standalone applications for iPhones, Google Android devices or feature phones and start considering itself a platform for developers to distribute mobile apps with.  —  “Where we're going from here is a platform strategy.
RELATED:
Marin Perez / IntoMobile:
Facebook: ‘We really see mobile as the future’
Discussion: CIO.com
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Old Spice Man Answers Tweets On YouTube—Ropes In Kevin Rose, Alyssa Milano, And Justine Bateman  —  What if commercials really did talk to you?  What if a familiar spokesperson addressed you by name and responded to your thoughts and feelings.  In what is definitely one of the more creative …
Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
Reports: alleged 12th Russian spy worked at Microsoft  —  The Russian spy ring scandal is rippling through the Seattle technology community.  News reports indicate an alleged 12th Russian spy, identified as Alexey Karetnikov, worked at Microsoft and lived in Redmond.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
It's a Small World After All: Facebook's Russian Investor-Who Just Got $300 Million From a Chinese Investor-Nabs $380 Million More From a South African Investor  —  Naspers, a South African international media group said one of its subsidiaries was taking a nearly 30 percent stake in Digital Sky Technologies.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Amazon's MP3 Store On Hiring Spree, May Be Planning Major Relaunch  —  When it comes to buying music online, there's iTunes, which is ahead by a mile, and then there's everyone else.  According to a recent report published by Billboard, iTunes accounts for 26.7% of US music sales …
Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Automated Debt-Collection Lawsuits Engulf Courts  —  As millions of Americans have fallen behind on paying their bills, debt collection law firms have been clogging courtrooms with lawsuits seeking repayment.  —  Few have been as prolific as Cohen & Slamowitz, a Woodbury, N.Y. …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Rumors about OLED iPad resurface  —  Apple reportedly plans to launch its second-generation iPad, using 5.6-inch and 7-inch OLED panels, as soon as in the fourth quarter of 2010 with Compal Electronics having a chance to receive the orders, according to sources from component makers.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
eBay sued for $3.8 billion  —  (Reuters) - EBay Inc has been sued for at least $3.8 billion by XPRT Ventures LLC, which accused the online auctioneer and retailer of infringing six patents to develop online payment systems such as PayPal.  —  The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in the U.S. district court …
The Mac Observer:
Apple Responds to Psystar Appeal in Mac Clone Battle  —  News about Psystar's appeal battle against Apple over Mac clones has been thin thanks to the PC maker's move to keep its Opening Brief sealed.  Apple's Answering Brief, however, wasn't sealed and offers some insight into Psystar's tactics.
Discussion: TUAW, PC World, Macsimum News and MacStories
Lifehacker:
Opera Mini 5.1 Final Brings Pinch-to-Zoom and Improved Rendering to Android  —  Android: Opera 5.1 has left the beta tag behind, and its final release is a considerable Android alternative.  Along with the off-phone page caching that makes slower connections bearable, Opera's added semi-solid pinch …
John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
China's plan to use internet for propaganda  —  BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party has detailed its ambitious but secretive strategy for transforming the internet into a force for keeping it in power and projecting “soft power” abroad.  —  An internal speech by China's top internet official …
Discussion: Tech Eye
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Brings Picnik to Picasa Web Albums  —  In March, Google acquiredthe online photo editing service Picnik and today, the company is integrating Picnik with Picasa Web Albums, Google's online photo sharing service.  Picnik, which allows users to perform basic photo editing functions …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 9:05 AM ET, July 14, 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: 
Fred / A VC:
Some Thoughts On The Seed Fund Phenomenon
Discussion: BlindReason, Thanks:atul
Jeremy Wagstaff / Wall Street Journal:
A New Way to Outwit Internet Fraudsters
Guillermo / Clicker Blog:
How Much Network Programming Was Actually “On Online” This Season?
Discussion: USA Today and blogs.ft.com, Thanks:oscalito
John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine:
Apple: Selling Ice Cubes to Eskimos
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
NPD: Early Office 2010 sales ‘disappointing’
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Brand Marketing Firm Involver Launches ‘AMP’ Social Media Dashboard
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
How your cell phone's autocorrect software works, and why it's getting better.
 Earlier Items: 
Addy Dugdale / Fast Company:
Google's Washington Influence Is Spreading, Some Say Too Much
Discussion: Hillicon Valley
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Intel has its best quarter ever, brings in $2.9b profit
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
“Millions” Of Home Routers Vulnerable To Web Hack
Lawrence Lessig / The Huffington Post:
ASCAP's attack on Creative Commons
Discussion: Techdirt, TeleRead and Boing Boing
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
BMW to support Apple's new iPod Out feature of iOS 4
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
AdMob CEO: Apple not enforcing ad restrictions