Techmeme: The Art of Trolling: Inside a 4chan Smear Campaign (Adrian Chen/Gawker)

4:15 AM ET, July 18, 2010

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Official statement from Research In Motion in response to Apple's iPhone 4 Antennagate propaganda! — I hoped this was coming. Here it is. A joint statement from RIM Co-CEOs in response to misleading comments from Apple made Friday by Steve Jobs at the iPhone 4 press conference:

Farhad Manjoo / Slate:

Apple's condescending iPhone 4 press conference. — On Thursday, I hoped that Apple CEO Steve Jobs would admit there's a problem with the new iPhone's antenna and apologize for pretending there wasn't. I didn't get that apology. Not even close. Instead, in a defensive press conference …

Discussion: Raw Meat, IntoMobile, 148Apps, Electricpig, Apple Outsider, Scripting News, Computerworld, The Next Web, Boing Boing and TidBITS

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

Inside Apple's ‘black lab’ wireless testing facilities — It's not surprising that after Apple finished explaining the iPhone 4 antenna issues to the press today, the company wanted to go one step further and say “yes, actually, we do test the hell out of these phones before we release them to the public.”

Discussion: TechCrunch, Gadget Lab, iClarified, Daring Fireball, MacRumors, Gizmodo, LiewCF.com, Geek.com, IntoMobile, Bits and Laughing Squid

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:

HTC: Droid Eris complaints nothing compared to iPhone 4 — EXCLUSIVE: HTC starts its fightback against Apple — While HTC?hasn't yet come back with an official comment in respect to Apple's decision to highlight the Droid Eris' performance at its emergency press conference …

Discussion: IntoMobile, Google Android News …, Engadget and Mashable!

Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:

Apple says it takes 3 years to get a new cell tower in San Francisco — Lingering reception issues in San Francisco, Calif., are exceptionally difficult to rectify because the local approval process for a new cellular tower takes an average of 3 years, Apple revealed Friday.

Discussion: The Angry Drunk and Electronista

Paul Miller / Engadget:
Apple to give away free cases to iPhone 4 users

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
A Raging, Rambling Debate About Antennagate, Followed By A Fanboy Intervention

Discussion: broadstuff, MacStories, Daring Fireball and MobileCrunch

Steve Lohr / New York Times:

You Want My Personal Data? Reward Me for It — LIFE, as they say, imitates art. And the way things work commercially today across much of the Web recalls that chapter in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” where Tom cajoles his guileless friends into whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence.

Adrian Chen / Gawker:

The Art of Trolling: Inside a 4chan Smear Campaign — Last night, the users of 4Chan.org's notorious /b/ message board decided declared war on the lead singer of an obscure electro-pop band. More than 12 hours later, they're still waging it. This is how the Internet's worst trolls works.

Discussion: dygiscape, more at Mediagazer »

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

As Older Users Join Facebook, Network Grapples With Death — Courtney Purvin got a shock when she visited Facebook last month. The site was suggesting that she get back in touch with an old family friend who played piano at her wedding four years ago. — The friend had died in April.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Thanks:rawmeet

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

iChatr (Chatroulette) yanked from App Store, supposedly people ‘exposed themselves’ — Are you sitting down? You might want to go find a chair. Apple removed the Chatroulette-like app, iChatr from the App Store, because people were inappropriately exposing themselves? NO WAY!

Discussion: 148Apps, App Advice, Gizmodo and SKJM Blog

Declan McCullagh / CNET News:

Wikileaks editor skips NYC hacker event — Jacob Appelbaum, Wikileaks contributor and Tor Project programmer, speaking at HOPE hacker conference in Manhattan on Saturday. — (Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET) — NEW YORK CITY—A Wikileaks editor, deciding not to risk a confrontation with federal agents …

Discussion: Gizmodo, Gawker, Boing Boing and HOPE

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Is the Difference Between MySpace and Facebook Black and White? — Is the rise of Facebook a result of “white flight” away from MySpace? That's the argument made by sociologist Danah Boyd, in a chapter from a yet-to-be-released anthology (PDF link) on the issue of race and how it affects the way we behave online.

Discussion: broadstuff

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:

Gawker Media Deals Its Way Out of iPhone Search Warrant — A California court has granted the request of local prosecutors to withdraw a controversial search warrant against an editor for the tech site Gizmodo over its scoop about the iPhone 4G. — Prosecutors reached an agreement with Thomas Nolan …

Discussion: everythingiCafe and PC World

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