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Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Sees Big Traffic Drops in US and Canada as It Nears 700 Million Users Worldwide — Facebook is still growing towards 700 million users, having reached 687 million monthly actives by the start of June, according to our Inside Facebook Gold data service.
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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: Why Microsoft has made developers horrified about coding for Windows 8 — When Microsoft gave the first public demonstration of Windows 8 a week ago, the reaction from most circles was positive. The new Windows 8 user interface looks clean, attractive, and thoughtful …
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@carnage4life, Thanks:newsio
Joe Wilcox / BetaNews:
Why did Apple choose Twitter over Facebook? — Apple will deeply integrate Twitter into iOS 5 when it releases this Fall, but not Facebook. Now why is that? Facebook is the largest social networking platform on the planet, with more than 500 million users, according to the company (Hell …
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Softpedia News, SlashGear, Electricpig.co.uk, Engadget and @howardlindzon
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BBC:
Spanish police website hit by Anonymous hackers — A member of Spain's Technological Investigation Board displays an Anonymous mask — The website of Spain's national police force has been briefly knocked offline by hacker collective Anonymous. — The attack on the site was carried …
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The Register, Softpedia News and Eurogamer
Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek:
Turkish Police Detain 32 Suspects Allegedly Linked to Anonymous — Following the arrest of three alleged “Anonymous” members by Spanish authorities on Friday, Turkey's state-run news agency has reported that police have detained 32 individuals allegedly linked to the hacktivist group.
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Computerworld, SlashGear, Techland, Security Watch, Neowin.net and Softpedia News
Electronista:
US rumored getting unlocked iPhone 4 Wednesday — Yet more rumors about Apple's mystery Wednesday update have suggested the US might finally get the option of unlocked iPhones. A claim Sunday afternoon has the unlocked iPhone 4 appearing at Apple stores in both capacities and colors.
Daniel Emery / BBC:
Personal data stolen from UK developer Codemasters — UK based Codemasters is the latest firm to be hit by hackers — The personal details of thousands of people have been stolen after hackers targeted British games developer Codemasters. — The firm described the data theft as …
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Digital Trends, Engadget and T3.com News
Lauren Fisher / The Next Web:
Only 30% of YouTube Users Skip Pre-Roll Ads — Youtube introduced a new form of advertising in December 2010, called TrueView, where they gave people the option to skip past pre-roll ads on videos. The news didn't seem too great for advertisers. Although it meant you only payed …
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Softpedia News and Pocket-lint
Christian Zibreg / 9 to 5 Mac:
Surprise: iOS 5 bumps up video exports in apps from 720p to 1080p — Media framework strings in iOS SDK have added a new 1080p video export preset — In addition to the newly discovered ability to render 1080p videos on A4-powered devices by scaling down high-definition content on-the-fly …
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Online Social Media, MacStories and Neowin.net
Vikas SN / The Next Web:
Anonymous' Operation India removed from Facebook and Twitter — After all the activities Anonymous carried out last week, it seems like the ‘hacktivist’ group is now on the receiving end of censorship from Facebook and Twitter. — Anonymous, which started its Indian operations very recently …
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Fast Company and MediaNama
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Camcorder Piracy Epidemic Forces Studios To Delay Screenings — While all kinds of piracy are a thorn in the side of Hollywood, when illicit movies appear on the Internet at the same time as theatrical releases, this particularly draws the ire of studios. — Over the past decade an awful lot …
Google Watch:
Ex-Googler Calls Out Google Infrastructure as Obsolete — In the latest of several thoughtful blog posts from ex-Googlers about why they left, Dhanji R. Prasanna called out Google's infrastructure as, well, dated. — Prasanna may understandably hold a grudge as one of the many Australian-based team members …
