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10:15 AM ET, July 22, 2011

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Danny Sullivan / Google+:
Open Letter To Google+ On The Subject Of Brand Pages  —  Hey Google, I'd say I know you're all new to the social game and should be forgiven that you have messed up with how to handle brands here so badly.  Except, you're not new.  —  For one, you know that Twitter and Facebook both support brands …
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Christian Oestlien / Google+:
Here is a quick update on Google+ and businesses:  —  A few weeks ago we mentioned we would be doing a test of business profiles and asked people interested to apply.  Believe it or not we actually had tens of thousands of businesses, charities, and other organizations apply to take part from all over the world.
Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Consider Making an Offer for Hulu Online Television Service  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) is considering making a bid for the Hulu online video service, according to two people with knowledge of the auction.  —  Apple is in early talks that may lead to an acquisition offer for Los Angeles-based Hulu …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Don't Hold Your Breath on That Apple Hulu Deal
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge criticizes Google and Oracle at hearing  —  (Reuters) - Both Oracle Corp and Google Inc have taken unreasonable positions on the scale of damages involved in a high stakes patent battle over the Android operating system, a U.S. judge said in court.  —  “You're both asking for the moon …
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Oracle gets to depose Google CEO Larry Page for two hours on willful patent infringement, value of Android
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
Google Says It Rejected $100 Million Java Deal From Sun in Patent Trial
Discussion: eWeek
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Google+ Games Stream confirmed  —  Google's help pages for Google+ have officially confirmed the upcoming Games Stream, a place where results from what will presumably be social-style gaming on the new network will be pulled together.  “If you're looking for updates shared from games …
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Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Soon-to-Debut Google+ Games Will Hit Facebook Where it Hurts: The Pocketbook
Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Customers angry, staff defiant at China's fake Apple Store  —  (Reuters) - Customers at an Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming berated staff and demanded refunds on Friday after the shop was revealed to be an elaborate fake, sparking a media and Internet frenzy.
Discussion: Gizmodo, I4U News and TechFlash
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results  —  REDMOND, Wash. — Jul. 21, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $17.37 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, an 8% increase from the same period of the prior year.
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Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
Anybody Who Thinks Microsoft Is Going Out Of Business Is Nuts — Here's Why
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Yes, Google Chrome Built For OS X Lion Is Coming — But It Will Take Time  —  Like just about every other Mac user in the world, yesterday I upgraded my machines to OS X Lion.  It's great.  But perhaps the most annoying quirk is that Google Chrome, my browser of choice, isn't so great on it.
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Apple:
Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Justin Bieber Takes A Picture Of Traffic, Instagram Usage Explodes  —  A few minutes ago, the Instagram team noticed their servers blowing up.  What happened?  Were they under attack?  DDoS?  No.  —  Bieber happened.  —  Yes, Justin Bieber just signed up for Instagram.
iFixit:
MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 Teardown  —  July 21 brought us a bountiful harvest of Apple produce!  Today, Apple released updates to the 11" and 13" MacBook Airs, as well as an updated Mac mini.  Although today is an exciting day for consumers, it is a sad day for consumer repair.
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AppleInsider:
Teardown of Apple's new MacBook Air finds SSDs are replaceable
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Lodsys sues Rovio over Angry Birds for iPhone and Android  —  Today Lodsys has amended its complaint against mobile app developers and modified the list of defendants, leaving out one of the seven developers sued on May 31 (Vietnamese company Wulven Games) but adding five famous games companies:
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The iPad's Dominance of the Tablet Market  —  So this new report from the consulting firm Strategy Analytics, “Global Tablet OS Market Share: Q2 2011”, came out yesterday and made some news today:1 … Clearly, Strategy Analytics are talking about unit shipments, not sales.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Verizon: 2.3 million iPhone 4 activations; strong Q2; McAdam CEO  —  Verizon delivered strong second quarter results, named Lowell McAdam CEO, added 1.3 million postpaid customers and activated 2.3 million iPhone 4 units.  —  The company reported second quarter earnings of $3.6 billion …
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google+ Pulls In 20 Million In 3 Weeks  —  When Google Inc. launched its Google+ social-networking site three weeks ago, executives handed out sailor hats to the hundreds of employees working on the project, symbolizing their year-long journey to that point.  —  So far, the sailing has been mostly smooth.
Desire Athow / ITProPortal:
iPhone 5 To Use Bluetooth 4.0 Rather Than NFC?  —  Two months after Apple joined the board of the Bluetooth special interest group, the company launched the first truly mainstream Bluetooth 4.0 devices in the world yesterday, namely the new Macbook Air & Mac Mini 2011 edition.
Discussion: Geek.com, SlashGear and everythingiCafe
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Winklevosses lash out at Larry Summers over remarks  —  The Winklevosses are taking their grievances over a public tongue lashing from Larry Summers to Harvard University President Drew Faust.  —  In a letter to Faust that lashes back at Summers, the Winklevosses and their partner …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Places Stops Stealing Reviews  —  Google Places looks different.  It is cleaner, and there is a much bigger emphasis on user reviews and photos.  And not just any reviews from all over the Web, but reviews written by Google users themselves.  This should be a welcome change …
 
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Dana Wollman / Engadget:
Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month?
John Cook / GeekWire:
Zillow IPO sparks bubble worries, but here's what the pundits are missing
Thanks:toddbishop
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Google Alexander Calder doodle demos HTML5 Canvas
Cabel Sasser / Panic Blog:
The World's First Emoji Domain
Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:
FTC chairman backs national data security standard
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Microsoft Drops Into Social Gaming From the Cloud
 Earlier Items: 
Jay Yarow / The Business Insider:
Scoble: Twitter Is A Mess, And Jack Needs To Fix It Fast
Brad Stone / Business Week:
Google+'s Circle Logic
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple exploring multilayer displays for three-dimensional computing
Discussion: TG Daily and Electronista
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
More Than Two-Thirds of Google+ Activity Is Private
Discussion: The Blog Herald and Technologizer, Thanks:bobcaswell
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Tried To Buy Color For $200 Million. Color Said No.
 

 
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
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CNN:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dozens of Alden-owned newspapers ran editorials over the weekend arguing that Google's threat to cut off news in California “is a bully tactic”
 
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