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4:20 PM ET, August 8, 2011

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Charlie Kindel / cek.log:
After 21 Years: Goodbye Microsoft  —  Today I announced that after 21 years I am leaving Microsoft to build a new company.  —  I'm not yet ready to disclose details about the new venture but I can say I will be staying in the Seattle area to build it.  It has to do with sports, advertising …
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry  —  Microsoft veteran Charlie Kindel, who led the effort to get independent app developers on board with Windows Phone, is leaving the company after 21 years to launch a startup — but he says he still believes strongly …
Discussion: BGR, The Next Web and Pulse2
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
RIM's first QNX phone revealed: BlackBerry Colt to launch in Q1 2012  —  While Research In Motion just recently announced its new BlackBerry 7 device lineup — including the fantastic BlackBerry Bold 9900 — we all know that the real-deal smartphones are still in the oven.
Luke Wroblewski / LukeW:
On Twitter Acquiring Bagcheck...  Very proud to let you all know that Twitter has acquired Bagcheck.  As co-founder & CPO, I wanted to offer my personal thanks to everyone that was part of our journey, and share some of the technology and design lessons we learned over the past year in the hopes …
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Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:
Apple's rumored ‘Replay’ service a ways off  —  Warner Bros.' is one of at least four top film studios that Apple has yet to obtain streaming-movie licenses from, sources say.  —  The rumors from last week about Apple being “on the edge” of launching a cloud-movie service that would enable iTunes users …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Spotify's U.S. Score So Far: 1.4 Million Users, 175,000 Paying Customers  —  That Spotify invitation you scored may be a little less rare than you thought.  The streaming music service has already signed up 1.4 million U.S. users for its free trial, according to a source familiar with the company's operations.
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Sued over Fast Booting in OS X with a Patent linked to LG Electronics  —  A Floridian Company by the name Operating Systems Solutions, LCC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple for OS X's fast booting operation.  The interesting twist to this lawsuit is that the patent was originally owned by LG Electronics.
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Is a patent war between Apple and LG brewing?
Discussion: Edible Apple and The Next Web
Krishna Panicker / The Big Blog:
Lion Support & HD Video Calls with Skype 5.3 for Mac OS X  —  On the heels of our recent update to Skype 5.2 for Mac OS X, we are pleased to announce that we are making even more improvements to our Mac client with the release of Skype 5.3 for Mac OS X. Along with a number of fixes and improvements …
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Apple Launches $999 iMac for Educational Institutions  —  Apple has quietly launched a lower cost $999 iMac for educational institutions this morning.  The new low-end model is labeled “Education only” and is not available for individuals.  The new iMac appeared on Apple's Higher Educational online store early this morning.
Mark Cuban / blog maverick:
My Suggestion on Patent Law  —  It is easy to complain.  Much harder to come up with solutions.  Many won't like what I propose, but who wants to make lawyers happy anyway ?  —  The solution ?  —  1. End all software patents.  Don't make them shorter, eliminate them.
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Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:   Patents and Unions: When Good Intentions Go Horribly Wrong
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
I Am Jonathan's Starbucks Card: A Social Payment Experiment (With Free Coffee)  —  Jonathan's Starbucks card lives in Jonathan Stark's wallet.  You can download a copy of the card (shown here) and, when there is money on it, scan it at any Starbucks to buy coffee and, as far as anyone can tell, Jonathan doesn't care.
Discussion: Digital Trends, Pulse2 and FlowingData
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
How Your Social Data Will Power Walmart's E-Commerce Revolution  —  Walmart is planning to launch several new projects this holiday season based on the technology it acquired from the social media startup Kosmix back in April.  Kosmix's platform previously powered several services …
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Network effects: Social media's role in the London riots  —  In the wake of a controversial police shooting, Britain's capital city has been rocked by two straight days of widespread rioting and looting.  As with previous riots — such as those in Vancouver, British Columbia following …
Discussion: Guardian
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
How Blackberry, not Twitter, fuelled the fire under London's riots
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Google+ App for iOS updated to add iPad and iPod touch support, but no iPad interface  —  Google has today updated its Google+ app for iOS to support the iPad and iPod touch, two devices that the app would previously not install on.  The new update does not bring an iPad optimized interface …
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Barry Carlyon / @barrycarlyon:   Google+ iOS App claims iPad support. Its still at iPhone resolution :-(
Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
Non-Apple tablet PC shipments expected to grow 134% on year in 2012  —  Despite Apple's iPad shipments are expected to achieve strong growth of 55% in 2012, shipments of non-Apple tablet PCs in 2012 are forecast to see an even better increase of 134% on year, according to market watchers.
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook's News Feed Links Status Updates to Pages Even If Users Don't  —  Facebook is now showing a special type of news feed story that links to a Page when multiple friends post updates that mention the Page's name, even if they don't explicitly tag it.  The story reads “[Friend's name] …
Discussion: WebProNews
Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:
Fresh IPOs stumble amid market tantrum.  Is the IPO window closed?  —  It's day two of complete market mayhem.  Has the chaos closed the window for companies looking to file for an initial public offering?  —  As of 10:20am Pacific time, the NASDAQ composite index is down more than 4 percent for the day.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Syrian hackers retaliate, deface Anonymous' social network  —  After the hacking gang Anonymous took credit for defacing Syria's Ministry of Defense website, a Syrian group today retaliated by posting gruesome photos on Anonymous' embryonic social network.  —  After the hacking gang Anonymous …
Discussion: eWeek
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Feature: One month with Google+: why this social network has legs  —  If you're a stranger who follows me on Google+, you might think I rarely use the service.  That's because the majority of my posts have been limited to the seven circles I created for friends, acquaintances, family …
Discussion: Inside Social Games and TechCrunch, Thanks:bobcaswell
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Shopper Receipts Join Paperless Age  —  At an Old Navy store in Manhattan the other day, Fabienne Michel made a routine purchase of khaki shorts.  But she left the store without something equally routine: her receipt.  —  The sales clerk had sent it to Ms. Michel by e-mail.
Discussion: GMSV and Betabeat
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
The Startup You Want To Work At The Most Is Your Own  —  By now it is a common axiom in Silicon Valley small talk that good engineers are, at the moment, murder to come by.  While the most prominent talent battles have thus far been between Facebook and Google, I was curious whether …
Discussion: Profectio and The Business Insider
 
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Twitter Officially Switches: R.I.P. Old Twitter, Long Live #NewTwitter
Discussion: @twitter
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
MobileMe users who migrate to iCloud get 25GB of storage in transition
Xu Wei / CHINAdaily:
Unauthorized Apple retailers face logo ban
Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:
HTCdev.com offers development support for HTC phones
Discussion: TechCrunch, 9to5Google and AndroidGuys
Joe Brockmeier / ReadWriteCloud:
Amazon Introduces Direct Connections and New Identity Services
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Cloud Manager Okta Lands $16.5 Million From Greylock and Khosla Ventures
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Confirmed: Spotify Valued At $1.1 Billion For Global Push
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Joe Light / Wall Street Journal:
Recruiters Troll Facebook for Candidates They Like
Discussion: Friending Facebook Blog and Digits
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
After Much Ado, a Google Book Deal in France
Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
The BBC launches a new TV-friendly version of iPlayer
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Lightning in Dublin Knocks Amazon, Microsoft Data Centers Offline
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Photos show the cultural difference between Black Hat and Defcon hacker events
Discussion: eWeek, ITworld.com, CNN, Pocket-lint and Gizmodo
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Comcast Announces $10 Web Access For Low-Income Families
Edmund Lee / AdAge:
Is Dennis Crowley the Pied Piper of Silicon Alley?