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Nilay Patel / This is my next:
The patent system isn't broken — we are — There is a fundamental problem with patents in the United States. — It is us. — By that I mean all of us: the companies and people who directly interact with the patent system, the media that reports on those interactions …
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Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Mango landing 1 September — Microsoft will roll out its latest phone operating system, currently codenamed Mango, to Windows Phone 7 users starting on 1 September, Pocket-lint has exclusively learnt. Therefore, that will be the date that the company will start its fightback against Android and the iPhone.
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
UK Govt. to meet Facebook, Twitter and RIM about their responsibility to not fuel riots — UK Prime Minister David Cameron has today made a statement in Parliament, following the riots that have plagued London and many other parts of England this week. — It seems that the Government …
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
David Cameron considers banning suspected rioters from social media
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Reveals Big Plans to Integrate Projectors into iOS Devices + — On August 11, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a grand patent application from Apple that reveals their plans of integrating mini or pico-like projectors into future iOS devices while introducing a likely projector accessory for MacBooks.
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Economist:
Slicing an Apple — How much of an iPhone is made by Samsung? — APPLE doesn't make the iPhone itself. It neither manufactures the components nor assembles them into a finished product. The components come from a variety of suppliers and the assembly is done by Foxconn, a Taiwanese firm, at its plant in Shenzhen, China.
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InfoWorld, Gizmodo, MacDailyNews and 9to5Mac
Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
Silicon Valley's Undertaker: 'We're Anticipating a Major Fallout' — As longtime readers know, we occasionally like to check in with Sherwood Partners in Palo Alto, long known to industry insiders as “the undertaker” because its primary role is to efficiently shutter companies.
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Venture Capital Dispatch, Epicenter and Lessons Learned
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Why the FTC is likely to hit a dead end probing Google's Android — Summary: The FTC is looking into Google's business practices around Android, but the probe may not yield much given the smartphone industry is so competitive. — The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly eyeing Android …
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Wall Street Journal:
FTC Focuses Probe on Android, Web Search
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Paul Ducklin / Naked Security:
LinkedIn ‘does a Facebook’ - your name and photo used in ads by default — I'm not a LinkedIn user - at least not yet, though I suspect that like many of my friends and colleagues I may eventually feel compelled to “be there or be square”. As a non-user I haven't been tracking changes …
Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Digitally Fatigued, Networkers Try New Sites, but Strategize to Avoid Burnout — WHEN Jessica H. Lawrence left her job with the Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council in Redlands, Calif., to pursue a new life in New York City, she arrived in late January without a job, an apartment or someone to keep her warm through the winter nights.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Seeking Street Cred, HTC Investing $300 Million in Beats Electronics — Taiwanese cell phone maker HTC is making a strategic tie-up with Beats Electronics, investing $300 million in the digital sound company and working to incorporate Beats technology into its product line.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Facebook: We Aren't Stealing Your Phone Numbers And Posting Them So Everyone Can See — Facebook has responded to a privacy scare meme likely deriving from a recent HackerNews thread called “Facebook has your complete phonebook” both with an official post on Facebook's Wall and a personal message …
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Bloomberg:
Nintendo's Mario Pressured to Jump to IPhone — In “Super Mario 3DLand,” Nintendo Co. will make its iconic Italian plumber battle turtle-like Koopa Troopas on its 3-D player. The company instead should develop titles for Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone, investors say.
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Cade Metz / The Register:
Google Chromebooks molt, grow fresh browser — Two month olds get new lease on life — Google has released a new version of Chrome OS - the browser-based operating system that first arrived less than two months ago - offering VPN hooks, 802.1x secure Wi-Fi , and what the company claims is a 32 per cent faster resume time.
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9to5Google, ReadWriteWeb, SiliconFilter, Google Chrome Blog, Liliputing and Google Watch
John Cook / GeekWire:
Daily deal site Zulily raises $43 million at huge valuation of more than $700 million — Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens in front of the company's expanding employee photo wall — Plopped in the middle of Zulily's Seattle office is a colorful cardboard rocket ship marking the entrance to the company's HR and recruiting department.
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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
IBM executive says PC era is in its twilight — On the eve of the IBM PC's 30th anniversary, Mark Dean says the PC era is on its last legs. As one of the IBM engineers who helped create the original PC, he is certainly qualified to make this claim.
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Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Why Zynga Might Buy Angry Bird's Rovio — Zynga walked away empty-handed last month after bidding unsuccessfully for PopCap, which went to Electronic Arts. — So what's next for the acquisition-hungry company? — What about an even tastier target: Rovio, the Finnish developer of the popular Angry Birds franchise.
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Joe Mullin / paidContent:
Google Tells ITC Judge: Microsoft Revealed Our Secret Source Code — Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has asked a judge at the International Trade Commission to sanction Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), saying that the company revealed “highly confidential source code” to an expert witness in violation of the court's rules.
Ingrid Lunden / mocoNews:
Gartner Q2: Nokia Still On Top Overall, Android Killing It In Smartphones — Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is losing its market share in phones at an alarming rate right now. But despite all the profit warnings, drastic strategic shifts, and massive strides being made by the likes of Google (NSDQ …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
August Capital, Google Ventures Put $18.5M In Online Legal Service Rocket Lawyer — More big money for online legal services. After LegalZoom raised $66 million from Kleiner Perkins And IVP, competitor Rocket Lawyer is also announcing a new round of funding.
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VatorNews, VentureBeat, NBC Bay Area and Pulse2
George Avalos / Contra Costa Times:
Google signs big lease at Sunnyvale offices that the tech giant could fill with 2,900 employees — In the midst of an unprecedented growth spurt, Google (GOOG) said Wednesday it has struck a deal to lease four Sunnyvale buildings that could accommodate as many as 2,900 employees.
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9to5Google and The Next Web
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
Even Mark Zuckerberg Gets Annoyed With Spammy Facebook Apps, Does Not Think Dave Morin is ‘Chill’ — Downside of having a technology company once completely beloved but now that everyone's more than ready to delete their account from? Watching it grow large enough to actually find yourself …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Hulu Bids Expected Next Week — Quick update on the Hulu auction: Would-be buyers are expected to offer up their initial bids by the end of next week, according to people familiar with the company. — That will end the first step of a sales process that began in late June …
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Amir Efrati / Digits:
Today's Weather Channel Forecast: a Chance of Tweets — Twitter has a new way to make money from the online messages known as tweets, courtesy of The Weather Channel. — The online-messaging service on Thursday will begin to give TWC access to users' tweets about local weather, according to the companies.
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Cliff Kuang / Co. Design:
Infographic Of The Day: Google's Hotel Finder Is D.O.A. — Travel booking, more than most industries, is primed for a game-changing disruption. Consider: Orbitz, Travelocity, and Hotwire have all merely rearranged the deck chairs on a pretty crappy user experience.
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Google Maps Mania and FlowingData
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Sifteo launches intelligent blocks as a new form of entertainment — Sifteo, a table-top game startup, is announcing today that it has begun selling intelligent blocks known as Sifteo Cubes. These devices are like little dominoes with displays on one side.
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