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Matt Wyndowe / Facebook Newsroom:
App Center: A New Place to Find Social Apps  —  Today we're launching the App Center to make it easier to find apps you can enjoy with friends.  —  The App Center features mobile and web apps, such as Draw Something, Pinterest, and Nike+ GPS, and new apps including Jetpack Joyride, Ghosts of Mistwood, and Ghost Recon Commander.
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Facebook launches App Center on iOS, Android and the web, for socially driven app discovery  —  We've known it was coming since early May, and Facebook has finally started rolling out its App Center to users.  —  At an event in San Francisco which was advertised to us with the theme of …
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
U.N. could tax U.S.-based Web sites, leaked docs show  —  The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax targeting the largest Web content providers, including Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix, that could cripple their ability to reach users in developing nations.
Eric Mack / CNET:
Free iPads scheduled for landing at airports  —  Another reason not to make eye contact with anyone on the concourse.  —  (Credit: OTG)  —  If you enjoy the ritual of sitting down at your departure gate to kill some time with your iPad while waiting for your flight to board …
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Apple agrees to $2.25 million settlement in Australia over ‘misleading’ iPad 4G advertising  —  Apple has agreed to pay settlement costs of $2.25 million to end a legal case that accuses the company of misleading the Australian public over the 4G-compatibility of the new iPad in the country, according to The Australian.
Dancho Danchev / ZDNet:
North Korea ships malware-infected games to South Korean users, uses them to launch DDoS attacks  —  Summary: Seoul's Metropolitan Police Agency has intercepted a cyber attack plot orchestrated by North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, which successfully shipped malware-infected games to South Korean users.
Tim Anderson's ITWriting:
Microsoft, Windows 8, and the Innovator's Dilemma (or, why you hate Windows 8)  —  One thing is obvious from the immediate reaction to Windows 8 Release Preview.  Most of those who try it do not like it.  It is a contrast to the pre-release days of Windows 7, when there was near-consensus that …
Edward Moyer / CNET:
‘DIY streetview’ camera lets you be Google  —  The world is your oyster.  —  (Credit: Streetview Technology)  —  As Google takes Street View off-road with its new Trekker backpacks, German company Streetview Technology is taking the mapping technology in yet another new direction — DIY terrain.
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Facebook to reveal identities of cyberbullies  —  Mother wins high court backing after she received abusive messages about post on The X Factor's Frankie Cocozza  —  A mother has won court backing to force Facebook to reveal the identities of cyberbullies who targeted her with a string of abusive messages on the website.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
TaskRabbit Founder Leah Busque Takes Back The Reins, Stepping Back Into CEO Role  —  Leah Busque, the founder of TaskRabbit, the web and mobile marketplace for outsourcing small jobs and errands, has reassumed the role of CEO at the San Francisco-based startup.
Tweets: @annimaniac.  Thanks:@loyalelectron
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Dennis Crowley On Reinventing Foursquare: De-Emphasizing Check-ins, Digging Into Data, Moving Toward Revenue  —  It has been a big day for Foursquare: The New York-based company finally unveiled the newest version of its popular location-based mobile app, Foursquare 5.0 …
Dave Winer / Gizmodo:
What Steve Jobs Left Untouched  —  There were a lot of things Steve Jobs was right about.  —  Probably the most important thing he got right was realizing that you have to build a great stadium before you can invent great sports.  An example of this was the decision in 1986 to build every Mac with networking.
More: GeekWire, Macgasm and MacStories.  Tweets: @davewiner.  Thanks:@jesusdiaz
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Crypto breakthrough shows Flame was designed by world-class scientists  —  The spy malware achieved an attack unlike any cryptographers have seen before.  —  An overview of a chosen-prefix collision  —  Marc Stevens  —  The Flame espionage malware that infected computers …
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Verizon joins auto manufacturers to ‘accelerate development’ of connected cars  —  Verizon has announced that it's joining forces with some of the biggest auto manufacturers around in order to “accelerate development of the 4G LTE ecosystem” in connected cars.
Home Media Magazine:
Disney Implements 28-Day Embargo on All Physical Rentals  —  Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has begun delaying select new disc releases 28-days to kiosks, video stores and Netflix — a policy the studio started with the May 22 release of The Secret World of Arrietty, a studio representative confirmed.
Evan Rodgers / The Verge:
Nest Learning Thermostat now on sale at Amazon for $249  —  Just last week we reported that the Nest Learning Thermostat was coming to Apple stores, and now the energy-saving gadget has made its way onto Amazon.  Introduced by ex-Apple executive Tony Fadell, the Nest has proven enormously popular since …
Bloomberg:
Apple Said To Add Baidu As Iphone Search-Engine In China  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to add Baidu Inc. (BIDU)'s search engine on iPhones in China, part of a push to broaden its services and user base in the world's most-populous nation, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Lance Whitney / CNET:
Microsoft Office first desktop app to hit Windows 8 store  —  (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)  —  Dominated by Metro apps, the Windows Store has landed its first desktop program.  —  Office 2010 is now available through the online store, making good on Microsoft's promise …
More: Engadget
Caleb Garling / Wired:
Google Apps Contracts Steeled for Europeans  —  Google says it will update the user contracts for Google Apps — its suit of online business applications — to better comply with the European Union's rules on sharing personal data abroad.  —  On Wednesday, the search giant …

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