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June 8, 2012, 4:35 AM
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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 …
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 …
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
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.
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
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 …
bitly blog:
Speedier Shortening  —  We mean it when we say we've been reading all your tweets and emails.  And we're listening!  In the week since our release, we're already making adjustments, so that saving and shortening links in the new bitly is a whole lot easier.
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
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.
Dalton Caldwell:
“RIP Good Times”: Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis  —  Not too long ago, I found myself sitting in the second row of a conference room, anxiously scribbling notes, at what is now known as the “RIP Good Times” presentation.  The presentation has become a cultural touchstone of modern-era silicon valley.
Tweets: @hunterwalk
Lauren Landry / BostInno:
Dell Announces a New $100M Credit Fund for Entrepreneurs to Spark Startup Growth & Innovation … Entrepreneurs are constantly grappling with money — how to raise it, how to make it and how to, potentially, survive without it.  Yet, Dell has taken one big step toward solving every startup's qualms today.
Kristin Jones / Wall Street Journal:
Best Buy Founder Resigns, Explores Options for Stake  —  Best Buy Co. founder and largest individual shareholder Richard Schulze resigned as chairman and a director and said he intends to explore options for his 20.1% stake, a move that could make the electronics retailer a takeover candidate.
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 …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
The New iPad's Closest Competitor?  The Old iPad.  —  During Apple's last earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said the iPad 2′s new lower price point was unlocking demand among price-sensitive customers.  So how is it selling?  —  Very well, turns out.  —  According to new data …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Hark Strikes A Deal With Universal To Bring Your Favorite Movie Sound Bites Online  —  Hark, the online repository for audio clips, is getting more studio content Thursday, with a deal that will bring sound bites from Universal's film library online.  Hark will get access to about 100 Universal films …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Camera+ sells 8M copies in 2 years, declines Adobe, Google, Zynga and Twitter acquisition offers  —  The super popular camera replacement app Camera+ has sold its 8 millionth copy on the two-year anniversary of its announcement, reports developer Taptaptap.  Camera+ has held a unique success …

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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