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June 21, 2012, 2:35 PM

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Twitter Site Issue — Users may be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. Our engineers are currently working to resolve the issue. Update: The issue is on-going and engineers are working to resolve it.

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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

HTC's Windows Phone 8 roadmap: ‘Zenith’ flagship, ‘Accord’ midrange, and ‘Rio’ entry-level models — After yesterday's official look at Windows Phone 8 from Microsoft, we've received some details from a knowledgeable source on exactly what HTC — arguably the most important Windows Phone 8 licensee right …

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Why Windows Phone 8 means the BlackBerry is doomed — Enterprise features and mobile device management may cut off RIM's air supply. — As Microsoft Corporate VP for Windows Phone Terry Myerson and others from Microsoft and Nokia took the stage at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco …

More: TechCrunch, Computerworld and Canadian Press

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Microsoft's secret weapon in mobile gaming: DirectX on Windows Phone 8

More: Gotta Be Mobile, CNET and Techie Buzz

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Surface: Between a Rock and a Hardware Place — Watching the Microsoft Surface event video, I sensed uneasiness. Not panic, but discomfort. Some will argue that I'm simply spoiled by Apple's on-stage polish, but Monday's Microsoft event struck me as rushed and severely under-rehearsed.

More: TUAW, Fortune, IntoMobile, PhoneArena, MacDailyNews and Business Insider

Adrian Covert / Gizmodo:

Microsoft Is the Most Exciting Company in Tech, Hands Down — I never thought I'd ever hear myself utter such words post-1995. But after Monday's reveal of the Surface tablet—complete with an ultra-thin, pressure-sensitive keyboard cover and the most discrete integrated kickstand ever …

More: Neowin, The Brooks Review and Gizmodo UK

Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:

One Windows to rule them all — As far back as the late '80s, Bill Gates has floated the idea of “Windows Everywhere.” The idea, as you can probably guess, is to put a Windows operating system on any and all devices with a CPU somewhere under the hood. At the New York PC Expo in 1997 …

Horace Dediu / asymco:

Who will be Microsoft's Tim Cook?

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft sends takedown notice to sites hosting Xbox 720 doc, including Dropbox — A massive 56-page document on Microsoft's “Xbox 720” plans surfaced on the internet over the weekend, revealing some potential ideas around Kinect Glasses and more. The document itself was hosted on Scribd …

More: BGR, PC Magazine, VG247, BuzzFeed, Destructoid, Pulse2 Technology …, VentureBeat, GamePolitics blogs, WebProNews, Kotaku, Neowin, LiveSide.net and GamesIndustry International

Erik Kain / Forbes:

Microsoft's Non-Answer On Xbox 720 Leak

More: Pocket-lint, The Verge, Ubergizmo and Destructoid

John Biggs / TechCrunch:

Confirmed: The New iPhone Will Have A 19-Pin “Mini” Connector — Although the form factor and actual size are still unknown, TechCrunch has independently verified that Apple is working on adding a 19-pin port, replacing the current 30-pin port, to the new iPhone.

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Sneak peek: This is Kim Dotcom's new Megabox service — MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom may have had most of his assets seized as part of his indictment for criminal copyright infringement in January, but that apparently hasn't stopped him from working on his next venture.

More: Ars Technica, TorrentFreak, WebProNews and Pulse2 Technology …. Tweets: @kimdotcom

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Motorola Mobility to Microsoft: We Demand a Royalty Recount — Here's a big surprise: Google and Microsoft beg to differ. — For months now, the software giant has been saying that Google's Motorola Mobility unit has refused to license standards-essential patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

More: VentureBeat, TechFlash, FOSS Patents, SlashGear, Guardian, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Pulse2 Technology … and Inquirer

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Review: The 2012 MacBook Air soars with Ivy Bridge — New Air may look the same, but performance has surged ahead in just one year. — Another year, another MacBook Air. Apple's lightweight machine has come a long way since it was first released in 2008.

More: The Verge

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Apps Rule! Wooga No Longer Distributing HTML5 Games on Facebook. — Wooga, a German-based social game developer, said it will no longer use Facebook to distribute its mobile games, after conducting a six-month long experiment on its HTML5 platform. — The decision is yet another blow …

More: Forbes and fiercemobilecontent.com

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Tumblr releases revamped iOS app with new layout, offline mode, support for high-res images and Spotify — Tumblr has introduced version 3.0.0 of its iOS app which features a raft of changes included a revamped dashboard, support for high-resolution images and Spotify, a new image viewer and offline support.

More: PC Magazine, The Verge, TechCrunch, GigaOM, VentureBeat and 9to5Mac

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Endangered Languages Project: Google Wants To Save 3,000 Languages Under Threat (Thanks Partly To Google) — Google, along with other major forces of our dot-com times, has played a huge part in making English the lingua franca of the Internet, but today brings news of an effort it's making to counterbalance that, at least a little.

More: The Verge, ZDNet, Gizmodo, CNN, Engadget, The Official Google Blog, 9to5Google, PC Magazine, Betabeat, Globe and Mail, Telegraph and Los Angeles Times

Michael Martinez / CNN:

New La. law: Sex offenders must list status on Facebook, other social media — (CNN) — A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking page, with the law's author saying the bill is the first of its kind in the nation.

More: The Not-So Private Parts, InvestorPlaceGadgets …, AllFacebook, WebProNews and The Next Web

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Twitter to expand advertising rollout — Latin America and western Europe to be the first to get promoted tweets as network ramps up efforts to generate revenue — Twitter has unveiled an aggressive expansion of its advertising products, with a rollout planned to 50 countries by the end of the year.

More: Mashable!, Bloomberg, AllTwitter and WebProNews. Tweets: @jack

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Enterprise Apps Worth $120 Billion This Year, Gartner Reckons — Spending by companies on enterprise software applications will amount to more than $120 billion, according to a forecast by the market research firm Gartner, which amounts to growth of about 4 percent over last year.

More: fierceenterprisecommunications …, Gartner, eWeek, Datamation.com, Wall Street Journal and InfoWorld

Kathleen De Vere / Inside Mobile Apps:

Android Developers can now respond directly user reviews on Google Play — Google Play developers can now write replies to user reviews of their apps, Google announced today in a blog post. — As of today, developers with a Top Developer Badge — a designation awarded to developers directly …

More: The Verge, android-developers.blogspot.ca, Engadget and The Next Web

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

NaturalMotion raises $11m funding for mobile social games expansion — British publisher taps Silicon Valley VC firm Benchmark Capital for San Francisco expansion — British publisher NaturalMotion Games has raised $11m (£7m) in Series B funding from Silicon Valley venture capital …

More: Social Markets, VatorNews, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Inside Mobile Apps and Develop

Associated Press:

RIM says first BlackBerry 10 device will not have a physical keyboard — TORONTO — The first BlackBerry device running Research In Motion Ltd.'s new operating software will not have a physical keyboard, only a touch-screen one. — The BlackBerry 10 software will be offered on devices …

More: The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile and SlashGear

Lance Whitney / CNET:

T-Mobile selling 16GB Samsung Galaxy S3 for $279 after rebate — (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) — T-Mobile users hankering for Samsung's Galaxy S3 will have to pay more than their counterparts on AT&T and Sprint. — The latest Galaxy S smartphone is now up for sale …

More: PC Magazine, Computerworld, 9to5Google, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, Bloomberg and The Verge

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

Opinion: EFF should call for the elimination of software patents — The group's patent reform ideas are a good start, but don't go far enough. — As recently as 2010, Justice Kennedy seemed unaware that software patents were controversial. — The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced …

More: GigaOM, VentureBeat and Techdirt

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Facebook will change ad service to settle lawsuit — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has agreed to allow users more control over how their personal information is used in its “Sponsored Stories” ad feature, part of a deal to resolve litigation against the social networking company.

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

ACTA fails to gain ITC approval, MEPs vote to reject controversial piracy treaty — The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been rejected by the International Trade Committee. Made up of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), the committee voted 19 against and 12 in favor with no abstentions.

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