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July 3, 2012, 9:25 PM

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Bloomberg:

Here Comes Nexus 7 Nightmare: The IPad Mini — Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to debut a smaller, cheaper iPad by year-end, two people with knowledge of the plans said, to help maintain dominance of the tablet market as Google Inc. (GOOG) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) prepare competing handheld devices.

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Planning for 7.85-Inch ‘iPad Mini’ with IGZO Display Later This Year? — Claims of an “iPad mini” have been circulating for some time now, with a number of the reports indicating that Apple is planning to launch the device with a 7.85-inch display later this year.

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Vanity Fair:

Microsoft's Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant — Analyzing one of American corporate history's greatest mysteries—the lost decade of Microsoft—two-time George Polk Award winner (and V.F.'s newest contributing editor) Kurt Eichenwald traces the …

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Halberenson / Hal's (Im)Perfect Vision:

Acknowledging the aQuantive Mistake — Yesterday's announcement that Microsoft would write-down the 2007 acquisition of aQuantive raised my opinion of Steve Ballmer another notch. Steve makes mistakes, but he also owns up to them. So let's travel back and see how Microsoft got into this mess.

More: ZDNet

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Shutdowns Continue: iGoogle, Google Video, Google Mini & Others Are Killed — Google is continuing to shut down services which aren't core to its business - something it has been actively doing ever since Google co-founder Larry Page took over as CEO.

More: The Next Web, CNET, digitaltrends.com, GigaOM, Los Angeles Times, Betabeat, Computerworld, The Register, Google Operating System, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, The Official Google Blog, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, The Verge, Phone Scoop and Engadget. Tweets: @parislemon

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Google Video is officially dead, videos will be pushed over to YouTube this summer

More: YouTube Blog, PC World, Geekosystem, 9to5Google, Tips Needed and WebProNews. Thanks:@bradmccarty

iFixit:

Nexus 7 Teardown — Google announced the Nexus 7 at their I/O keynote on June 27, 2012. Five days later, we tore one down. Some are calling the Nexus 7 a ‘Kindle Fire killer,’ but can it stack up to the Fire's impressive eight out of ten repairability score? We just had to find out.

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Extra millimeter on Google Nexus 7 makes it more repairable than iPad

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Google, Samsung to Release Software Patch To Keep Galaxy Nexus on the Market — Google isn't taking a sales ban on the Galaxy Nexus lying down. — First and foremost, Samsung and Google have a software patch that they believe avoids infringing the Apple patent that led to the injunction.

More: Android Phone Fans

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Judge Denies Reprieve in Galaxy Nexus Case, Allowing Sales Ban to Take Effect — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to hold off on an injunction that prevents U.S. sales of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone, ruling that Samsung is unlikely to prevail in a patent infringement suit brought by Apple.

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David Friend / canada.com:

Research In Motion CEO leads march to recharacterize company's challenges — TORONTO - Research In Motion chief executive Thorsten Heins says “there's nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now” and he's confident it will get past its current challenges.

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

RIM CEO Welcomes Critics to Happy-Fun Rainbow Land

Thorsten Heins / The Globe and Mail:

RIM will ‘empower people like never before’: Heins

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Julie Bort / Business Insider:

Bill Gates Explains Why Microsoft Had To Punch Its PC Partners In The Guts — Bill Gates thinks Microsoft was right to build its own tablets and that Windows 8 is going to kill the traditional PC. — Gates was a guest on Charlie Rose last night where he talked about Microsoft's decision to make its own tablet.

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Kim Dotcom: Joe Biden Ordered the Megaupload Shutdown — When Megaupload was raided in January, questions were raised as to why the U.S. Government acted so aggressively against a company that seemingly played by the rules. — It's no secret that the MPAA provides the authorities with …

More: Ars Technica and The Next Web

Jonathan Hutchison / New York Times:

Megaupload Founder Goes From Arrest to Cult Hero

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review — Do UI refinements, Google Now, and a few new features add up to a must-have smartphone OS? Google's latest version of the Android operating system is here and will be rolling out to a precious few devices later this month.

More: Google+ and Pulse2 Technology …

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Ice Cream Sandwich passes 10% of Android installations, as Jelly Bean launch draws closer

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Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator — Suit Was Blatant Retaliation Against a Public Critic — San Francisco - Attorney Charles Carreon dropped his bizarre lawsuit against The Oatmeal creator Matthew Inman today, ending his strange legal campaign against Inman's humorous …

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James Brightman / GamesIndustry International:

EA is “going to be a 100% digital company, period” says Gibeau — EA's Labels president also tells us that NPD's monthly reports are “totally irrelevant” — Electronic Arts is one of the publishers in this industry that is at the forefront of the digital transition.

More: Washington Post, CNET, PC Magazine, Forbes, WebProNews, SlashGear, PC Gamer, Pocket-lint and VG247

Louis Goddard / The Verge:

Navigon for iOS update includes Google Street View — Hot on the heels of Apple's controversial decision to drop all Google Maps services — including Street View — from the default Maps application in its future iOS 6 release, popular navigation app Navigon has released an update which includes the feature.

More: MobileSyrup.com, Electronista, Cult of Mac, Macworld, SlashGear, App Advice, TUAW and Softpedia News

Herman Lai / M.I.C. Gadget:

Chinese Household Chemical Company Sues Apple For “Snow Leopard” Trademark — After Apple settled the “iPad” trademark dispute with Proview, the tech giant is facing another trademark lawsuit from a Chinese household chemical company called “Jiangsu Xuebao”.

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

New patent shows Apple is at least thinking about wearable computing devices like Google Glass — It's incredibly foolhardy to ascribe any concrete plans to Apple based on the publishing of a patent. The company is incredibly prolific in this department, publishing literally thousands a year.

More: Los Angeles Times, PadGadget, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile and App Advice. Thanks:@alex

Brad McCarty / The Next Web:

Get ready, Chrome users - You're about to start seeing ads inside of extensions — This is an interesting twist — We got an email today wherein Google says that extensions developers can now start monetizing via Google Adsense. The exact text reads like this:

More: Neowin. Thanks:@tnwapps

Peter Ha / TechCrunch:

Rumor: Twitter To Acquire Sense Networks To Better Target Local Ads — A good source tells me that Twitter is set to make its sixth acquisition of 2012 with NY-based Sense Networks. Terms of the deal are still under wraps but it is expected to go through this month. — Twitter declined to comment.

More: CNET

Florin / Unwired View:

Huawei's Emotion UI for Android 4.0 ICS goes live — Huawei first talked about its new Emotion UI back in May, and now the UI is ready for primetime. — Huawei has put up an official website (in Chinese) for the Emotion UI. The new skin works on Android 4.0 ICS devices …

More: TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, AndroidGuys, Android Phone Fans and PhoneArena

Emily Parkhurst / bizjournals:

RealNetworks CEO resigns, Glaser steps back into role for now … After only eight months on the job, RealNetworks CEO Thomas Nielsen has stepped down. Former CEO and current Chairman of the Board Rob Glaser will step in as interim CEO until a replacement can be found.

More: Computerworld, The Tech Trade, CNET, VentureBeat, realnetworks.com, AllThingsD, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire and The Seattle Times

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google+ Integration Comes To Chrome Web Store, Now Powers Social Discovery Of Apps — Just because Google I/O is over, that doesn't mean the Google+ announcements have stopped flowing. Yesterday, the company revamped its Google Places iOS app (it's now “Google+ Local” and includes Zagat integration) …

More: Google Chrome Blog, VatorNews, The Next Web, VentureBeat, 9to5Google and Pulse2 Technology …

Michelle Maltais / Los Angeles Times:

Student social media privacy bill passes Delaware Legislature — Delaware may be a small state, but it's apparently big on privacy for students. Late Saturday night, at the end of the legislative session, the state Senate voted unanimously to ban public and private schools from requiring students …

More: Business Insider and Law Blog

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Netflix Subscribers Watched 1 Billion Hours Of Video In June, Or More Than An Hour A Day On Average — Here's more evidence that Netflix is slowly chipping away at traditional TV viewing. According to a public Facebook post by CEO Reed Hastings, Netflix subscribers watched a total …

More: BGR, PC Magazine, Facebook, Pulse2 Technology …, Ubergizmo, The Tech Trade, VentureBeat and GigaOM. Thanks:@velizzaraptor

Zach Epstein / BGR:

Verizon Galaxy S III to launch July 10th for $199.99 — Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that the highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone will finally launch on July 10th. Following a number of delays across all U.S. carriers, the launch Samsung's latest flagship smartphone on Verizon …

More: Pulse2 Technology …, The Verge and Engadget

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