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July 31, 2012, 11:45 AM

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Dallas Mahrt / Hulu Blog:
Hulu Plus Arrives on Apple TV  —  Keeping up with the latest episode of Family Guy, MasterChef and New Girl on Hulu Plus just got a little easier.  And my living room just got a whole lot happier.  —  Hulu Plus arrives on Apple TV today.  —  To start watching Hulu Plus shows instantly, find “Hulu Plus” on the Apple TV home screen.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Hulu, Apple Finally Get It Together: Hulu Plus Comes to Apple TV, Lets You Subscribe With iTunes  —  Here's how to make Apple TV less of a hobby: Add more content.  —  Like this: Today Hulu Plus subscribers can finally start using the service on Apple's Web TV peripheral, via a software update Apple pushed out overnight.
Amy Willis / Telegraph:
London Olympics 2012: Twitter 'alerted NBC to British journalist's critical tweets'  —  Twitter employees alerted NBC staff to a British journalist's tweets and showed them how to file a complaint against him, the television network has revealed.  —  Gary Zenkel and Matt Lauer …
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
Samsung readying 11.8-inch tablet with ‘retina’ display, say court documents  —  Court documents made public in the epic Apple v. Samsung trial that kicked off in California today reveal that Samsung is working on a tablet codenamed “P10” that would include LTE connectivity and an 11.8-inch display at 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) resolution.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Stocks Up on Components for September iPhone Launch  —  Apple hasn't yet officially announced the fall event at which it is expected to debut the next iteration of the iPhone, but it's definitely planning one.  —  IMore was first to report that the company has scheduled a special event …
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Facebook introducing ‘save for later’ feature  —  Facebook is reportedly rolling out an update to its mobile platform that allows users to save friends' posts for reading later.  According to iMore, users will soon see a notification letting them know that they can 'press and hold anywhere …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Box Raises $125 Million Growth Round Led by General Atlantic  —  The reports that Box, the cloud-based enterprise file-sharing and collaboration service that's been growing like the mythical beanstalk in Jack's back yard has been raising capital again are true.
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube to Double Down on Its ‘Channel’ Experiment  —  YouTube has launched nearly 100 new online video “channels” so far this year, attracting talent such as actor Amy Poehler to create or star in original episodes that can draw new audiences-and blue-chip advertisers-to the Google website.
Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wired:
Samsung Product Chief: 'It's Unreasonable That We're Fighting Over Rectangles'  —  Kevin Packingham, Samsung's Chief Product Officer, at Wired's San Francisco office.  —  Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired  —  The Apple v. Samsung trial that begins in a San Jose federal courtroom on Monday …
More: PhoneArenaThanks:@strngwys
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
IPhone's Russian Carrier Blames ‘Dictatorship’ For $1,000 Price  —  OAO Mobile TeleSystems (MTSS), the iPhone's biggest wireless carrier in Russia, criticized Apple Inc. (AAPL) for not cutting the device's $1,000-plus price in the country and being too strict about how it's sold.
Howard Lindzon:
The Twitter Hijacking of Stocktwits $ ...The Cashtag  —  It's interesting that Twitter has hijacked our creation of $TICKER ie.  $AAPL.  It only took four years to ‘fill’ this hole, though a few months back they told me in a detailed email it was not a hole they wanted to fill.
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Spotify launches unlimited free radio for Android users in the US  —  About a month after Spotify launched its unlimited free radio feature for iOS users in the US, the company today announced the same deal for Android users.  This is the first time Spotify has allowed Android users to listen …
Kristen Nicole / SiliconANGLE:
Siri Meets Foursquare with Saga Roll Out  —  Saga is not another Siri clone, per se.  It's more similar to Google Now and the recently launched Friday app, offering a utility that intelligently pins down data based on any number of metrics, most prominently your location, and displays it to the user with actionized intent.
DealBook:
Alibaba Is Said to Be Close to Raising $8 Billion  —  Some American Internet companies may be unpopular with investors these days, but a Chinese one is finding plenty of takers.  —  The Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce giant, is close to completing a more than $8 billion round of financing …
David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
One of Apple's Best Ideas Ever — Made Worse  —  I think the MagSafe connector is one of Apple's best ideas ever.  It's on the end of every Mac laptop's power cord.  It attaches to the laptop with a powerful magnet—but if anybody trips on it, it detaches and falls harmlessly to the floor.
Ben Popper / The Verge:
First insider trading lawsuit filed against Zynga after executives cash out  —  When Zynga went public in December of 2011 at $10 a share, employees and early investors were “locked up,” banned from selling their shares until May 28th, 2012.  But a select group of insiders got underwriters Morgan Stanley …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Amazon Lockers Available For Delivery In Silicon Valley, Too  —  It looks like Amazon.com is expanding its Lockers program, which allows customers to have their deliveries sent to, yes, nearby lockers.  —  The idea was first reported last fall.  It may seem like an inconvenient alternative …
More: The Verge
Christopher Soghoian / slight paranoia:
Tech journalists: Stop hyping unproven security tools  —  Preface: Although this essay compares the media's similar hyping of Haystack and Cryptocat, the tools are, at a technical level, in no way similar.  Haystack was at best, snake oil, peddled by a charlatan.
Tweets: @ioerror
Alexandra Chang / Wired:
Obama Campaign Launches iOS App to Support Re-Election Effort  —  Get state-by-state issues (left) and canvass your neighborhood (right) in the Obama for America app.  Image: Obama for America  —  With the 2012 election less than 100 days away — 98 days, to be exact …

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