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August 8, 2012, 10:40 AM
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Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wired:
After Epic Hack, Apple Suspends Over-the-Phone AppleID Password Resets  —  Apple on Tuesday ordered its support staff to immediately stop processing AppleID password changes requested over the phone, following the identity hacking of Wired Reporter Mat Honan over the weekend, according to Apple employees.
AllThingsD:
Samsung's 2010 Report Says Its Galaxy Would Be Better if It Were Just More Like the iPhone  —  As part of its case against Samsung, Apple has shown snippets of an internal Samsung document comparing the original Galaxy S phone with the iPhone.  —  On Tuesday, Apple managed to get the whole 132-page document admitted into evidence.
Peter Ha / TechCrunch:
Square Partners With Starbucks Raises $25M For Series D; Howard Schultz Joins The Board  —  It might not be the funding announcement we've been hearing rumors about but today Square announced that they've partnered with Starbucks.  But there's more!  —  Square will soon begin processing …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
The New York Times Is About to Say Goodbye to About.com  —  The New York Times' time with About.com may be coming to an end.  The paper has been looking to get rid of the struggling Web site, which produces high-volume, low-cost content, and has a deal in place to sell it to Answers.com.
Matt Hamblen / Computerworld:
Verizon Wireless reveals $150 20GB shared data plan, and four others  —  The high-end plans are available, but are not posted on Verizon's Web site  —  Verizon Wireless Tuesday revealed that there are five additional data tiers over and above the six tiers announced with its Share Everything plans earlier this summer.
TechCrunch:
Realtime Gets $100 Million To Build “Whole New Era Of The Internet,” AKA The Real-Time Web  —  Realtime, a technology developed by a company which has been around since the Internet's earliest days with the practically un-Googleable name “Internet Business Technologies,” …
Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
Up Next: Highlight (Or Something) To Crush Craigslist  —  Twas just a week ago that the NY Times argued that Craigslist was virtually bulletproof.  Not because it's anything special, but because they cultivate a false image of doing good while simultaneously bullying competitors with their lawyers:
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Groklaw:
SCO Files for Chapter 7: “There is no reasonable chance of ‘rehabilitation’”  —  SCO Group has now filed [PDF] for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.  They are in Chapter 11 now.  What is the difference?  Chapter 11 means you are trying to reorganize and survive as a corporate entity.
Mary Branscombe / TechRadar.com:
Microsoft is already working on Surface 2 tablets  —  Exclusive A dozen job adverts for “the next generation” posted online  —  Microsoft Surface: great design but there's more to come  —  The Surface tablets that Microsoft will start selling on 26 October at Microsoft Stores …
Reuters:
Analysis: EBay lures big retailers in Amazon battle  —  (Reuters) - EBay Inc, once a scrappy auction site for mom and pop sellers, is enticing some of the world's largest retailers by arguing it can help them compete better against e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc.
Natalie Apostolou / The Register:
Google ordered to destroy Oz Street View data  —  Privacy Commissioner demands seek, destroy, audit  —  The Australian Privacy Commission has followed the lead of its global counterparts demanding that Google Australia immediately destroys payload data which was siphoned by the SteetView wi-fi data sucking car squads.
Jim Louderback / AllThingsD:
The Bottom Line on Apple and YouTube  —  Normally, losing home page placement for an app on the iPhone and iPad would cause gnashing of teeth and wailing of tongues in the afflicted boardroom, along with wholesale firings and restructuring.  —  But in YouTube's case, losing that coveted spot …
Ron / WinBeta:
Windows Essentials 2012 released, comes with new Movie Maker and Photo Gallery  —  Microsoft has released Windows Essentials 2012, which comes with Movie Maker and Photo Gallery for both Windows 7 and Windows 8.  Movie Maker and Photo Gallery for Windows 8 comes with numerous enhancements tailored to the Windows 8 experience.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft Office 2013: Bye-bye add-ins, hello apps  —  Summary: Microsoft is looking for developers to ‘think different’ when developing apps for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 and their respective Stores.  —  In the new Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 worlds, add-ins are passe.  Apps are in.
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
IDC: Android and iOS now power record 85% of all smartphones shipped, as RIM hits 3-year low  —  If you own a smartphone, the chances are it is an iPhone or powered by Google's Android operating system.  That observation has rung true for some time but the two platforms have taken their domination …
Wendy Ruderman / New York Times:
After Delay, Twitter Sends Data on User Issuing Threats  —  Twitter officials have complied with a court order to turn over account information to help New York police investigators identify who threatened to carry out an attack like the Colorado movie theater shooting at a Broadway theater …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse's plan to fight AT&T and Verizon: ‘doing the right thing’  —  Sprint is feeling pretty positive about itself these days.  Most obviously, it dodged a bullet when AT&T failed to acquire T-Mobile, but since then Sprint's last quarterly results were better than usual …
More: AllThingsD
Alex Williams / TechCrunch:
PLUMgrid Raises $10.7 Million With Goal To Become The New Platform For Networking  —  PLUMgrid has raised $10.7 million in Series A funding from Hummer Winblad and US Venture Partners to build an operating system that serves the network as much as the modern x86 processor is the foundation …

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