Getting ALL your data out of Google Reader  —  There remain only a few days until Google Reader shuts down.  Besides the emotions1 and the practicalities of finding a replacement2, I've also been pondering the data loss aspects.  As a bit of a digital pack rat, the idea of not being able …

Apple Finds It Difficult to Divorce Samsung  —  Apple is finding that breaking up with Samsung is hard to do.  For evidence, look no further than Apple's effort to find a company other than ferocious rival Samsung Electronics Co. to make the sophisticated chip brains used in Apple's iPads and iPhones.

Facebook's outmoded Web crypto opens door to NSA spying  —  It's relatively easy for the National Security Agency's spooks to break outdated Web encryption after vacuuming up data from fiber taps, cryptographers say.  But Facebook is still using it.  —  A Facebook data center.

A Venture SLA  —  There is an opportunity for a new VC Firm to brand itself.  Recent brands in Venture Capital arose from transparency and founder-friendliness.  YCombinator gives new, young, technical talent an entry into Silicon Valley.  500 Startups does it globally.  Fred Wilson blogs the business.

Google Search field trial adds Gmail contact info to your search results, promises Google+ profile support soon  —  If you've already signed up to Google's experimental field trials, you might have started to notice people you know appearing within search queries.

Yahoo To Sunset AltaVista, Axis, RSS Alerts, and Nine Other Products, Some As Soon As Today  —  Yahoo under Marissa Mayer is taking a page from her old employer, Google, and sunsetting 12 products, with some starting as soon as today.  Included are AltaVista and other search products …

San Francisco Officials Suggest Significant Changes Needed for Apple's New Flagship Store Proposal  —  Last month, Apple submitted plans to relocate its flagship San Francisco retail store three blocks north, putting the new store directly on Union Square, the heart of the city's high-end shopping district.

How Do You Break Into iPhone App Store Top 50?  Try 23K Free Daily Downloads, 950 Paid, Or $12K In Daily Revenue  —  An iPhone app needed 23,000 free downloads per day to reach spot number 50 in the top Free charts in the Apple App Store, says mobile app analytics firm Distimo …

Google+ Photos gets an option to move images between albums, new Download button, and faster uploading  —  Google+ turns two today and Google has already redesigned its buttons and badges, but that's not all.  The service is also getting some new features specifically centered on photos.