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May 25, 2012, 5:50 PM

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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Exclusive: HP's webOS Enyo team is going to Google — The HP team responsible for Enyo — webOS's HTML5-based application framework that debuted on the TouchPad — will be leaving the company and starting at Google shortly, The Verge has learned. What this means for the future of Open webOS is unclear …

James Kendrick / ZDNet:

RIP webOS: Again and for good this time

More: Techland and PadGadget

Scott Lowe / The Verge:

Apple introduces ‘editors’ choice' and free ‘app of the week’ on the Mac App Store and iTunes — Apparently we weren't the only ones excited about the release of Cobook, as today Apple began promoting the intelligent contact manager on the Mac App Store with its new “editors' choice” branding.

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

App Store's new sections still don't solve discovery problems

More: Apple Bitch, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge and iPhone

Nate Lanxon / Wired.co.uk:

Microsoft to offer 80-inch Windows 8 tablets for offices — “Steve Ballmer has an 80-inch Windows 8 tablet in his office. He's got rid of his phone, he's got rid of his note paper. It's touch-enabled and it's hung on his wall.” — This description of the Microsoft CEO's workspace …

More: PC World, LAPTOP Magazine, GeekWire, VentureBeat, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, The Verge, Business Insider, Gizmodo UK, Know Your Mobile, I4U News, Network World and iDownloadBlog.com

Brad Sams / Neowin:

This is Dell's Windows 8 tablet

Tom Warren / The Verge:

First video sample from Google's Project Glass — Although we're still not sure exactly how Google's Project Glass wearable glasses work, the company has been testing them in very public ways over the past couple of months. Google co-founder Sergey Brin showed off the glasses at a charity event …

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Facebook to acquire browser maker Opera? Maybe. Here's what we know. — Juicy rumor coming from Pocket-lint this morning: Facebook is reportedly eyeing a takeover of desktop, tablet and smartphone browser maker Opera Software. — Citing an unnamed source, Pocket-lint …

Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:

The inside story: How Facebook panicked and botched its IPO — There's been a ton of coverage about the Facebook IPO disaster, but very little of it looks at the crucial point two weeks ago where things went terribly wrong. It's becoming increasingly clear that Facebook itself made a strategic blunder at that juncture.

More: Bloomberg, Kansas City Star and Business Insider

Tweets: @venturebeat and @nytimesbits

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy S III review — Everyone promises a better camera, Samsung actually delivers — The Galaxy S II set a high bar for smartphone camera performance, but the Galaxy S III has beaten it. Image quality on this phone is simply excellent. Full-resolution pictures look sharp and detailed …

More: Engadget, IntoMobile, Business Insider, 9to5Google, I4U News, 9to5Mac and BuzzFeed

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Odd That Microsoft Demands Google Take Down Links That Remain In Bing — We just wrote about Google's very cool, new copyright transparency tool, which lets you dig into the details of all the search takedowns that Google gets. As people start to play around with the site, some interesting things are coming to light.

More: Wired, BGR, WebProNews, Boing Boing, Softpedia News, Pulse2 Technology …, The Verge, GeekWire, Techland and BuzzFeed

Associated Press:

Google copyright report provides glimpse at online piracy, lists Microsoft as biggest target

More: Computerworld, PC Magazine, Techdirt, Out-Law News, Plagiarism Today, Search Engine Roundtable and TechFlash

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:

Reddit's Alexis Ohanian And Activists Aim To Build A ‘Bat-Signal For The Internet’ — Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act in January. (Credit: Alec Perkins) — The “blackout” of Web sites to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in January …

More: Digital Trends, Business Insider, Betabeat, SlashGear, SocialTimes, GamePolitics blogs and Daily Dot

Rocky Agrawal / VentureBeat:

Groupon is testing a payments offering to compete with Square and PayPal — Groupon is testing out an offering of its own in the increasingly crowded payments space, according to an email I was forwarded by a business that was solicited for the service. (Disclosure: I have various puts against Groupon.)

More: PC Magazine, Internet2Go, GigaOM, FierceMobileContent, Bloomberg, WebProNews, Business Insider and The PayPal Blog. Thanks:@rakeshlobster

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Absinthe 2.0 Brings Untethered Jailbreak to iOS 5.1.1 Devices Including New iPad — Chronic Dev Team today announced the release of Absinthe 2.0, which offers users the ability to jailbreak numerous iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1, including the third-generation iPad, without having to tether the device to a computer for booting.

More: PC Magazine, greenpois0n.com, PC World, WebProNews, 9to5Mac and Softpedia News

Bloomberg:

Dell Said To Weigh Buying Quest To Add Computer-Management Tools — Dell Inc. (DELL) is in discussions to acquire Quest Software Inc. (QSFT), a maker of tools that help companies manage their computer systems, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

More: AllThingsD, The Register, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Reuters, GigaOM, ZDNet, The Tech Trade and WebProNews

Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

Yahoo Kills Livestand After Just Six Months — Mobile Newstand App Had Trouble Gaining Traction — Has Ross Levinsohn put his first stamp on Yahoo as CEO? Yahoo is shutting down Livestand, its mobile newsstand app, only a little more than six months after it launched, the company just announced.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Marketing Land and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

Facebook testing new “star your close friends” feature — Facebook users who logged in last night may have caught a glimpse of a new feature on Facebook. The largest social network in the world is testing “Star Your Close Friends,” an experimental feature that will ensure you see more of your closest friends' status updates.

More: Mashable! and The Verge

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Facebook adds ability for developers to offer tiny playable versions of games right in news feed — Facebook has announced a cool new feature for developers of games today. Feed gaming will allow developers to include a short sample of their game in posts that people share about it.

More: VentureBeat, Inside Social Games, TechCrunch and Facebook Developer Blog

Jim Duffy / Network World:

Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer — Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping. The Android-based collaboration tool, which featured a 7-inch touchscreen and was not intended to challenge more consumer-oriented tablets such as the Apple iPad …

More: VentureBeat, PC Magazine, PC World, 9to5Google and Cisco Blog

Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus — Look, Google, we've got a plan to help you win on social. There's only one catch: you have to give up the notion that animates Google Plus. — Out in the Mojave Desert, there's a place called California City that's fascinated …

Thanks:@alexismadrigal

Matt McGee / Marketing Land:

Tumblr Debuts In ComScore's Top 50 Web Properties — Here's another sign of Tumblr's growth: The blogging network/platform has cracked comScore's chart of the Top 50 U.S. web properties for the first time. — ComScore's April 2012 report credits Tumblr with 23.5 million visitors during the month …

More: WebProNews and CNET

Pino Bonetti / Nokia Conversations:

Nokia brings live traffic advice and geocoding to Bing — As you all know, our partnership with Microsoft goes beyond Windows Phone on our Nokia Lumia smartphones. We're also teaming up with Bing to offer the best location-based services and apps. — One of the results of this partnership …

More: Geeky-Gadgets, MediaNama, Bing, SlashGear, Engadget, My Nokia Blog and The Verge

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