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John Siracusa / Ars Technica:

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: the Ars Technica review — Apple's traditional desktop computing business has suffered many indignities over the past decade. Once Apple's flagship product line, the Mac first found itself playing second fiddle to the iPod—a mere music player—in the early 2000s.

More: CNET, BuzzFeed, Nieman Journalism Lab, GeekWire, Guardian, Hypercritical, PC World, Macworld, Marco.org, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, Macworld, TUAW, Inquirer, Mashable!, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, MacStories, ReadWriteWeb and GigaOM

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Mountain Lion — It seems like another era, but back in the '00s, major new-cat-name updates of Mac OS X were a big deal. They were packed with major new features, new built-in apps, significant performance improvements, and often sported refreshed system-wide UI appearances …

More: Computerworld

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

OS X Mountain Lion: Quick, Familiar, Cheap, And Drenched In iOS Goodness — Trying to write a review of OS X Mountain Lion is tricky. First of all, I had already written a review back in February, when Apple legitimately surprised the world with the revelation that the ninth iteration of OS X was just about ready to go.

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Apple removes Safari for Windows references and download links following version 6 release — Apple introduced its latest Safari 6.0 update for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion users today, but the company appears to have left Windows users out in the cold. An updated Safari page at Apple's site …

More: TechCrunch, Computerworld, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The H Security and Web Browser

Donald Melanson / Engadget:

Apple updates iWork suite with support for Mountain Lion, Retina MacBook Pro — Looking for something else to download once you're finished with all 4.34GB of Mountain Lion? Then you'll be glad to know that Apple has now also updated its full iWork suite of applications for the occasion.

More: MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear and 9to5Mac

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Launches OS X Mountain Lion via Mac App Store for $19.99

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Safari 6 with unified search field, offline Reading List released for OS X Lion, Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie updated

More: Gizmodo, MacRumors, Macworld, Engadget, AppleInsider, TUAW, New York Times, CNET, iClarified, Ubergizmo and The Verge

Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Is Twitter a Media or Technology Company? — If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, then it's a duck — right? — One question many seem to be wondering about Twitter: is this duck a media or technology company? — In a meeting at The New York Times offices in New York …

Tweets: @peterhimler and @nickbilton

Adweek:

Twitter, Hollywood Working on In-Stream Video Series

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Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits:

Twitter Is Working on a Way to Retrieve Your Old Tweets

More: Los Angeles Times, Computerworld, CNET, PC Magazine, The Technology Chronicles, Geekosystem, Search Engine Land, BuzzFeed, AllTwitter, Black Web 2.0, Techie Buzz, The Verge, Pulse2 Technology …, Business Insider, VatorNews and TechnoBuffalo

John Letzing / Digits:

Google Says Patents, Tech Were Less than Half Motorola's Price — Google put a finer point on the value it placed on Motorola Mobility's intellectual property when it agreed to buy the mobile-phone maker, saying in a regulatory filing Tuesday that $5.5 billion of the $12.4 billion price tag …

More: BGR, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, CNET, Droid Life, SlashGear, FierceWireless, The Next Web, Pulse2 Technology … and Techie Buzz

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Google Gets Scientific, Adds A Voice-Enabled 34-Button Calculator To Desktop And Mobile Search — Oh Google. Sometimes you're so awesome. — Google search has long featured a built-in calculator function but a recent update added a fully functional 34-button scientific calculator.

More: Engadget, CNET, Google Operating System, 9to5Google, Pulse2 Technology …, The Verge, Mashable! and Marketing Pilgrim

Electronista:

Good Technology: iPad, iPhone dominating enterprise markets — Good Technology has released its analysis of mobile device activations among enterprise customers over the second quarter of 2012. The data collected shows Android smartphone usage doubling, with Apple's iOS continuing to lead, with the iPhone 4S at the head of the pack.

More: eWeek, AppleInsider and ZDNet

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

No, Microsoft and Skype are not playing Big Brother — Summary: If all you have is tinfoil, everything looks like a conspiracy. But it's hard to work up even a mild case of paranoia about your personal communications if you actually read Skype's Privacy Policy from start to finish. — Follow @edbott

Lisa Richwine / Reuters:

HBO nixes idea of Netflix partnership — (Reuters) - Consumers who dream of watching HBO hits like “The Sopranos” or “Game of Thrones” by streaming to TVs using their Netflix accounts shouldn't hold their breath. — Netflix Inc CEO Reed Hastings raised the tantalizing possibility on Tuesday …

More: PC Magazine, VentureBeat, paidContent, Pulse2 Technology …, GadgeTell, The Verge and Betabeat. See also Mediagazer

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

EU regulators seek global concessions from Google — (Reuters) - EU regulators are seeking concessions from Google that can be applied worldwide to resolve concerns about its business practices, the EU's antitrust chief said on Wednesday, raising the stakes in forthcoming settlement talks.

More: Washington Post

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Pebble smartwatch to miss original September shipping estimate — The folks behind the Pebble smartwatch have been providing detailed, regular updates on their progress on Kickstarter every few weeks. The latest reveals that the color option which will be available to backers who joined …

More: MobileSyrup.com, GadgeTell, Gotta Be Mobile, The Next Web, Liliputing, IntoMobile and PhoneArena

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Ticketfly Gets Ready To Rock Sporting Events, International, IPO With New $22M Series C — Ticketfly is not content playing second fiddle to Ticketmaster, so it just raised a $22 million Series C with each investor chosen for a strength they bring to the stage: Northgate - sports, SAP Ventures …

More: VentureBeat, AllThingsD and Mashable!

Alex Dobie / Android Central:

Samsung kills local search on international Galaxy S3 in ‘stability’ update — There's a new over-the-air update rolling out for the international Samsung Galaxy S III (aka Galaxy S3 GT-i9300) this evening. The OTA message identifies it as a “stability update,” but what it also does is remove local …

More: PC World, PC Magazine, IntoMobile, BBC, Pulse2 Technology …, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, CNET, Electronista, PhoneArena and Pocketnow

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Apple's tepid Q3 results: What the analysts are saying — Stronger than expected iPad sales failed to offset disappointing iPhone numbers — FORTUNE — “It's a testimony to just how remarkable Apple's last few years have been,” wrote Daring Fireball's John Gruber, putting a positive spin on Apple's …

More: ZDNet

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Foursquare Launches Promoted Updates, Its Newest Effort To Generate Revenue — Today Foursquare is launching its version of search ads, Promoted Updates. — Promoted Updates operate like Google's promoted listings or Twitter's promoted tweets. They are pay-per-action ad placements …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, CNET, Forbes, Marketing Land, Mashable!, PC World, Betabeat, VentureBeat, The Verge, GigaOM, AdAge and AllThingsD. Tweets: @hunterwalk

Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:

Open-source Meteor takes a huge $11.2M first round; will Andreessen Horowitz get the cash back? — Meteor Development Group is building a technology platform to make building client-side web apps super easy and super fast. To that end, the seven-person team has just taken an $11.2 million round …

More: Business Insider, The Next Web, GigaOM, BetaKit, PandoDaily, VatorNews, AllThingsD and silicontap.com

Chris Dixon:

BuzzFeed's strategy — BuzzFeed's CEO, Jonah Peretti, recently sent out an email to employees and investors summarizing the company's strategy and progress. I really liked his email so I asked Jonah if I could blog it and he gave me permission. This isn't just the usual cheerleading email …

More: GigaOM and Business Insider. See also Mediagazer

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

NEA Has Closed On $2.6 Billion For Its 14th Fund, Perhaps The Biggest In VC History — New Enterprise Associates, the global venture capital firm with headquarters in Silicon Valley, confirmed today that it has raised $2.6 billion for NEA 14, its fourteenth venture capital fund.

More: GigaOM, Forbes, PE Hub Blog, Business Insider, The Next Web, VentureBeat, CNET, AllThingsD, Pulse2 Technology … and silicontap.com

Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat:

GoodData brings in $25M to supply Big Data analytics — GoodData racked up $25 million in a third round of funding for its big data analytics service. — GoodData offers operational dashboards, metrics and performance reports, data storage, analytics, and collaboration tools in a single platform.

More: TechCrunch, PandoDaily and AllThingsD

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

AOL Q2: Revenues Down To $531M, Lowest Decline In 7 Years; Traffic, Ad Reveues Up — AOL (owner of TechCrunch) continues to stem its declines, although it is still declining. In Q2 results reported just now, the company noted revenues of $531 million. That's a two percent decline …

More: Business Insider, Inquirer, Tech Trader Daily, CNET, paidContent, AOL, The Next Web, Business Insider, WebProNews, paidContent, VentureBeat, AllThingsD and Pulse2 Technology …. See also Mediagazer

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

With 4 million videos, YouTube now has the largest collection of Creative Commons videos in the world — It's been a year since YouTube launched its Creative Commons video library, inviting people to upload videos that could be repurposed and remixed for brand new content.

More: VentureBeat and YouTube Blog. Tweets: @hunterwalk. Thanks:@webwednesday

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