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July 28, 2012, 8:25 AM

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New York Times:

Apple Officials Said to Consider Stake in Twitter — Apple, which has stumbled in its efforts to get into social media, has talked with Twitter in recent months about making a strategic investment in it, according to people briefed on the matter. — While Apple has been hugely successful …

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Tweets: @nytjim, @splatf, @eldon, @pkedrosky, @jilliancyork and @scobleizer

Jessica Vascellaro / @jvascellaro:

Apple considered Twitter investment > a year ago. We match nice @nyt story; describe timing differently w/@shiraovide....

More: Fortune and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @macgeekpro

Kurt Eichenwald / Vanity Fair:

Microsoft's Lost Decade — Once upon a time, Microsoft dominated the tech industry; indeed, it was the wealthiest corporation in the world. But since 2000, as Apple, Google, and Facebook whizzed by, it has fallen flat in every arena it entered: e-books, music, search, social networking, etc., etc.

More: Stowe Boyd and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @flyosity and @hunterwalk

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

You Have To Read This Blistering Response From Microsoft's PR Boss On Its ‘Lost Decade’ — We missed this when it was first posted, but it's so good, we have to post it here. — Vanity Fair had a big expose on Microsoft in its August issue about the company's “Lost Decade.”

Wall Street Journal:

Apple, Google Line Up to Bid for Kodak's Patents — Battle lines are forming in Eastman Kodak Co.'s patent sale ahead of Monday's initial bid deadline. — At least two groups are expected to bid on Kodak's trove of 1,100 patents, with a bevy of technology and patent heavyweights picking sides …

More: Techie Buzz, CNET, PhoneArena, T3 News, Neowin, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Google, MacRumors, Business Insider, Seattle Times, iClarified and The Next Web. Tweets: @dkberman

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple airs ad about the Genius Bar during Olympic Games opening ceremonies — During the opening ceremonies for this year's Olympic Games in London, Apple aired a new television ad. The new ad is strikingly different than any other Apple ad that we've seen air before.

More: The Verge, Fortune, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors and iClarified

Tweets: @stevekovach and @fromedome

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

RIAA: Online Music Piracy Pales In Comparison to Offline Swapping — In April, one of the RIAA's key employees informed a group of music industry insiders about the upcoming six-strikes anti-piracy scheme in the U.S. TorrentFreak received a copy of the presentation sheets which include …

More: Techdirt and Daily Dot

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy — “These illicit sites are among the culprits behind the music industry's more than 50 percent decline in revenues during the last decade, resulting in 15,000 layoffs and fewer resources to invest in new bands,” …

More: Techdirt, Neowin and Daily Dot

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Apple's Mountain Lion Off to a Roaring Start — Thanks to its easy download and low price, Apple's Mountain Lion appears on pace to be one of the most quickly adopted operating systems in history. — After just its first 48 hours on the market, Apple's new Mountain Lion already accounts …

More: Macworld, Softpedia News, Chitika Insights, VentureBeat, MacRumors, TUAW, The Next Web, GigaOM, Pocketables, CNET, Electronista, InvestorPlaceGadgets …, TechCrunch, App Advice, MacRumors and MacNN

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Bitly is working on an “Internet attention ranking engine” called Realtime — Bitly, the company that basically ushered the world into short links on sites like Twitter, is playing around with a new service, launching it under its “Bitly Labs” umbrella. — It's called Realtime, and is available at http://www.rt.ly

More: bitly blog, The Next Web and The Verge. Thanks:@alex

Jason Schreier / Kotaku:

Multiple Law Firms Are Now Investigating Zynga For Possible Stock Shenanigans — Bad news just got worse for the makers of FarmVille. It looks like a whole lot of lawyers are about to pounce on one of gaming's biggest companies. — Following news that Zynga insiders sold large amounts …

More: Business Wire, CNET, WebProNews and GamePolitics blogs

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

Government: we can freeze Mega assets even if case is dismissed — The United States government said today that even if the indictment of the Megaupload corporation is dismissed, it can continue its indefinite freeze on the corporation's assets while it awaits the extradition of founder Kim Dotcom and his associates.

More: Techdirt and Wired

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