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July 30, 2012, 1:45 AM

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

In Week Two, Marissa Mayer Googifies Yahoo: Free Food! Friday Afternoon All-Hands! New Work Spaces! Fab Swag! — Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer's second week is showing even more signs of what the company will be like under her regime. — In short: It will be just like Google from whence she came.

More: Mashable! and VentureBeat. Tweets: @mm, @michaelpilla and @greghertzke

Dave McClure:

Pink is the New Purple! Dear Marissa: Think Different. — I'd like to write a different Open Letter to Marissa Mayer, that plays to both her strengths, as well as those of Yahoo. It's a bit off the wall, but if you think it thru with me, I bet you'll agree with the strategy.

Tweets: @prtini and @jowyang

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New purported next-generation iPhone parts photos show fully assembled device — You'll remember that 9to5Mac was the first to show photos of purported next-generation iPhone parts. Since then, many of the details - including the smaller dock connector - were affirmed by multiple mainstream reports.

Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Disruptions: Innovations Snuffed Out by Craigslist — In 1995, a good-hearted programmer named Craig Newmark thought of a way to make newspaper classified ad listings simple, and in turn, people's lives easier. His free Web site, called Craigslist, quickly gained millions of users.

More: Uncrunched and TechCrunch. Tweets: @craignewmark, @mat, @parneetg, @markmilian and @nickbilton

Reuters:

Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told — (Reuters) - Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage. — Commentators on Saturday's men's …

More: The Next Web, The Next Web, AllThingsD, The Verge, VentureBeat, USA Today, paidContent, CNET, Gizmodo, Guardian and The Register. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Let's Not Get Too Excited About Google Fiber... Yet — Earlier this week, Google provided details of its Google Fiber rollout in Kansas City. To hear some blogs tell it, it's like the heavens will open from above and grant Kansas City blazing-fast Internet and competitive TV packages …

More: Zatz Not Funny! and PC World. Thanks:@eldon

Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:

Google Fiber Is The Most Disruptive Thing The Company's Done Since Gmail — Remember how blown away people were when Gmail launched in 2004? — Google Fiber feels like the same leap of innovation. It's been a long time since we saw anything like this from the search and advertising giant.

More: The Verge and TechCrunch

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Samsung Makes Another Case to Have Apple's “Sony Style” Put Before Jury — One of the key debates raging ahead of next week's big patent trial is whether Samsung will be able to present a jury with evidence that Apple's iPhone was heavily influenced by Sony.

More: The Verge, San Francisco Chronicle and PhoneArena. Tweets: @bigjsl

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Korea's KT Telecom hacked, 8.7m customers' data sold to telemarketers — South Korea's KT Telecom has admitted that hackers infiltrated its system to conduct a five-month long campaign which saw them grab and then sell personal details belonging to an estimated 8.7 million of its customer base, Reuters reports.

More: The Verge, Neowin, Reuters, Yonhap News Agency, ZDNet, Associated Press and MarketWatch

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

How to Fight iPhone Theft — Device theft has exploded. New solutions are on the way. Is the industry doing enough about ‘Apple picking’? — Police across the nation are fighting surges in mobile phone and tablet thefts. But can technology and blacklists help bring down the statistics?

More: Business Insider, TUAW and Slashdot

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instapaper for Android sees a 600% jump in downloads on release of Nexus 7 — The Nexus 7 is being talked about, that's one thing we know for sure. It's gotten a ton of press as a device that is so good it makes the case for small tablets in general. It's certainly one of the most well received non-iPad tablets ever.

More: Android Central, PC World, The Verge and Gotta Be Mobile. Thanks:@ener

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows Phone 8: a video preview of unannounced features — Most hubs have been updated with functionality. The built-in Maps app is now powered by Nokia and you can download maps to use offline. Internet Explorer now includes settings to allow you to change the functionality …

More: Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketables and WMPoweruser

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.”

Kurt Eichenwald / Vanity Fair:

Microsoft's Lost Decade

More: GeekWire, Guardian, Global Nerdy, VentureBeat, Pulse2 Technology …, Slashdot and Stowe Boyd. Tweets: @dondodge

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