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September 23, 2012, 9:50 PM

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Source: Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps — Apple is going after people with experience working on Google Maps to develop its own product, according to a source with connections on both teams. Using recruiters, Apple is pursuing a strategy …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified and The Register

Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:

Apple Maps: Damned If You Do, Googled If You Don't — While still a teenager, my youngest daughter was determined to take on the role of used car salesperson when we sold our old Chevy Tahoe. Her approach was impeccable: Before letting the prospective buyer so much as touch the car …

More: parislemon, TechCrunch, New York Times, Brian S Hall, Weblogsky, Fortune, Tech Trader Daily and The Tell. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

How Ridiculous Is It That Apple Maps Redirect To Google Maps On The Web? — Yes, Apple Maps redirect to Google Maps on desktop, Android and any non-iOS 6 phones when you share your location. Womp. Obviously this is happening because there's no hub for Apple Maps on the web, but still …

More: TUAW, 9to5Mac, digitaltrends.com, Examiner, Decoding the new economy, Redmond Pie, VentureBeat, Josh Centers, Exploring Local, Business Insider, TechCrunch, CNET and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @bennycreative

James Glanz / New York Times:

Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image — SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt. — The company had been packing a 40-by-60-foot rental space here with racks …

More: Data Center Knowledge, CNET, The Verge, Neatorama, New York Times, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, PC World and rc3.org

Tweets: @cdixon, @qthrul, @karaswisher, @bobmcmillan, @nytjim and @jayrosen_nyu

Dan Woods / Forbes:

Why the New York Times Story “Power, Pollution, and the Internet” is a Sloppy Failure — In its story published today, “Power, Pollution, and the Internet”, The New York Times failed in its mission to accurately explain the important issue of improving efficient use of power in data centers …

More: Diego Doval. Tweets: @joshmedia

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

What Will Marissa Do: Yahoo CEO Zeroes in on Search, While Her Ad Team Eyes Tech Upgrade Options — It's been nice to see all the euphoria at Yahoo about free food and Apple iPhones kicking it up a notch. — But, purple people, guess what? Them's just your basic table stakes in Silicon Valley …

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

What Will Marissa Do?: Mayer Set to Reveal Her Strategy to Troops This Week in an “Act of Radical Transparency” (Internal Memo!) — On Friday, I began a series about the various and sundry things new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was up to at the Silicon Valley Internet giant.

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @rajunarisetti and @buzzfeedben

Reuters:

Iran readies domestic Internet system, blocks Google — (Reuters) - Iran plans to switch its citizens onto a domestic Internet network in what officials say is a bid to improve cyber security but which many Iranians fear is the latest way to control their access to the web.

More: Guardian, CNET, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, Guardian, nbcnews.com, AllThingsD, Neowin, nbcnews.com and Slashdot

Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:

Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren't Startups So Much More? — I think I've read Paul Graham's post on “Startup = Growth” three or four times now. And of course on Twitter I've seen the Tweets, ReTweets and superlatives on what a great post it is.

More: Oliver Thylmann. Tweets: @zaoyang, @eghosao, @msuster and @pkedrosky

Paul Graham:

Startup = Growth — A startup is a company designed to grow fast.

More: A VC and Howard Lindzon. Tweets: @dhh, @dhh, @professorvc, @mattrosoff, @robgo, @bill_gross, @eghosao and @cdixon

MG Siegler:

My Product Feedback — Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile …

More: Nick O'Neill

Mark Shuttleworth:

Amazon search results in the Dash — It makes perfect sense to integrate Amazon search results in the Dash, because the Home Lens of the Dash should let you find *anything* anywhere. Over time, we'll make the Dash smarter and smarter, so you can just ask for whatever you want, and it will Just Work.

More: Launchpad Bugs, ZDNet, OMG!, Slashdot, OMG! and Benjamin Kerensa

Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:

Craigslist, 3taps & The Court Battle For The Soul Of Public Data — Who owns the kind of information collected by Craigslist? The classifieds site has staked its claim in a series of lawsuits against apartment listings mapper PadMapper and Craigslist data scraper 3taps.

More: TechCrunch. Thanks:@rwwmike

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