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September 23, 2012, 3:20 PM

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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: Redmond Pie, CNET and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @bennycreative

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: New York Times, brian s hall, Tech Trader Daily, Weblogsky, The Tell and NYT Bits. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Mike Dobson / Exploring Local:

Google Maps announces a 400 year advantage over Apple Maps — I had a call from Marc Prioleau of Prioleau Advisors this morning and speaking with him prompted me to look into the uproar over Apple's problems with its new mapping application. So, this column is Marc's fault.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Decoding the new economy, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Fortune, Josh Centers, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider and LAPTOP Magazine. Tweets: @cdixon. Thanks:@akovacs

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

TomTom: Don't Blame Apple Maps Problems On Us!

More: Examiner, Macgasm, PhoneArena, Wall Street Journal, Techland and Reuters

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Motorola Mobility (Google) Pokes Fun At Apple's iOS 6 Maps With #iLost Hashtag

More: PC Magazine, Business Insider and CNET

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: PC World, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Data Center Knowledge and Forbes

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

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.

Tweets: @pkedrosky and @msuster

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

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

Steven Levy / Wired:

The Indomitable Mary Meeker — There is no president of the Internet. But there is a queen. That only-somewhat-exaggerated sobriquet belongs to Mary Meeker, the 53-year-old financial analyst turned venture capitalist. Back in 1995, Meeker—then an analyst at Morgan Stanley …

More: Business Insider

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 …

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: OMG!, Slashdot, OMG! and Benjamin Kerensa

Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:

iPhone 5 Benchmarked: The Fastest Smartphone in the Land — The iPhone 5 looks to be the fastest smartphone we've ever tested at PCMag.com. — With its mysterious, Apple-designed A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is unique in the world of smartphones. Most high-end phones nowadays run …

More: Pocketnow, blog.chron.com, Business Insider, PhoneArena, iClarified, Softpedia News, MacNN, AnandTech, Computerworld and TechPinions

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:

The iPhone 5 Performance Preview

More: Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog and Screenwerk

Reuters:

Apple seeks U.S. Samsung sales ban, $707 million more in damages — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has asked for a court order for a permanent U.S. sales ban on Samsung Electronics products alleged to have violated its patents along with additional damages of $707 million on top of the billion-dollar verdict won by the iPhone maker last month.

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 and nbcnews.com

Andrew Bary / Barron's Online:

Facebook Is Worth $15 — Facebook's 40% plunge from its initial-public-offering price of $38 in May has millions of investors asking a single question: Is the stock a buy? The short answer is “No.” After a recent rally, to $23 from a low of $17.55, the stock trades at high multiples …

More: Forbes and Business Insider. Tweets: @joshconstine, @nikcub, @rishadt, @howardlindzon and @asymco

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