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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Eric Schmidt: Android-Apple Is the Defining Fight in the Industry Today  —  The fight between Google and Apple over mobile devices is great for consumers, but the patent wars that have resulted are awful, said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, in conversation tonight with our own Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
Casey Chan / Gizmodo:
Eric Schmidt Would Love to Be CEO of Apple, Doesn't Take Microsoft Seriously and Is Wary of Facebook  —  In an interview with AllThingsD, Eric Schmidt answered a fun question from the audience: If he had to be CEO again, would he choose Apple, Amazon or Facebook?  Schmidt chose Apple.
More: CNET and Softpedia News
Lance Ulanoff / Mashable!:
Want to Dispose of Apple's iPod Packaging?  Just Add Water  —  This is a first, at least from Apple.  A portion of the new Fifth-Generation iPod Touch and Seventh Generation iPod Nano's packaging is biodegradable.  Just add water and the EarPod holder dissolves.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Apple iPod touch review (2012)  —  Part MP3 player, part tablet — part point-and-shoot?  —  It all started with an iPod touch, a gift from my parents years ago.  I've since bought a half-dozen more iPods, two iPhones, an iPad, and a MacBook Air.  Somehow I'm sure Apple planned it that way.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
RockMelt For iPad: A Browser Built For Touch That Turns The Web Into A Feed So Content Comes To You  —  Surfing the Internet can feel like you're running in circles, constantly checking your favorite sites for updates.  The RockMelt team believes that content should be delivered, not hunted …
Simon Goodley / Guardian:
Facebook accused of taking UK for a ride  —  Figures suggest only 11% of sales in UK are declared, with company benefiting from basing its HQ in Dublin  —  Facebook has been accused of taking the British taxpayer for a ride after experts suggested the company had depressed sales figures …
David Meyer / ZDNet:
EU digital chief attacks Do Not Track ‘watering down’  —  Summary: Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes has laid into attempts by advertisers and marketers to override web-surfers' preferences when it comes to being tracked, saying the DNT standard is in everyone's interests.  —  David Meyer
More: CNET and InfoWorld
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Images Dominated By Pictures Of Romney For “Completely Wrong” Search  —  It's not a Google Bomb, but that doesn't make it less embarrassing for US presidential candidate Mitt Romney or Google, that a search on Google Images for “completely wrong” brings up results that are dominated by Romney's picture.
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
No Filter: How Instagram Caused Hipstamatic To Lose Focus And Gamble On Social  —  The inside story of Hipstamatic's struggle to keep pace in the white-hot photo-sharing space.  In part two of the saga, Facebook's billion-dollar acquisition of Instagram rattles Hipstamatic …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft's new Office Web Apps to roll out to Office 365 users in late October  —  Summary: As part of a SharePoint Online service update later this month, Microsoft will deliver the new versions of its Office Web Apps to Office 365 users.  —  Even though Microsoft officials said earlier …
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Google tweaks mobile home page with new hidden services sidebar  —  Google offers a host of apps for both Android and iOS, but that doesn't mean it is neglecting its mobile web presence.  The company often rolls out little tweaks to various services, the latest of which is a redesign of its mobile search homepage.
Mike Dano / FierceWireless:
HTC tablets fade from U.S. market, but firm keeps options open  —  SAN DIEGO—HTC has discontinued sales of tablets in the United States.  However, a company executive said the Taiwanese handset maker could re-enter the space if it builds a tablet that could “make a splash.”
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon gets FCC's OK to sell Kindle Fire 4G tablets  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to sell its high-end Kindle Fire 4G tablets, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.  —  Amazon unveiled the new tablets last month, but the devices had not secured FCC clearance.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
PC shipments to decline in 2012 for the first time since dot-com bust, can Windows 8 save the day?  —  The global PC market will see worldwide shipments decline this year, which will mean a drop for the first time in 11 years, according to IHS' iSuppli.  More specifically …
Kara Swisher / Harpers Bazaar:
Randi Zuckerberg's Media Company - Mark Zuckerberg's Sister on Leaving Facebook  —  In the summer of 2005, Randi Zuckerberg was 23 years old and ensconced in her dream job at the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather in New York City, when her brother, Mark, then 21, sent her an e-mail.
Thomas Gryta / Digits:
T-Mobile Quietly Removes iPhone Image From Marketing Campaign  —  Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile has removed the image of Apple Inc.'s iPhone one month into a marketing campaign that encourages people to bring their unlocked iPhone to the carrier.  —  The marketing push openly invited people …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Starts Showing Birthdays And Selling Gifts At The Top Of The Mobile News Feed  —  Facebook Gifts could make a lot of money on mobile by getting you to buy presents for friends, but birthdays were buried in Events and celebrations weren't shown on mobile.

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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

William Earl / Variety:
Variety Executive Editor Brent Lang has been named editor-in-chief of IndieWire, succeeding Dana Harris-Bridson, who is stepping down after 15 years

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