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Microsoft:
One Microsoft: Company realigns to enable innovation at greater speed, efficiency  —  Text of an internal email from Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer to employees regarding changes in the senior leadership team at the company.  — Today, we are announcing a far-reaching realignment …
Ryan Tate / Wired:
The Rise of Julie Larson-Green, the Heir Apparent at Microsoft  —  It remains to be seen whether the Microsoft reorganization announced by CEO Steve Ballmer this morning can rejuvenate the once-mighty software company.  But one thing is crystal clear: The reshuffling marks another huge win …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft 3.0: A meaner, leaner devices and services machine?  —  Summary: Microsoft officials announced its latest expected cross-company reorg designed to better deliver on its new devices and services charter.  Here's who ended up where.  —  On July 11, Microsoft officials announced details …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nokia Lumia 1020: a 41-megapixel Windows Phone available on July 26th for $299.99 at AT&T  —  After weeks of leaks, Nokia is making its Lumia 1020 handset official on Thursday.  The Finnish smartphone maker has just unveiled its latest flagship Windows Phone on stage at an event in New York.
Brian Klug / AnandTech:
Nokia Announces Lumia 1020 - 41 MP PureView and Windows Phone (Update: Hands On and Video)  —  Today at Nokia's Zoom Reinvented event, the handset maker announced the newest member of its Lumia family of Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 1020.  The handset includes a PureView 41 MP system …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
IFTTT comes to iPhone with a crisp app featuring native Photos, Reminders and Contacts channels  —  The digital glue service IFTTT is finally launching an iPhone app and it brings with it a set of new channels specific to Apple's platform and a lovely mobile platform for both building and using its automated actions.
Erica Ogg / GigaOM:
UpTo social networking app morphs into a modern calendar with a social twist  —  The default mobile calendar may seem like one of the most mundane apps on your phone, but there are dozens of startups aiming to help people better manage their work meetings, personal appointments and social calendars.
Jo Best / ZDNet:
European ISPs hit with antitrust raids  —  Summary: The European Commission's antitrust watchdogs have raided the offices of a number of European “internet connectivity providers”.  —  Jo Best  —  The European Commission has carried out a series of raids on ISPs over possible antitrust breaches.
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google to Spend Up to $500 Million Marketing ‘Moto X’ Phone  —  All Four Major US Wireless Carriers Expected to Sell Device This Fall  —  As Motorola Mobility prepares to unveil its first flagship smartphone since being acquired by Google Inc. last year, new details are emerging …
Richard Chirgwin / The Register:
HP admits to backdoors in storage products  —  Usernames and passwords in the wild, factory resets possible  —  Hewlett-Packard has agreed that there is an undocumented administrative account in its StoreVirtual products, and is promising a patch by 17 July.
More: ZDNet
Adam Tanner / Forbes:
Data Brokers Are Now Selling Your Car's Location For $10 Online  —  The Berkeley Marina, a stretch of park and an enclosed yacht harbor, juts into the San Francisco Bay.  Visitors regularly drive there to admire the dramatic view that includes Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Duolingo Comes To The iPad, Now Has More Than 5M Active Users  —  Duolingo, the increasingly popular language learning service developed by Luis von Ahn and his team, launched its iPad app today.  The service, von Ahn tells me, now has more than 5 million active users and the iPad app …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
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