Techdirt (Friday)
This is a guest post from regular commenter, Ima Fish, and is cross posted from his own blog:

Marion Maneker over at the Big Money website wrote a piece entitled "The Weird Logic of Paywall Challengers."  He attempts to show that the arguments used by those against paywalls are ill...

Techdirt (Friday)
This is a guest post from regular commenter, Ima Fish, and is cross posted from his own blog:

Marion Maneker over at the Big Money website wrote a piece entitled "The Weird Logic of Paywall Challengers."  He attempts to show that the arguments used by those against paywalls are ill...

Venturebeat (Friday)

Be prepared to be scared about your cell phone privacy. Two security researchers showed today how they can track down cell phone numbers, identify the person who owns the phone, and then track the whereabouts of that person. And they can do it with technology available to ordinary civilia...

Silicon Alley Insider (Thursday)

Here's today's roundup of tech news in case you missed 'em:

Steve Ballmer soothes investor worries in today's Microsoft presentation. (Hint: tablets!) View the innards of Apple's new Magic Trackpad, photo by magical photo. Need more people to follow on Twitter? Mashable lists 15 Develope...

Techmeme (Thursday)

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases  —  As you're undoubtedly aware, location is one of the hottest fields out there right now.  Startups, services, devices, and advertisers are all hovering around i...

Venturebeat (Thursday)

Google today announced on its Mobile Ads blog that it has launched location-aware display advertisements for mobile phones. Through Google’s “location extension” feature, advertisers can now include their location and phone numbers to appear in display ads on iPhone and Android ...