MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
iFail 3G: Inside the iPhone launch failure with videos  —  Regular readers may know my proclivity towards Apple products.  Hell, some might call me a “fanboy.”  That makes what I’m about to tell you very troublesome.  Ladies and gentleman, today Apple (possibly by way of AT&T) failed.  Badly.

Royal Pingdom:
Microsoft’s software update beats Apple and Ubuntu  —  Every OS out there can be updated over the Web.  In fact, this functionality is a critical and important part of the OS, and updates are often done in an automated fashion.  Windows has its Windows Update, Mac OS X has its Apple Software Update […]

Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Official announcement regarding my retirement from blogging.  —  “It’s with a heavy heart, and much consideration, that today I would like to announce my retirement from blogging.”  —  Jason McCabe Calacanis, July 11th 2008.  —  This was an extremely difficult decision, and I haven’t made it lightly.

Hanna Sistek / CNET News.com:
Truphone’s VoIP app dials up iPhone  —  Getting poor Skype sound and want to cut down on international call costs?  Truphone’s new iPhone app might be worth checking out.  —  The London-based mobile VoIP operator has offered the service since 2006 for the E or N series Nokia phones.

CNN:
FCC Chairman Recommends No Fine for Comcast  —  WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin Friday said he would not seek to fine cable giant Comcast Corp. (CMCSA, CMCSK) for slowing some Internet traffic.  —  Instead, Martin said he wants the Comcast …

Saul Hansell / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chief Would Bar Comcast From Imposing Web Restrictions  —  Federal regulators are prepared to take action against sellers of Internet access that want to restrict what their customers can do online.  —  Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …

Saul Hansell / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chief Backs Sanctions Against Comcast Over Blocking  —  Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said on Friday that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, should be sanctioned because it interfered with the Internet connections of users who wanted to exchange files with each other.

John Biggs / TechCrunch:
Epic Fail: Six Million iBricks… and Growing  —  Well this is a fine kettle of fish. iPhone activations have essentially gone down and everyone - from folks updating their old phones to new 3G activators - are stuck with bricks until traffic dies off.  Reader Brent reports:

Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhone 3G review (updated)  —  It’s hard to think of any other device that’s enjoyed the level of exposure and hype that Apple found in the launch of the first iPhone.  Who could forget it?  Everyone got to be a gadget nerd for a day; even those completely disinterested in technology […]

Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhone 3G review  —  It’s hard to think of any other device that’s enjoyed the level of exposure and hype that Apple found in the launch of the first iPhone.  Who could forget it?  Everyone got to be a gadget nerd for a day; even those completely disinterested in technology seemed […]