Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Live From Google Campfire ‘09: Java Support Launches  —  We’re here at the Google campfire event, where Google is celebrating the first birthday of App Engine and is planning planning to unveil new developer-related features.  The event is being held in Google’s Building 43 instead …

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
ShoeMoney Sues Google Employee For AdWords Violations  —  The constant hunt for valuable Google AdWords keywords is akin to Search Engine Optimization - a dark magic that can become very lucrative for those that can figure out how to best their competitors.  It’s also very competitive …

Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:
Twitter Traffic Explodes…And Not Being Driven by the Usual Suspects!  —  Twitter seems to be just about everywhere these days, infiltrating pop culture and challenging traditional communication channels as people answer the simple Twitter question, “What are you doing?”

Julie Moos / Poynter Online:
Transcript of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Q&A at NAA  —  This is an unofficial transcript of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s brief question and answer session following his speech at the Newspaper Association of America convention.  It has been edited for clarity (incomplete sentences have been removed in places) …

Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
Amazon.com: Don’t blame us for Twitter problems  —  Twitter’s much-discussed hiccups yesterday, including the disappearance of some user icons, had many people pointing the finger at Amazon.com.  Twitter uses Amazon’s S3 web service for storing profile pictures, background pictures …

Engineering Windows 7:
Delivering a quality upgrade experience  —  This is a little bit of a tricky post to write because we’re going to be asking everyone using our Windows 7 Beta to help us out, but doing so is going to take a little time and require a bit of a commitment to helping […]

David / TmoNews:
Ready for 3G Galore??  —  We’re holding this in the rumor column for now, as it appears to be a real screenshot sent our way but we’re still working toward 100% confirmation.  We have, what appears to be a list of 3G cities going live this year for magenta.

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Google’s Schmidt To Newspaper Publishers: Don’t ‘Piss Off’ Consumers  —  Someone called the appearance of “Google* Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt as the closing keynote for the annual meeting of newspaper publishers “a twist of fate.  ” Poppycock.  It’s as orchestrated as a routine on Dancing with the Stars.

Google Mobile Blog:
Gmail gets a new engine for iPhone and Android-powered devices  —  Today, we’re thrilled to tell you about the improvements we’ve made to Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser.  First, you’ll notice that it’s a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching.

The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
Exclusive Apple iPhone 3.0 screenshots leak out  —  One of our trusty ninjas just blessed us with some exclusive iPhone 3.0 shots.  Things like detailing a video recording application, more settings options, an accessibility entry, and even showing that Apple could possibly be integrating voice dialing, too.