Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
How Google Stole Control Over Content Distribution By Stealing Links  —  There is so much misunderstanding flying around about the economics of content on the web and the role of Google in the web’s content economy that it’s making my head hurt.  So let’s see if we can straighten things […]

Cristine Gonzalez / VentureBeat:
iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers  —  The rush to develop iPhone applications is blinding Silicon Valley software developers to other platforms with potentially wide global audiences, most notably Nokia’s Ovi Store.  So said Ewan MacLeod, a U.K.-based mobile entrepreneur …

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Warning: Twitter Hit By StalkDaily Worm (Updated)  —  A bad week for Twitter just got even worse.  The service has apparently been infected by a worm originating from the owners of the website StalkDaily (Note: Do not visit this website, as it may cause your computer to become infected).

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Warning: Twitter Hit By StalkDaily Worm  —  A bad week for Twitter just got even worse.  The service has apparently been infected by a worm originating from the owners of the website StalkDaily (Note: Do not visit this website, as it may cause your computer to become infected).

Nick / Rough Type:
Google in the middle  —  Three truths:  —  1. Google is a middleman made of software.  It’s a very, very large middleman made of software.  Think of what Goliath or the Cyclops or Godzilla would look like if they were made of software.  That’s Google.  —  2. The middleman acts in […]

Nick O’Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Starts Recommending Branded Public Profiles  —  Last night Facebook turned on a feature which will surely build some buzz: the recommendation of brands as friends.  Previously Twitter launched a user recommendation system which generated a lot of controversy as recommended users …

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
How to Sell Your Soul on Twitter and Who’s Buying  —  What are you doing?  No what are you doing Apple, Skype, Flip, StubHub and Box.net??  These popular companies just couldn’t resist paying off Twitter users to put advertisements into their Twitter streams using the new pay-per-tweet service Magpie.

Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple stores to ditch Windows EasyPay systems for iPhone tech  —  Apple retail stores are looking to move away from Windows Mobile-based handheld checkout devices in favor of iPod touches with custom accessory add-ons, with a transition expected to follow the release of iPhone 3.0 later this year.

David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Steve Jobs Still Running The Show At Apple (From Home)  —  While speculation has continued as to whether Steve Jobs will even back at Apple’s helm at the midway point of a self-imposed six month medical leave, WSJ cites unidentified sources who contend the company’s co-founder is still running the show, […]