Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
LIVE: The Wolfram Alpha Non-Launch  —  Here we are, watching the live (!) Wolfram Alpha launch.  The tension is high for the debut of this “computational knowledge engine”, a super smart search engine that could provide a new way to search the web in addition to our faithful Google (but unlikely […]

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Serious About Background App Support For iPhone 3.0  —  Apple (AAPL) is serious about letting more iPhone software — beyond its native apps like phone, iPod, and Mail — run in the background, we’ve heard from sources in the mobile industry.  This could potentially happen as soon … […]

Joe Wilcox:
Is Twitter @replies Change Ashton Kutcher’s Fault?  —  Analysis.  My immediate reaction is “yes,” after reading Dare Obasanjo’s post “Why Twitter’s Engineers Hate the @replies feature.”  OK, so maybe CNN and Oprah, also members of the “million-followers club,” share the blame.

Mark Cuban / blog maverick:
How Twitter and Facebook Now Compete with Google  —  Last year I wrote a blog post entitled “If the news is important it will find me”.  The point was that we all live in so many social networks, that someone will send us an update if something in the world […]

Sheamus / Twittercism:
47 People Who Work At Twitter (And What They Do)  —  The shenanigans of the past couple of days on Twitter have provided us with a couple of key pieces of information: one, that Twitter really needs to work on its PR, and two, that the leadership provided by Jack Dorsey (@Jack), […]

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
crackho.com DNS prank ruffles Sarah Palin’s feathers  —  Is it really copyright infringement if all you’re doing is redirecting one of your own domains to an official government one?  The Alaska attorney general doesn’t seem to understand the complications of DNS, but he does know one thing: Sarah Palin ain’t […]

Alexander Haislip / PE Hub Blog:
Apple Buying Eye-Tracking Devices  —  Apple is buying eye-tracking technology from Tobii Technology, a Stockholm-based startup that just closed a $21.5 million Series B financing from venture capitalists, according to company founder John Elvesjö.  —  Tobii Technology’s eye tracker …

Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Social Status: The guy who spread Keyboard Cat fever  —  Play him off, Keyboard Cat.  Credit: Brad O’Farrell  —  On its own, the Keyboard Cat video might elicit a smile and a chuckle.  But when the adorable feline pounding its paws on a musical keyboard is preceded by […]

Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple execs disclose options for boosting iPhone market share  —  Apple executives said this week they believe the iPhone remains in its infancy and went on to — somewhat uncharacteristically — reveal a series of strategic measures they may employ in the near term to help grow the handset’s share of […]

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld / Between the Lines:
Jeff Bezos, meet Tony Hsieh.  Zappos Moving into Electronics.  And More.  —  As I said this morning, you should rule the world!!!  How about starting by giving seminars?  You could start with Wall St., then banks, how about the auto industry, then there’s the airlines.