Peter Kafka / D7 Highlights:
Twitter Guys: We’ll Still Be Running This Company in 5 Years  —  Meet the Internet’s It Boys: Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone.  A year ago their “micromessaging” platform was unknown outside of a small circle of digerati.  Now the service has broken through to the mainstream …

Peter Kafka / D7 Highlights:
Biz Stone and Evan Williams  —  Meet the Internet’s It Boys: Twitter cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone.  A year ago their “micro-messaging” platform was unknown outside of a small circle of digerati.  Now the service has broken through to the mainstream, or at least the mainstream media (thanks, Oprah!).

Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall  —  Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed its plans to take on the iPod Touch with a new, touch-screen Zune that will be able to surf the Web, play high-definition movies, and tune in to digital radio.  —  The Zune HD, which will be available […]

Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Canonical developers aim to make Android apps run on Ubuntu  —  At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, Canonical has unveiled a prototype Android execution environment that will allow Android applications to run on the Ubuntu Linux distribution.  —  Android applications running on the Ubuntu Netbook Remix

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Microsoft’s Bing Logo Leaked By Way Of Favicon?  —  Within the next few days, Microsoft is expected to unveil its latest attempt at trying to be a player in the world of web search.  After it has failed to get live.com any traction against Google, it will apparently launch a new […]

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
People Networks President Joanna Shields Leaving AOL (With Full Internal Memos)  —  According to an internal memo obtained by BoomTown, Joanna Shields, who came to AOL via its troubled acquisition of the Bebo social-networking site, will be returning to London to spend more time with her family and to “pursue entrepreneurial […]

Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
New York Times Hiring ‘Social Media Editor’ To…Do Something  —  The New York Times is charging face-first into the digital age!  They’re appointing a “Social Media Editor.”  It’s Jennifer Preston, former editor of the recently-folded Regional Sections!  Could this be the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of NYT […]

Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Texting May Be Taking a Toll  —  They do it late at night when their parents are asleep.  They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets.  They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back.  They do it so much their thumbs hurt.  —  […]

Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Apple prepping iPod nano with camera, three new iPhones - report  —  Apple will introduce a new version of its iPod nano with a wider screen and built-in camera later this year after first introducing three new iPhone models distinguished by their network hardware, according to a new report.

The Mac Observer:
Psystar Files Bankruptcy, Stalls Apple’s Case  —  Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida, temporarily slowing down Apple’s legal case against it.  The filing may be an indication that the company’s financial backers have pulled out …