Wall Street Journal:
Jobs Had Liver Transplant  —  Apple Chief on Track to Return to Work at End of June; No. 2 May Expand Role  —  Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago.

Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:
iPhone 3GS Performance: 54% Faster than the 3G, 11% Faster than the Pre  —  You may have noticed today’s review of the Palm Pre.  While I strongly suggest reading it if you’re at all interested, I do have some new data for your consumption.  After the announcement of the iPhone […]

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Report: Steve Jobs Is Recovering From Liver Transplant, Still Coming Back to Apple  —  The Steve Jobs health story takes yet another twist-this time a happier one: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Apple CEO underwent a liver transplant earlier this spring, and is recovering from the operation.

Fernando Delgado / Google LatLong:
How to find out “What’s here”  —  On Google Maps, we try to label important places directly on the map tiles.  But sometimes, it seems more helpful to just click on a point and ask “What’s here?”.  Now you can do exactly that with an option we’ve added under the […]

Bloomberg:
Apple Investors Get Used to Life Without CEO Steve Jobs as Stock Jumps 59%  —  Apple Inc. shares have climbed 59 percent since Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs went on medical leave, signaling investors are confident the maker of the iPhone can succeed without its co-founder at the helm.

Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Twitter Plans to Offer Shopping Advice and Easy Purchasing  —  Someday, when you ask your Twitter followers to recommend the most comfortable running shoe or the best digital camera, you might be able to go one step further and buy the product on the Twitter site.

Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Courtesy of Microsoft: Pick up an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G S with a 35% discount from AT&T  —  Bing, a search engine no one uses, is trying to lure users by offering cash incentives.  One of those incentives is a 35% discount at the AT&T (NYSE: T) Online Store, which […]

Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
AT&T: $55 tethering rumors are false  —  iPhone enthusiast site Appmodo on Friday quoted “a source” at AT&T, saying that iPhone tethering would cost users an extra $55 a month.  AT&T says the rumor is false.  —  AT&T used its Facebook page to squash the rumors and left no doubt […]

Eli Lake / Washington Times:
Iran has tech to track tweets, texts  —  The Iranian government has high-tech equipment that will enable it to trace thousands of activists who have encouraged the recent demonstrations and spread news about them by using Twitter, cell phones and other Web-based social networks.

Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple warns iPhone 3G S activations may take up to 2 days  —  In a near repeat of problems that plagued last year’s iPhone 3G launch, Apple’s iPhone activation servers are showing signs of buckling under the pressure of hundreds of thousands of customers who are attempting to activate …