Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Voice Can Now Take Control Of Your Mobile Voicemail  —  Google Voice is a great way to manage phone hell by giving you a single phone number that automatically rings your mobile, home, work and other phones based on your choice of rules and settings (who’s calling, when, etc.).

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”  —  Google Social Search is rolling out, a new service from Google that allows you to easily find material written by people you know and trust.  It’s a pretty cool idea, especially in that it’s pretty painless to […]

Sean Gregory / Time:
ESPN vs. Deadspin: Sports-Media Spat Turns Ugly Online  —  The recent revelation that ESPN baseball analyst (and former Mets executive) Steve Phillips carried out an extramartial affair with a young production assistant, who then allegedly stalked his family, was shocking enough — enough …

Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft nixes ‘Family Guy’ deal after content proves too raunchy  —  Here’s an unexpected development.  Microsoft has pulled the plug on Windows 7’s high-profile and somewhat controversial sponsorship of a TV special developed “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane.

Michael Schneider / Variety:
MacFarlane special loses Microsoft  —  Microsoft has yanked its sponsorship off Fox’s upcoming Seth MacFarlane comedy/variety special.  Fox still plans to air “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” on Nov. 8, but with another, yet-to-be-named sponsor.

Max Kelly / Facebook Blog:
Memories of Friends Departed Endure on Facebook  —  I’m facing an anniversary soon: I will have worked at Facebook for four years.  I was originally drawn to the company for the opportunity to help build a technology that enables people to model their social network and interact with it online.

Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
GeoCities’ time has expired, Yahoo closing the site today  —  We always imagined how this might end: GeoCities would finally take down all of the animated “under construction” signs, and we’d hear one last Midi file to the tune of horns playing taps.  —  Instead, GeoCities will probably […]

Maureen Heymans / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing Google Social Search: I finally found my friend’s New York blog!  —  Your friends and contacts are a key part of your life online.  Most people on the web today make social connections and publish web content in many different ways, including blogs, status updates and tweets.

Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Facebook and MySpace are engaged in contentsharing talks  —  Facebook and MySpace are in talks about sharing content across both sites, according to senior figures at the two companies.  —  The move could potentially see MySpace music and video footage being shared on Facebook via its Connect platform …

Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
A Verizon iPhone Is ‘Exclusively in Apple’s Court,’ Verizon Says  —  Verizon Wireless takes jabs at the iPhone in its Droid advertising, but it said Monday that it’s still interested in selling the popular device. … In fact, it’s not up to the carrier, suggested Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive of Verizon […]