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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

Boot up: Apple's patent offer to Samsung, Facebook buys Gowalla, Google Plus Unthreat, and more

Gowalla
Gowalla: now part of Facebook

A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team

A VC: Cheap Will Be Smart. Expensive Will Be Dumb. >> A VC

Fred Wilson on connected devices.

Here's Gowalla CEO's Non-Denial Denial Email About Facebook Purchase >> AllThingsD

So Gowalla *has* been acquired by Facebook? That's pretty big - perhaps Zuckerberg can see something we can't.

Facebook's Zuckerberg answers the big question "Is Google+ a threat?" >> The Next Web

Mark Zuckerberg's answer: 'Um, no, not really'

Google Employees Are Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich OTAs On Their Nexus S Phones >> Android Police

The dogfooding has begun.

Apple licensed iOS scrolling patent to Nokia and IBM, offered license to Samsung >> The Verge

It's the feature that displays a background texture when you scroll beyond the edge of webpage.

Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live with 40 entertainment services, live TV, and Kinect voice control >> VentureBeat

Microsoft unveils "the future of TV" ... for gamers with an Xbox 360. Note the design, though: the tiled interface of Metro is washing across every aspect of Microsoft's consumer-facing products. After Windows Phone, Zune, and Xbox, the next to feel it will be Windows.

European Union Bans Exports to Syria of Systems for Monitoring Web, Phones >> Bloomberg

Speaks for itself.

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