• The government has confirmed that it will be helping create a £1bn venture fund for investing in startups. The announcement comes after we reported last December that the government was backing a plan by Nesta to help boost UK entrepreneurs.
• The never-ending saga of Steve Jobs, part 764: He's back - but only for part of the week, reports Bloomberg. "Steve is back to work... we are very glad to have him back," said Apple.
• Forget the big match-ups at Wimbledon this week, the best as pop-business writers, as Malcolm Gladwell and Chris Anderson begin trading opinions over the Long Tail author's latest opus, Free. Gladwell landed the first blow with a long review of Free in the New Yorker that questioned Anderson's thesis. Anderson has dealt a response accusing Gladwell of feeling threatened. I'm not sure their positions are entirely antithetical, but, hey, the shots are being traded.
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