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Aug. 12, 2011, 6 p.m.

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“It is, after all, Instagram, not Latergram.” http://t.co/PxKhTNf »

Over the past year, Android-powered tablets have taken 20% of the global tablet market from the iPad http://t.co/B0XHmTr »

“This is the beginning of an age of sharing and publicness”: @jeffjarvis on his new book, Public Parts http://t.co/sLRvslC »

RT @Brizzyc: St. Louis Beacon (community news site) has more revenue from events than foundations. #aejmc11 »

1.5 million: approximate number of “likes” currently on @NYTimes‘ Facebook page http://t.co/acl4LfJ »

Is your ISP cheating you out of bandwidth? http://t.co/WJxMTQH »

Nice! Emphasis, @donohoe‘s deep-linking tool, is now featured on the FCC’s site (via @zseward) http://nie.mn/n7IsdE »

Interesting nugget about 111-111-1111 (R.I.P.): It was developed to help @NYTimes protect its sources http://nie.mn/qlkghS »

The closing of Borders means the closing of Borders’ powerful newsstand http://nie.mn/q2TF4X »

.@Alexismadrigal is really smart. http://nie.mn/pGVlmf »

In which @nickbilton reads a book (on ten different devices!) http://nie.mn/nVaQ4f »

“Citizens—the community—are our No. 1 customer, but they don’t pay.” @Seeclickfix‘s revenue strategy: http://nie.mn/ndCHMi »

Is AOL/HuffPo over-aggregating video? http://nie.mn/nESPLR »

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