What You Need To Know Today (July/4)

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Cutting cookies cuts traffic: http://bbc.in/kFrib3

If America was on facebook, here's her wall: http://nyti.ms/iWXQCt (Happy 4th!)

HP TouchPad gets 'could do better' on HTML5 browser performance | Technology | guardian.co.uk: http://bit.ly/kT30sk

So what happened to Kindle on the TouchPad?: http://zd.net/mUnw08

The tablet will be the center of the connected lifestyle: http://bit.ly/muwU6X

The Times' Paywall Puzzle: Baffling But Beneficial: http://cnt.to/oAG

Google+ Redesign Axes Twitter Integration: http://huff.to/loywCH

You've heard about what Google+ is; now, 50 ideas about what it COULD become -: http://ow.ly/5vEbK

Google+ "Pages" Coming For Businesses: http://selnd.com/jR6Zlk

Why Google Has the Hammer To Make Businesses Use Google Plus: http://bit.ly/jnqgX3

Seven things human editors do that algorithms don't (yet): http://bit.ly/iBDKH3

Jive: 53 Percent Of Execs Believe They Must Adopt Social Business Or Risk Falling Behind: http://tcrn.ch/lLxwE9

Tablet owners read print newspapers, magazines less often: http://bit.ly/lVQw95

RIM employee sees bleak days for BlackBerrys: http://bit.ly/ktSKxB

If Social Marketing is So Big, Where Are All the New Visitors?: http://j.mp/kXF7ns - pretty clear evidence!

Allergic to books. A comment from a thread after a particularly positive post: http://j.mp/k5E1AR

White House press pool losing scoops to Twitter: http://politi.co/kWBgOo

Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu: http://j.mp/mRpG4K - Uh oh... Will TV execs want Google in control? No...

Hulu halts Facebook Connect after exposing user data: http://bit.ly/lfUbMm

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