Feds Want Apple and AT&T to Explain Google Voice Rejection (Wired News)
Federal regulators want to know if AT&T and Apple worked to together to reject mobile apps for Google’s innovative Voice service, sending letters to the companies asking them to explain this incident and the policies behind the secretive and lucrative iPhone App store.
JCDecaux Chief Eyes Clear Channel, CBS Outdoor Assets (Update1) (Bloomberg)
July 31 (Bloomberg) — JCDecaux SA would consider buying Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. or the outdoor ad unit of CBS Corp.
Popular Larkspur gas station reopens under new owner (Marin Independent Journal)
Larkspur Gas, a busy spot popular with Ross Valley residents for its cheap gas, reopened Friday as Marin Gas and Auto Service after an abrupt closure that left the station dark for days.
Etan Horowitz: Let freedom ring with Google Voice (Orlando Sentinel)
Here is my review of Google Voice , which will appear in Sunday’s paper.
Attack accused made obscene calls (BBC News)
A car salesman accused of a spate of random attacks on women in Hastings admits making hundreds of obscene phone calls.
Gorillamobile Mounts Your Phone Anywhere [Stuff We Like] (Lifehacker)
We’ve been big fans of Gorillapod, the anywhere tripod for digital cameras, for years now.
Family makes trek to find a job (CNN)
John Spieker stood on the back porch of his newly rented Bailey, Colorado, home, thankful for his Good Samaritan landlord and worried that his previous home, parked in the driveway, wouldn’t get him to work the next day.
Assistant AG: Do your homework before hiring a contractor (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
An 88-year-old widow in Cheektowaga got a call one day from a contractor who promised home repairs at cheap prices.
Verizon Wireless’ Motorola Rival is All About Texting (HispanicBusiness.com)
If texting teens are the generation of the future, then Verizon Wireless’ new Motorola Rival phone is the perfect device to march them forward.