Skynet Has Gone Live: Everything is Fine (RWW) Yesterday was the day, in the Terminator movie series, that Skynet goes live. If you’ve no idea WTF I am talking about, then crawl back under that rock. Oh, and by the way, yesterday was also special for another reason….Crowds gather nationwide for National Pot Day, aka 420 (Examiner)

LIVE: Mark Zuckerberg Interviews President Obama at Facebook HQ (Mashable) I wonder how many of the folks in the audience were, er, celebrating 4.20.

Book Review: In The Plex (Searchblog) My review of the latest book on Google.

Apple rocks quarter with 18.65 million iPhones, 4.69 million iPad 2 tablets (IntoMobile) Apple is killing it. Good for them. But it won’t last.

My iPhone Is Tracking Me? That’s Outrageous, But Also Kind of Cool (ATD) Did you read my post last Friday? Read it….

An iTunes model for data (ORR) “As we move toward a data economy, can we take the digital content model and apply it to data acquisition and sales?” YES. This is one of the most exciting parts of our industry today. It’s going to be the focus of Web 2 this year.

Google Testing Instant Previews On Ads (Here’s What It Looks Like) (SEL) A very predictable next step for the search giant.

Preliminary Agenda Is Live For CM Summit, Sign Up Now, It Always Sells Out… (Searchblog) A totally sick lineup. Early bird discount is up Friday.

A Final Tweet From the Front Lines: Tim Hetherington (RWW) Powerful. Look at that tweet. Look again. A few moments later, he was blown up by a madman that the world has failed to put down.

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