Imagine, a day in September when one story doesn’t dominate the news. So here’s a set of links for your morning coffee….(image from the FM Program, below)

Verizon Clarifies Succession Plans; Names Lowell Mcadam As COO (Verizon) Good for Lowell, who we had last year at Web 2.

Why No Second Internet Bubble? (TR) Look, I can tell you. No easy exits. That means, you have to get it right.

Native Apps Account for Half of Mobile Internet Traffic (RWW) In other words, the stuff that comes with your phone. Yes, this is true. No, this will not stand. Otherwise, Earthlink and Comcast would be the most important portals on the web.

Why Measurement Is Still Screwing Up the Online Ad Business (Ad Age) Well, this is heavy. I’d say, it’s because we don’t know what we want to measure, quite yet.

Twitter User Recommendations on Bing Social (Bing Blog) Wow, I love how folks are using “signal” as a way to grok search and social…

Google Apps Is Making Microsoft Poorer, Adding 1 Million Users Per Month (GOOG, MSFT) (SAI) I can imagine that this is not making folks in Redmond happy.

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FM’s program of the day is the launch of Kohler Graffiti Drawing Contest on Facebook.