(image) Hey, did you hear? The iPhone is coming to Verizon, and most of the tech and marketing world is super excited! I’m not linking to all the madness, which includes speculation that Tuesday’s Verizon announcement will include Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch (he won’t show, but will later in the month when it’s time to talk about his new iPad newspaper), but honestly, to me this is pretty much a “meh,” because we knew Apple+Verizon was coming. What matters now is whether the competition between AT&T and Verizon will force Apple to change its approach to the market, now that it has massive partners who want to leverage the platform to compete (and try to get Apple to give them special dispensation). Meanwhile, there are other links we must get to…

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Verizon iPhone to offer unlimited data in contrast to AT&T (AppleInsider) And the games begin.

AT&T Already Attacking Verizon iPhone: “Not Sure iPhone Users Are Ready For Life In The Slow Lane” (SAI) And they continue.

Verizon iPhone: What, AT&T Worry? (ATD) Well, sorta. Yes.

1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web (NYT) Indeed, but the conversation about how to augment it is just getting started.

Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard (Wired) “Twitter deserves recognition for its principled upholding of the spirit of the First Amendment.” Here here. I am sure it was not easy to decide to take the course Twitter took. And they won a fan in me for doing so.

Klout Gets Some More Clout–$8.5M in Funding and a Big (Actually, Bing!) Board Members (ATD) I’m watching this service to see if it scales, and it looks like it’s getting serious….

The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (ft.train) Very good insight, worth the long read.

Marissa Mayer: Google Is “Open,” Facebook Is “Closed” (GOOG) (SAI/DB) The real point here, I think, is that Google seems to be patient with the next iteration of the web, moving to be in the right position in what might be called the “post Facebook web.” I sense, I hope,  some middle-game chess developing here.  A concept worth pushing into.

Farewell to Coupon Clipping? New Location-Enabled Grocery Coupons Alert You at the Store (RWW) More on the Gap Scenario. And yet more: A Third of Online Shoppers Also Browse on Mobile (ClickZ)

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