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• Can Wikileaks afford to back Julian Assange? >> TechCrunch • Google expands sponsored map icons experiment >> Econsultancy • Former Google China head invests in Chinese startups >> PC World • How Apple could undermine console gaming with TV app games >> VentureBeat • Facebook Places looking close in the UK>> TechCrunch • UK mobile firms to merge networks >> BBC • Apple and Google to clash over music by Christmas >> Wired • Does Apple want to build a social network? >> GigaOM • Content farms: what's in it for journalists? >> Editors Weblog • Super angel/VC smackdown: Why the Hate? >> TechCrunch • Leaked Google reveal what brands spend on search ads >> Mashable • Samsung suggests Galaxy Tab will cost between $200 and $400 >> Engadget • Facebook adds search tool for news stories 'liked' by friends >> Journalism.co.uk • Facebook and Twitter user accounts hacked with 'free iPad' scams >> Guardian • BBC hires new iPlayer manager from Microsoft >> paidContent:UK • How to run your online business with $10 and a Google account >> Mashable • Tech sector is slow to hire >> NYT • Samsung: Demand for Windows is 'specialised' and 'professional' >> mocoNews • Inquiry zeroes in on Google travel deal >> WSJ • New book says we relate to our computers like humans >> NYT • Google TV developer platform: What can we expect? >> NYT Via Google Reader