MoveOn dot org founder Eli Pariser takes on the practice of using algorithms to tell us what we’re interested in. From Daniel Mintz at MoveOn via email:

MoveOn wouldn’t be possible without the open Internet. But according to our own Eli Pariser, the Internet itself is changing. His book on the topic, The Filter Bubble, comes out this week (you can check it out here).

In March, the TED conference invited him to preview the argument. When I talked to Eli beforehand, he was really nervous—in the audience were top executives from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and a number of other companies he critiques. But his call for an open, ethical Internet—he actually called out the Google founders and Bill Gates in the audience by name—got a standing ovation. And it’s been burning up the TED website ever since. We’re sharing it today because we think it’s a really important point. Increasingly, the Internet is hiding things from us, and we don’t even know it.

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Peter Belanger shoots one iPhone 4 with another.

The folks over at Macwrold used the built-in camera of the iPhone 4 to shoot the cover photograph for this month’s issue. Additionally, two photo apps were used to process the image: the $3 PhotoForge to remove a slight green cast from the image, and the $1 Resize-Photo to increase the photo from 216 dpi to 290 dpi in order to meet our printing requirements. WATCH the video above to see timelapse of a similar photo shoot for a MacWorld cover. We find it amusing, with the front-facing camera and all, that the iPhone 4 needs to use the back camera to take its self-portrait.

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PatentlyApple reports the über tech company has been granted a patent for the iPhone’s original broadband antenna — a design which has nothing to do with the iPhone 4 death grip design.

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With the growing number of apps in the iTunes App Store, a helping hand vetting the selection is always welcome. AppStoreApps.com provides focused reviews of apps for iPhone and iPad with the site proprietor, Doug, targeting one new review a day. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the customer reviews in the App Store, this site provides a bit of a breather as you search for new apps to choose. AppStoreApps

Blooger Jack Purcher regularly posts on Apple intellectual property news. Every Tuesday Patently Apple reports on Apple’s Granted Patents and on Thursdays the site reports on Apple’s Patent Applications. Super cool and useful tech dope to know.

If you’re interested in reading about real developments occurring in Apple’s labs – then this is the site to bookmark.

PatentlyApple

If you’re having trouble getting that dot com domain and all the other options look taken as well, or if you’re simply suffering a crisis of imagination, turn to Domain Finder to generate suggestions.  All domains suggested are available and you’ll get cool stuff with periods and leveraging international extensions. And the off kilter English of the “Suggest me cool domains!” button is kinda sweet.

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Clark Caldwell is a Writer, Producer and Director of Photography. His credits include such varied outlets as PBS, The Discovery Channel, The Food Network, and The Daily Show. He was the Senior Producer for the CBS Interactive show MobLogic, a news and politics web show which launched in 2008. He devotes his free time and energy to issues involving environmental sustainability.

For Big City, he works on writing and development as well as producing short-form content.

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