Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested in London
After agreeing to meet with British police, WikiLeaks () founder Julian Assange was arrested on warrant from Sweden, which has accused Assange of sex-related crimes. WikiLeaks has vowed to continue releasing cables despite the arrest.
Malicious Goo.gl Links Spreading on Twitter ()
A large number of messages containing only the link “goo.gl/R7f68″ have appeared on Twitter today, redirecting the users to various malware-laden sites.
After More Than 24 Hours Offline, Tumblr Is Back
Tumblr () has returned to the web after a full day’s, err, vacation. The popular blogging/reblogging platform went down Sunday afternoon during a planned maintenance, but did not return as scheduled. The exact reasons for the outage are unknown, but Tumblr has mentioned database cluster issues.
Further News
- Following Google’s launch of an e-bookstore and web-based reading app yesterday, Amazon disclosed its plans to release a web-based app for Kindle today.
- Groupon, which recently rejected a $5.3 billion offer from Google (
), has an $800 million — not $2 billion — annual gross revenue run rate, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
- U.S. smartphone owners are increasingly turning to mobile to access breaking news over other media, including newspapers, TV and desktop web browsers, according to a recent study.
- Consumer Reports has named AT&T the worst mobile carrier in the U.S.
- Google has upgraded its Priority Inbox, a recently launched Gmail (
) feature that automatically places important mail on top of your inbox, with a couple of improvements based on user feedback.
- Web-based customer support software startup Zendesk announced that is has raised $19 million in a Series C round of funding.
- On stage at a conference in San Francisco yesterday, Google VP of Engineering And Rubin revealed a prototype Motorola tablet powered by Android (
- Cityville, the newest Facebook (
) game from Zynga, has proved the most successful launch in the company’s history thus far.
- Google Wave (
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