Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Google Voice Founder Tackles Conference Calls — Uberconference debuts today as a new interface for conference calls — you know, those terrifically annoying occurrences that people in business deal with on a daily basis. — What’s notable about the product is it comes from Craig Walker …

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Sony releases ‘Music Unlimited’ Spotify competitor as iOS app — Looking to rival competitors like Spotify and MOG, Sony today launched its Music Unlimited streaming service as an iOS app. We told you back in January that it was coming, but today the free app officially hits the App Store …

David Carr / New York Times:
The Atavist Matures as a Publisher and a Platform — It sounds like the setup for a very old, stale joke. Three guys walked into a bar in Brooklyn to complain about the state of journalism … except by the time these guys were done chatting and plotting, they had come up with an actual business.

Andrew Webster / The Verge:
TiVo Stream transcoder and IP-based set-top box detailed — We already knew that TiVo was working on a transcoder and IP-based set-top box, and today the company has unveiled the final retail versions for both. The set-top box works with your TiVo Premiere Q, and lets you watch both live …

Dan Levine / Reuters:
Apple, Samsung CEOs set for U.S. court talks — (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday.

Steven Sinofsky / MSDN Blogs:
Creating the Windows 8 user experience … At the D: All Things Digital conference in June 2011, we demonstrated for the first time the new user interface that we developed for Windows 8. This new UI is fast and fluid to use, and optimized for mobile form factors such as laptops, tablets …

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple files for immediate Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in the United States after partially successful appeal — At 8 PM local California time on Friday, Apple filed a motion for a U.S. preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. The motion is based on a ruling by the Court of Appeals …

Total Telecom:
Kodak accuses Apple of trying to derail its patent sale — U.S. firm says Apple is biggest infringer of its digital camera patents, as well as being a potential acquirer of those same patents. — Eastman Kodak Co. is accusing Apple Inc. of trying to shake up a planned patent sale in a bid …

Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Four Years of App Store: Developers Weigh In On Search, Discovery, and Curation — “The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days”. That’s how Apple co-founder and late CEO Steve Jobs saluted the launch of the company’s new storefront for iOS …

Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
Building the Next Facebook a Tough Task in Europe — PARIS — The coffee machine spits out doses of espresso. Young men in shorts and loafers line up on a leatherette sofa, balancing Macs or iPads on their knees, discussing bands or business plans. Some speak French, others English.