The news today is dominated by LBS (location-based services) and mobile. To the links:

Whole Foods to Feature Foursquare Window Clings (Mashable) Foursquare is getting serious about winning the hearts and wallets of local retail businesses.

ABI Research: More than 55 million smartphone shipments Q1 2010 (IntoMobile) That is a lot of phones, folks.

A Look at Who’s Getting What on Apple’s IAds (AdAge) Slow start, so far.

Why We Check In: The Reasons People Use Location-Based Social Networks (RWW) Because we’re people. We like to connect. To others, to deals, to brands.

Location service Geodelic raises $7 million, readies for big announcements (VentureBeat) “Geodelic wants businesses to use the platform to approach consumers under their own brand, as opposed to Foursquare-style cobranded campaigns.”

Do things slow down as summer waxes? Not really. But we’ve sifted through hundreds of stories, just to bring you these:

Facebook and Twitter users spend 1.5x more online than the average Internet user (Solis) Good news for those of us who think this stuff is important.

Google’s mismanagement of the Android Market (nanocr.eu) I need to get an Android phone to truly appreciate this, but all I hear is how bad the app store is for Android. It needs FOCUS.

Unilever CMO Weed: We’ll Double Digital Budgets This Year (Clickz) And that makes many a heart sing.

Is Apple’s iWorld “The Web”? (Searchblog) Musings on my favorite recent topic.

Smarter Than You Think: Computers Learn to Listen, and Some Talk Back (NYT) Advances in how we interact with The Technium.

Kauffman Economic Outlook, Q2: ‘Tepidly Optimistic’ (Open Forum) That pretty much sums it up, don’t it?

Gamesmanship And Collective Reputation (Rajiv Sethi) I’ve always wondered why futbol players flop so much, and why Italy is the worst of the bunch…

Does Surveillance Make Us Morally Better? (Philosophy Now) Do you feel better, now that you’re being watched?

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New feature! It’s the FM campaign of the day! Today, we’re featuring Intel’s LifeScoop, daily tips on better living through technology. Check it out!

If any Signal readers spent the better part of yesterday waiting in line for an iPhone 4, well, here’s to you. Lots of news around that device today, but I’m not going to focus on that much of it, and no, I’m not even going to link to the stuff about how you’re supposed to hold the damn thing (so as to avoid dampening reception). To me, the big news is Facebook’s Open Graph search. To the highlights:

First day sales: 1.5 million iPhone 4s? (Fortune) But yet… 77% of sales were upgrades.

Apple iOS location data changes prompt government inquiry (IntoMobile) Well, more like a letter from some congressmen, but it’s still the gov’mint.

Verizon adds new Droid to line of iPhone rivals (CNNMoney) As reports of poor reception on the iPhone4 continue to stream in, Motorola’s CEO says, “The reason people carry devices with them is that they like to make and receive calls… We have the network to deliver the device.”

Bing & Yahoo Prompting iPhone Users To Switch Search Engines (Search Engine Land) Interesting that in the iWorld, this is darn easy. And I wonder why Google isn’t doing it too. Perhaps Apple made it easier for Google’s rivals to get folks to switch? Clearly that’d be in Apple’s interest. And another conspiracy theory begins….

GetJar, The ‘Wal-Mart For Mobile Apps,’ Raises $11 Million (MocoNews) Well, maybe WalMart is a stretch, but it’s good to see a non-Apple app store ecosystem get some love.

Microsoft: We’re Selling Seven Copies of Windows 7 a Second (AllThingsD) Making Windows 7 the fastest-selling operating system in history. Not really a surprise, given the nature of the computing world now (ubiquitous).

Facebook Unleashes Open Graph Search Engine, Declares War On Google (AllFacebook) This is a big, big, big deal. Read the piece, watch this space.

To Stem Privacy Abuses, Industry Groups Will Track Web Trackers (WSJ) Coverage of an IAB-led self regulatory movement. I’m part of this through participation on the IAB board and related sub-committees.

HP Goes NuTsie For Melodeo, Pays $30 Million For Music Streaming Service (TC) A showdown with Apple in the making, for sure.

Facebook blocks new Twitter feature (ZDNet) Facebook tells Twitter to get its own friends, thank you very little.

Google Grabs 72% of Search in May (MarketingProfs) Wow.

How to Survive a Product Recall (Inc.) While limiting the damage to your company and reputation.

Olay, Gap, Pepsi Run Geo-Social Campaigns – but Not on Foursquare (ClickZ) Foursquare is best known, but several location services have more users.

Coke sees ‘phenomenal’ result from Twitter ads (FT) Very interesting. Early days, but good to see strong early results.

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New feature! It’s the FM campaign of the day! Today, we’re featuring the Lexus brand execution on SAI. Check it out!

Well, that was a nice break, but news never sleeps. And I’ve found an awful lot of it lying around in my absence. To the links:

eBay Buys RedLaser From Boulder Startup Occipital (RWW) This is a sign of things to come in e-commerce – a closed loop of physical and virtual marketing/commerce.

Celebrating Android (Google Blog) Not to be outdone by all the iPhone 4 hype (good luck with that), Google announces some pretty amazing figures of its own – 160K activations of Android devices a day. And…

Google and Motorola Unveil the New Droid (Mashable) This is an epic battle. The iPhone got a pretty wet kiss from the WSJ this week, but regardless, this fight is on, and on for some time to come.

Being Present (AVC) Fred muses on some really important things, and reminds me to get back to yoga now that I’m back from Asia. Happy belated Fathers Day to all you dads out there.

A New Entertainment Experience for Bing (MSFT Search Blog)

The Click-Through That May Be Hurting Your Brand (Ad Age) Not all clicks are good.

Judge Tosses Out Viacom’s $1B Lawsuit vs. Google (Clickz) Big news for Google. Bad news for Viacom, which is appealing.

What Brand Fans Are Worth (eMarketer) 136 bucks, or thereabouts. Apparently.

Rotten Apple, or Just Sour Grapes? (NYT) Apple, meet Google’s past role as industry target.

Poll shows Americans trust Facebook and Twitter more than traditional media (EditorsWeblog) Well, yes. Humans trust humans first, then brands.

Why Minority Report Was Spot On (Guardian) If you haven’t seen the movie, rent it. Well worth it.

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Please join me in welcoming John Hofmeyer to the Technology & Product team in San Francisco!  John is joining us as the Director of Quality Assurance and will helping us build the QA team in Tech.

John has over 16 years of experience in Quality Assurance.  Most recently, John was at Mochila where he managed an offshore team and trained them in Automation over the phone.  Prior to that, at Eline, John built their QA policies, built out their team and promoted Agile development.  And prior to that, at both ClaimIQ and Kinecta he was responsible for building the QA from scratch, establishing processes, writing a QA handbook as well as test plan and test case templates.

If that’s not enough, John’s also a certified scrum master and an avid drummer.  He plays with a couple of bands in San Francisco and throws a hell of a party every year on December 6th, KrampusNacht, showcasing different bands. Welcome to FM, John!

We’re thrilled to welcome Julia Shapiro as a new Project Manager in our San Francisco office. Julia joins us from Caspio (a Silicon Valley tech co.) where she was a Marketing Project Manager coordinating content development, social media, and email marketing efforts. Having interned at Black Bag Advertising, she also brings relevant agency experience.

Julia received her Bachelor’s in Marketing and Finance from the University of San Francisco, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Ukrainian born, she speaks Russian fluently and loves spending time with family and friends. She also enjoys traveling, eating good sushi, hiking, Salsa dancing, and indie films.  Welcome to FM Julia!

Prior to joining FM, Erin Joyce was with NBC Digital Networks, where she worked with the business development team and partner Procter & Gamble to launch a network of blog-driven custom websites about health, personal tech, lifestyle and family relationships. Prior to that, she was executive editor for InternetNews.com, where she led the editorial oversight of a network of daily business-to-business publications focused on information technology. Welcome to FM, Erin!

A quick hit of links from yesterday, I’m in Asia, and it’s already tomorrow here…and I am supposedly on vacation (after I give this speech, that is…)

World Cup draws record Internet crowds (IAB) and if you are into the World Cup, check out this program, CupBuzz, that FM is doing with AT&T!

Adoption of New Media Formats Soaring (MarketingProfs) I find this fascinating – as we adopt new tech, we realize the value of adopting new tech, and the cycle accelerates.

My Business Got A Bad Review. Now What? (SEL) Practical.

Drilling Down: On Social Networks, Young Users Manage Privacy Closely (NYT) I am officially calling bullshit on the idea that kids don’t care about privacy.

Foursquare Checks In With Marketers: Scalable Tools On the Way (ClickZ)

VivaKi CEO Hecht Talks AdECN Integration, Google/Invite Media, New “Primary” BlueKai Data Partnership And French Cuisine (AdExchanger)

FTC to Investigate Apple’s Conduct in Mobile-App Market (ATD)

One-Third of Twitter Users Talk Brands (eMarketer)

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