The Circuit

This week, we're talking AT&T, URL shorteners, Facebook Privacy changes, and the Google Nexus One! Operation ChokeholdCrunchGear - Operation Chokehold will blow up AT&T on Friday9 to 5 Mac - AT&T throws out more threats against high bandwidth iPhone usersGizmodo - AT&T CEO Admits AT&T Sucks. Solution: Charge More Money.Gizmodo - AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"Mashable - AT&T CEO Wants iPhone Users to Limit UsageEngadget - Ralph de la Vega promises fix for San Francisco and Manhattan coverage, plans to 'address' heaviest data usersThe Unofficial Apple Weblog - Watch out AT&T: Operation Chokehold is comingThe Unofficial Apple Weblog - Will AT&T introduce usage-based pricing?Twitter Tests Business and MultiAccount SupportMashable - Twitter Starts Testing Features for BusinessesTechCrunch - Priming The Revenue Pump, Twitter Tests Multi-Account SupportCenterNetworks - Twitter Runs “Feature Test” For BusinessesAmazon Disc+Mashable - Amazon Disc+ On Demand: Buy a DVD, Stream it Immediately/Film - Amazon Introduces Disc+ On Demand, Offering Free Digital Copies When You Buy Certain DVDs or BluraysEngadget - Amazon's Disc+ program tosses in a free VOD with your Blu-ray or DVD9 to 5 Mac - Amazon 'disc+ on demand' gives you immediate gratification + Holiday swagGizmodo - Amazon Disc+ on Demand: Buy a DVD or Blu-ray Movie, Stream It InstantlyFacebook Privacy + fb.meMashable - It’s Privacy Day at FacebookMashable - Facebook Connect: 365 Days, 60 Million Users, 80,000+ Web SitesTechCrunch - Privacy-Per-Post: Facebook Rolls Out Its New Privacy SettingsGawker - Facebook CEO's Private Photos Exposed by the New 'Open' FacebookMashable - Facebook's New Privacy Push Concerns ExpertsWired - Microsoft Settles EU Investigation, Must Offer IE AlternativeMashable - fb.me: Facebook Now Has Its Own URL ShortenerTtechCrunch - The Wall Opens A Bit More: Facebook To Publish User Updates To Twitter This WeekGoogle Shortener goo.glTechCrunch - Bit.ly Goes Pro, Tells Goo.gl To Suck.itWebMonkey - Google Jumps on the URL-Shortening Bandwagon With Goo.glTechCrunch - Bit.ly Just Got Fu.kd: Facebook And Google Get Into The Short URL GameMashable - Bit.ly Responds to Goo.gl and Fb.me With Custom URL ServiceMashable - What Do Goo.gl and Fb.me Mean for Bit.ly?Mashable - Goo.gl: Google Launches a URL Shortener, TooGoogle vs Apple9 to 5 Mac - WSJ: Google Tried to buy Lala before Apple came in, the two are fighting over startupsMacRumors - Apple Poached Lala from Possible Google Acquisition?Gizmodo - Apple Stole Lala From Google, and Things Are Just Getting UglyApple Allows Video Streaming Into App StoreGizmodo - Apple Approves King of Live Streaming Video Apps, Ustream9 to 5 Mac - UStream Live Video Broadcaster now available for iPhone...legitimatelyMashable - Live Video Streaming Comes the iPhone, Courtesy of UstreamTechCrunch - The iPhone Finally Gets Live Video Streaming With Ustream Live BroadcasterThe Unofficial Apple Weblog - That was Qik! After Ustream's debut in App Store, Qik submits streaming appMashable - Qik Launches Desktop App for Live Video SharingGizmodo - Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?iTunes Pages Get A MakeoverTechCrunch - App Store Apps Finally Gets Prettier PagesJolicloud Now Available In Public BetaEngadget - Jolicloud pre-beta now available to download, walkthrough now available for viewingAndroid Hits 20,000 AppsMashable - Android Market Hits 20,000 AppsEngadget - Android Market hits 20,000 apps, over 60 percent freeGoogle Nexus OneEngadget - The Google Phone: what we know... and what we don't (updated)Mashable - Nexus One vs. iPhone: What Google Needs to SucceedEngadget - Google Phone / Nexus One makes first Twitter appearance? (update: new pics!)SlashGear - Google Nexus One phoneMashable - The Google Phone Cometh?Gizmodo - The Google Nexus One Phone, In PicturesGizmodo - A Few More Nexus One Google Phone DetailsGizmodo - The Real Google Phone: Everything Is Different NowMashable - Google Phone: Google Confirms “Dogfooding” of New PhoneMashable - Google’s Nexus One: What Makes it Different?Slash Gear - New Google Nexus One photos confirm Android 2.1 & T-Mobile supportMashable - The Google Phone Isn’t…Unless Google Builds ItGizmodo - Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google PhoneEngadget - Google employees given HTC-made Google Phones, January launch imminent?Popsci - Will The Google Phone Change the Mobile Game By Being Entirely Ad-Supported?Gizmodo - Photos from the Nexus One Google PhoneGizmodo - T-Mobile's Pushing the Nexus One Google Phone Because Verizon Said NoEngadget - Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-boardGizmodo - Google Is Handing Out the Google Phone to EmployeesGizmodo - Google Nexus One's Hardware Components: Looking GoodGizmodo - The Great Google Phone Conspiracy