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What I’m reading and finding for October 17th 2011 through October 20th 2011:

• Official Google Reader Blog: Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up –
  googlereader.blogspot.com
  - Unknown
  Posted by Alan Green, Software Engineer In the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can share the best of your feeds with just the right circles. As a result of these changes, we also think it's important to clean things up a bit. Many of Reader's social features will soon …  show all text
• Google+ to Support Pseudonyms –
  mashable.com
  - Ben Parr
  

  Google+ will soon support pseudonyms and other forms of identity, says a Google executive.
  During a conversation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, SVP of Social Vic Gundotra revealed that Google will eventually support other forms of identity. While Google started with only allowing users to sign up if they used their real names, it will be adding features that will “support other forms of identity” in the next few months.
  The revelation comes a few months after controversy erupted when G…  show all text
• From Twitter – http://t.co/u38sdXS2 Key to Mysterious Ocean Glow Proposed
• In Rift Between Murdochs, Heir Becomes Less Apparent –
  nytimes.com
  - By JEREMY W. PETERS
  

  Rupert Murdoch reached his boiling point last winter, a former official said, and delivered a blunt ultimatum to his son James: “You’re coming back to New York, or you’re out.”
• Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech’s Hottest Startup – Forbes –
  forbes.com
  
• From Twitter – http://t.co/jQdCP42k Wi-Fi Basics A Begininers Guide to the Wireless Web
• Introducing Instapaper 4.0 for iPad and iPhone – Marco.org –
  marco.org
  

  This is a big update. (Impatient? App Store link.)
  Navigation
  The iPad browsing interface has been completely redesigned to feel more at home in the iPad environment. Instead of just being a blown-up full-screen list, it’s now a more touch-friendly grid, with all navigation available in any orientation:
  The iPad list screen
  On iPhone, the navigation has also been unified and restyled:
  The iPhone list screens
  Reading
  The iPhone reading screens also no longer show the top status bar by defau…  show all text