Apple Recalls “Extremely Small” Number of Verizon iPads Over Duplicate ID Numbers

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 10 at 4:33 pm PT

While each iPad is designed to have its own unique electronic ID number, a batch of iPads was shipped that all had the same identifier, a problem when it comes to activating the devices on Verizon’s network. Most of the small number of units involved were still hitting the market, but a few had already found their way into customers hands.

Secret Features of Apple’s New Headquarters

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on June 10 at 3:56 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

CafePress Looks to Public Markets to Raise $80 Million

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 10 at 3:03 pm PT

CafePress, which can print just about anything on a mug, poster or T-shirt, clearly can’t print its own money, so it’s planning an IPO. And it appears to have built a fairly sizable company, according to the documents filed with the SEC today.

RIM Shareholder Seeks Change to Top of Corporate Org Chart

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 10 at 2:05 pm PT

A Research In Motion shareholder wants the company to split the responsibilities of the CEO and chairman — well, split them differently than they are already divided.

Apple to Lodsys: Now, Youse Can’t Leave

John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 10 at 1:39 pm PT

Lodsys has really stepped in it now. Apple has asked to intervene in the legal battle the company is waging against small iOS developers.

Spotify Signs Universal Music, May Really Get to U.S. After All

Peter Kafka in Media on June 10 at 12:58 pm PT

The pact means that the streaming music company now has U.S. deals in place with three of the four largest labels, making it likely that the company will finally be able to move across the Atlantic this summer.

Do Us a Favor and Read About This Social Start-Up Called Favo.rs

Drake Martinet in Social on June 10 at 11:52 am PT

Adam Rodnitzky would like you to do him a favor. Actually, he’d probably prefer you do a bunch of favors for other people. Then, you’ll generate the kind of data his social start-up is hungry for.

Gilt Groupe’s Full-Priced Men’s Clothing Site Coming Late Summer

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 10 at 11:33 am PT

The New York-based discount e-commerce site Gilt Groupe is prepping the late summer launch of Park & Bond, a full-priced men’s retail site.

Photobucket Gets New Life With Twitter Deal (Video)

Liz Gannes in Social on June 10 at 10:41 am PT

Web turnaround stories and brand revivals are few and far between. But the once-forgotten Photobucket seems to have cemented itself on firm footing with a deal to host photos for Twitter’s new native photo-sharing service.

Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Gets Buzz, Courtesy of LulzSec Hackers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 10 at 9:39 am PT

If it’s true that there’s really no such thing as bad publicity, Cloudflare, a Web security startup, is proving it by having been selected by the LulzSec troupe of hackers to help protect its Web site. As product endorsements go, it’s an odd one, but the outfit is seeing a spike in sign-ups from the buzz.

On Twitter, “The Real Housewives Of New Jersey” Trumps “Modern Family.” Why?

Peter Kafka in Media on June 10 at 8:48 am PT

Twitter loves TV. And TV loves Twitter. But the relationship between the two is a funky one: Sometimes Twitter gets excited about TV shows that lots of people don’t care about. And sometimes TV’s most popular shows aren’t nearly as popular on the social messaging service.

An Unlikely Pair (Me and Glamour Magazine, That Is) Tackle Women in Tech Conundrum This Fall

Kara Swisher in Media on June 10 at 6:01 am PT

As readers of mine know, I write a semi-ranty post now and again about the lack of women in high-level tech jobs and on the boards of its major companies. This fall, Glamour magazine and I will be asking about that lack of women. And — fair warning — we have a lot of questions.

Pandora Thinks Investors Like What They Hear, Bumps Up IPO Price

Peter Kafka in Media on June 10 at 5:44 am PT

Apparently the streaming music service’s investors are unfazed by Apple’s iCloud offering; the new offering price gives Pandora a $1.9 billion market cap.