*"I'm just hoping this doesn't end like 2000 again. The desire to make a buck does help fuel innovation, but it can also wipe out people's nesteggs if they get too greedy."
-- MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson (Google+)
*This year's Women's World Cup tournament set a new Twitter record -- 7,196 Tweets per second -- higher even than the news of Osama bin Laden's death last May. (TechCrunch)
*Facebook doesn't take kindly to Google+ ads on its social network. Web developer Michael Lee Johnson found out the hard way after putting up an ad on Facebook looking for Google+. Needless to say, Zuck's camp had it pulled. Should he have been surprised? More importantly (and somewhat tangential), would Facebook lie? (TechCrunch and Fortune)
*Quora lead designer Rebekah Cox, recently profiled by colleague Jessi Hempel, on what it's like to be a woman working in tech. (Huffington Post)
*How music streaming darling Spotify got one tech writer thinking about (and appreciating) Napster again. (Appolicious)
*Given how ubiquitous music-savvy smartphones are, it's probably not too surprising iPod sales are expected to decline 7.2% next quarter. (Fortune)