paidContent Quick Hits 06.04.2010

Super Mario Mushroom

»  How Super Mario Bros. inspired Dennis Crowley to create Foursquare. [CNN]

»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will begin handing over mistakenly-collected WiFi data to European regulators. [Bloomberg BusinessWeek]

»  AOL (NYSE: AOL) may be negotiating a sale to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) — not a search deal. [Business Insider]

»  Advice from Zappos.com CEO: Follow the Golden Rule. [Harvard Business Review]

»  Lord of the Rings Online will become a free-to-play game and get a major upgrade this fall. [GamesBeat]

»  In second place to Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) offers $50 gift certificates to customers buying Nooks. [CNET]

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