1. Why I can’t kick the Apple iPhone habit (Scobleizer)
Web watcher Robert Scoble writes a passionate defence of Apple’s iPhone as it the battle between it and Android intensifies.

2. New Twitter analytics product launching soon? More evidence… (ReadWriteWeb)
Despite denials it seems that the Twitter team is about to launch a new analytics platform. Curt Hopkins reports.

3. Apple needs an attitude adjustment (MarketWatch)
The company’s recent bizarre handling of the antenna/reception issue with its new iPhone 4 is an example of the swagger that has been woven into Apple’s fabric since its early days, says Therese Poletti.

4. Microsoft Calling. Anyone There? (NYTimes)
Less than two months after the Kins arrived in stores, Microsoft said it would kill the ‘social’ mobile phones. Ashlee Vance looks at what went wrong.

5. A USA-USSR of Enterprise Apps merger could well happen (CBR Rolling Blog)
A merger between Oracle and SAP? Why not? Such a combination would be a serious rival for HP and IBM and Accenture in a number of ways, says Gary Flood.