Roundup: Twitter’s inventor readies next big thing, Verizon supports texting bans, and more

Here’s the latest action:

Twitter co-founder to launch iphone payment service — The project, code-named Squirrel, will allow your iPhone to take credit card payments (though it won’t be the first service to do this), TechCrunch’s MG Siegler reports.

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Verizon will support bans on text messaging while driving — One such law recently took effect in California.

European Commission fine against Intel expected Wednesday — IDG calls the case, which has been under investigation since 2000, “one of the most significant antitrust decisions in [the European Commission’s] history.”

Apple breaks into top 5 PC makers in UK — Overall PC sales slid by 5.1 percent, while Mac sales grew 6.6 percent.

Google uses Microsoft PowerPoint to say it’s not a monopoly — Here’s the presentation.

Sun shareholders move to block Oracle deal — A group of shareholders has made court filings calling Oracle’s acquisition offer “unfair and inadequate.”

Wolfram Alpha gets a mixed review — ReadWriteWeb says the so-called Google-killer will be useful for techies and academics, but probably not for mainstream folks.

Amazon creates its own URL shortener — That will make it easier to link to Amazon product pages on services like Twitter.

Open web advocate Chris Messina talks about the current state of OpenID — The video is embedded below, and you can find more context here.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4543100&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Video Interview With Chris Messina on OpenID at Next09 (Hamburg) from Plugg Conference on Vimeo.

Demand Media pumps out web content using algorithms — The company, run by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, has 2,000 freelancers who produce 100,000 pieces of niche content each month.

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