The European Union of Justice has sided with Google today over Google AdWords keywords.  The European Court of Justice was reviewing whether there was trade mark infringement violations when advertisers bid for keywords that corresponded with competitors’ products and services.

“It also confirmed that European law that protects internet hosting services applies to Google’s AdWords advertising system,” stated Google Senior Litigation Counsel of EMEA Dr. Harjinder S. Obhi. “This is important because it is a fundamental principle behind the free flow of information over the internet.” Google AdWords is a major component of the company’s overall revenue so this is a huge win for the search engine company. [Google Blog]

Annie Levitz is a 16 year old that lives near Chicago, Illinois that sent on average about 100 text messages per day.  She has been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome because of the addiction.   It started with shooting pains and numb sensations in her hands.  This led to the inability to grasp objects.  “Enough dishes were broken that my parents and I really started to notice and decided to see a doctor.”  If you send close to 100 text messages like Levitz does, then you’d better slowdown. [ABC News]

A Ryerson University engineering student named Chris Avenir faced 147 charges of academic misconduct two years ago when he created a Facebook group called “discuss/post solutions” for homework. Avenir even faced expulsion from the Toronto, Ontario school.

Now Avenir has filed a $10 million class action lawsuit against the university. Avenir said that students that were enrolled at Ryerson were denied the right to have a lawyer present during disciplinary hearings.

The document filed by Avenir says that the university violated its policy that require all hearings to comply with the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, which guarantees people to have the right to a legal counsel. The university plans to defend itself against the allegations. [Chronicle]

Edward Hill, also known as the Trololo guy became a viral hit after old footage of him singing hit YouTube.  Andreas Moller designed a free iPhone app [iTunes link] that has a Hill avatar singing and dancing the Trololo song.  You can unlock different modes in the app such as Applause, Funny Hat , Tone Invasion, etc.  Check out the video below of the original Trololo song [Gizmodo].

Foursquare has launched a new Celebrity Mode of checking in.  Ashton Kutcher has already been a part of this feature and now Jersey Shore’s DJ Pauly D is on board too.  Celebrity Mode gives the ability for Foursquare users to share their location with real-life friends or all of their friends.  MTV and VH1 have partnered with Foursquare for this feature.  DJ Pauly D (Paul DelVecchio) is the first MTV celebrity to use the feature.

“Celebrity Mode is a modified version of the standard Foursquare model which allows users to ‘follow’ a celebrity and lets high-profile users to choose whether check-ins are sent to inner-circle friends or to both friends and followers,” stated Foursquare in a press release. “Foursquare users can also view tips that the celebrities they are following have left behind at places all over the world.” [CNET]

Offerpal Media has bought out Tapjoy.  Tapjoy is a mobile application monetization company and Offerpal Media is a social gaming monetization company.  That makes them a good match. Tapjoy is very profitable according to the founders.  Tapjoy was founded by Lee Linden and Ben Lewis.  Their platform has been integrated into apps by over 1,000 developers.  Their platform reaches about 25 million mobile consumers. Below is the full press release:

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has started selling contract-free iPhones at the Apple Store now at full price.  The 3G costs $499 and the 3GS costs from $599-$699.  The full-priced iPhones are carrier-locked with AT&T. [Engadget]

Google and other 20 U.S. companies were victims to a cyber attack that originated from China. This was done in an attempt to limit free speech on the web. There is also persistent blocking of websites such as Blogger, Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube, and Google Docs. Google decided to stop censoring content in China to comply with government regulation.

Now when users visit Google.cn, the browser will be redirected to Google.hk. Google will continue to research and develop in China, but searching on Google will be done through servers in Hong Kong and will be uncensored. The official announcement was made by Google SVP of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond on the Google Blog. [Google Blog]