Chris Finke recently added a feature in the URL Fixer browser add-on that collected anonymous usage stats from users who opted in. The opt in allowed URL Fixer to collect data on how to improve URL typos. Finke now has 6 months of data and he summarized it.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Corporate VP Terry Myerson has announced that the Windows Phone development team signed off on the RTM build of the “Mango” operating system update. This means that the code is being handed off to mobile operator partners to optimize Mango for specific phones and network configurations. This means that Mango will be updated for users by this fall. Some of the updates in Mango include e-mail in conversation view, text/IM/Facebook threaded view, app multitasking, music/video/picture hubs, and IE9 with HTML5 support. [Windows Team Blog]

Some Google+ users were upset to find out that their accounts were cancelled because of Google’s name restrictions. Google senior VP of social Vic Gundotra insisted that people used their real names when using the Google+ social network. He compared it to when a restaurant does not allow people in that do not wear shirts.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) charges 30% for in-app purchases. Recently the rules started including publisher subscriptions too. This is why companies like Amazon.com, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble removed their stores from their iOS applications. They also removed any hyperlinks or mentions of their online stores.

Apple’s upcoming iOS 5 will include some new facial recognition software, 9to5Mac reports, courtesy of the company’s 2010 purchase of Swedish company Polar Rose. The algorithms designed by Polar Rose have spawned tech called CIFaceFeature and CIDetector that could soon be part of a myriad of everyday apps. The prospect of app integration is suggested by Apple’s announcement that it plans to open the face detection software as a public developer API. OS X Lion’s Photobooth is already using some of the tech.

Twitter has added Joel Lunenfeld to their team as director of global brand strategy and Pam Kramer is coming on as the vice president of consumer marketing. The additions to the senior management team are part of Twitter’s aim to effectively monetize the service. TechCrunch reports that Kramer has experience with Super Bowl ads and that Lunenfeld will develop partnership programs with Twitter’s advertisers.

RadioShack announced today that it will be cutting ties with T-Mobile and partnering with Verizon Wireless in the fall. CNET notes that this gives RadioShack access to Verizon’s customers, a significant gain as the company currently boasts the largest mobile customer base in the nation. RadioShack has been struggling with its revenue and is relying on the September 15th brand switch to help make the company profitable again. Verizon’s previous partnership with RadioShack ended in 2005.

The iCam, a concept camera designed by Zeki Ozek, doesn’t require cables or data cards or any other supplementary tech. Because the iCam connects directly to your iPhone via a 30 pin connector. The iPhone slides neatly into the back of the camera, and the front of the camera is designed with a standard lens mount that allows the user to switch between real lenses while also using optical zoom and saving photos directly to your phone. One practical application of this is that any photos you take can be set up with the iCam app edited with whatever other apps you’ve downloaded. [Rexplore]