So, there are a couple of ways to think about Google's (GOOG) big post-Q2 sell-off this morning. For starters, as I noted last night, there seems to be increasing evidence that online advertising is actually feeling the effects of the slower economy. One

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In the week since Apple's iPhone (AAPL) App Store opened, one thing has become clear: People are playing lots of games on their gadgets. Seven of the top ten paid apps and three of the top ten free apps are games.