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3:50 PM ET, January 31, 2011

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Google's Android becomes the world's leading smart phone platform — Canalys reveals smart phone market exceeded 100 million units in Q4 2010 Palo Alto, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 31 January 2011 Canalys today published its final Q4 2010 global country-level smart phone market data …

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Canalys: Android overtakes Symbian as world's best-selling smartphone platform in Q4 2010 — One day somebody will write a book called “The rise and rise of Android” and this moment will be highlighted in bold. Canalys' latest smartphone sales figures show that Android phone makers managed …

Discussion: Ars Technica, IntoMobile, ReadWriteWeb, Reuters, BetaNews, Macworld, The Huffington Post, WMPoweruser.com, DailyTech, Androinica and Techie Buzz

Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald:

Closed Apple headed for trouble as Jobs's ego bites: Netgear CEO — The global chairman and CEO of home networking giant Netgear has launched into a scathing attack on Apple and its founder Steve Jobs, criticising Jobs's “ego” and Apple's closed up products.

Discussion: CNET News, PC World, SlashGear, The Huffington Post, ITworld.com, Macgasm, THINQ.co.uk, Electronista, TiPb, DailyTech, Neowin.net, MacGazette.net, MacStories, Gearlog, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Engadget, Softpedia News, TG Daily and Pulse2

Bloomberg:

Android Tablets Gain on IPad in Fourth Quarter, Researcher Says — Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc.'s Android boosted its share of tablet computers almost tenfold in the fourth quarter, narrowing the lead of Apple Inc.'s iPad, market researcher Strategy Analytics said.

Discussion: Between the Lines Blog, Fortune, Examiner, VentureBeat, Mashable!, Business Wire, Wall Street Journal, Pulse2, SlashGear, Internet2Go, I4U News, The Digital Home, GMSV, msnbc.com, Computerworld, The Huffington Post, MacGazette.net, mocoNews, ZDNet and Phones Review, Thanks:michaelkroker

Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
Apple's share of tablet market slides to 77%, Android rises to 22%

Discussion: Digital Daily, Macgasm, Inquirer, Fonehome.co.uk, Android Phone Fans and IntoMobile

Markus Frind / Plenty of fish blog:

Plentyoffish Hacked. — This is not a statement from Plentyoffish, i'll post something in the morning. This is a personal post about what it feels like to be hacked /extorted and the intense pressure and stress you are put under. Not to mention how annoying it is to have someone constantly harassing …

Discussion: The Next Web, Digital Trends, Help Net Security, Krebs on Security, Pulse2, TechCrunch, Neowin.net, Gearlog, SAI and Online Dating Insider

Grumo Media:

Plenty Of Fish Hacked - Chris Russo explains what happened — I just got in contact with Chris Russo who managed to hack into the largest dating site on the world PlentyOfFish.com. — Marcus Frind, Founder of POF wrote an article accussing Chris of hacking /extorting POF and harassing his wife.

Discussion: Mashable!, Engadget, The Huffington Post and Switched

Evan Ramstad / Digits:

Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales Actually ‘Quite Small’ — Technology News and Insights — Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Tab, the company's answer to Apple Inc.'s iPad, isn't selling as well as the company has let on. — In early December, Samsung announced it had sold 1 million, declaring that sales were going “faster than expected.”

Discussion: Electronista, Digital Daily, ZDNet, SAI, 9 to 5 Mac, Digital Trends, Daring Fireball, CrunchGear, GottaBeMobile, Eurodroid, I4U News, MacRumors, Engadget, FierceWireless, MacDailyNews, SlashGear, IntoMobile and Pulse2

Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

Google Searches for Mobile-App Experts — Engineers, Product Managers Are Needed as More Development Is Brought in House to Counter Apple — Google Inc. plans to hire dozens of software developers to create applications for smartphones and other mobile devices, people familiar with the matter said …

Josh Ong / AppleInsider:

Apple's 4% mobile market share rakes in over half the industry's profit — With just 4.2 percent of the global mobile phone market, Apple's iPhone accounts for a massive 51 percent of the total profits, a new report claims. — Apple continues to dominate the market when profit is measured …

Discussion: eWeek, Pulse2 and Shiny Objects

Horace Dediu / asymco:
Fourth quarter mobile phone industry overview

Discussion: MacRumors, Fortune, TiPb and TUAW

Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report:

Intel finds flaw in 6-series chipsets, halts shipments — As phenomenal as Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors turned out to be, nothing in this world is truly perfect. Intel announced earlier this morning that it has discovered a flaw in the 6-series chipsets that accompany the new processor family.

Discussion: MacRumors, NewEnterprise, SAI, News Stories, PC World, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, Examiner, VentureBeat, AnandTech, CNET News, Reuters, The Register, dailywireless.org, Neowin.net, Gizmodo, TechSpot, DailyTech, Softpedia News and TekGoblin

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Intel's billion-dollar mistake: Why chip flaws are so hard to fix

Discussion: AppleInsider and Electronista

Ville Heiskanen / Bloomberg:
Intel Says Design Error Will Reduce Sales, Margins

Discussion: Engadget, Between the Lines Blog, Tech Trader Daily and Reuters

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:

The mistakes I made in Quora — So, I woke up early in Davos, Switzerland, excited to go skiing, and look at Techmeme and see that the Quora Reviewer has written a post which could be titled “Scoble stay off the Quora lawn.” — Ouch. — Then I look at email.

Thanks:thibetian

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Quora Backlash Slams Head First Into Quora Backlash Backlash

Discussion: The Quora Review, GigaOM and broadstuff, more at Mediagazer »

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Speculation on the next MacBook Pro — Given how awesome the new MacBook Air is, I'm interested to see what Apple does with the other laptops in the lineup. — I've had three 13" laptops (including the first-generation and current-generation Airs) and two 15" laptops …

Discussion: parislemon and MacStories

Noam Cohen / New York Times:

Define Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia's Contributor List — In 10 short years, Wikipedia has accomplished some remarkable goals. More than 3.5 million articles in English? Done. More than 250 languages? Sure. — But another number has proved to be an intractable obstacle …

Discussion: Telegraph and Switched

Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:

Apple changes its stance on water damage to iOS devices — As reported by igeneration.fr, Apple has amended its stance on water damage to iPods. As you can see below, Apple will allow some leeway in water damage, even if the red indicator has been triggered, so long as no corrosion is present.

Discussion: AppleInsider, The Atlantic Online, App Advice, Techland, Appolicious Advisor, Gizmodo, everythingiCafe and MacStories

Kirill Skorodelov / BBC:

iTunes films bust copyright laws — Russian films are being made available through Apple's iTunes service without the consent of the copyright holders, the BBC has learned. — The popular films, dating from the Soviet era, are being made available to download as smartphone apps.

Discussion: ITProPortal, MacStories, PlagiarismToday and The Next Web

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Exclusive: KIT digital Acquires KickApps, Kewego AND Kyte For $77.2 Million — TechCrunch exclusive - If you'd never heard about KIT digital before, you will after today. — The provider of cloud-based video asset management solutions has acquired not one, not two but three social software and video companies.

Discussion: KIT digital, fierceonlinevideo.com …, MediaMemo, Beet.TV, GigaOM and Adotas, more at Mediagazer »

Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:

First look: Honeycomb APIs power tablet-friendly Android apps — Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, introduces a completely new user interface suitable for tablet devices. Google has also extended the platform's APIs so that third-party developers can make their applications work better on large form factors.

Discussion: Inquirer, eWeek, PC World and ITworld.com

Aneesh Chopra / TechCrunch:

Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship — Note from the editor: This is a guest post from Aneesh Chopra, United States Chief Technology Officer. — During last week's State of the Union address, President Obama challenged the Nation to out-educate …

Discussion: VentureBeat, StartUP America Partnership, The White House, CNET News, VatorNews, All Facebook, Between the Lines Blog, Bloomberg, A Smarter Planet Blog, Black Web 2.0, The Next Web, Data Central and Mass High Tech

Joanna Stern / Engadget:

Dell Streak 7 launching at T-Mobile on February 2nd: $200 with two-year contract, $450 without — It's been an interesting few weeks of rumored Dell Streak 7 prices, but as promised, T-Mobile's setting the record straight with some official dollar figures. Yep, that predicted $330 price …

Discussion: Examiner, CNET News, @tmobile, Digital Trends, The Toybox Blog, GottaBeMobile, Android Phone Fans, Life On My Mobile, Pocket-lint, Softpedia News, IntoMobile, Electronista, TmoNews, BGR, Liliputing, Erictric and SlashGear

Simon Mackie / GigaOM:

IBM's Office Suite Moves to the Cloud — I BM is getting into the cloud-based office productivity suite market, with the announcement of LotusLive Symphony, a product that offers users the ability to simultaneously collaborate on documents. It's certainly coming late to the party …

Discussion: eWeek, InfoWorld, The Register and ReadWriteWeb

Verne G. Kopytoff / New York Times:

At Flickr, Fending Off Rumors and Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — Speculation in technology circles that Yahoo might close or sell Flickr, its photo-sharing service, prompted an emphatic denial this month. — “Is Yahoo committed to Flickr?” Blake Irving, Yahoo's product chief, wrote in a message on Twitter.

Discussion: Digital Trends and Softpedia News

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Google Spent $5.2 Million On Lobbying In 2010; Up 29 Percent From 2009 — Google's Q4 lobbying spend is in; and the search giant continues to spend more money on influencing policy and lawmakers than in previous years. In the fourth quarter of 2010, Google spent $1.24 million on lobbying …

Discussion: Inside Facebook and CNET News

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