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Nishit Shah / The Official Google Blog:
Advanced sign-in security for your Google account — Has anyone you know ever lost control of an email account and inadvertently sent spam—or worse—to their friends and family? There are plenty of examples (like the classic “Mugged in London” scam) that demonstrate why it's important …
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Between the Lines Blog, Krebs on Security, SAI, Examiner, Zero Day Blog, PC World, Fast Company, Nieman Journalism Lab, Matt Cutts, CNET News, Bits, Google Public Policy Blog, Dennis Fisher, Geek.com, Zatz Not Funny!, TechSpot, Mashable!, The Firewall, gHacks Technology News, Liliputing, Download Squad, Erictric, The Next Web and @mattcutts
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Frederic Lardinois / NewsGrange:
Google Rolls Out Optional 2-Step Authentication For All: Secure but Frustrating
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BetaNews, Computerworld and ReadWriteWeb
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Please Twitter, Don't Sell to Google or Facebook — According to sources quoted by the Wall Street Journal in a story published late Wednesday night, Twitter has been having what the paper called “low-level” discussions about a possible acquisition by either Google or Facebook, at a valuation of between $8 billion and $10 billion.
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Felix Salmon:
Understanding Twitter's valuation
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The Atlantic Online, DealBook, Scripting News, paidContent, Guardian, PE Hub Blog, Geek.com and Epicenter
Shira Ovide / Deal Journal:
Twitter at $10 Billion: Insanity?
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Adotas, @pkedrosky, TechCrunch, @wsj, FierceMobileContent and Post Tech
Preston Gralla / Computerworld:
Google and Microsoft offer Nokia hundreds of millions to abandon MeeGo, Symbian — When Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announces a major change in Nokia strategy tomorrow, cash may be an important factor: Microsoft and Google are both said to be offering Nokia hundreds of millions of dollars to switch …
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Ina Fried / Mobilized:
Exclusive: Nokia's Stephen Elop Talks About How He Made His Big OS Decision
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PhoneReport v2.0, WMPoweruser.com, ReadWriteWeb, PhoneArena and SlashGear
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Many Brilliant Layers Of Vic Gundotra's Nokia-Exposing, Microsoft-Bashing Tweet
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Mobilized, The Seattle Times, Fortune, SAI, Gadget Lab, Internet2Go, O'Reilly Radar, paidContent, dailywireless.org and Disruptors
MSDN Blogs:
Acting on Feedback: IE9 Release Candidate Available for Download — The Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9, available now at www.BeautyOfTheWeb.com in 40 languages, reflects our unique approach to building the best experience of the Web on Windows. IE9 also reflects a more open …
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PC World, Seattle Times, WinRumors, WinRumors, Channel 9, TechFlash, The Windows Blog, Digital Trends, Download Squad, LiveSide.net, paidContent, Adotas, LiveSide.net, Black Web 2.0, All about Microsoft Blog, Network World, Redmond Pie, The Tech Report, BlogsDNA, Techie Buzz, Neowin.net, Web Browsers, The Next Web and Electronista
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report Blog:
IE9 Release Candidate review: will Microsoft's big browser bet pay off?
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WMPoweruser.com and Notebooks.com, Thanks:edbott
Seth Rosenblatt / CNET News:
IE9 RC debuts with ‘do not track’
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Ars Technica, The Microsoft Blog, ReadWriteWeb, Inquirer, VentureBeat, Mashable!, Softpedia News and Engadget
Blake Irving / Yodel Anecdotal:
Livestand from Yahoo! - Your Digital Newsstand — The way we access and experience the Web is changing every day. By 2013, more than one billion Internet-enabled mobile devices are projected to be in circulation—that equals more than half the total pool of Internet users today.
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MacStories, Digital Trends, Bits, TUAW, Download Squad, Shoutpedia and The Next Web
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Yahoo Unveils ‘Livestand’ Tablet Newsstand And ‘Personalized News’ Focus — Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) revealed details of its mobile “personalization” initiative that were hinted at earlier this week. In a conference call led by Blake Irving, the company's chief product officer, Yahoo's The platform …
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GigaOM, Digital Daily, PC World, SAI, TechCrunch, Between the Lines Blog, CNET News, SAI, VentureBeat, Pulse2, SlashGear, IntoMobile and Electronista, more at Mediagazer »
Facebook:
An Upgrade for Pages — We are excited to introduce major improvements to Pages. These new features will help you manage communication, express yourself, and increase engagement. — Better Communication — Many people have asked for better ways to keep up with activity on their Page.
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Facebook Developers and MarketingVOX
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook Unifies UI As It Rolls Out New Design For ‘Pages’ — Back in December Facebook unveiled a significant redesign to user profiles, which now feature a handful of photos at the top of the page, new sections for featuring your family members and best friends, and some other mostly-cosmetic tweaks.
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Inside Facebook, Inside Facebook and The Social Path
CNN:
Few customers lining up for Verizon's iPhone — (CNN) — After years of anticipation, relatively few people waited in line Thursday morning to buy the new Verizon Wireless iPhone 4, according to anecdotal reports. — Fifteen minutes before the phone went on sale, eight people were in line …
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Andrew Rassweiler / iSuppli:
New iPhone Carries $171.35 Bill of Materials, IHS iSuppli Teardown Reveals
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MacRumors
The White House:
President Obama Details Plan to Win the Future through Expanded Wireless Access — Initiative expands wireless coverage to 98% of Americans, reduces deficit by nearly $10 billion, invests in nationwide public safety network — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will today detail his plan …
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Martyn Williams / PC World:
IPhone Attack Reveals Passwords in Six Minutes — Researchers in Germany say they've been able to reveal passwords stored in a locked iPhone in just six minutes and they did it without cracking the phone's passcode. — The attack, which requires possession of the phone, targets keychain, Apple's password management system.
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The Register, Engadget, msnbc.com, Fraunhofer Institute, MobileCrunch, TUAW, Gizmodo Australia, MacRumors, everythingiCafe, Appolicious Advisor, Naked Security, TiPb, The Huffington Post, The Next Web, Switched, Digital Trends, Apple Bitch, AppAdvice, DailyTech, PhoneArena, BGR, MacStories, Hardware 2.0 Blog, SAI, 9 to 5 Mac and Inquirer
Bing:
Making search yours — For years people have talked about personalized search as the next evolution of our amazing technology. Over the years, the biggest obstacle facing search engineers is the simple fact that human behavior is not predictable. Don't get us wrong, people can be creatures …
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NewsGrange, Neowin.net, WinRumors, The Next Web and MarketingVOX
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Ian Paul / PC World:
Is Apple TV Taking Aim at Xbox? — Hoping to play Angry Birds on your television? You may not have to wait for the official console versions because iOS gaming may be coming to the new Apple TV, according to rumors. Bits of code found in the latest beta version of iOS 4.3 released …
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Webscopia
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John Cook / TechFlash:
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz backs Groupon, joins board — Groupon is getting a double-shot of good news today. The fast-growing daily deal site announced that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has joined the board. In a related move, Schultz's Seattle venture capital firm, Maveron …
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Business Wire, Thanks:toddbishop
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Facebook Exploring Permitting a Tender Offer for $1 Billion of Employee Shares at $60 Billion Valuation — Facebook is exploring permitting a tender offer up to $1 billion of its employee shares, after being approached by a number of big institutional investors about investing in the company …
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All Facebook, SAI and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Google Sets Sights on Next New Networks — Google Inc. is in final-stage discussions to acquire online video site Next New Networks Inc., people familiar with the matter said. — Google is expected to pay tens of millions of dollars for the New York-based company, these people said.
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Fortune, GigaOM and Pulse2, more at Mediagazer »
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
500 Startups Announces First Class Of New Incubator Program — Six months ago 500 Startups, the angel fund headed by Dave McClure, started investing in dozens of startups — they're now up to around 90 investments. And today the fund is announcing an incubator program similar in many ways to Y Combinator …
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Mashable!, NetworkEffect, GigaOM, SAI, ReadWriteWeb and Xconomy, Thanks:davemcclure
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Mobile Insiders Say Apple's iAds Are “Hurting” — Apple's iAds are hitting a rough spot. Across the board, several developers I've spoken to confirm that “fill rates” for iAds dropped drastically after the New Year and have yet to recover. The fill rate—what percentage of the ad inventory …
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MacRumors and MacStories, more at Mediagazer »
