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11:35 AM ET, February 11, 2011

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Nokia Conversations:
Open Letter from CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia and CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft  —  GLOBAL - Today in London, our two companies announced plans for a broad strategic partnership that combines the respective strengths of our companies and builds a new global mobile ecosystem.
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Microsoft:
Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for a Broad Strategic Partnership to Build a New Global Mobile Ecosystem  —  Companies plan to combine assets and develop innovative mobile products on an unprecedented scale.  —  Nokia and Microsoft today announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership …
Nokia:
Nokia outlines new strategy, introduces new leadership, operational structure  —  London, UK - Nokia today outlined its new strategic direction, including changes in leadership and operational structure to accelerate the company's speed of execution in a dynamic competitive environment.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership, New Leadership Team, Organizational Changes  —  Ahead of its Strategy and Financial Briefing in London, Nokia has shared some details on what it plans to announce at the event.  As expected, the company is aligning its strategy with Microsoft.
Aidan Biggins / @aidanbiggins:
Any Nokia software engineers need a job? We're hiring: www.google.com/jobs
Discussion: SlashGear and Phones Review
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia Q&A reveals more MeeGo details and tablet plans — says Android ‘risk of commodification was very high’  —  The Steve show just ended with both Elop and Ballmer hosting a very informative media Q&A following the reveal of Nokia's plan to use Windows Phone 7 as its “primary smartphone platform.”
Jussi Rosendahl / Reuters:
Nokia to cut thousands of jobs in Finland: union  —  (Reuters) - Nokia is set to cut thousands of jobs in Finland as part of the strategic overhaul which it unveiled on Friday, the chairman of the local labor union said on Friday.  —  “It seems it means thousands of jobs in Finland,” …
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Former Microsoft Vet Chris Weber To Lead Nokia's USA Business, Louison Is Out
Discussion: PR Newswire
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia to developers: no Qt for Windows Phone development
Mark Spoonauer / LAPTOP Mag:
Intel: “We're Not Blinking on MeeGo”
Discussion: GigaOM, Thanks:mspoonauer
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
WATCH: Nokia And Microsoft Announce Their Partnership
Discussion: Money Game, Engadget and Geek.com
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
MacBook Air ‘Sandy Bridge’ update expected in June  —  Apple is targeting a MacBook Air update for this summer that will include a move to Intel's Sandy Bridge processors, CNET has learned.  —  Initial shipments of Intel's Sandy Bridge processor were snafued on January 31 by a minor glitch …
Bloomberg:
Apple Working on Cheaper, More Versatile IPhone Models  —  Apple Inc. is working on new versions of the iPhone that are aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google Inc.'s Android software, according to people who have been briefed on the plans.
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Could Apple Be Your Next Phone Company?
Discussion: DSLreports, Thanks:sgbass83
Yukari Iwatani Kane / Wall Street Journal:
Despite Leave, Jobs Keeps a Hand on Apple  —  Three weeks into a medical leave he took “to focus on my health,” Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is staying closely involved in the company's strategic decisions and product development, according to people familiar with the matter.
Information Arbitrage:
Froth or famine?  —  Let's be serious - EVERYBODY is wondering if there is another shoe to drop in the Great Internet Gold Rush of 2011. $6 billion for Groupon?  Nah, too low.  Something between $8-$10 billion for Twitter?  Sure, why not?  Eight-figure pre-money valuations for numerous West Coast consumer web start-ups?
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:   (Founder Stories) Fred Wilson On Frothy Valuations
Evan Blass / pocketnow.com:
Galaxy S 2, Desire HD2, Desire 2, Wildfire 2 Full Specs Leaked  —  Even more pre-MWC leaks from Expansys, as the company has now posted full spec sheets on the HTC Desire HD2, Samsung Galaxy S 2, HTC Desire 2, and HTC Wildfire 2.  As suspected, the Galaxy S 2 is said to run …
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
Samsung 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet to debut at MWC  —  EXCLUSIVE: Tab two just days away  —  Pocket-lint sources have confirmed that Samsung will launch a Honeycomb-packing 10.1-inch tablet on Sunday night at the start of Mobile World Congress.  —  The new device will be thinner and lighter …
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
PayPal's Micropayment Solution Opens to the Public  —  Online payment company PayPal has opened up its micropayment solution to “game developers, media publishers, or anyone interested in selling digital content on a global scale.”  The solution was first announced last October when the company …
Bloomberg:
RIM Said to Plan PlayBook Software to Run Google's Android Apps  —  Research In Motion Ltd., looking to score a hit with its PlayBook tablet computer, is working on software to allow the device to run applications for Google Inc.'s Android, three people familiar with the matter said.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
eHarmony Hacked  —  Online dating giant eHarmony has begun urging many users to change their passwords, after being alerted by KrebsOnSecurity.com to a potential security breach of customer information.  The individual responsible for all the ruckus is an Argentinian hacker …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Twitter Tells Advertisers To Dig Deeper: “Promoted Trends” Get a Price Hike  —  Twitter's “promoted trends” ads may be the company's most consistent source of revenue.  Now the company wants to wring more money out of them: It has told buyers to expect a significant price bump for the ads in the next few months.
Discussion: FierceMobileContent
BBC:
Stop the presses: Facebook CTO says news next in social revolution  —  Facebook CTO Bret Taylor says news and media are set get the social treatment  —  Each week we ask chief technology officers and other high-profile tech decision-makers three questions.
Discussion: The Next Web and ReadWriteWeb
AppleInsider:
Apple doubling orders for ‘hot-selling’ Macbook models, suppliers say  —  Apple's Asian manufacturing partners have seen orders for popular Macbook models as much as double, while shipments of notebooks to other brand-name vendors have failed to meet expectations, a new report claims.
Discussion: DigiTimes
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Sony to Inspect PlayStation Hacker's Hard Drive  —  SAN FRANCISCO — PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz must allow console-maker Sony to comb through his computer's hard drive and retrieve information “that relates to the hacking of the PlayStation,” a federal judge ruled Thursday.
David Meyer / ZDNet:
Common charger ready, but Apple stays mum on adapter  —  A sample of the new common mobile phone charger for Europe has been ceremonially handed over to European industry commissioner Antonio Tajani, ahead of a continent-wide roll-out this year.  —  The charger was given to Tajani by Bridget Cosgrave …
Michael Wolf / GigaOM:
Pure Digital CEO Leaving Cisco; Was Flip Deal a Flop?  —  Updated.  Pure Digital CEO Jonathan Kaplan will be leaving Cisco on Friday, less than two years after Cisco bought the maker of the Flip video camera franchise for a cool $590 million.  According to the company, as part of the reshuffling …
 
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Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
PlayStation Move creator wants to open the device to PC users
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Hackers Build Android Encryption Apps For Egypt
Discussion: Threat Level, Thanks:forbestech
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
(Virtually) face to face: how Aaron Barr revealed himself to Anonymous
Austin American-Statesman:
Amazon to close Texas distribution center amid sales tax fight
Discussion: Bloomberg
Rob Diana / Regular Geek:
Twitter Stops Whitelisting Applications
Discussion: SAI
Royal Pingdom:
Microsoft's woes: It's a Windows-eat-Windows world
Ben Camm-Jones / Macworld UK:
Opera Mini for iPad to launch at MWC
Discussion: Opera Press Room and The Register
Reuters:
Sprint Adds Subscribers For First Time Since 2007
Discussion: Stock Tick Tock
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
What HP Really Announced: A Battle With Google Over the Cloud
Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Rackspace Cloud Revenue Keeps Rising, Tops $100M
Stefan Parker / Facebook:
Developing Facebook's New Photo Viewer
Discussion: Facebook Blog and VatorNews
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Funny Coincidence between Bing's Rise And Conduit's Declining Traffic
Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
Facebook Earned ~$250 Million In Q4, Profits Growing At An Astounding Rate
Discussion: The Register
Chris Wolf / Gartner:
Windows 7 Update Breaks VMware View Client: An Important Lesson In BYOD
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Snapshot of an Apple flash crash
Carolyn Penner / Twitter Blog:
Twitter for Android - new and improved
Discussion: eWeek, AndroidGuys and PC Magazine
 

 
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