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6:55 PM ET, February 16, 2011

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A simple way for publishers to manage access to digital content — At Humboldt University in Berlin today, Eric Schmidt announced Google One Pass, a service that lets publishers set their own prices and terms for their digital content. With Google One Pass, publishers can maintain direct relationships …

Hayley Tsukayama / Faster Forward:

Google launches subscription service — Google One Pass — One day after Apple introduced its controversial subscription service, Google has announced that it will also offer a subscription service for digital content, called Google One Pass. “With Google One Pass, publishers can customize …

Discussion: mocoNews

MG Siegler / TechCrunch: Forget 90/10 Split, Key To Google One Pass Is That Customer Information Is Shared With Publishers

Edmund Lee / AdAge:
Google Outbids Apple, Offers Publishers 90% Cut on Tablet Subs

Discussion: Google Operating System, CNNMoney.com, Trends in the Living Networks, PadGadget, Nieman Journalism Lab, BetaNews, TUAW, everythingiCafe, Ars Technica, Geek.com, The Next Web and The Big Picture, more at Mediagazer »

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Exclusive: Verizon iPhone sales fail to meet expectations — One of our Apple sources has shared some very sensitive information on first-week Verizon iPhone launch sales with us. It's quite interesting — we're being told sales are performing a little under what Apple and Verizon anticipated, and we have the data to show it.

Discussion: Examiner, Technologizer, CNET News, Between the Lines Blog, Internet2Go, TUAW, TiPb, 9 to 5 Mac, ITworld.com, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, MacRumors, PhoneArena, RazorianFly, AppleInsider, SlashGear, Erictric, Electronista, SAI, iPhone Download Blog, MacStories, Gearlog, Apple Bitch, Techland and I4U News, Thanks:dovellonsky

DSLreports: Verizon iPhone Sales Failed To Meet Expectations - Just 14% Of Verizon iPhone Buyers Former AT&T Users

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:

Motorola's Xoom tablet priced at $799 — (Reuters) - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc's Xoom tablet will sell for an unsubsidized $799 at Verizon Wireless, with WiFi-only version priced at around $600 price, chief executive Sanjay Jha said on Wednesday. — “Competing with Apple …

Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider: OFFICIAL: Motorola's Xoom Tablet Will Cost $600 For WiFi, $800 For 3G

Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:

More Detail On Apple's Plans For MobileMe: Think FaceBook, Foursquare & uStream [Exclusive] — Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is working on a “major revamp” of MobileMe, including a “locker” that will stream movies and TV shows to iPhones and iPads.

Discussion: MacRumors, The Next Web, SlashGear, Electronista, Ars Technica, TiPb and MacTrast

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

Exclusive: Sony ‘S1’ PlayStation tablet (updated) — Think for a second, what major consumer electronics company doesn't have a tablet to show? Right, Sony. In fact, the rumor womb has been conspicuously barren of salacious Sony tablet tattle ever since Apple's iPad was announced back in 2010.

Discussion: Digital Trends, PC World, VentureBeat, SAI, Android Police, Androinica, VG247, Erictric, AndroidGuys, Electronista, Softpedia News, Android Phone Fans, I4U News, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, Geek.com, Liliputing, Pocket-lint, Yahoo! News and Sony Insider

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

Why Are You People Defending Apple? — As you've doubtless heard by now, yesterday Apple revealed its new fee structure for premium content: all apps that offer premium content outside of the App Store have to also offer it via Apple's official in-app purchases (this includes Amazon's Kindle) …

Discussion: parislemon, Technologizer and VoIP & Gadgets Blog, more at Mediagazer »

Barry Collins / PC Pro:

The true cost of publishing on the Amazon Kindle — Ever wondered why newspapers and magazines published on the Amazon Kindle rarely contain photos? I've downloaded several copies of The Times and The Telegraph on my Kindle, and you're lucky if you get more than one photo in the entire newspaper.

Discussion: techblog.dallasnews.com

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

Nokia Plan B was just a hoax all along — There's been a lot of chatter about a “Nokia Plan B” over the past 48 hours — the site was put up by “nine young investors” who outlined an audacious plan to rally shareholders, get themselves elected onto Nokia's board, and radically change …

Discussion: @nokiaplanb, All about Microsoft Blog, Nokia Plan B, @edbott, @maryjofoley and PhoneArena

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Google will launch iTunes music store competitor with upgrade to Android — ‘Google Music’ service will form part of new version of Android operating system designed specifically for tablet devices — Google is to launch a music service to compete with Apple's iTunes music store as part …

Discussion: AppleInsider, Guardian, Download Squad, Electronista and Droid Life

Kit Eaton / Fast Company:

Whoops! Did Intel Just Leak the New MacBook Pro Design? — We think Apple's on the verge of updating its MacBook Pro line of laptops, but Intel may have let the cat out of the bag early with an image in an ad. Skinnier? Check. Optical drives? Gone (probably).

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, CrunchGear, MacTrast and I4U News

Wall Street Journal:

Borders Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection — Borders Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday and said it will close about 30% of its stores nationwide in the coming weeks. — The struggling operator of the Borders and Waldenbooks chains sought protection from its creditors …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Deal Journal, Pulse2 and Digital Trends

Audrey Watters / ReadWriteWeb:
Kobo Reassures Its E-Book Customers After Borders Declares Bankruptcy

Discussion: DealBook, Kobo, CrunchGear and TeleRead, more at Mediagazer »

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’ — As part of “Operation Save Our Children” ICE's Cyber Crimes Center has again seized several domain names, but not without making a huge error. Last Friday, thousands of site owners were surprised by a rather worrying banner that was placed on their domain.

Discussion: Department of Homeland …, Techdirt, Geek.com, The Raw Story and p2pnet

Sam Gustin / Epicenter:

IBM Watson Scientist: Speed Matters, But So Do Accuracy, Intuition — IBM supercomputer Watson's Game 1 blowout of Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter may not have come as much of a surprise, considering how much information is packed inside the machine's brain.

Steve Hamm / A Smarter Planet Blog:
Watson on Jeopardy! Day Two: The Confusion over an Airport Clue

Discussion: Technically Incorrect, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times and Techland

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Inside Twitter's Sales Machine: A Secret Guide for Advertisers (Video) — Twitter hopes to generate something like $100 million from advertising this year, but first it has to teach people how to buy its ads. Here's how it's doing that: A hand-holding how-to video, which walks through everything …

Discussion: Digital Trends, paidContent, SAI and The Next Web, more at Mediagazer »

Jenna Wortham / Bits:

Google's Schmidt Sees Payments as a Big Business — BARCELONA, Spain — Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, thinks wireless transactions, enabled by the coming wave of Android smartphones outfitted with near-field communication technology, could turn into a serious business for the company.

Discussion: eWeek and Fast Company

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:

Google Penalizes Forbes For Selling Links, Again — Forbes.com, the extremely popular magazine web site, has been notified by Google that they have been penalized for selling links on their web site. — Denis Pinsky, the Digital Marketing Manager at Forbes.com, posted a Google Webmaster Help thread with the notification warning.

Discussion: TechCrunch and Search Engine Land, Thanks:rustybrick

TED Blog:

Announcing TED Conversations! — We're thrilled to announce today the launch of TED Conversations, a new social platform on TED.com that connects people for conversation, collaboration and debate. TED Conversations was designed and built from the ground up to foster meaningful conversation among …

Discussion: Mashable! and New York Observer

John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:

Texas Wants Google to Spill Its Secrets-Here's the List — The antitrust investigation Google is facing in Texas is quite a bit broader than originally thought. A civil investigative demand sent last July by the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, and first reported by Bloomberg …

Discussion: MediaPost, Fortune, PC World and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »

Arn / MacRumors:

Steve Jobs Spotted at Stanford Cancer Center — Radar Online reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was sighted at the Stanford Cancer Center where he is presumably receiving ongoing medical treatment. — RadarOnline.com has confirmed Jobs, 55, has been attending the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto …

Discussion: Daily Mail, RADAR, New York Magazine, SAI and 9 to 5 Mac

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Nokia to delay Windows Phone — • Microsoft faces long wait to have its software on any handsets — • Mobile company to wait until ‘Mango’ is released in October — Nokia is not adopting Microsoft's current Windows Phone 7 platform - which means that there is no chance …

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