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Elizabeth Woyke / Mobilized:
Source: iPhone 5 May Have NFC Contactless Capability — Apple's iPhone 4 doesn't have NFC. But could the iPhone 5? — One of the latest, juiciest rumors about Apple's upcoming iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is that the device will not include a wireless technology known as Near Field Communication or NFC.
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Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
How the iPhone, NFC and Mac App Store Will Enable Remote Computing [Exclusive] — With all the rumors about NFC being in the next iPhone — or not in the next iPhone — we have a few more details about Apple's remote computing plans that revolve around the technology.
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9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, App Advice, Pulse2, Pocket-lint, MacStories, Electronista, Gizmodo and iClarified
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPhone 5 prototypes spotted: metal back, larger display, iPhone 4 shape? — Image is a third-party “metal” back sticker for iPhone 4, not an image of the iPhone 5 — A source from Foxconn who we believe to be reliable has provided us with some information about Apple's fifth-generation iPhone.
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VentureBeat, App Advice, Fast Company, IntoMobile, iHackintosh, CrunchGear, SlashGear, TiPb, Redmond Pie, Apple Bitch, Softpedia News, Know Your Cell, GeekSugar and Electronista
Richard Boscovich / TechNet Blogs:
Taking Down Botnets: Microsoft and the Rustock Botnet — Senior Attorney, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit — Just over a year ago, we announced that the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), in cooperation with industry and academic experts, had successfully taken down the botnet Waledac in an operation known as “Operation b49”.
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Digital Trends, PC World, Network World, MSDN Blogs, The Next Web, Pulse2, USA Today, InfoWorld, Help Net Security, The Register, Download Squad, Techie Buzz and The Loop
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Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft, Feds Pull Plug on Spam Network
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Hillicon Valley, TechFlash, Neowin.net, Softpedia News, MSDN Blogs, The Next Web, GeekWire, Inquirer, TechNet Blogs, Reuters, thinq_, VentureBeat and CNET News
Ted Sarandos / Netflix Blog:
House of Cards — Hi, Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer here. We're delighted to tell you that in late 2012 Netflix will be bringing to our members in the U.S. and Canada exclusively “House of Cards,” the much-anticipated television series and political thriller …
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Engadget and Daring Fireball
Richard Gaywood / TUAW:
AT&T aggressively moving against unauthorized tethering — AT&T is ruining a lot of people's days with a customer mailshot explaining that its “records show that you use [tethering] but are not subscribed to our tethering plan.” iOS, of course, will disable the built-in tethering facility if you do not have an appropriate carrier plan.
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Ars Technica, The Register, Digital Trends, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Computerworld, The Atlantic Online, Cult of Mac, 9 to 5 Mac, OS X Daily, BGR, TiPb, ReadWriteWeb, Digital Daily, GigaOM, Daring Fireball, DSLreports, Switched, TechCrunch, Apple Gazette, The Next Web, Android Phone Fans, App Advice, Androinica, mocoNews, blogs.chron.com, DailyTech, MacNN, GottaBeMobile, Thoughts from the Sidelines, IntoMobile, PhoneArena, HowardForums, everythingiCafe and MacDailyNews, Thanks:penllawen
Business Week:
Are Four Words Worth $25 Billion for Groupon? — Inside Andrew Mason's plan to remake Groupon, fend off copycats, and change your spending habits forever — On a frigid Chicago morning in early March, Andrew Mason stood on a street corner outside his company's offices to reveal …
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VatorNews, Techland, Appolicious Advisor, DealBook, Fast Company, Mashable!, Bloomberg and SAI
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Not Even Kevin Rose Really Uses Digg Anymore — How bad are things at the once-mighty Digg these days? Not so good. It's been months since Digg relaunched in August in a quest for relevance. They had 18 million unique worldwide visitors that month according to Comscore.
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@kevinrose, Pulse2, blogs.forbes.com, Stowe Boyd, p2pnet and Gearlog, Thanks:worldblotter
Ben Popper / Betabeat:
Twitter Splits Soho, Takes Facebook Space on Madison — Twitter, the Web's biggest repository of personal oversharing, political dissent and tasteless self-promotion, is donning a suit and tie. — The little blue bird has been perching in a spartan, open-concept loft in Soho since November …
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MediaMemo
Wall Street Journal:
RIM, Carriers Fight Over Digital Wallet — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. is locking horns with wireless carriers over control of mobile-payment data, in an example of the battles erupting as smartphones evolve into electronic wallets. — The dispute centers on where key data related …
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ReadWriteWeb, The Register, Light Reading, IntoMobile, Know Your Cell, MobileBurn.com, thinq_ and Electronista
SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
The Sex Letter That Got Mark Hurd Canned From HP Will Be Made Public! — The letter alleging sexual harassment that got Mark Hurd fired from HP will finally become a public document! — Unfortunately, it looks like some juicy parts will be redacted. But we'll take what we can get.
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VentureBeat, Reuters, NewEnterprise, Wall Street Journal and Mercury News
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Q&A: New York Times Digital Czar Martin Nisenholtz on the Paywall, Pricing, Google and Apple — A lot of you have done a lot of reading, and a lot of writing, about the New York Times' digital paywall/subscription plans. And if any of you who care about this stuff haven't read Ken Doctor's dissection …
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The Equity Kicker, AdExchanger.com, Nieman Journalism Lab, Geek.com and paidContent, more at Mediagazer »
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Matt LeMay / bit.ly blog:
bitly's Got a Brand New Mobile Site! — Hey look, it's a desk covered in mobile devices! — What makes these mobile devices different from all other mobile devices? They are all running the brand new cross-platform bitly mobile site, which we are extremely stoked to share with you today.
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TechCrunch, Softpedia News and The Next Web
CNET News:
Criminal probe into iPhone prototype nears end — A probe into a prototype iPhone 4 purchased by a gadget blog is nearing its end, with investigators expected to report their findings soon. — Stephen Wagstaffe, district attorney for the county of San Mateo, Calif., told CNET today that …
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AppleInsider, Yahoo! News and Electronista
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
The EU Grants Apple 24 iOS Icon Design Patents — It seems that Europe is getting all of Apple's trademark business these days. Since January there have been five major filings alone. It Began with Ping, Apple's branding for their social network for music.
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The Next Web
Antti Vilpponen / ArcticStartup Posts:
Rovio Wants To IPO In New York — Finnish business magazine Talouselämä has published a story on Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds, where they state that the company is seeking to go public in New York. Rovio Board Chairman Kaj Hed, father of Mikael Hed, the CEO …
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The Next Web, Digital Trends, Reuters, NYConvergence.com and SAI
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Flash 10.2 hits Android today, Adobe hopes for viewable 720p playback in a matter of weeks — Today, Adobe Flash 10.2 will hit the Android Market for devices running Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb, and by now you're probably familiar with what it brings — increased performance …
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Electronista, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Android Phone Fans, IntoMobile and Download Squad
Farhad Manjoo / Fast Company:
Google: The Quest — How New CEO Larry Page Will Lead The Company He Cofounded Into The Future — It's not Helen of Troy or the assassination of an archduke, but this spelling-bee-worthy 10-cent word also launched a war, the Great Search Engine War of 2011, between Google and Microsoft.
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Exclusive: Yahoo Is About To Sell Delicious For $1-$2 Million — Yahoo is about to close a deal to sell bookmarking site Delicious for $1-$2 million, says a source familiar with the discussions. — Our source isn't sure what company is buying it, but says it's a “strategic partner,” something like StumbleUpon.
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Guardian, PC World, The Register, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Marketing Pilgrim, Techland, Gearlog, Guardian, The Next Web and The Tech Trade
Georgina Prodhan / Reuters:
Elop says work begun on first Windows Nokia phones — * Has no current plans to change Nokia management — Work has begun on the first Nokia (NOK1V.HE) smartphones based on Microsoft (MSFT.O) software following the partnership announced by the companies last month, Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop told Reuters.
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GeekWire, Hardware 2.0 Blog, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, WinRumors, Neowin.net, WPCentral.com and The Next Web
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Zynga buys indie game developer Floodgate Entertainment — Zynga announced today that it has added another shiny object to its collection with the acquisition of Floodgate Entertainment, an independent game developer in Waltham, Mass. — The deal is Zynga's tenth acquisition in 10 months …
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TechCrunch and SAI
Othman Laraki / Othman's Blog:
The Economics of Dissent: How Twitter and Facebook Tipped the Revolutionary Equation — Perhaps it is time to update the phrase “The pen is mightier than the sword” to “The Internet is mightier than dictators” — While this statement is made tongue-in-cheek, it is undeniable that we are living through a time of accelerated change.
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NetworkEffect and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Andrew Rassweiler / iSuppli:
Japanese Earthquake Poses Potential Supply Problems for iPad 2 — The aftermath of the Japanese earthquake may cause logistical disruptions and supply shortages in Apple Inc.'s iPad 2, which employs several components manufactured in the disaster-stricken country—including a hard …
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Digital Daily, DigiTimes, Tech Trader Daily, MacRumors, Edge Online, AppleInsider, GigaOM, BBC, Fortune, Disruptors, Inquirer, L.A. Times Tech Blog, iClarified, VentureBeat, Computerworld, PadGadget and 9 to 5 Mac
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Is Amazon Working on an Android Kindle? — Amazon has been incredibly successful with its Kindle e-reader, offering a lightweight reader at an affordable price. But the pizazz of the iPad 2 and the dozens of Android-based tablets that are slowly making their way off of conveyor belts …
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GeekWire, Gizmodo and Android Phone Fans
