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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
The internet is the most powerful tool — we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can't let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the internet's development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the internet.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Come on Zuck, do you really mean it? — The Internet seems to have gone mad over comments by Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook. Zuckerberg on Wednesday came out against the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation and in a Facebook status message wrote:
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Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
A Political Coming of Age for the Tech Industry — With a Web-wide protest on Wednesday that includes a 24-hour shutdown of the English-language Wikipedia, the legislative battle over two Internet piracy bills has reached an extraordinary moment — a political coming of age for a relatively young …
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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
PIPA support collapses, with 13 new Senators opposed — Members of the Senate are rushing for the exits in the wake of the Internet's unprecedented protest of the Protect IP Act (PIPA). At least 13 members of the upper chamber announced their opposition on Wednesday.
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Deborah Netburn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Google says 4.5 million people signed anti-SOPA petition today — When Google speaks, the world listens. — And today, when Google asked its users to sign a petition protesting two anti-piracy laws circulating in Congress, millions responded. — A spokeswoman for Google confirmed …
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Company Town, SocialTimes.com and Domain Name News
Dan Seitz / UPROXX:
MPAA Hits New Low In Self Pity Over SOPA — As you know, Wikipedia, Reddit and a few other sites are completely blacked out today, and many other sites are protesting in other ways. For example, if you head over to Google, you'll find the logo has a big black box over it.
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PandoDaily, The Verge, Inquirer, Dice Blog Network and Geekosystem
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Web blackouts. Is this the new face of American activism?
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GeekWire, TechCrunch, Techdirt and Ars Technica
Fred / fredbenenson.com:
Visualizing SOPA on Twitter
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CNET, Mixed Media, reddit, Search Engine Land, The Daily WTF, Nerdcore, The Verge, VICE, bitly blog and AllTwitter, more at Mediagazer »
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Digits:
Anti-SOPA Rallies Attract MC Hammer, Technologists
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VentureBeat, Webmonkey and Mashable!
Brian X. Chen / Bits:
How Wikipedia Turned Off the Lights
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OpenDNS Blog and Silicon Valley Watcher, Thanks:bxchen
Sen. Ron Wyden / The Huffington Post:
My Letter to the Internet … Congress , Internet , Pipa …
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Money, power, and Congress: how lobbyists will determine the fate of SOPA
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ReadWriteWeb and SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
Earnesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay Slams PIPA / SOPA in Public Statement
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Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Facebook announces 60 new partners for Open Graph, will start accepting applications — Tonight at an event in San Francisco, Facebook has announced that its Open Graph initiative, first mentioned during last year's f8 conference, is now expanding with sixty new partners.
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CNET, VentureBeat, Social Markets, Bits, Engadget, TechCrunch, GigaOM, Inside Facebook, Between the Lines Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch and Electronista
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Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Facebook's biggest change yet: Actions are here — It's the worst-kept secret on the Internet: Facebook Actions, a new way of interacting with apps, content, and brands, are coming to the social network. — At a private event in San Francisco tonight, the social network has a slew …
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Nielsen Wire:
More US Consumers Choosing Smartphones as Apple Closes the Gap on Android — According to the latest research from Nielsen, the high-profile launch of Apple's iPhone 4S in the Fall had an enormous impact on the proportion of smartphone owners who chose an Apple iPhone.
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AppleInsider:
Apple's ‘Bliss’ e-textbook project inspired by Al Gore's ‘Our Choice’ — Apple on Thursday will unveil a new digital textbook project internally code-named “Bliss” that was inspired by Al Gore's “Our Choice” iOS e-book, AppleInsider has learned. — The details come from a tip sent earlier in the week by an anonymous source.
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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
Wolfram unveils interactive education portal on eve of Apple NYC event
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Regarding the Scope of Apple's Education Initiative
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Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:
The secrets Apple keeps — Undercover meetings! Stealth product developments! The world's most successful company is obsessed with privacy. In his new book, Fortune senior editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky finds out what it's really like to work at Apple and how its secretive behavior pays off.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler, father of Windows NT, now working on Xbox — Summary: Dave Cutler, the father of Windows NT, is now working on helping Microsoft evolve Xbox beyond a game-centric console. — Four years ago, Microsoft assembled a team, many with killer Windows pedigrees …
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Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Zynga buys four mobile gaming companies — (Reuters) - Zynga Inc said it bought four small mobile game companies for an undisclosed sum as the top maker of Facebook games seeks to expand its lineup on smartphones and tablets. — The company's top mobile executive David Ko told Reuters …
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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
AT&T retools data plans: 300MB for $20, 3GB for $30, 5GB with tethering for $50 — Following a recent rumor that we broke right here on The Verge, AT&T is nudging all three of its smartphone data plans starting this Sunday, January 22nd. Currently you can get 200MB for $15, 2GB for $25 …
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Steve Jobs Credited with an Apple TV Patent for Episodic TV — The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-two newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. This morning's second report is focused on a single Apple TV patent. It's a patent regarding episodic TV …
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Oracle says each day's worth of Android activations generates $10 million in annual revenues for Google — and strengthens Google+ — In the previous blog post, I have just reported on Oracle's bold move to propose to the court that it stay (or dismiss without prejudice) …
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Android Phone Fans, BGR, Electronista, AndroidGuys, PhoneArena, 9to5Google, Techie Buzz and MobileSyrup.com
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Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Sex Sells: Color Hopes You'll Want to Broadcast Your Makeout Sessions and Illegal Pool Parties to Facebook — Color - just saying the name of it quickly became enough to get people to laugh about what was, without doubt, one of the most botched product launches in recent history …
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AdAge, Daring Fireball and Betabeat
Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb:
Google+ Gets Video Status Updates — Google+ just got a feature that takes a bite out of YouTube. Google+ users can now post video recordings as updates to their circles. In the video sharing menu, there's now a ‘Record video’ option that turns on the webcam.
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VentureBeat, SiliconFilter, Redmond Pie, IntoMobile and Google+ Info
Barb Darrow / GigaOM:
Amazon launches home-grown NoSQL database — Amazon Web Services is adding a home-grown NoSQL database to its ever-expanding roster of cloud computing offerings. DynamoDB is what Amazon CTO Werner Vogels called a “fully managed” NoSQL implementation that the company built and tested over the years.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Suspicion grows China was behind hack of U.S. commission — (Reuters) - Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors relations between the United States and China, U.S. officials said.
