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December 18, 2012, 7:30 PM

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Kevin Systrom / Instagram:

Thank you, and we're listening — Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean — Turns out no one really trusts Facebook after all — You agree that a business may pay Instagram to display your photos in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions without any compensation to you.

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Instagram backlash is Flickr's gain — Users look elsewhere after Instagram changes its policies — Popular photo sharing service Instagram is facing a user backlash after the company revealed new terms of service this week. The fine print, that takes effect on January 16th …

More: Wired, Forbes, TIME, Mercury News, USA Today, CNET, Screenwerk, Bloomberg, PetaPixel, ZDNet, Silicon Republic, The Social Media …, Digits, PC Magazine and MarketBeat

Tweets: @tim, @mike_ftw and @nickbilton

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding Photographer Is Not Pleased With Mark Zuckerberg — Sure, you might not like the changes to Instagram's terms of service — especially the part where the Facebook-owned photo sharer says it may take your stuff and turn it into an ad, without asking permission or paying you.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, ABCNEWS, CNET, broadstuff, GeekSugar, PandoDaily and Know Your Cell. Tweets: @instagram

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instagram co-founder: “It is not our intention to sell your photos”

More: GigaOM, CNET, Forbes, Business Insider and Guardian

Wayne Lam / iSuppli:

Samsung Displaces Nokia as Top Cellphone Brand in 2012 and Takes Decisive Smartphone Lead Over Apple — For the first time in 14 years, wireless communications giant Nokia will not sit atop the global cellphone business on an annual basis at the end of 2012—with Samsung set to seize the mobile handset market's top rank.

More: Computerworld, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, dailywireless.org, InformationWeek, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, LAPTOP Magazine, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, Mercury News and iPhone Hacks

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Nokia CEO: We have to move with more urgency (Q&A) — Stephen Elop speaks to CNET and weighs in on the cultural shift at Nokia, why he went with AT&T as an exclusive partner, and what keeps him up at night. — Nokia has undergone a significant cultural and identity shift under the leadership of CEO Stephen Elop.

More: BGR, DailyTech, SlashGear, Bloomberg, Pocketnow, The Verge and Nokiapoweruser

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Nokia on the edge: Inside an icon's fight for survival

More: BGR. Thanks:@jimkerstetter

Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

Facebook Prepares to Bring Video Ads to News Feed, Aims for TV Dollars — But Will TV Ads Disrupt Social Experience? — Facebook is set to unveil a new video-ad product in the first half of next year in its largest attempt to date to attract big swaths of ad dollars from TV advertisers …

More: The Register, BGR, VatorNews, Los Angeles Times, digitaltrends.com, Business Insider, Inside Facebook, Social News Daily, Betabeat, VentureBeat, Gizmodo and bizjournals. Thanks:@cottondelo

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Samsung drops Apple injunctions in Europe — Samsung has today announced it will drop its inunction requests against Apple for standards-essential patent infringement in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands. In a statement given to The Verge, the manufacturer said:

More: Bloomberg, FOSS Patents, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, AppleInsider, Marketing Land, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, GigaOM, Redmond Pie, PadGadget, VentureBeat, FierceWireless, InfoWorld, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget and BGR. Tweets: @fosspatents

Bloomberg:

Apple-Samsung Damages Still in Play After Sales Ban Nixed

More: The Verge and FOSS Patents

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

European Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Towards Settlement As Well — Google seems to have stared down antitrust concerns both at home and abroad, with the help of its Chairman Eric Schmidt. — The company has been given a new deadline of January 2013, said Joaquin Almunia …

More: CNET, New York Times, Bloomberg and Search Engine Land

Sara Forden / Bloomberg:

Google Antitrust Decision by FTC Delayed Until Next Year

More: Wall Street Journal, AllThingsD and Hillicon Valley. Thanks:@lutherlowe

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple releases iOS 6.0.2 for iPhone 5, iPad mini to fix annoying WiFi connectivity bug — Apple has today released iOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini only, fixing a bug that could affect the connections and speeds of their WiFi radios. The update is currently available in iTunes only …

More: PC Magazine, digitaltrends.com, Engadget, MacStories, BGR, Business Insider, GigaOM, CNET and The Verge

Jordan Golson / MacRumors:

Firm Launches ‘IPHONE’ Brand of Android Phones, Touts Trademark Ownership in Brazil — Brazilian electronics maker IGB Electronica SA has announced a new line of Android phones under the IPHONE brand, a trademark that was originally applied for in Brazil in 2000. — From Reuters:

More: Reuters, VentureBeat, The Verge, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Electronista, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks and Engadget

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Breaking: Penguin settles with Department of Justice in ebook pricing case — Penguin, which is in the process of merging with Random House, has settled with the Department of Justice in the ebook pricing lawsuit. The DOJ sued Penguin and four other publishers in April for conspiring to set ebook prices.

More: CNET, The Verge and The United States Department …. See also Mediagazer

Will Oremus / Slate:

It's Official: Twitter Is Not a Fad — Pope Benedict XVI is among Twitter's 60 million new active users since March. — Whether because of its name, its outsize media hype, or its reputation for getting its users in trouble for ill-advised words, Twitter has struggled to be taken seriously …

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Twitter Passes 200M Monthly Active Users, A 42% Increase Over 9 Months

More: Mashable!, blogs.ft.com, The Register, digitaltrends.com, VatorNews and The Next Web. Tweets: @twitter

Myriam Joire / Engadget:

Google Music gains scan and match feature in the US — It wasn't very long ago that Google Music landed in Europe — to the delight of local music lovers, we're sure. On its trip across the pond, the service gained a unique new feature called scan and match, wherein Google scans …

More: Google+, BGR, Ars Technica, AllThingsD, GigaOM and TechCrunch

Michael Peck / Defense News:

Microsoft Wants to Kinect with Pentagon — Microsoft hopes its popular Kinect gaming accessory will score with veterans who need physical therapy. — The software behemoth has paired the Kinect with off-the-shelf software in a package that can be used by injured soldiers and veterans …

More: digitaltrends.com, GeekWire, The Verge and GamesIndustry International

Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com:

Why 84% of Kickstarter's top projects shipped late — If you pledged cash for a crowdfunded product, be prepared to be very, very patient: A CNNMoney examination of the top 50 most-funded projects on Kickstarter found that 84% missed their target delivery dates.

More: PC Magazine and The Verge

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

To stream everywhere, Netflix encodes each movie 120 times — Xboxes, iPads, connected TVs: Netflix streams to a lot of different devices. More than 900, to be precise. And many of them have different screen sizes, bitrate requirements and codec support.

More: Light Reading and The Netflix Tech Blog

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Apple Wins Ruling in Motorola Mobility Patent Case at ITC — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone didn't violate patent rights owned by Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility for a sensor that prevents accidental hang-ups, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge said today.

More: CNET, iDownloadBlog.com and english.capital.gr

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Apple API Strengthens Facebook Ads By Letting You Install App Store Apps Without Leaving FB For iOS 6 — Facebook and Apple grew closer today as mobile app install ads in Facebook for iOS 6 now allow users to download apps from the App Store via pop-up instead of interrupting users and forcing them to leave Facebook.

More: Facebook Developer Blog, The Next Web, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Inside Mobile Apps, The Next Web, VentureBeat, AllFacebook and iPhone Hacks

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Oracle beats estimates with fiscal Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64 — Today Oracle reported its fiscal second quarter financial performance, with revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64. Analysts on the street had expected revenue of $9.02 billion, and earnings per share of $0.61.

More: Market Wire, AllThingsD, GigaOM, AllThingsD, Forbes, DailyFinance.com, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Reuters

Craig Lloyd / SlashGear:

Tim Cook, Marissa Mayer among TIME Person of the Year finalists — TIME Magazine has unveiled its shortlist of finalists for the magazine's 2012 Person of the Year award, which goes to the person or group that TIME editors deem had the single greatest impact during the past year.

More: TIME, TODAY Celebrates, Mercury News, AllThingsD, VentureBeat and 9to5Mac

Pete Kasperowicz / Hillicon Valley:

House vote updates Bork-era video rental privacy law — The House approved a bill Tuesday that would make it easier for people to share their favorite movie and television show rentals online. — By voice vote, members approved H.R. 6671, which would allow video rental companies …

More: ACLU, The Verge, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times and WebProNews

Chris Burns / SlashGear:

Garmin GPS Navigation gets price cut, Foursquare, Glympse, and iCloud — It's time to get festively navigation-savvy with a brand new update and price deduction for the Garmin GPS apps for both Android and iOS: Garmin StreetPilot Onboard for iPhone and NAVIGON for both iOS and Android.

More: TUAW, The Next Web and AllThingsD

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

iOS 6 Adoption Grows 29% Over The Weekend As People Finally Update After Google Maps Arrives — Apple Maps was so bad that people refused to upgrade to iOS 6 until they could get Google Maps, says data from massive mobile ad exchange MoPub. The 12,000 apps it supports saw a 29 percent increase …

More: iDownloadBlog.com

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