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1:15 PM ET, March 22, 2011

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Tricia Duryee / eMoney:
Now Open: Amazon Appstore Launches With 3,800 Apps for Android  —  Amazon has officially launched the Android Appstore, a potential iTunes equivalent for Android.  —  The company-whose roots are in e-commerce and not mobile-aspires to merchandise and sell apps better than Google does on its own platform.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Android App Store Launches: Test Drive Apps Directly From Your Browser  —  This morning Amazon is officially launching its Android App Store — a storefront for apps that will compete directly with Google's official Android Market.  We first broke the news about the impending App Store …
Apple:
iPad 2 Arrives in 25 More Countries This Friday  —  Available in Hong Kong, Korea & Singapore in April  —  Apple® today announced that iPad® 2, the second-generation of its third post-PC device, will go on sale in 25 additional countries this Friday, March 25. iPad 2 will be available …
Bloomberg:
Apple's Jobs Must Answer Questions in ITunes Antitrust Suit  —  A federal magistrate judge ordered Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs to answer questions in an antitrust dispute alleging the company operated a music-downloading monopoly.  —  Lawyers for consumers who filed …
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John Brownlee / Cult of Mac:
Steve Jobs To Undergo 2 Hours “Limited Questioning” on 2004 Apple/RealNetworks DRM Spat  —  Despite being on medical leave, Steve Jobs has been ordered by a US Magistrate to answer questions in court about the iTunes music store and Apple's supposedly monopolistic behavior, Bloomberg reports.
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
Verizon Wireless CEO says no interest in Sprint deal  —  (Reuters) - The chief executive of Verizon Wireless said he has no interest in buying Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) even as the company stands to lose its top position in the U.S. wireless market because of a merger between AT&T Inc (T.N) and T-Mobile USA.
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Tom Krazit / mocoNews:
Sparks Fly Over AT&T-T-Mobile Deal As Wireless CEOs Trade Jabs
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, BGR and Mobilized
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:   Big Acquisitions Are Bad For Shareholders: A Look At The 10 Biggest Tech Mergers Ever
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
That was quick: Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times' paywall to come tumbling down  —  The New York Times paywall is costing the newspaper $40-$50 million to design and construct, Bloomberg has reported.  And it can be defeated through four lines of Javascript.
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Joanna Stern / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and new Galaxy Tab 10.1 hands-on: thinner than the iPad 2, dual-core power, TouchWiz 4.0  —  You know who took the iPad 2 launch pretty seriously?  Samsung, that's who.  Just as we had heard, the company's executives were impressed by Apple's ability to slim down its tablet and …
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Tricia Duryee / eMoney:
Samsung Introduces 8.9- and 10.1-Inch Galaxy Tabs Coming This Summer
Discussion: Engadget and IntoMobile
Bloomberg:
Apple Sues Amazon.com, Seeks Order to Stop Use of ‘App Store’ Trademark  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) sued Amazon.com Inc., saying the online retailer is improperly using Apple's “App Store” trademark for a mobile software developer program.  —  Apple, in a complaint filed March 18 in California …
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
RIM Reveals BlackBerry PlayBook Versions, Pricing (Starts At $499), Retail Partners  —  In case you were holding out for a BlackBerry PlayBook: good news.  Research In Motion this morning announced (expected) plans to make the tablet computer available in more than 20,000 retail outlets in the U.S. and Canada.
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Ina Fried / Mobilized:
RIM's Tablet to Go On Sale April 19, Pricing Borrows from the iPad's PlayBook
Arn / MacRumors Page 2:
iPad 2: Wife Says No, but Apple Says Yes  —  Apple is paying close attention to all iPad 2 returns during the first few weeks to make sure there are no major production defects.  This policy has led to an amusing story that we thought was entertaining enough to share.
Chris Dixon / cdixon's posterous:
Dropbox and why you should invest in people  —  It was reported today that Dropbox will generate $100M in revenue this year.  Whether or not those reports are right, it is certainly a great product, beloved by its customers and will almost certainly be wildly successful.
Discussion: @drewhouston
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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / SAI:
Dropbox Could Generate $100 Million In Revenue This Year
Discussion: Softpedia News and Pulse2
The Mozilla Blog:
Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 and Delivers a Fast, Sleek and Customizable Browsing Experience to More Than 400 Million Users Worldwide  —  Mozilla, a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better, is proud to release Mozilla Firefox 4, the newest version of the popular, free and open source Web browser.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Boom!  Professional Social Network LinkedIn Passes 100 Million Members  —  2011 has proven to be a monumental year so far for professional social network LinkedIn.  The company filed its S-1 for a public offering, released a number of data-focused products and unveiled a social news reader for professionals.
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Bandwidth.com Launches a Better Broadband Map  —  The folks at Bandwidth.com, which offers wholesale voice services to many application providers, launched a website Monday with a broadband map that will offer people insights about the quality of service, the speeds of service and the price others …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Drunk On Licensing Fees And Patents, Microsoft Has Become A Joke  —  Earlier today, it was revealed that Microsoft was suing yet another company for infringing on their patents.  The target this time?  Barnes & Noble.  Yes, Microsoft is suing a book chain.  Why?
BBC:
China rejects Google claims of email interference  —  Google reduced its presence in China last year after complaining of interference  —  China's foreign ministry has rejected claims by Google that Beijing is disrupting access to its e-mail service in the country.
Discussion: Associated Press, Reuters and Gearlog
GSMArena.com:
Exclusive: HTC Pyramid frontal shot confirms qHD resolution  —  We just got an exclusive new shot of the HTC Pyramid.  The image again shows the Pyramid posing next to the Desire HD, but this time we have the front of the phones.  Best of all, it seems to confirm the rumor about the increased resolution screen.
Georgina Prodhan / Reuters:
Nokia's tablet path may exclude Microsoft: source  —  (Reuters) - Nokia's strategy for entering the tablet computer market may not include Microsoft, its recently announced partner for smartphones, according to a person with knowledge of the company's thinking.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Happy Birthday Twitter.  Yes, You're Awesome.  Now Back To Work (On Search And Archives)  —  I woke up this morning and my Twitter stream looked like a Facebook Wall on a teenager's birthday.  “Happy birthday, Twitter!”  “Twitter, you're the best, happy bday!”  “Can't believe you're five Twitter!”
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Mark Hachman / PC Magazine:   Humanity's Tweets: Just 20 Terabytes
 
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Open PaaS DotCloud Raises $10M From Benchmark And Trinity, Jerry Yang Joins Board
Edmund Lee / AdAge:
SocialVibe Closes $20 Million Funding Round
Discussion: VatorNews
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Wi-Fi Alliance launches hotspot certification program, aims to ease cell-to-WiFi handoff woes
Seth Weintraub / Fortune:
Larry Page almost skipped web search for automated cars
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Tech Titans Back OpenFlow Networking Standard
New York Times:
China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications
Discussion: SAI
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Here Come the First T-Mobile 42 Mbps Cities, Devices
Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:
Nokia releasing yet another cheap Symbian smartphone
Discussion: Pulse2, Geek.com and Electronista
Kara Swisher / Boom Town:
Asana Hires “COO-Type” - Van Zant First Biz Side Hire for Workplace Collaboration Start-Up
Marty Katz / Gadgetwise:
YouTube Offers Free Image Stabilization
Discussion: Softpedia News and ThinkMobile
Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica:
HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it?
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Nintendo 3DS review
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
If You Love Something, Set It Sort-Of Free: Condé Nast Mulling Reddit Spin-Off
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
‘Gay cure’ app: more than 80,000 complain
Discussion: App Advice
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Patrick Frater / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q4 revenue down 7% YoY to $971M and a $198M profit; in 2023, paying subscribers rose 21% YoY to 107M and net profit rose 36% YoY to $735M

 
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