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5:30 AM ET, April 14, 2011

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Myriam Joire / Engadget:
Windows Phone adds multitasking, deeper OS integration, and sensor access to dev platform  —  We knew it was coming, and today at MIX 11, Microsoft showed off its developer platform for the next version of Windows Phone, which developers will be able to get their hands on for free in May.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore confirms: Skype coming to Windows Phone 7 ‘this fall’  —  You heard right — Skype just went from “nowhere near” Windows Phone 7, to “on the roadmap,” to “definitely coming this fall.”  That last tidbit is courtesy of Microsoft's own Joe Belfiore, stating that …
Ina Fried / Mobilized:
Microsoft Offers Mea Culpa for Slow Windows Phone Updates, Promises “Mango” Update This Fall
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
PlayBook: A Tablet With a Case Of Codependency  —  Now entering the tablet wars: the BlackBerry PlayBook, a contender from Research In Motion, maker of the iconic smartphone.  —  Unlike most tablets aiming to take on the iPad juggernaut, the PlayBook, which I've been testing for five days …
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Tim Stevens / Engadget:
BlackBerry PlayBook review  —  The words “play” and “book” are a bit of an odd choice for RIM's latest attempt at consumer relevance, a tablet that, at its core, runs one of the most hardcore and industry-friendly operating systems known to man.  The OS is QNX and the hardware is, of course, the BlackBerry PlayBook.
Bloomberg:
Apple Is Said to Ready White IPhone After 10-Month Wait  —  Apple Inc. will begin selling a white model of the iPhone 4 in the next few weeks after a 10- month delay, according to three people familiar with the plans.  —  The new version will be available from AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless …
Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
REVEALED: The Real History Of Twitter  —  “Mr. Williams says that all successful businesspeople make enemies along the way.”  - The New York Times, October 30, 2010  —  How Twitter's owners and top executives say Twitter was founded is different than how Twitter was actually founded.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
In The Post-Client Era, Did Tweetbot Just Swipe Twitter's iPhone Crown?  —  Don't focus on making new Twitter clients.  —  The message has been very clear — well, moderately clear — for weeks now.  If you're a third-party looking to develop in the Twitter ecosystem, you should focus on data or niche experiences.
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Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Adds Do-Not-Track Tool to New Browser  —  Apple Inc. has added a do-not-track privacy tool to a test version of its latest Web browser for keeping customers' online activities from being monitored by marketers.  —  The tool is included within the latest test release of Lion …
Mark Milian / CNN:
Leading app maker said to be planning Twitter competitor  —  (CNN) — UberMedia, which owns several popular applications that interface with Twitter, is outlining plans to build a social network that could compete with that popular microblogging platform, said three people who were briefed on the plans.
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:   Does the World Really Need Another Twitter?
Eran Feigenbaum / Google Enterprise Blog:
The truth about Google Apps and FISMA  —  In a breathless blog post, Microsoft recently suggested we intentionally misled the U.S. government over our compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).  Microsoft claims we filed a separate FISMA application for Google Apps …
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Blog fight: Google calls Microsoft ‘irresponsible’ for calling Google ‘misleading’
Discussion: Techie Buzz, SAI, NBC Bay Area and MediaPost
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Revenge of the iPad?  PC market tanks in first quarter  —  New numbers this afternoon from the IDC research firm show worldwide PC shipments falling 3.2% during the first quarter — the first year-over-year quarterly decline since the end of the Great Recession.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Does anyone in Silicon Valley care about Windows anymore?  —  Microsoft is today showing off pieces of the next version of Windows (we're all calling it Windows 8 ) but I'm wondering if anyone cares anymore about Windows in the tech enthusiast space.  —  Why do I say that?
Discussion: BetaNews
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Evidence points toward Apple releasing HDTV this year - report  —  Apple could launch an Internet-connected high-definition television set by the end of 2011, entering the lucrative $100 billion LCD TV market, a new report claims.  —  Analyst Brian White with Ticonderoga Securities …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:UK:
Spotify Halves Free In Europe Ahead Of U.S. Launch  —  Spotify, which had previously slimmed the amount of music users could play for free, is now making a further, bigger curtailment that's aimed at wringing more paid subscriptions...  - Free listening hours will be halved from 20 hours per month to 10 hours.
Chadwick Matlin / Fortune:
The ruthless Rose  —  Kevin Rose, the founder and former CEO of Digg, says he won't spend Milk Inc.'s VC money keeping bad products on life support.  —  FORTUNE — A month ago, Kevin Rose, the founder and former CEO of Digg, built something creepy.  He had been nursing an idea that would test …
 
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John Letzing / MarketWatch:
S.F. draws Twitter, Zynga to tax ‘council’
Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Would You Sign My Kindle?  —  SITTING at a table in a Barnes & Noble …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
About That Lawsuit...  The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Jonathan Tasini …
Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
Gmail gets smarter with recipient suggestions
Devin Mullins / The Official Google Blog:
Beefing up goo.gl with new features
 Earlier Items: 
EE Times:
A5: All Apple, part mystery
Royal Pingdom:
Another sign that Twitter may be scaring developers away
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook Steals Creative Director From Google
Discussion: Pulse2 and The Business Insider
John Cook / GeekWire:
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus: ‘We are a confederation of entrepreneurs’
Discussion: eMoney, The Seattle Times and TechFlash
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!
Discussion: MediaFile, paidContent, SAI and Adotas
Derek Kessler / PreCentral.net:
Preview: webOS 3.0 Beta 1 emulator leak [Exclusive]