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February 6, 2012, 11:45 AM

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Chris Matyszczyk / CNET:

Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free — Many of the deeply affected have been standing in line waiting to see how Samsung would attack Apple in launching the Galaxy Note. — So here we were, during the Super Bowl, with Apple fanboys and fangirls lining up in San Francisco.

More: PC World, BGR, AppleInsider, Mashable!, The Verge, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, BetaNews, MacRumors, Electronista, 9to5Google, IntoMobile, Technologizer, Forbes, WebProNews and LIVEdigitally

Tweets: @gattaca, @jpar0, @rsarver, @mulligan, @gruber, @parislemon and @anthonyquintano

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

First Legal Streaming Super Bowl A Success, But Audience Still Denied The Real Show — Lately, we've been seeing more and more big television events come with an online streaming counterpart. Sporting and televised events are showing up online with increasing frequency …

More: MediaPost, Gizmodo, Web Performance Optimization, Business Wire, IntoMobile, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, Mashable!, FT Tech Hub, TVexchanger.com, Washington Post and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

A Super Social Bowl

More: The Official Google Blog, TechCrunch, Washington Post, The Next Web, ReadWriteWeb, Network World, WebProNews, Marketing Land, SocialTimes.com, BostInno, Business Insider, VentureBeat, AllTwitter, The Next Web, Lost Remote, GigaOM, Digiday, CNET, VatorNews and Mashable!

Tweets: @twitter and @twitter

Electronista:

Best Buy Super Bowl ad puts phone, app makers in one place

More: VatorNews, VentureBeat, The Verge and The Apple Core Blog

Tweets: @learmonth, @brianstelter and @instagram

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

BitTorrent Giant BTjunkie Shuts Down For Good — Founded in June 2005, BTjunkie has been among the top BitTorrent sites for more than half a decade. — The site was never involved in any legal action, and to keep it this way the site's operators decided to shut the site down for good today.

Paul Carr / PandoDaily:

Sorry Nick, Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Owe You Fifty Dollars — Nick Bilton wants his fifty bucks. The New York Times tech writer figures that's his share of Facebook's $100 billion valuation — based on his own contribution to the “poking, liking and sharing on the site”.

More: All Facebook

Nick Bilton / Bits:

Disruptions: Facebook Users Ask, 'Where's Our Cut?' — SAN FRANCISCO — By my calculation, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive, owes me about $50. — Without me, and the other 844,999,999 people poking, liking and sharing on the site, Facebook would look like a scene …

Tweets: @romenesko

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Over 3 years later, “deleted” Facebook photos are still online — Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. The company admitted on Friday that its older systems for storing uploaded content …

More: The Verge, Betabeat, WebProNews, London Calling Blog, Neowin.net, Marketing Pilgrim, Guardian, SlashGear, Electronista, The Next Web and eWeek

Zach Epstein / BGR:

Samsung's quad-core Galaxy S III reportedly just 7mm thick, set to launch in May — Samsung's next-generation Galaxy S III will reportedly be one of the thinnest smartphones in the world when it is unveiled in the coming months. South Korea's Electronic Times News on Monday cited unnamed sources …

More: GigaOm, TechCrunch, SlashGear, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Techland, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider, Android Community, Android Phone Fans, Phones Review, Electronista and Sammy Hub

Clare Jim / Reuters:

Taiwan smartphone maker HTC sees Q1 revenue falling — (Reuters) - HTC was once the standard bearer of the Android phone but that was 2010 — a long time ago in mobile terms. Now analysts say it faces another weak quarter and an uphill struggle to prove to investors it still retains its innovative touch.

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

Facebook's Mobility Challenge — Lots of people love their cellphones. Facebook, so far, is not a big fan. — Amid the jaw-dropping financial figures the company revealed last week when it filed for a public offering was an interesting admission. Although more than half …

More: PC World, Financial Times and paidContent

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

RedBox Partners With Verizon, Launches Streaming Service — Coinstar subsidiary Redbox today announced a new partnership with Verizon for the launch of a streaming video service. The joint venture will launch in second half of 2012, and be subscription-based and “affordable service …

More: Verizon, Ars Technica, GeekWire, DSLreports, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Tech Trade, Neowin.net, Telecompetitor, Bloomberg, Electronista, Reuters and Business Insider. Thanks:@austincarr. See also Mediagazer

Michael Kozlowski / Good E-Reader:

Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store — Amazon sources close to the situation have told us that the company is planning on rolling out a retail store in Seattle within the next few months. This project is a test to gauge the market and see if a chain of stores would be profitable.

More: Fast Company, The Tech Trade and GeekWire. See also Mediagazer

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Busted By The FBI: The Life Of An Elite Teen BitTorrent Uploader — In the early part of the last decade when they were still the innocent side of 15-years-old, one schoolfriend showed another an Iomega ZIP drive (right) full of ‘warez’ - games and software with a big fat zero written on their price tag.

More: Tech Europe

Artem Russakovskii / Android Police:

The Secret Google X Lab May Be Revealed Today (Feb 6), As “Solve For x” Website And YouTube Channel Go Live [Video] — The veil of secrecy surrounding Google's mysterious X lab may be getting pulled back later on today, as evident from new developments around the web in the last couple of days.

More: Engadget, VentureBeat, BGR, The Verge, 9to5Google, Richard DeVaul, Business Insider, Network World, Mashable! and SlashGear

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Is GigaOM Buying paidContent? — Who wants to pay for paidContent? We'll find out soon, it seems, because the sales process for the pioneering blog and its parent company ContentNext appears to be wrapping up. — But if you were making a bet, you'd get good odds that the most likely buyer …

Tweets: @rafat. See also Mediagazer

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