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March 23, 2012, 12:05 PM

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Bloomberg:
‘Angry Birds’ Space Edition Skips Windows Phone in Blow to Nokia  —  By Jon Erlichman and Diana ben-Aaron - March 22, 2012  —  The new “Angry Birds Space” edition of the world's most popular mobile-phone game won't appear on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows Phone because of slow demand, a blow to handset maker Nokia Oyj.
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Rovio working on Angry Birds Space for WP -CEO  —  (Reuters) - Finnish gaming firm Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, dismissing earlier media reports which said the top gaming firm was dumping the platform.
Miyoung Kim / Reuters:
Insight: Samsung: “fast executioner” seeks killer design  —  (Reuters) - When Samsung Electronics rushed its first smartphone to market in a panicky response to the smash-hit debut of the Apple iPhone, some customers burned the product on the streets or hammered it to bits in public displays of disaffection.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Facebook says it may launch legal action against employers who ask for user passwords  —  With news of employers, colleges and government agencies requesting the Facebook login details of prospective employees and students, Facebook has issued a statement on the matter, highlighting …
Pew Internet:
The Future of Apps and Web  —  A high-impact cover story in Wired magazine in 2010 asserted in its title: “The Web Is Dead.  Long Live the Internet.”  1 Authors Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff argued that the World Wide Web was “in decline” and “apps” were in ascendance.
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Disconnect: Ex-Googlers Raise Funding To Stop Google, Facebook & More From Tracking Your Data  —  In the age of endless sharing, super cookies, social search results, and that ever-present social graph, it's comforting to know that there are some who are still prioritizing privacy.
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Mat Honan / Gizmodo:
The Case Against Google  —  For the last two months, you've seen some version of the same story all over the Internet: Delete your search history before Google's new privacy settings take effect.  A straightforward piece outlining a rudimentary technique, but also evidence that the search titan has a serious trust problem on its hands.
J.J. Colao / Forbes:
Going Viral: How Codecademy Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days  —  At 3 a.m. one night in mid-December last year, Zach Sims, the 21-year-old CEO of Codecademy, took a break from answering emails and spent $8.95 on the domain name “codeyear.com.”  Sims, whose company offers interactive online lessons …
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Cade Metz / Wired:
Amazon Man Questions Logic of Apple Solar Farm  —  This is the solar farm outside Facebook's Prineville, Oregon data center.  And James Hamilton isn't impressed (Photo: Wired/Pete Erickson)  —  Apple is building a 100-acre solar farm to help power its massive data center in Maiden, North Carolina.
Dan Sung / Pocket-lint:
Google won't be top dog forever says father of the Internet  —  EXCLUSIVE: Vint Cerf speaks to Pocket-lint  —  The man known as one of the fathers of the internet says Google won't be the defacto standard for search forever.  —  Vint Cerf, a vice-president at the Mountain View-based company …
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
iTunes Movie Trailers App Updated for iPad Retina Display  —  Apple has updated their iTunes Movie Trailers App with support for the new iPad's Retina Display.  The trailers app mirrors the content on Apple's own Movie Trailers site and offers a good showcase of the iPad's new screen.
Matt Macari / The Verge:
Yahoo reportedly has a license to patents Facebook just bought from IBM  —  Law360 is reporting a source has told them that the lot of 750 patents Facebook is buying from IBM “were licensed to Yahoo.”  That's the extent of the insider information, but not the questions it raises.  Why would Facebook do this?
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Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5 Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say  —  All-you-can eat music service Spotify is raising another big round of funding, and it is asking investors to value the company somewhere around $3.5 billion, multiple Silicon Valley investors tell us.
Jessica Dye / Reuters:
Oracle investor sues over $200 million settlement  —  (Reuters) - An Oracle Corp. investor sued the company and members of its board of directors on Thursday for allegedly trying to “stonewall” a whistleblower lawsuit that ultimately resulted in a $200 million settlement.
Marty Toohey / Austin American-Statesman:
Austin council OKs $8.6M in incentives for new Apple facility  —  Austin approved $8.6 million in tax breaks Thursday for Apple Inc., likely paving the way for the company to build a facility that it says will bring up to 3,600 jobs here.  —  The unanimous thumbs-up by the City Council comes …
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Path is growing faster in Asia than the West, says founder Dave Morin  —  Path founder Dave Morin has shed light on the service's growing international appeal after revealing that its userbase is increasing at a more rapid rate in Asia than in Western markets.
More: PandoDaily
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Glassdoor: Google Overtakes Facebook For Employee Satisfaction For The First Time In Four Years  —  Glassdoor has taken a look at how Google and Facebook compare in the eyes of employees and job candidates, and has extracted a number of interesting data points related to CEO approval, benefits, perks and more.

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