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March 25, 2012, 6:50 PM

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Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Amid Privacy Concerns, Apple Has Started Rejecting Apps That Access UDIDs — Amid extra scrutiny from Congress around privacy issues, Apple this week has started rejecting apps that access UDIDs, or identification numbers that are unique to every iPhone and iPad.

More: PC Magazine, VentureBeat, HasOffers, The Verge, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Apple Bitch, AppleInsider, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Macgasm, MacRumors, Softpedia News, iClarified and MacNN. Tweets: @ourielohayon

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Instagram opens registration for its new Android app — We knew that Instagram was coming to Android, it was just a matter of when. Today, the company has opened registration for Android device owners, providing them with the chance to be ‘first in line’.

More: Digital Trends, Dribbble/Popular, Android Community, HotHardware.com News, Electronista, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, GadgeTell, Phones Review, Techie Buzz, Mashable!, GizmoCrazed, Business Insider, CNET, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, The Verge, Android Police and SlashGear. Tweets: @instagram. Thanks:@m4tt

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Sean Parker And Shawn Fanning's New Social Video Startup Airtime Staffs Up For Launch — A few weeks ago at SXSW, Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning briefly mentioned — during a talk about another company they co-founded, Napster — that they were working on a new social video startup called Airtime.

More: Lost Remote and Business Insider. Tweets: @mikerays. Thanks:@ingridlunden

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

The Google Play problem: paying for ‘Angry Birds’ with battery life instead of money — Earlier this week, a report came out showing that some apps on Android use more than twice the power they actually need because they're running ads. Angry Birds in particular was called out …

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Appoints Three New Directors in a Smack to Activist Shareholder (Like I Said!) — Yahoo said it had appointed three new directors today, a move that is a direct strike back at activist shareholder Dan Loeb of Third Point and his alternate slate of directors.

More: Business Insider, TechCrunch, DealBook and Business Wire

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Two US senators ask the Attorney General to investigate employers asking for Facebook logins — US senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have both requested that Attorney General Eric Holder investigate claims that some employers have started asking job applicants for their Facebook login details.

More: VentureBeat, Friending Facebook Blog, The Register, bizjournals, CNET, Bloomberg and Gothamist

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Klout and PeerIndex Don't Measure Influence. Brian Solis Explains What They Actually Do — Whether you like it not, Klout, Kred, PeerIndex, and Radian6 are measuring your social capital — not your influence but your potential for it. Altimeter Group's principal analyst Brian Solis today releases …

More: Mashable!, Fast Company, paidContent, Altimeter Group, AllThingsD and BostInno. Thanks:@thekenyeung

TechCrunch:

The Future Of The Virtual Personal Assistant — Norman Winarsky is the Vice President of Ventures and Bill Mark is the Vice President of the Information Computing Sciences Division at SRI International. Norman and Bill helped found the Siri venture, of which Norman was also a Board member.

Farhad Manjoo / PandoDaily:

Why “Don't Be Evil” Is Evil, and Why Google Isn't So Bad — Early in 2000, a tiny but much-beloved search company held an employee meeting to figure out something that all successful firms feel they have to face at a certain point: What should we be about? — For most companies …

More: parislemon and WebProNews. Tweets: @dannysullivan and @mat

Joel Schectman / Wall Street Journal:

Feds Will Require Contractors to Recycle E-Waste — The U.S. government is about to bar contractors who use computers bought with federal dollars from dumping the devices in landfills, an official said on Wednesday. — The new rule, which has not yet been released publicly, will be issued soon and take effect within 90 days.

Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:

Google charts a careful course through Asia's maps — (Reuters) - Google rushed out its panoramic Street View maps in Thailand on Friday as part of the country's efforts to show tourist hot spots have recovered from last year's floods. — But it also marked something of a change of fortunes …

More: The Next Web

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Twitter reportedly chooses Berlin for its German HQ — According to a report from Focus today, Twitter has chosen Berlin as the location for its German HQ. — In January, the company's Executive Chairman, Jack Dorsey said at the DLD conference in Munich that it was hiring in Germany.

More: Bloomberg

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Jobs' Rejection Of TV Designs “Isn't A Huge Deal” Says Former Apple Engineer — It's a sin I know almost too well as a blogger. It's slow going for news on a Friday night and the pageview gods send you a reprieve in the form of a tweet. — A former Apple engineer is berating …

More: TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Redmond Pie, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Macgasm. Thanks:@alexia

Cody Fink / MacStories:

Regarding Apple's Edge and the new Apple TV Interface

More: 9to5Mac and iFans. Tweets: @yipe

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