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March 27, 2012, 4:55 PM

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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Drive: Finally coming this April  —  Google's online storage service, rumored to be called GDrive is like the wolf in the fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf.  Well, after long history of false alarms, the storage drive might just see the day in early April, according to my well placed sources familiar with company's plans.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About  —  While the new iPad has come under some criticism for the way it handles battery charging, Apple says the device operates in the same manner as past iOS devices.  —  The source of the confusion stems from how Apple manages the charging process …
Larry Hryb / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Comcast XFINITY TV, HBO GO and MLB.TV now available on Xbox LIVE  —  Today three major entertainment apps are now available for Xbox LIVE Gold members - Comcast XFINITY TV, HBO GO and MLB.TV, all with Kinect integration.  Here are the highlights.  —  Comcast launched the XFINITY TV …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft: entertainment overtakes multiplayer gaming usage on Xbox  —  Along with launching new voice-controlled TV apps for Comcast and HBO Go today, Microsoft has also shared some rather interesting stats for its new entertainment apps on Xbox 360.  Xbox Live Gold members in the US …
Nancy Messieh / The Next Web:
Google to launch third-party commenting platform to rival Facebook  —  Google is about to launch a new commenting system that will tie into the search giant's Google+ platform, web services and web search, a source close to the product's development confirmed with The Next Web
Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:
The President now pinning on Pinterest  —  Hello, Pinterest?  The President is calling.  —  Taking inspiration from the legions of web denizens (and potential voters) already hip to the pinning craze, U.S. President Barack Obama is now sharing his collection of favorite politically themed things and family recipes on Pinterest.
Melissa J. Perenson / PC World:
Not So Hot: New iPad Heat Levels Comparable to Android Tablets  —  PCWorld Labs tests show heat dissipation is a universal tablet problem.  —  So much for “heatgate.”  We've all seen the reports this week indicating that the new iPad runs hotter than its predecessor, the iPad 2.
Rocky Agrawal / VentureBeat:
Square adds encryption to its Square reader  —  The old (unopened) reader is on the left; the new reader is on the right, with encryption and a battery.  —  Square has added encryption technology to its Square reader.  —  Competitor VeriFone tried to drum up sentiment against Square …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Looking for Work?  Facebook Wants Salesmen, Google Wants Product People.  —  Neither Facebook or Google are in the habit of laying out their corporate road maps for outsiders.  But you can get a decent sense of what they're planning by looking at their job postings, which they helpfully post on LinkedIn.
More: ZDNet
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
Feds to carriers: Let's share the airwaves  —  Updated.  Federal spectrum managers on Tuesday recommended that a huge chunk of spectrum used by the 20 government agencies be made available to commercial mobile operations - a move that is sure to please carriers claiming to be strapped for airwaves.
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
‘Harry Potter’ ebooks finally available for all major e-readers at Pottermore.com  —  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel in a fantasy book series that you may have heard of, was released almost five years ago.  However, digitally-inclined readers haven't been able to purchase Harry Potter ebooks — until today.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
House passes JOBS Act, sends bill to Obama  —  The House overwhelmingly approved a measure Tuesday designed to make it easier for growing companies to attract investors and comply with securities laws.  The bipartisan measure, strongly backed by both parties and the White House, passed 380 to 41.
Craig Eisler / Kinect for Windows Blog:
What's Ahead: A Sneak Peek  —  The momentum continues for Kinect for Windows.  I am pleased to announce that we will be launching Kinect for Windows in nineteen more countries in the coming months.  We will have availability in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan in late May.
John Cook / GeekWire:
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen victim of identity theft  —  Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has become the subject of identity theft, with a an AWOL U.S. soldier in Pittsburgh charged with changing the address on a Seattle bank account owned by Allen and attempting to redirect funds to a personal account.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
HuffPo Co-Founder Ken Lerer's Stealthy Start-Up Aims at CNN, Fox  —  Ken Lerer helped build an Internet news powerhouse out of thin air.  Now he wants to do it again.  —  The Huffington Post co-founder, who sold his site to AOL a year ago, is working on another Web news start-up.
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
iPhone with LTE could be offered by Sprint, CFO says  —  The Dow Jones reports that Sprint CFO Joe Euteneuer said today at an investor conference that the company is free to offer a potential future Apple iPhone using 4G LTE, though he didn't say explicitly whether Apple had such an iPhone planned.
More: MacNN, TUAW and MacRumors
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
First Look: OnTheAir's Video Call-In Show Platform Makes Hangouts and Ustream Seem Static  —  Google Hangouts only allows eight viewers to participate and Ustream allows zero, but with OnTheAir, anyone watching a live stream can video chat with the host in front of the audience.
More: PandoDaily
Sarah McBride / Reuters:
Big venture firm raises the networking stakes  —  (Reuters) - Andreessen Horowitz, a three-year-old venture capital firm, has made a big mark in Silicon Valley partly through the sheer scale of its endeavors, with big funds totaling some $2.7 billion and big investments in high-profile companies …
Zack Whittaker / London Calling Blog:
UK ISP forced to hand over 9,000 user details of porn downloaders  —  London's High Court has ordered UK broadband provider O2 to hand over the personal details, including names and addresses, of 9,124 customers to a pornography company that accused them of illegally downloading their films.
More: Neowin.net and BBC
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Angry Birds creator Rovio acquires Futuremark Games Studio  —  Angry Birds publisher Rovio Entertainment has acquired its fellow Finnish game development house, Futuremark Games Studio, in order to get some new talent.  —  Rovio, which just launched its Angry Birds Space mobile game blockbuster …

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