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April 4, 2012, 9:35 AM
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Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:
Lumia 900 review  —  It occurred to me that the Lumia 900 review would be one of the more important critiques of a product that I write this year.  For those of you who don't know the backstory here, the new LTE-equipped, AT&T-bound smartphone represents what could be the beginning of a new era …
Bill Detwiler / TechRepublic:
Nokia Lumia 900 teardown reveals mediocre hardware, reasons for great price  —  Takeaway: Nokia's Lumia 900 is an attractive Windows Phone handset, but TechRepublic uncovers hardware that's a step behind the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone 4S.  —  Nokia, Microsoft, and AT&T are placing huge bets on the Lumia 900.
Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
It's Big, It's Blue, It's Windows, but Can It Beat Rival Phones?  —  In the lucrative and competitive world of smartphones, Apple's iPhone is the most popular device and Google's Android—used by phone makers like Samsung and Motorola—is the most widely used operating system.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Paramount, Google Link Up For Movie Rentals, Despite YouTube Lawsuit  —  Viacom and Google are locked in a copyright lawsuit that is nearly five years old.  But that doesn't mean the companies can't do business together.  —  This morning, for example, Google's YouTube is announcing a deal …
Daniel Terdiman / CNET:
Silicon Valley has Facebook's back in Yahoo knife fight  —  This much is clear about the patent showdown between Yahoo and Facebook: Yahoo is losing friends left and right.  —  Last month, Yahoo sued Facebook, claiming the world's largest social-networking company had infringed on 10 of its patents.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Time Inc. Hearst, Conde Nast, Meredith Launch “Netflix For Magazines”  —  Remember Next Issue Media, the “Hulu for Digital Magazines” consortium made up of the biggest names in publishing?  It has finally delivered something worth talking about: Call it Netflix for Magazines.
Daniel Frankel / paidContent:
Researcher: Over 1 Million U.S. Cable Subscribers Cut Cord In 2011  —  Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor.  But don't worry about it — a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away.
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Surprise: Microsoft makes list of top 20 Linux kernel contributors — first time ever  —  Has Microsoft figured out a cure for cancer?  —  The company, whose CEO Steve Ballmer once famously compared Linux to that disease, is now one of the top 20 contributors of code to the open-source …
Mikael Ricknäs / Computerworld:
Samsung delays Galaxy Tab 2 family launch until end of April  —  More work on Android 4.0 is needed before the products can ship, according to Samsung  —  Samsung's low-cost tablets, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), have been delayed, and will now start shipping in the U.K at the end of April, the company said Tuesday.
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Phonedeck puts your Android phone in the cloud  —  There are cross-platform contact management services.  There are remote mobile device management tools.  And then there's Phonedeck, a scarily comprehensive platform that offers much of the same functionality, and considerably more.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook Threatens To Sue TechCrunch Commenter  —  Last year, Alexia covered a funny Chrome web browser extension called “Defaceable” that allowed you to comment anonymously on Facebook and on other websites using Facebook Comments.  Instead of having to associate your comment with your real name …
More: Guardian.  Tweets: @davezatz
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
The Interesting Part About Amazon's In-App Payments Beta Is That Developers Have Pricing Control  —  The most interesting part of Amazon's move to provide an in-app payments flow is that they're ceding pricing control to mobile developers.  —  Amazon has been testing a new in-app payments system …
More: parislemon
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
Apple holds the master decryption key when it comes to iCloud security, privacy  —  Ars recently attempted to delve into the inner workings of the security built into Apple's iCloud service.  Though we came away reasonably certain that iCloud uses industry best practices that Apple claims …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
What Took So Long?  Germany's Samwer Brothers Rumored to Launch a Square Clone Soon  —  Square, the mobile payment startup founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is one of Silicon Valley's hottest companies right now.  It's no surprise then, that German clone factory Rocket Internet …
More: GigaOM
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Stanford, Open University reach 50 million downloads on iTunes U  —  Two of Apple's university partners reached significant milestones this month on the company's free education service, iTunes U. Both Stanford and Open University reached 50 million downloads of their respective content.
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Here We Go: Groupon Hit With First Shareholder Suit Over Accounting Shenanigans  —  Daily deal site Groupon is fast clinching its reputation as the bad boy of the IPO circuit.  Less than four months after going public, Groupon is already facing an SEC probe - and now its new shareholders are suing it for gimmicky accounting practices.
Sasha Issenberg / Slate:
Obama's Technology Innovation: How the president can use the intellectual property his campaign is creating  —  Will technology developed by his campaign make the president a power broker for many elections to come?  —  In the middle of 2008, Derek Dukes decided he wanted to help Barack Obama get elected president.
More: Skype Journal.  Tweets: @counternotions

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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, potentially complicating hiring in Hollywood as firms try to protect trade secrets and other info

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who defends NPR and accuses critics of “bad faith distortion” of her past comments about the First Amendment

Rolling Stone:
Ex-AMI CEO David Pecker testifies about agreeing to be Trump's “eyes and ears” and how the National Enquirer used Michael Cohen's prompts to bash Trump rivals

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