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September 16, 2012, 4:30 AM

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google Objects to Acer Smartphone  —  Google Inc. said late Friday that it objected to Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc.'s development of a smartphone that is powered by a rival mobile operating system, the launch of which was delayed this week.  —  Acer postponed the launch of the phone …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
In New Ad Campaign, Samsung Tries to Win on the Merits  —  For many, the iPhone 5 is the talk of the weekend — and that includes Samsung.  —  The Korean phone maker will tomorrow start running a print ad campaign in national and regional papers that compares the features of its Galaxy S III with those of Apple's iPhone 5.
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
YouTube Moves API Discussions And Support To Stack Overflow, Ditches Google Groups  —  Calling all developers, YouTube has taken steps to join Stack Overflow and bring discussions about its API there.  For those who are using the API, you know that Google Groups hasn't really been cutting …
More: YouTube API BlogThanks:@anthonyha
Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
Google's Java translator eases path to iPad, iPhone apps  —  Google on Thursday made accommodations for Java and Python developers by offering a Java-to-Objective-C translator and advancing its Python client library for Google APIs.  With the open source release of J2ObjC …
Tim Cushing / Techdirt:
Demanding A Student's Facebook Password A Violation Of First Amendment Rights, Judge Says  —  For some strange reason, a large number of schools adhere to the notion that their students are not actually citizens of the United States and therefore, not granted the same rights as the “grownups.”
BuzzFeed:
Tech Figures Raised At Least $27 Million For Obama Campaign  —  Leaked fundraising documents show Silicon Valley emerging as a key source of Democratic money and power.  Valley money bests Hollywood.  —  President Obama with Google chairman (and occasional advisor) Eric Schmidt
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
LEAKED!  Here's The White House's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order  —  Earlier this week, we wrote about how the White House was working on an executive order to act as a “stand in” for cybersecurity legislation that has so far failed to pass Congress (CISPA passed in the House …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
BuzzFeed Hires Web Video Pioneer Ze Frank  —  Here's a good chocolate/peanut butter combination: Buzzfeed, the click-factory that has figured out Facebook and Twitter, plus Ze Frank, the guy who figured out Web video back in its infancy.  —  Together they're going to try to figure out modern-day YouTube.

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