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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

U.S. patent office declares ‘the Steve Jobs patent’ entirely invalid on non-final basis — For the second time in less than two months, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a first Office action tentatively declaring a key Apple multitouch patent invalid.

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Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Exclusive: Google to replace M&A chief, launch late-stage investment fund — (Reuters) - Google Inc is replacing the head of its in-house mergers and acquisitions group with one of its top lawyers and is planning to create a new late-stage investment group that longtime and outgoing corporate …

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Dan Primack / Fortune:

Netflix CEO Hastings deserves SEC scrutiny — Netflix investors shouldn't be expected to search everywhere for information. — FORTUNE — Back in July, Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings disclosed what may have been material company information via his personal Facebook page.

More: Reuters. Tweets: @danprimack, @pkedrosky, @pkafka, @davemcclure and @hunterwalk

Bloomberg:

SEC Urged to Update Disclosure Rules on Netflix Warning

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Dropbox Hires Away Google's Guido Van Rossum, The Father Of Python — The original open source software “Benevolent Dictator For Life” and author of Python, Guido van Rossum, is leaving Google to join Dropbox, the startup will announce later today. Van Rossum was a software engineer at Google since 2005 …

More: Dropbox Tech Blog, Wired, Forbes and ZDNet. Thanks:@alexwilliams

Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:

Groupon Surges on Google Takeover Speculation: Chicago Mover — Groupon Inc. (GRPN) surged to the highest price in three weeks on speculation that Google Inc. (GOOG) might consider buying the online coupon provider. — The shares advanced 23 percent to $4.69 in New York, closing at the highest price since Oct. 19.

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iPhone 5 Now ‘In Stock’ in Apple's Online Stores for Several Countries — Just days after shipping estimates for new iPhone 5 orders improved to 2-4 business days, they are taking the final step with Apple now listing the device as “in stock” in many of its online stores.

More: CNET, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Pocketables and iPhone Hacks

Quentin Hardy / NYT Bits:

Planning His Legacy, Cisco Chief Maps an Expansion — SAN JOSE, Calif. — John T. Chambers has readied his last great act as the leader of Cisco Systems, fearing major changes in the technology business that could doom his company. — In an interview at Cisco headquarters this week …

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Bloomberg:

Sprint Is Said to Suggest Dish Partnership — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has approached Dish Network Corp. (DISH) about a partnership that would allow the satellite-TV company to offer mobile-phone service over the carrier's network, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Google SVP Vic Gundotra was told to stop tweeting after infamous ‘two turkeys’ taunt — Shortly after the launch of Google+ in June last year, Google Senior VP Vic Gundotra went silent on Twitter. The logical assumption was that he was showing his faith in the nascent G+ product …

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Matt McGee / Marketing Land:

Live Blog: Google's Vic Gundotra At SMX Social Media Marketing

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Tweets: @mathewi, @counternotions, @spencerchen and @cisco_mobile

Graham Spencer / MacStories:

Mapping Apple's Retail Expansion — Apple opened its first retail stores on May 19, 2001 - one in Virginia and the other in California. In the Steve Jobs biography, author Walter Isaacson wrote how Jobs had wanted Apple to have its own stores so that their iMacs didn't have to …

More: The Loop

China Real Time Report:

Besides Scalpers, Few Turn Out for iPad Mini Launch in Beijing … The release of Apple Inc.'s iPad Mini on Friday at its flagship store in Beijing was missing the massive and unruly crowds reminiscent of some the company's previous product launches in China, but scalpers were still …

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Sean Buckley / Engadget:

Google Apps discontinues basic package, asks new customers to pony up $50 per user for premium — Looking towards Mountain View to provide a suite of digital tools for your new business? Make sure to pen per-user costs into your ledger — Google Apps isn't free anymore.

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Dan Primack / Fortune:

Series A crunch: By the numbers — If you thought the Series A crunch is bad now, you ain't seen nothing yet. — FORTUNE — A growing number of tech startups are having trouble graduating from seed or angel funding to traditional venture capital. And it's only going to get worse.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @georgezachary, @erickschonfeld, @rochoy and @stevecheney

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Galaxy S III ‘Premium Suite’ features detailed: Multi-Window, Page Buddy and more (video) — Samsung started pushing a new Jelly Bean update to its Galaxy S III phones yesterday, and it's posted a video breaking down some of the features. Many of the “Premium Suite” upgrades are cribbed …

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft reportedly moving Surface into additional retail stores ‘within days’ — Microsoft's Surface RT tablet is currently only available in the company's stores across the US or online in select countries, but that might be about to change. Paul Thurrott over at Windows IT Pro is reporting …

More: WindowsITPro, GeekWire, Computerworld, Mashable!, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, The Tech Block, The Droid Guy and Neowin

Wall Street Journal:

Google Nearer to Selling Motorola Set-Top Line — Google Inc. is wrapping up an auction of Motorola's set-top box business, according to people involved in the deal, as it continues downsizing the hardware unit. — The Mountain View, Calif., company had set a deadline of Friday for the last round of bids …

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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Apple's Power Within — Whether Apple's share-price plunge is justified comes down to one question: Is the iPhone maker a hardware or a software company? Right now, it is more the latter. And that is why the 22% drop in the shares since their September peak creates an opportunity for investors.

Tweets: @tradefast and @wsj

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