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December 18, 2012, 4:25 PM

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean  —  Turns out no one really trusts Facebook after all  —  You agree that a business may pay Instagram to display your photos in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions without any compensation to you.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Instagram backlash is Flickr's gain  —  Users look elsewhere after Instagram changes its policies  —  Popular photo sharing service Instagram is facing a user backlash after the company revealed new terms of service this week.  The fine print, that takes effect on January 16th …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding Photographer Is Not Pleased With Mark Zuckerberg  —  Sure, you might not like the changes to Instagram's terms of service — especially the part where the Facebook-owned photo sharer says it may take your stuff and turn it into an ad, without asking permission or paying you.
Wayne Lam / iSuppli:
Samsung Displaces Nokia as Top Cellphone Brand in 2012 and Takes Decisive Smartphone Lead Over Apple  —  For the first time in 14 years, wireless communications giant Nokia will not sit atop the global cellphone business on an annual basis at the end of 2012—with Samsung set to seize the mobile handset market's top rank.
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Samsung drops Apple injunctions in Europe  —  Samsung has today announced it will drop its inunction requests against Apple for standards-essential patent infringement in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands.  In a statement given to The Verge, the manufacturer said:
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Jason Del Rey / AdAge:
Facebook Prepares to Bring Video Ads to News Feed, Aims for TV Dollars  —  But Will TV Ads Disrupt Social Experience?  —  Facebook is set to unveil a new video-ad product in the first half of next year in its largest attempt to date to attract big swaths of ad dollars from TV advertisers …
Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com:
Why 84% of Kickstarter's top projects shipped late  —  If you pledged cash for a crowdfunded product, be prepared to be very, very patient: A CNNMoney examination of the top 50 most-funded projects on Kickstarter found that 84% missed their target delivery dates.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Samsung unveils new 5-inch dual-SIM Galaxy Grand, with dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 8MP camera  —  Adding yet another Galaxy S III (or maybe Note) clone to its collection of Android smartphones, Samsung today launched its new Galaxy Grand handset, offering a dual 1.2 GHz processor …
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Google starts putting Meebo to use: New Google+ social sharing bar spotted on the Web (Updated)  —  Update at foot of post.  —  It looks like Google has begun putting its acquisition of Meebo to use after a chat bar looking very much like that of the advertising startup was spotted in the wild — screenshot below.
More: Engadget
Michael Peck / Defense News:
Microsoft Wants to Kinect with Pentagon  —  Microsoft hopes its popular Kinect gaming accessory will score with veterans who need physical therapy.  —  The software behemoth has paired the Kinect with off-the-shelf software in a package that can be used by injured soldiers and veterans …
More: Polygon
Paul Mozur / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn Workers Say, ‘Keep Our Overtime’  —  SHENZHEN, China—Nets to catch would-be jumpers still sag ominously from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.'s buildings.  —  But two years after a spate of suicides at the Apple Inc. supplier's campus here, workers are more concerned …
Mat Smith / Engadget:
NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor details leaked: 4-plus-1 cores, 28nm, six times the power of Tegra 3  —  NVIDIA's next superhero-themed mobile chipset has possibly made an early appearance in a leaked side in China, and it looks like it wants to go toe-to-toe with the latest processors from Samsung and Qualcomm.
David Krane / Google Ventures Blog:
Google Ventures 2012: year in review  —  In 2012 Google Ventures grew across the board: our fund grew to $300 million per year, our team grew to 60 people, and the number of companies we've funded grew to over 150.  —  Thank you to our portfolio companies for the impact you made this year.
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Oracle beats estimates with fiscal Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64  —  Today Oracle reported its fiscal second quarter financial performance, with revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64.  Analysts on the street had expected revenue of $9.02 billion, and earnings per share of $0.61.
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Leap ships 10,000 developer units, paving the way for a 2013 launch  —  The depth camera company is tempting developers towards their new platform with free units and a revamped SDK.  —  Leap made a splash this summer with a futuristic motion-tracking camera, but they've spent the rest …

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