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December 18, 2012, 11:25 PM

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Kevin Systrom / Instagram:

Thank you, and we're listening — Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used …

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.

More: Techdirt, BBC, The Next Web, CNET, facecrooks.com, Business Insider, Instagramers.com, CNNMoney.com, digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, Gartner, ABCNEWS, WebProNews, Quartz, Mashable!, BGR, Computerworld, Plagiarism Today, ReadWrite and BuzzFeed. Tweets: @panzer

Stilgherrian / Crikey:

Users snap over Instagram, but should have seen it coming — The online world was abuzz with Instagram's hardline terms of use changes. But users should know what they're getting themselves in for when using social media platforms. — A frantic fart of fear frothed forth over changes …

More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Ed Bott, Computerworld, Slate, ITWire.com, ReadWrite, CNET, Guardian, Domain Name News, Geek.com and CircleID. Tweets: @reckless

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Instagram backlash is Flickr's gain

More: TIME, USA Today, Mercury News, Forbes, Business Insider, Screenwerk, Digits, PetaPixel, MarketBeat, The Social Media …, IntoMobile and PhoneArena. Tweets: @nickbilton

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instagram co-founder: “It is not our intention to sell your photos”

More: Wired, CNET, Forbes and Guardian

Sam Byford / The Verge:

National Geographic stops posting Instagram photos in response to new terms of service

More: Gizmodo and Mashable!

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding Photographer Is Not Pleased With Mark Zuckerberg

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat and GeekSugar. Tweets: @instagram

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.

More: Internet2Go, NextBigWhat, Android Community, SlashGear, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Mercury News, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, TechCrunch, Redmond Pie, Computerworld and iDownloadBlog.com

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Nokia CEO: We have to move with more urgency (Q&A) — Stephen Elop speaks to CNET and weighs in on the cultural shift at Nokia, why he went with AT&T as an exclusive partner, and what keeps him up at night. — Nokia has undergone a significant cultural and identity shift under the leadership of CEO Stephen Elop.

More: SlashGear, Bloomberg and DailyTech

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Nokia on the edge: Inside an icon's fight for survival

More: BGR and IntoMobile. Thanks:@jimkerstetter

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 …

More: CNET, The Register, BGR, Electronista, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Inside Facebook, VatorNews, AllFacebook, VentureBeat, digitaltrends.com, Betabeat, bizjournals, WebProNews and The Next Web. Thanks:@cottondelo

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

European Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Towards Settlement As Well — Google seems to have stared down antitrust concerns both at home and abroad, with the help of its Chairman Eric Schmidt. — The company has been given a new deadline of January 2013, said Joaquin Almunia …

More: New York Times, CNET, Bloomberg and Search Engine Land

Sara Forden / Bloomberg:

Google Antitrust Decision by FTC Delayed Until Next Year

More: AllThingsD, Hillicon Valley and The Hill. Thanks:@lutherlowe

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

iOS 6 Adoption Grows 29% Over The Weekend As People Finally Update After Google Maps Arrives — Apple Maps was so bad that people refused to upgrade to iOS 6 until they could get Google Maps, says data from massive mobile ad exchange MoPub. The 12,000 apps it supports saw a 29 percent increase …

More: iDownloadBlog.com

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Apple Wins Ruling in Motorola Mobility Patent Case at ITC — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone didn't violate patent rights owned by Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility for a sensor that prevents accidental hang-ups, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge said today.

More: CNET, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com and english.capital.gr

Jordan Golson / MacRumors:

Firm Launches ‘IPHONE’ Brand of Android Phones, Touts Trademark Ownership in Brazil — Brazilian electronics maker IGB Electronica SA has announced a new line of Android phones under the IPHONE brand, a trademark that was originally applied for in Brazil in 2000. — From Reuters:

More: Reuters, VentureBeat, iPhone Hacks, CNET, Pocketnow, The Verge, Engadget, Electronista, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog

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:

More: FOSS Patents, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, New York Times, GigaOM, FierceWireless, Redmond Pie, Marketing Land and Electronista

Bloomberg:

Apple-Samsung Damages Still in Play After Sales Ban Nixed

More: The Verge and Pocketnow

Pete Kasperowicz / Hillicon Valley:

House vote updates Bork-era video rental privacy law — The House approved a bill Tuesday that would make it easier for people to share their favorite movie and television show rentals online. — By voice vote, members approved H.R. 6671, which would allow video rental companies …

More: CNET, TechCrunch, The Verge, ACLU, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times and WebProNews

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

Report: data caps just a “cash cow” for Internet providers — Why do so many Americans now live with Internet data caps—and what are these caps doing to the future of broadband? Those are the questions posed by a new paper from the New America Foundation, which wants to shake up the lethargy …

More: NewAmerica.net, The Verge and The Register

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple releases iOS 6.0.2 for iPhone 5, iPad mini to fix annoying WiFi connectivity bug — Apple has today released iOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini only, fixing a bug that could affect the connections and speeds of their WiFi radios. The update is currently available in iTunes only …

More: Engadget, MacStories, digitaltrends.com, GigaOM, The Verge, Business Insider, Macworld, 9to5Mac, CNET and BGR

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

No, Let's Talk About Video Game Violence — Gaming's soul is sick. And gamers hate talking about it. — Adam Lanza was a gamer. — This fact has been reported, re-reported, and rehashed to the extent that it's now part of the killer's capsule bio: Young. White. Male. Asperger's.

More: WorldViews and The Verge. Tweets: @realdonaldtrump and @lewiep

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

To stream everywhere, Netflix encodes each movie 120 times — Xboxes, iPads, connected TVs: Netflix streams to a lot of different devices. More than 900, to be precise. And many of them have different screen sizes, bitrate requirements and codec support.

Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:

Facebook to remove attribution when pages post via third-party apps — Facebook today let developers know that it will be removing attribution from page posts that are made through third-party applications like HootSuite. — Previously, these page posts would appear in the feed and on pages' Timelines with a “via [app name]” link.

Associated Press:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donating $500 million in stock to Silicon Valley charity — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is donating nearly $500 million in stock to a Silicon Valley charity to focus on health and education issues. — The gift of 18 million Facebook shares …

More: CNET, The Next Web, SiliconBeat, Associated Press, Digits, The Verge, Fortune, AllThingsD, USA Today, The Huffington Post, bizjournals, Bloomberg and Mashable!

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Wunderlist 2 finally appears, with features pointing to a more collaborative future — Fans of Wunderlist will want to click on ‘update’ - two years after it first delivered for the web and iPhone, Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder has finally rolled out version 2 of the service for iPhone, Mac, Android, Windows and the web.

More: Engadget, TechCrunch, TUAW and The Verge

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

How spyware on rental PCs captured users' most intimate moments — Enlarge / As Brian Byrd played poker using a PC purchased from an Aaron's rent-to-own store, PC Rental Agent surreptitiously captured this screen shot. It is one of hundreds of thousands of images siphoned by the software.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Breaking: Penguin settles with Department of Justice in ebook pricing case — Penguin, which is in the process of merging with Random House, has settled with the Department of Justice in the ebook pricing lawsuit. The DOJ sued Penguin and four other publishers in April for conspiring to set ebook prices.

More: ZDNet, CNET, The Verge, AllThingsD, Electronista and The United States Department …. See also Mediagazer

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Apple API Strengthens Facebook Ads By Letting You Install App Store Apps Without Leaving FB For iOS 6 — Facebook and Apple grew closer today as mobile app install ads in Facebook for iOS 6 now allow users to download apps from the App Store via pop-up instead of interrupting users and forcing them to leave Facebook.

More: Facebook Developer Blog, VentureBeat, The Next Web, The Next Web, Redmond Pie, Inside Mobile Apps, VentureBeat, AllFacebook, iDownloadBlog.com and WebProNews

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