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January 27, 2013, 11:45 PM

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Joshua Topolsky / The Verge:
Apple has a porn problem, and it's about to get worse  —  Adult content in Vine and Twitter apps raise questions only Cupertino can answer  —  On Sunday, a number of news outlets ran stories covering the rise of easily-accessible pornography on the new video sharing app Vine, causing a firestorm of debate online.
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail  —  Anyone who visited Soverain Software's website could be forgiven for believing it's a real company.  There are separate pages for “products,” “services,” and “solutions.”  There's the “About Us” page.
More: LAW.comTweets: @hmason and @glennf
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Nokia announces Music+ premium subscription service for $3.99 per month  —  Nokia today announced Nokia Music+, a premium upgrade to its free Mix Radio service that's being offered for $3.99 monthly in the United States and €3.99 internationally.  Buying into Music+ gets customers benefits …
Richard Ingham / Agence France-Presse:
British scientists use man-made DNA speck to store 739kB of digital data  —  Scientists in Britain have announced a breakthrough in the quest to turn DNA into a revolutionary form of data storage that could fit the world's entire three billion terabytes of stored data into the palm of your hand.
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Dell Buyout: Microsoft's Generosity  —  To perform painful surgery on its business model, Dell needs to take the company private.  Seeing challenges in raising the needed $22B, Microsoft “generously” proposes to contribute a few billions.  Is this helping or killing the deal?
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
The Enterprise Cool Kids  —  No, this isn't a guest column by Aaron Levie.  Though he and his startup Box, the poster child of the “sexy enterprise,” are definitely included in the bunch.  “You should definitely kick Aaron off the list.  Just to mess with him,” Zendesk founder Mikkel Svane commented …
More: TechCrunchTweets: @mikeni and @tbjbuzzient
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
FBI is increasing pressure on suspects in Stuxnet inquiry  —  Federal investigators looking into disclosures of classified information about a cyberoperation that targeted Iran's nuclear program have increased pressure on current and former senior government officials suspected of involvement …
More: GuardianTweets: @mikko and @trevortimm
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Is Finally Preparing To Release Its Advertising API In Q1, Say Sources  —  People have speculated that 2013 will be the year that Twitter will reach $1 billion in advertising revenues.  That strategy could get a boost very soon with the entry of mass-market advertising …
More: ECPM BLOG
Matt Smith / Reuters:
Twitter launches advertising services in Middle East  —  Twitter Inc launched advertising services in the Middle East and North Africa on Sunday as the social media firm seeks to exploit a tripling of its regional subscriber base following its widespread use during the Arab Spring protests.
More: TechCrunchTweets: @digitslam

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