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February 9, 2013, 10:15 AM
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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Some iPhone users are seeing battery drain and overheating issues after upgrading to iOS 6.1 (Updated)  —  We have started seeing an increase in iPhone issues related to battery life and overheating.  All of them seem to be related to users upgrading their devices to iOS 6.1.
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Google's Schmidt to sell roughly 42 percent of stake  —  (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is selling roughly 42 percent of his stake in the Internet search company over the coming year, Google announced on Friday.  —  Schmidt will sell 3.2 million shares of Class …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Why Some AT&T Customers Aren't Getting Those Wireless Alerts About Nemo  —  Many people in the Northeast have gotten a wireless alert on their cellphone in the last 24 hours, warning of the approaching blizzard.  —  Brooke Hammerling  —  However, AT&T customers on some of the latest devices haven't been getting the messages.
Justine Sharrock / BuzzFeed:
How Facebook, A Pixar Artist, And Charles Darwin Are Reinventing The Emoticon  —  What comes after the smiley?  Facebook is trying to find out.  —  Facebook wants an awful lot from its emoticons: They should be able to convey complex emotions, for example, like contemplation, admiration …
More: The Verge and Gizmodo.  Tweets: @jonezee99
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Evasi0n Is The Most Popular Jailbreak Ever: Nearly Seven Million iOS Devices Hacked In Four Days  —  Over the last half a week, Apple has been hit with the largest mass-hacking incident in its history.  And the perpetrators were the company's own users.  —  Nearly seven million iPhone …
Clay Shirky / The Awl:
Your Massively Open Offline College Is Broken  —  I wrote a thing last fall about massive open online courses (MOOCs, in the parlance), and the challenge that free or cheap online classes pose to business as usual in higher ed. In that piece, I compared the people running colleges today …
More: Salon.  Tweets: @ryantate and @evgenymorozov
Kevin Bostic / AppleInsider:
Home Depot abandoning BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple's iPhone and iOS  —  EXCLUSIVE: Home improvement retailer Home Depot plans to replace thousands of BlackBerry smartphones issued to its managerial and corporate staffers with versions of Apple's iPhone 4S, AppleInsider has learned.
Nick Taborek / Bloomberg:
Apple iPads Neutered for U.S. Government in CACI Mobile Push  —  CACI International Inc. has altered “thousands” of Apple Inc. iPads so they can be used securely by the U.S. government, according to Dan Allen, CACI's chief executive officer.  —  “It's a neutered iPad,” …
Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:
Snapchat Raises $13.5M Series A Led By Benchmark, Now Sees 60M Snaps Sent Per Day  —  Snapchat, the impermanent messaging app that won “Fastest Rising Startup” at the 2012 Crunchies, has finalized a $13.5 million Series A round led by Benchmark's Mitch Lasky.
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
After 8 Years On The Web, Project Management Platform Basecamp Finally Launches An “Official” iOS App  —  Basecamp, the project management platform developed by 37 Signals that launched in 2004, is still alive and kicking, which is something of a feat considering how many companies have come and gone in this space over the years.
More: App Advice and BetaKit
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Not so fast: Budget cut wipes out €7bn European broadband fund  —  The European Union has just agreed on its budget for the years 2014-2020, and it's the first time that budget has actually been cut.  Unfortunately for European broadband projects that were counting on money from a €7 billion …
More: Quartz

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