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February 12, 2013, 6:00 PM

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls Shareholder Lawsuit A “Silly Sideshow,” Says Company Won't Waste Time On It — Last week, Apple was hit with a lawsuit from Greenlight Capital, David Einhorn's hedge fund, in order to contest a proposition which would include a requirement in Apple's charter that any move …

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple announces $8B paid out to developers, a jump of $1B in just one month — Apple CEO Tim Cook today announced that Apple had paid out $8B to developers, a number that displays an increase of $1B since the last time numbers were announced on January 13th. That displays a massive increase in acceleration for developer payouts.

More: MacRumors, Inside Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing Watch, CNET, Daring Fireball, CNET, Neowin, PC Magazine, ParisLemon, MobileSyrup.com, Tech Trader Daily and The Loop

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple Closing 20 Retail Stores In Order To Expand Them, Accomodate More Customers — Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a keynote speech at the Goldman Sachs investor conference that Apple was going to close 20 of its retail stores, in order to move them and make them large enough to serve the ongoing influx of Apple customers.

More: Digits, CNET, Los Angeles Times, SiliconBeat, Neowin, PadGadget, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Quartz and Business Insider

Kevin Bostic / AppleInsider:

Apple calls tablets “the mother of all markets,” Mac cannibalization not a concern — The iPad is “the poster child of the post-PC revolution,” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who expressed no concerns about the company's industry-leading tablet undercutting sales of the Mac platform on which Apple was founded.

More: CNET, 9to5Mac, CITEworld, iLounge, BGR and TheStreet.com

Tweets: @tim and @jessicalessin

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Tim Cook says Apple has explored major acquisitions, remains open to possibility

More: CNET, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Business Insider and TechCrunch

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

HBO to Finally Let Subscribers Stream HBO Go to TV Over AirPlay — HBO said on Tuesday that, at long last, its subscribers will be able to stream programming from an iPhone or iPad onto their television via AirPlay. — Speaking at our D: Dive Into Media conference on Tuesday …

More: Engadget, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Next Web, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, everythingiCafe, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint and Mashable!. Tweets: @pkafka

Owen Thomas / Business Insider:

Mayer Says Yahoo Needs To Slash Its Apps From 60 To 12 — Chop chop! — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, just said that Yahoo needs to slash the number of mobile apps it currently has.

More: AllThingsD and VentureBeat

Matthew Lynley / Digits:

Live Recap: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Speaks at Goldman Conference

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Intel confirms its Internet TV launch this year, complete with set-top box and a camera — Erik Huggers, General Manager of Intel Media, has confirmed that the company is, in fact, working on providing television over the internet, and it plans to do so with new consumer hardware …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Erik Huggers Makes His Case for Intel's Web TV Service

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Business Wire:

Comcast to Acquire General Electric's 49% Common Equity Ownership Interest in NBCUniversal — Comcast Corporation CMCSA +0.85% CMCSK +0.89% announced today it will acquire GE's entire 49% common equity stake in the NBCUniversal joint venture for approximately $16.7 billion.

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Comcast>>Investor Relations, CNBC, Bloomberg and Reuters. Tweets: @dannysullivan. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Next Big App Categories Will Be Movies, Books, And Fitness — As Facebook is working to build partnerships with big media companies, the company sees a huge opportunity for growth in the sharing and discovery of movies, books and fitness tools on its platform.

More: AllThingsD, The Verge, AllThingsD, AllFacebook, Mashable!, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com and Lost Remote. See also Mediagazer

Matt Rosoff / CITEworld:

Dropbox makes a play for the enterprise with new IT controls — When IT directors worry about employees using unapproved services for work, Dropbox is often near the top of the list. Today, the company took a few serious steps toward changing that. — Dropbox is the most popular online …

More: GigaOM, AllThingsD, BetaNews, Fortune, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, ZDNet and The Dropbox Blog

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

OnRamp, A Free, Open Source Ad Server From OpenX, Gets Shut Down After Getting Besieged By Hackers — Another victory for hackers and a blow for the security of open source systems: OpenX, the online and mobile advertising company that announced a $22.5 million fund raising just last month …

More: AGBeat and AdExchanger

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Microsoft officially offers workarounds for iOS 6.1 Exchange errors including blocking & throttling iOS users — We reported on Friday that AOL had informed its corporate employees via email that it would be temporarily disabling the ability to manage meetings with Exchange on iOS devices running iOS 6.1.

More: Microsoft Support, MacRumors, The Verge, AllThingsD, TechnoBuffalo and iDownloadBlog.com

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple's ‘microslot antennas’ are invisible to the naked eye, could see use in future iPhones — Apple on Tuesday won the patent rights to “microslot antenna” technology that allows micron-wide antenna assets to be integrated into the housing of a portable device, such as an iPhone, making them nearly invisible to the human eye.

More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, iPhone Alley Spectrum, Forbes, MacNN and Patently Apple

Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:

Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies — The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven't proved they are eligible to receive them.

More: CNET and SlashGear

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

With Another $21 Million in the Bank, Social Site Nextdoor Launches Version 2.0 — The biggest problem facing some of the more private social networks is growth. Or a lack thereof, as it happens. Insular by design, expansion of these networks takes time — a slow, persistent burn.

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Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Acquires Mobile “Nearby Recommendation” iPhone and Web App Alike — Today, mobile app company Alike has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo and will be joining the Yahoo Mobile team. — Alike allows you to recommend nearby venues that are your “favorites.”

More: Mercury News, Computerworld, Business Insider, GeekWire, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Forbes, Electronista and Xconomy

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Vertu makes post-Nokia comeback with $10K Android phone — Once upon a time Nokia had an England-based subsidiary called Vertu, which made absurdly expensive Symbian phones for people with more money than tech savvy. But then Nokia fell on hard times, and last year it offloaded the brand …

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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Financial Analyst Affirms Google's $1 Billion In “Default Search” Payments To Apple — Last year the FTC asked Apple to disclose the terms of Google's “default” search presence on iOS. This was part of the US government's broader antitrust investigation of Google, which is now over.

More: Business Insider, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, MacRumors, Geek.com and ReadWrite

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Android 4.2.2 brings Bluetooth audio fixes to Nexus phones and tablets — Android 4.2.2 is beginning to roll out to some Nexus phones and tablets. — Reddit user WeeManFoo — If you're an Android user and you like minor, bug-fixing software updates, you don't have to be jealous …

More: BetaNews, Inquirer, Examiner, GigaOM, BGR, FierceMobileContent News, 9to5Google and MobileSyrup.com

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Amazon Beats Out Apple For The Best Reputation Among U.S. Consumers, Says Harris; Google Comes Fourth — A little victory both for Amazon and the world of virtual commerce, today: the online retailer has topped the ranking for best reputation in a poll of 14,000 U.S. consumers, according to Harris Interactive.

More: PR Newswire, Marketing Land, Business Insider, Betabeat, DailyFinance.com, Wired, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, ZDNet, Business Insider and VentureBeat

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Exec Launches A Cleaning-Only App, Expands to Seattle As Housework Makes Up 50% Of Sales — Exec — the Y Combinator-backed app that does your errands on-demand — just launched a cleaning-only app. It's a decision that makes sense as housework has ended up being about 50 percent of the startup's overall gross sales.

More: The Next Web, Digits, GeekWire and BetaKit

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft commits to more 128 GB Surface Pros in stores by Saturday — Summary: Microsoft's 128 GB Surface Pro remains in short supply, but Microsoft officials are saying there will be more in stock by February 16. — It's been like pulling teeth to get the Microsoft Surface team to talk …

More: CNET, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, WinBeta, WinBeta and WindowsObserver.com

Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:

Big Investors Strengthen Opposition to Dell's Sale — Updated One of the country's biggest mutual fund managers signaled its opposition to Dell's proposed $24.4 billion sale on Tuesday, as another investor disclosed a major step in a campaign to fight the deal.

More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Forbes, Quartz, WRAL Tech Wire and V3.co.uk

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Google Now widget revealed in official Nexus support pages — Google showed off Android's Google Now system in a commercial last night, and the company may have another related surprise in store: a Google Now widget. As spotted by Android Central, several of Google's official support pages …

More: Geek.com, Gotta Be Mobile, IntoMobile, CNET, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow and Gotta Be Mobile

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Opera founder sells shares, potentially clearing way for acquisition — It's been almost nine months since rumors were flying around about a certain social network seeking to buy Opera, the Norwegian browser company. We still don't know how much truth there was in that supposed scenario …

More: ArcticStartup and Softpedia News

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