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February 21, 2013, 12:00 PM
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Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:
Apple patent filing points directly to ‘iWatch’ concept with flexible touchscreen display  —  A patent application discovered by AppleInsider on Thursday reveals Apple is indeed investigating a wearable accessory device that not only boasts a flexible touchscreen display …
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Google Looks to Make Its Computer Glasses Stylish  —  People wearing Google's glasses are transported to a strange new world in which the Internet is always in their line of sight.  But for people looking at the people wearing those glasses, the view is even stranger — someone wearing a computer processor …
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Google reportedly in talks with Warby Parker to make its Google Glass specs look cool  —  Google took a big step towards making its Google Glass specs available to the wider public after it expanded pre-orders for the technology, and showed off its potential in a new video.
Tom Bramwell / Eurogamer.net:
Sony tells Eurogamer: PlayStation 4 will not block used games  —  Shuhei Yoshida confirms it.  Plus: source tells EG patent wasn't PS4-related.  —  Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that PlayStation 4 will not block the use of second-hand games …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Sony announces PlayStation 4 with 8-core x86 processor, 8GB GDDR5 memory and DualShock 4 controller
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Sony fails to show PlayStation 4 console at PlayStation 4 event
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google Developing Touchscreen Devices Using Chrome Operating System  —  Google Inc. has developed the first touchscreen laptops powered by its Chrome operating system to be sold later this year, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet giant tries to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Video Discovery Startup Fanhattan Launches A Web Interface With More Than 1 Million Movies And TV Titles  —  It's not hard to find video on the web.  But with dozens of premium content providers out there and millions of videos to choose from, figuring out what's worth watching can be a challenge.
Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing  —  After a meeting in New York Tuesday, the ratings company will roll out a system to measure broadband, Xbox and, in time, iPads, with more changes to come.  —  The Nielsen Co. is expanding its definition of television and will introduce …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Pinterest Completes $200 Million Funding at $2.5 Billion Valuation  —  Pinterest, the popular social scrapbooking site, has completed a massive $200 million funding, which values the company at $2.5 billion, according to sources close to the situation.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Ahead of Apple Proxy Fight Explainer, ATD Late-Night Chat With Greenlight's Einhorn  —  Like me, David Einhorn — the brainy hedge fund star who is currently engaged in a proxy battle with Apple over how to deal with its giant cash hoard — is a bit of a night owl.
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Digits:
Saverin on the Future of Facebook  —  At the Wall Street Journal's Unleashing Innovation Conference in Singapore Facebook co- founder Eduardo Saverin talks with Executive Editor Almar Latour about what might lie ahead for the popular social network, and whether Facebook should buy LinkedIn.
Bloomberg:
Sprint CEO Hesse Seeking More Deals as Data Demand Surges  —  Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse said he's on a hunt for wireless spectrum after watching Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. devour more and more of the mobile-phone industry's most precious resource.
John Leyden / The Register:
Ad-titan Google blocks Adblock Plus in Android security tweak  —  We're being singled out, claims app maker  —  The maker of Adblock Plus is upset its users must jump through hoops to get its advert-banishing app working on devices running Android - the mobile OS made by advertising giant Google.
Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:
Google Shopping Tops Amazon Product Ads: 32.7% More Cost Effective  —  A new report from CPC Strategy looks at how Google Shopping fared against its rival, Amazon Product Ads, after making the switch to a commercial model in Q3 last year.  The analysis finds its performance changed significantly compared …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
CNET Doesn't Have to Ban BitTorrent Clients, Court Rules  —  CBS and CNET have scored an important victory in their ongoing copyright infringement case against a coalition of artists.  —  The musicians, joined by billionaire Alki David, had requested a preliminary injunction to prevent …

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