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February 25, 2013, 11:05 PM

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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

Apple Is Beta-Testing An Update That Kills Evasi0n Jailbreak — All good jailbreaks must come to an end. — Late last week Apple released an update for iOS to developers in beta that prevents the use of the popular jailbreak software evasi0n, according to one of evasi0n's creators who tested the patch over the weekend, David Wang.

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Apple settles lawsuit over apps aimed at kids — will pay $5 iTunes credit or cash — Did your kid rack up charges on Apple's app store without your permission? You may be in luck: the company says it will pay to settle a lawsuit over so-called “bait apps,” which are games that can be downloaded …

More: Law360, CNET, Ars Technica, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, blogs.ft.com, MacRumors, The Next Web, Macgasm, MacNN, TUAW and iDownloadBlog.com

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Sony jumps on the Mozilla bandwagon, will launch Firefox OS device in 2014 — Following the news yesterday that LG and Huawei have committed to launching new smartphones running Mozilla's Firefox OS platform, Sony today announced it too wants a piece of the HTML5 pie, committing to launching a Firefox OS device in 2014.

More: Telefonica Digital Hub, BGR, InfoWorld, ZDNet, mobiletoday.co.uk, TechPresident, Pocket-lint, MobileBurn.com and TG Daily

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Mozilla announces first round of Firefox OS apps and initial carriers

More: Twitter Blog, CNET, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Computerworld, The Mozilla Blog, TechSpot, Washington Post, Life On My MobileLife … and iPhone in Canada Blog

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Samsung: no interest in Mozilla's Firefox OS

More: PC World, The Verge and Ars Technica

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale, and LG doesn't rule out a phone — LG doesn't seem to know why it just bought webOS — HP will indeed sell key pieces of its webOS product and team to LG for use in smart TVs, but contrary to earlier leaked reports, the deal doesn't include the entire webOS portfolio.

More: CNET, Mercury News, SiliconANGLE, InfoWorld, GigaOM, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, Examiner, iPhone Hacks, The Register, Business Insider, Ars Technica and Electronista

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

What LG Will Do With webOS

More: TG Daily

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Survey Says: Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home for Employees — Last week, a fierce debate erupted over a range of social networks and in the media about a story we posted on Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's new decree that employees at the Silicon Valley Internet company would no longer be able to work from home.

More: New York Times, GigaOM, InfoWorld, The Technology Chronicles, Businessweek, Quartz, Business Insider, Forbes, NYT Bits, Business Insider and NBC Bay Area. Tweets: @pkafka

Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

Samsung's Heft in Android Worries Google — Samsung Electronics Co. has become the biggest seller of mobile devices using Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system. That creates a problem for Google. — Samsung's growing might—last year, the South Korean manufacturer shipped nearly 200 million …

More: CNET, AdAge, The Verge, Business Insider, The Full Signal, Droid Life, Digits and Digits. Tweets: @amir_efrati

Bloomberg:

Google Said Developing Subscription Music Service — Google Inc. (GOOG), developer of the Android mobile-phone platform, plans to start a subscription music-streaming service to challenge Spotify Ltd., said two people with knowledge of the situation. — Negotiations are under …

More: GeekWire, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocket-lint and 9to5Google

Horace Dediu / asymco:

Apple's International Retail Strategy — In 2012 Apple opened 41 stores. The total is the second highest yearly opening rate since the stores first began operating. The highest total was in 2008 when 47 stores opened. — Although it is a healthy total, the surprising story about retail …

More: GigaOM and TUAW

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple Rejecting Apps Using Cookie-Tracking Methods, Signaling Push To Its Own Ad Identifier Technology Is Now Underway — Mobile app developers using a technology called “cookie tracking” (sometimes called “Safari flip-flop” or “HTML5 first party cookies") are starting to have their apps rejected …

More: CNET

Christopher Brook / threatpost:

Another iPhone Passcode Bypass Vulnerability Discovered — It's getting hard to keep track of all the bugs piling up for Apple's iPhone. Now it seems a glitch in the iOS kernel of Apple's much maligned iOS 6.1 is responsible for yet another passcode bypass vulnerability, the second to surface this month.

More: CNET, TUAW, MacRumors, Lifehacker, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, Gotta Be Mobile, MacNN and 9to5Mac

Tim Stevens / Engadget:

Chromebook Pixel review: another impractical marvel from Google — We've had a bit of a love / hate relationship with the Google Chromebook since the first one crossed our laps back in 2011 — the Samsung Series 5. We loved the concept, but hated the very limited functionality provided by your $500 investment.

More: ReadWrite, The Verge and BetaNews

Adam Goodman / The Duo Bulletin:

Bypassing Google's Two-Factor Authentication — TL;DR - An attacker can bypass Google's two-step login verification, reset a user's master password, and otherwise gain full account control, simply by capturing a user's application-specific password (ASP). — (With all due respect to Google's “Good to Know” ad campaign)

More: Gizmodo and Help Net Security

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations — Following up on its promise to be more cost efficient, casual and social game publishing giant Zynga is shutting down its Baltimore studio today and consolidating locations in three other cities.

More: Zynga Company Blog, TechCrunch, VG247, SlashGear, WebProNews, The Next Web, Inside Social Games, VatorNews, Polygon, GamePolitics blogs and GeekWire

James Hutchinson / Australian Financial Review:

Legal twist in Apple, Samsung case — A two-year legal battle between smartphone rivals Apple and Samsung has taken an unprecedented twist in Australia, with two Federal Court judges now hearing the case together. — The case, which began in 2011, resumed in the Federal Court this week.

More: AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, TUAW, Macgasm and Electronista

Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:

Internet providers launch controversial Copyright Alert System, promise ‘education’ over lawsuits — The new program rolls out with five major internet service providers today, but the bark is worse than the bite — Five major internet service providers have signed onto a private sector effort …

Juliette Garside / Guardian:

European mobile companies vow to break Google and Apple monopolies — Mobile World Congress: Vodafone, Telefónica and Telecom Italia urge regulators to allow consolidation — European mobile companies have vowed to “break the monopolies” enjoyed by Google and Apple in smartphones …

More: The Register, Tech Europe and Reuters

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Y Combinator-Backed Thalmic Labs Introduces MYO, A $149 Armband For Gesture Control — As stuff like Google Glass becomes mainstream, we're going to see a lot more wearable computing devices around. But one thing that isn't clear is how we'll control them.

More: The Next Web, MacRumors, Wired, New Scientist, GadgeTell, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Popular Science, Financial Post, Business Insider, TUAW, WebProNews and Cult of Mac

Gabe / Penny Arcade:

The MS Surface Pro — I was aware of the Surface Pro but I wasn't especially interested in it until I heard it came with a stylus and supported pressure sensitivity. I love gadgets and drawing so it only makes sense that I've always been curious about gadgets you can draw on.

More: Neowin and WinBeta

Jaymar Cabebe / CNET:

DoubleTwist and Qualcomm to bring AirPlay-like streaming to Android — DoubleTwist and Qualcomm are teaming up to bring a new open-source wireless-streaming platform called MagicPlay to Android. — DoubleTwist, maker of the popular eponymous music player software, has teamed …

More: TechCrunch and Ubergizmo

Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook:

J. Crew Chief and American Express Invest in Warby Parker — Warby Parker, the hip purveyor of retro-style glasses, has solidified ties with two of its most prominent fans. — Now the three-year-old start-up can count Millard S. Drexler, the chief executive of J. Crew …

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Next Web, VentureBeat and Business Insider. Thanks:@waqasaday

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

ZTE Grand Memo: hands-on with a 5.7-inch smartphone — We're at ZTE's booth here at MWC taking a look at the Chinese manufacturer's new giant smartphone, the 5.7-inch Grand Memo. As the name — and the screen size — suggests, the Memo is enormous. Unlike more recent smartphone-tablets …

More: Engadget, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Computerworld, BetaNews, Mobile Magazine, Electronista, CNET, Engadget, SlashGear, Inquirer and Pocket-lint

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

After CEO Departure, Mobile Video Startup Viddy Cuts Staff By More Than A Third — It was less than a year ago that Viddy was flying high, quoting massive user growth and raising a massive $30 million round of funding from NEA, Goldman Sachs, Khosla Ventures, and Battery Ventures.

More: VentureBeat and Los Angeles Times

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

App.net introduces free tier, invite-only for now, includes following 40 people — Today, the versatile web platform App.net introduces its new free tier. The free accounts will be available by invite only from a current member and will allow the following of 40 accounts and 500MB of file storage.

More: App.net, Quartz, GigaOM, The Verge, CNET, PandoDaily, VentureBeat and Forbes

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Yandex deals Google a one-two punch, debuts alternative Android app store and 3D interface — We knew it was coming soon, but Yandex has waited for the official start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to actually debut it: say hola to Yandex.Store, its alternative Android app store …

More: Bloomberg, IntoMobile and WebProNews

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

YouTube testing Hulu-esque pre-roll ad chooser, letting you watch one long or several short ones — YouTube is testing out a new pre-roll ad setup across the site that looks a lot like the current Hulu offerings. The new ad displays before the video starts, where a pre-roll ad …

Thanks:@alex

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Chrome may soon get audio indicators to show you noisy tabs, keep them open when memory runs out — Google is working on identifying Chrome tabs that are currently playing audio (or recording it). The feature is expected to show an audio animation if a tab is broadcasting or recording sound.

More: gHacks Technology News

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