FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban  —  Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the executive branch has any authority to change the law.

Groupon Announces Leadership Change  —  Board Appoints Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis to the Office of the Chief Executive-Board Initiates Search for New CEO—Groupon, the global leader in local commerce, today announced a leadership change in which Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky …

Google's CFO says Motorola's upcoming products aren't ‘wow’ by Google standards (update)  —  If you were hoping to see a revelatory smartphone from Motorola in the near future, you might want to tone down those expectations.  Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Patrick Pichette today …

Best Buy Says It Got No Offer From Founder Schulze  —  Best Buy Co. (BBY) said it received no offer from founder Richard Schulze by the deadline yesterday and will continue to focus on its turnaround.  —  The deadline expired and Schulze didn't make a bid, the Richfield, Minnesota-based retailer said in a statement today.

Smaller Tablet PCs to Take Over in 2013?  —  The launch of the iPad mini in late 2012 has been seen as an acknowledgement by Apple that smaller size (7-9") tablet PCs would become a larger part of the market than larger sizes (9.7" or 10.1").  Key aspects are more attractive prices and the ability …

Evernote for iOS Update: New View, Better PDF Support, Evernote Business Improvements, and More  —  Today's Evernote for iOS (5.2) update is full of exciting and useful features, including a new way to view your notes, a completely overhauled PDF experience, more formatting options …

Apple Invents Advanced iPad Magnetics System for Dual iPad Notebook, Tripod Stands, Gaming Controller & Much More  —  On February 28, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a system for magnetically attaching a tablet device to a supporting structure.

Google Defeats Publishers Over Copyright in German Parliament  —  Google Inc. (GOOG) and other news aggregators may continue to show short news items on their Internet sites without being required to pay, German lawmakers decided in a parliamentary vote today in a blow to publishers including Axel Springer AG (SPR) and Bertelsmann SE.

Einhorn's Greenlight Drops “Silly” Apple Suit  —  Hedge fund magnate and famous Apple bull David Einhorn has dropped his lawsuit against the company in which he holds some 1.3 million shares.  Einhorn's Greenlight Capital on Friday withdrew the suit it brought against Apple over a proxy proposal …

Facebook to Acquire Atlas from Microsoft  —  We're pleased to announce that we have agreed to acquire the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft.  Atlas is a leader in campaign management and measurement for marketers and agencies.  We believe this acquisition will benefit both marketers and users, and we'd like to explain why.

Oracle investigating after two more Java 7 zero-day flaws found  —  Summary: Polish security researchers have discovered yet more zero-day vulnerabilities in Java, the beleaguered Web plug-in, that led to the successful intrusion of Facebook, Apple and Microsoft in recent weeks.  —  Zack Whittaker

Ex-Apple marketing guru Guy Kawasaki now advising Motorola  —  Apple's former chief technology evangelist Guy Kawasaki has taken a job as an advisor to Motorola.  His remit at Motorola includes product design, user interface, marketing, and social media.  One of his first social media tasks …

BSkyB buys Telefónica UK's fixed-line business for $300M  —  British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) will buy Telefónica's UK fixed-line broadband and telephony business for up to £200 million ($303 million), the companies announced early on Friday.

PayPal Competitor WePay Launches iOS App to Take Invoicing & Payments Mobile  —  Startup WePay launched as a group payments solution that allowed people to purchase an item together online, and has since pivoted to become a PayPal-like contender in the online payments space.

Hollywood targets “rogue” mobile apps in war on pirated content  —  (Reuters) - Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called “rogue” mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their permission.

US Web payment enabler Stripe finally comes to Europe, launches beta service in the UK  —  Stripe, the fast-growing Web payment enabler from the US, has finally launched its service in Europe, starting with the UK today.  —  Founder Patrick Collison announced the launch of a beta service …

Google Launches Zopfli To Compress Data More Densely And Make Web Pages Load Faster  —  Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about 3 to eight 8 more densely (PDF) than the standard zlib library.  Because Zopfli is compatible …

Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies ‘aiding the enemy’  —  Manning will read an extended personal statement detailing his actions and his motives, describing ‘moral outrage’ at the US Army's actions in Iraq  —  US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning …