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March 8, 2013, 8:50 AM

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google's Motorola Unit to Cut 10% of Workforce  —  Google Inc.'s Motorola Mobility hardware unit has begun laying off about 1,200 employees, or more than 10% of its headcount, according to a company email reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, as the smartphone maker continues trying to return to profitability.
Facebook Newsroom:
A New Look for News Feed  —  Today we're announcing a new version of Facebook designed to reduce clutter and focus more on stories from the people you care about.  You see all the stories you saw in your News Feed before, but with a fresh new look.  We've completely rebuilt each story …
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Revolution in Resale of Digital Books and Music  —  The prospect of online stores that sell used e-books and digital music has heartened consumer advocates, but publishers and artists are worried.
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Record labels object to Apple's proposed 6-cents-per-100-songs royalty rate for streaming service  —  Apple has opened talks with record labels about getting rights for a music-streaming service — but has gotten plenty of push back because its offer is seen as way too cheap, The Post has learned.
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
At an Annual Tech Show, It's Hardware's Turn in the Spotlight  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — Each year, thousands of tech enthusiasts flock to South by Southwest, the technology, music and film conference here, hoping to be among the first to find the next big thing in social networking and mobile apps.
Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:
Telecom Firms Seek to Curb Publicly Funded Web Services  —  WASHINGTON—Sensing a threat to their business model, telecom companies are pushing more states to curb the spread of publicly funded high-speed Internet access, arguing the networks could squash competition.
Alex Howard / O'Reilly Radar:
If followers can sponsor updates on Facebook, social advertising has a new horizon  —  This week, I found that one of my Facebook updates received significantly more attention that others I've posted.  On the one hand, it was a share of an important New York Times story focusing on the first time a baby was cured of HIV.
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Loose Lips: Yahoo M&A Head Told Employees Company Looking at Two “Significant” and a Half-Dozen Small Buys  —  Lost in the sauce of the national work-from-home debate of last week that engulfed all things Yahoo, was a fascinating tidbit that several employees passed on to me from a recent Friday FYI meeting at its Silicon Valley HQ.
Zack Whittaker / CNET:
European Parliament blocks citizen e-mails protesting EU ‘porn ban’  —  After European citizens began to complain en masse over a report proposing that porn should be banned in the 27-member state bloc, European politicians blew the whistle on their own IT department.
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
The history of Facebook as told through its ever-expanding list of profile fields  —  The Facebook profile in 2005, 2006, and 2007  —  An interesting new study (PDF) out of Carnegie Mellon University examines how students there, who first joined Facebook in 2005, have changed their privacy settings on the service over time.
Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:
The Snapchat Lawsuit, Or How To Lose Your Best Friend Over $70 Million  —  “This is a case of partners betraying a fellow partner.”  —  One week ago, Reggie Brown filed a lawsuit alleging that he is a co-founder of Snapchat, a red-hot impermanent photo messaging app, and is entitled …

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