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March 9, 2013, 2:10 PM

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Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Inside Google Street View: From Larry Page's Car To The Depths Of The Grand Canyon  —  “Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, similar to the concept apport, an earlier word used in the context of spiritualism.”
More: The VergeThanks:@drew
Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:
Sony Chairman Howard Stringer Says He'll Retire in June  —  Sony Corp. (6758) board Chairman Howard Stringer, who became the first non-Japanese executive to lead the company, said he will retire in June.  —  Stringer, 71, will step down at the company's annual shareholder meeting …
Wall Street Journal:
New Money Ventures to Silicon Valley  —  When SurveyMonkey LLC Chief Executive Dave Goldberg wanted to raise money for his Palo Alto, Calif., company, he didn't lean on the venture capitalists that scour Silicon Valley looking for the next Google Inc. or Facebook Inc.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
An iPhone Lover's Take On The Nexus 4  —  This is the first Android device I would feel comfortable using on a regular basis.  —  That doesn't mean I'm going to, but I would be just fine with it.  —  If I had to boil down my thoughts about the Nexus 4 into two sentences, those would be them.
More: John BiggsTweets: @hblodget
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Apple CEO Tim Cook May Testify in E-Books Antitrust Suit  —  Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook may testify in the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against the world's biggest technology company over e-books pricing.  —  The U.S. sued Apple and a group of book publishers last year …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Google to Pay $7M to Settle Wi-Spy Case With More Than 30 U.S. Attorneys General  —  Google will soon settle with the attorneys general representing more than 30 U.S. states over its Street View cars collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, multiple sources said.

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