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March 10, 2013, 5:30 PM

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Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
Iran blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter  —  (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most “virtual private networks”, a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday.
More: CNET, The Verge and Xinhua
Roger Cheng / CNET:
AT&T: Ban on unlocking phones won't affect our customers  —  The telecom giant says that it will unlock phones for customers that have been active for 60 days, are in good standing with no unpaid balance, and have honored their service agreement commitments.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
The iPhone's biggest flaw  —  The iPhone has a flaw, and it's not a minor one.  In fact, it affects every single one of the over 100 million sold so far, and there is no real solution yet in sight.  —  The iPhone's battery sucks.  —  Before you bust out your benchmarks or anecdotes …
More: EngadgetThanks:@sidharthdassani
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
No Google Glasses allowed, declares Seattle dive bar  —  Google's high-tech augmented reality “Project Glass” spectacles are still in development, and not available for purchase.  But Seattle's 5 Point Cafe is getting ahead of the game — and fueling a debate over privacy — by banning the devices from the bar in advance.
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Zaarly Shutters Its Reverse Craigslist Marketplace, Goes All In On Virtual Storefronts As Co-Founder Exits  —  When Arrington first introduced the world to the concept of Zaarly two years ago, my first thought was “a fast, mobile way for me to request booze delivery on demand?  Sign me up.”
Elie Bursztein / elie.im:
Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities  —  Early July 2012, I reported to Apple numerous vulnerabilities related to their App Store iOS app.  Last week Apple finally issued a fix for it and turned on HTTPS for the App Store.
Parker Higgins / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
A Tale of SimCity: Users Struggle Against Onerous DRM  —  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, for the latest installment in the popular SimCity video game franchise, which was released this week to massive sales, and then just as quickly, an epic fail as the paying customers …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
If It Gets Them, Google May Open .Search, .App, .Blog And .Cloud gTLDs To The Public  —  If Google is awarded the right to manage the domain registrations for .search, .app, .blog and .cloud, there is now a good chance that it won't just use them for its own services and will open them up for non-Google properties, too.
More: CircleID
James Temple / San Francisco Chronicle:
The hypocrisy in Silicon Valley's big talk on innovation  —  In the fall of 2011, Max Levchin took the stage at a TechCrunch conference to lament the sad state of U.S. innovation.  —  “Technology innovation in this country is somewhere between dire straits and dead,” said the PayPal co-founder …
Tweets: @jabermanThanks:@techchronicle
Gina Chon / Quartz:
Intel is actively considering candidates for CEO from outside the company  —  Intel is showing how serious it is about tackling the big challenges it faces by actively considering outside candidates for the company's next CEO.  If one of them is selected, it would be the first time the world's …
Tweets: @bradcasemore

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