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March 12, 2013, 7:10 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia Lumia 928 to launch on Verizon in April with aluminum body and Xenon flash — Microsoft is gearing up to market Nokia's upcoming Verizon flagship heavily. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that the company plans to launch its Lumia 928 handset in April on Verizon.

More: The Droid Guy, LAPTOP Magazine, The Nokia Blog, Pocket-lint, IntoMobile, WP7forum.ru, Phones Review, Maati, MobileSyrup.com, ValueWalk, WMPoweruser and Gotta Be Mobile

Tom Warren / The Verge:

A look at Microsoft's top-secret Surface prototypes — From concept to reality: how Redmond's iPad competitor came to be — Microsoft made a bold bet to build its own hardware, competing directly with Apple's iPad, but it was never an easy task to create something new and unique.

More: Engadget, BetaNews, TechSpot, CNET, PhoneArena and Neowin

Tweets: @riptari and @maryjofoley

Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:

Alleged Google Now for iOS video leaks on YouTube, is promptly pulled — iOS fans jealous of Jelly Bean's creepy Google Now might finally have something to get excited about. An October update to the Google Search app finally delivered an updated voice recognition experience to Apple's platform …

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MobileSyrup.com, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com, IntoMobile, TodaysiPhone.com and Pocket-lint. Tweets: @markgurman

Tao Tao / Oh, How Pinteresting!:

Introducing Pinterest Web Analytics — Bloggers, businesses, and organizations often ask us, “what are people pinning from my websites?” These website owners help create the content on Pinterest and we wanted to help them understand which pieces of content people find most interesting.

More: LAPTOP Magazine, PC Magazine, Reuters, Wired, CNET, The Verge, Techie Buzz, TechCrunch, WebProNews and VentureBeat

Noel Randewich / Reuters:

Apple's iPads to fall behind Android tablets this year: IDC — (Reuters) - Shipments of Apple Inc's iPads will fall behind the growing variety of tablets running Google Inc's Android platform for the first time this year as smaller-sized devices catch on with more consumers, research firm International Data Corp (IDC) said on Tuesday.

More: IDC, eWeek, CNET, Reuters, Computerworld, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, AllThingsD, Investor's Business Daily, 9to5Mac, I4U News, SlashGear, App Advice, PadGadget, The Full Signal, GeekWire, GigaOM, BGR, Macgasm and Bloomberg

Paul Sloan / CNET:

Spotify: Growing like mad, yet so far to go — The digital music service has added another 1 million subscribers since December, bringing its global total of paying customers to 6 million. — AUSTIN, Texas — It's not a bluegrass jam on the legendary Austin City Limits stage …

More: paidContent, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Verge, IntoMobile and AllThingsD. See also Mediagazer

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Automatic's iPhone app makes your dumb car feel a little smarter — Automatic handles everything from fuel efficiency to to crash response — Cars have been equipped with onboard computers for decades now, but as they get smarter, they remain stubbornly closed off.

More: LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, MacStories, BetaKit, Wired, digitaltrends.com, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile, TodaysiPhone.com, Ubergizmo, GigaOM, MacRumors and TechCrunch

Joseph Czikk / Techvibes:

Google Acquires University of Toronto Research Startup DNNresearch — The University of Toronto computer science department confirmed today that Google has acquired one of their startups lead by professor Geoffrey Hinton. DNNresearch Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and includes …

More: The Next Web, University of Toronto …, VentureBeat and CNET

Gina Chon / Quartz:

Apple's plan for its cash: stock buyback or more dividends likely coming this spring — Apple is leaning toward additional dividends or a share buyback program as part of its effort to return more cash to investors, according to sources. The US tech company could announce the move this spring …

More: ReadWrite, AppleInsider, Business Insider, MacRumors, TodaysiPhone.com and Daring Fireball

Matt Brian / The Verge:

Google Now confirmed for Chrome OS and Windows, beta browser reveals — Google Now integration may soon become available in Google's Windows browser and Chrome OS platform in the near future, after engineers added a new reference to the feature in the latest Chromium release.

More: TechCrunch, Venture Chronicles, digitaltrends.com, BetaNews, CNET, Marketing Land, SlashGear, Macgasm, Softpedia News, The Tech Report, Redmond Pie and MobileBurn.com

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Retailer Sues Visa Over $13 Million ‘Fine’ for Being Hacked — A sports apparel retailer is fighting back against the arbitrary multi-million-dollar penalties that credit card companies impose on banks and merchants for data breaches by filing a first-of-its-kind $13 million lawsuit against Visa.

More: The Register, Softpedia News and Securosis Highlights

Casey Newton / CNET:

Google reaches $7 million settlement with states over Street View case — The settlement with 37 states bans unauthorized data collection and requires Google to train employees on privacy issues. — The long-running Google Street View privacy case was settled today, as the company reached …

More: CT.gov Portal, New York Times, Hillicon Valley, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Reuters, ZDNet, epic.org, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Search Engine Land, Inquirer, Engadget, The Verge and Electronista. Tweets: @tomwarren

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Dropbox refreshes its desktop client for improved file sharing, real-time notifications for incoming folders — Today Dropbox announced upgrades to its desktop client to allow for quick sharing of files with others, and improved updates that will help users keep up with the service.

More: The Dropbox Blog, Ars Technica, Macworld, CNET, The Verge, ZDNet, TechCrunch, MacRumors, InfoWorld, 9to5Mac and Gizmodo

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger approved by the FCC — We knew things were moving forward, and now the Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS. In a statement released today, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski says that the allowing the two companies …

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google confirms Project Glass will support prescriptions ‘later this year,’ but not in its Explorer Edition — A prescription version of Google Glass is coming in 2013. Google's project Glass is a pair of glasses at the end of the day, so it follows that you'll be able to order a pair personalized to your prescription preferences.

More: Google+, The Verge, PC Magazine, LAPTOP Magazine, BGR, SlashGear, CNET, TechSpot and Engadget

David Jolly / New York Times:

Is Skype a Telephone Operator? France to Investigate — PARIS — French regulators said Tuesday that they had asked prosecutors to investigate Microsoft's Skype unit over its failure to register as a telecommunications operator in accordance with local law, raising the question of what constitutes …

More: arcep.fr, The Register, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Rude Baguette, The Next Web, Dow Jones Newswires, CNET and Engadget

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Yahoo's Mayer gets internal flak for more rigorous hiring — (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was asked at an all-staff meeting several weeks ago whether her rigorous hiring practices had caused the company to miss out on top engineering talent in Silicon Valley's hyper-competitive job market.

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Acer now selling C7 Chromebook with more battery life and memory for $280 — When we got our hands on Acer's initial C7 Chromebook, our chief gripe was its frankly disappointing 4-hour battery life. We now know that Acer had its ear to the ground after launch.

More: TechCrunch, AllThingsD, 9to5Google, GigaOM, Market Wire, Forbes, TG Daily and Geek.com

Christina Farr / VentureBeat:

Evolv pulls in $15M to prevent the ‘wrong person ending up in the wrong job’ — Imagine using data to pinpoint the most high-performing employees and keep them satisfied? — A startup called Evolv is building technology to make that possible, and it has raised $15 million in a fourth funding roundl led by Vantage Point Capital.

More: AllThingsD

Rene Ritchie / iMore.com:

The “iPhone 5S” problem — Apple may or may not release a product called the “iPhone 5S” this year. The presumption, however, fueled by Apple having previously released the 2009 iPhone 3GS-as-in-speed, and the 2011 iPhone 4S-as-in-Siri, is that 2013 will see another S-style update.

More: CNET, Reuters, Phones Review, Mercury News, BGR, MacRumors, InvestorPlace and Forbes. Tweets: @markgurman

Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:

Patch Tuesday Surprises: Surface Firmware Updates, IE 10 Flash Reversal — Firmware updates for Surface Pro and Surface RT and a reversal of how IE 10 handles Flash — I don't normally report on each month's set of “Patch Tuesday” updates since it's mostly just security updates that everyone should be installing automatically.

More: technet.microsoft.com, GeekWire, Naked Security, Neowin, Computerworld, The Laws of Vulnerabilities, ZDNet, Krebs on Security and AllThingsD

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

A5 Chip in Tweaked Apple TV Still Manufactured by Samsung at 32nm — Earlier this week, we opened up the newly tweaked Apple TV to find a remarkably small A5 chip inside rather than an A5X as had been suspected from the device's software posted by Apple over a month ago.

More: chipworks.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Ars Technica, iPhone Hacks and iClarified

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

Major glitch in Bitcoin network sparks sell-off; price temporarily falls 23% — A technical glitch in the core Bitcoin software forced developers to call for a temporary halt to Bitcoin transactions, sparking a sharp sell-off. The currency's value briefly fell 23 percent to $37 before regaining much of its value later in the evening.

More: Quartz, Bitcoin Magazine, Web Host Industry Review and VentureBeat

Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence:

Paid Tweeters Beware: The FTC is Watching — In 2000, when regulators at the Federal Trade Commission last took a look at how its consumer protection rules should be applied online, the internet lived almost exclusively in browser windows, social networks didn't exist, and tweeting was what birds did on sunny afternoons.

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

AMD Completes Sale, Leaseback of Texas Campus — Shares of the troubled chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices inched upward today on word that the company has executed a deal to sell its Austin, Texas, campus and lease it back from the new owner, in a deal expected to generate $164 million in cash.

More: Reuters

Roger Cheng / CNET:

HTC One faces shipment delays, may hit stores in April — The company said it would start fulfilling pre-orders by the end of the month, with a rollout to more markets in April. — It looks like there's more bad news down the pike for HTC and its One flagship phone.

More: Clove Technology's Blog, Engadget, SlashGear, Business Insider, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Verge and Pocketnow

Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:

Dragon Mobile Assistant for Android gets smarter: Now it can share your location and dial into scheduled calls — With Apple's Siri and Google Now leading the way, the race is on to create the perfect mobile virtual assistant. — Nuance, whose Dragon voice recognition technology powers Siri …

More: Engadget

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Security firm: iOS Provisioning Profiles could be vector for Apple's first big malware wave — Up to this point, iOS users have been relatively safe from malware on their devices. Apple SVP Phil Schiller recently felt good enough about it to tweet a link to a recent report that put most of the onus of mobile malware on Android.

More: Skycure Security, CITEworld, PadGadget, CNET and FierceMobileContent News. Thanks:@jonrussell

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