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March 14, 2013, 5:00 AM

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Urs Holzle / The Official Google Blog:

A second spring of cleaning — We're living in a new kind of computing environment. Everyone has a device, sometimes multiple devices. It's been a long time since we have had this rate of change—it probably hasn't happened since the birth of personal computing 40 years ago.

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Google To Close Google Reader On July 1 — Google Reader user? Say goodbye. Google has announced the service is closing on July 1. — The news came today in a “Spring Cleaning” blog post from Google, where the company said: … I'm pretty amazed to read this.

Alan Green / Official Google Reader Blog:

Powering Down Google Reader — We have just announced on the Official Google Blog that we will soon retire Google Reader (the actual date is July 1, 2013). We know Reader has a devoted following who will be very sad to see it go. We're sad too. — There are two simple reasons for this …

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider — Every few months, Google has been “shutting down” various offerings they feel are under-used, in an effort to regain some focus. Many of these are uncontroversial, though a few have been surprising and freaked some users out.

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

As Google Reader is killed off, Flipboard, Feedly and others step up with RSS alternatives — So Google is axing Google Reader. While the product has a diminishing but fiercely loyal user base (which includes me and other TNW staffers), a number of related RSS services relied on the Reader API code to do their thing.

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Google Reader's Death Is Proof That RSS Always Suffered From Lack Of Consumer Appeal — The idea of RSS was one that never quite gripped with normal Internet users. Sure, for us geeks who absolutely love consuming as much information as possible, RSS is a wonderland.

More: BetaNews and VentureBeat

Nick Bradbury:

The End of FeedDemon — This is a hard post for me to write.

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

The Google Reader Shutdown Is Yet Another Nail In Feedburner's Coffin

More: The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, TodaysiPhone.com and iClarified

Larry Page / The Official Google Blog:

Update from the CEO — Sergey and I first heard about Android back in 2004, when Andy Rubin came to visit us at Google. He believed that aligning standards around an open-source operating system would drive innovation across the mobile industry. Most people thought he was nuts.

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Android Chief Andy Rubin Moves to Other Google Projects While Sundar Pichai Takes Over

More: Quartz, TechCrunch and The Verge

Wall Street Journal:

In Rare Move, Apple Goes on the Defensive Against Samsung — Apple Inc. is on the defensive. — In a rare interview a day before Samsung Electronics Co. announces a new flagship smartphone in New York, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller on Wednesday played down the expected competition …

Casey Newton / CNET:

Twitter acquires We Are Hunted, readies standalone music app — SCOOP: Twitter is preparing a music discovery app built on technology from a recent acquisition. It could be released by the end of the month. [Read more]

More: CNET, Evolver.fm, digitaltrends.com, Bloomberg and Redmond Pie. See also Mediagazer

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Twitter's Music App Will Let You Watch, Too, With Help From Vevo

Mike Kruzeniski / Twitter Blog:

Welcome Twitter for Windows 8 — Today, we are releasing Twitter for Windows 8, a new app that makes it easier than ever to share and discover content on Windows 8 devices. In addition to familiar Twitter features, including the Home, Connect, Discover, and Me tabs, this app introduces …

More: The Windows Blog, VatorNews, CNET, Computerworld, ZDNet, AllThingsD, WinBeta, Forbes, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, TechNet Blogs, TheGeekHerald, SlashGear and Mashable!. Tweets: @theromit

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Um, That's What My Kid Watches, Not Me - With User Profiles Still In Testing, Netflix's Social Sharing Feature Makes No Sense — Great news. You'll now know the viewing preferences of your friends' kids on Netflix, thanks to the service's foray into social sharing via opt-in Facebook integration, announced earlier this morning.

More: Mobile Magazine. See also Mediagazer

Cameron Johnson / The Official Netflix Blog:

Introducing Netflix Social

More: PR Newswire, TechCrunch and AllThingsD

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Supposed Galaxy S IV leak resurfaces in high-res pics, lists more features and specs — What is purported to be a dual-SIM equipped engineering sample of Samsung's Galaxy S IV a few days ago in pictures and video on a Chinese forum, and now it's back for a better look.

More: IntoMobile, The Verge, Android Authority, TechCrunch, CNET, MobilesPie, MobileSyrup.com, Mashable!, The Next Web, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Droid Life and Sammy Hub

Kevin Bostic / AppleInsider:

Samsung's Galaxy S IV switches to same GPU tech as Apple's A-series chips

More: With Imagination, CNET, BGR and PhoneArena. Tweets: @dujkan

Jeff Huang / Facebook Developer Blog:

Making Apps a Bigger Part of Timeline — Today, we're announcing an update to timeline to help people express what's important to them. We're introducing better ways for apps to appear on timeline, improved controls for users, and streamlined tools for setting up Open Graph. — A more organized timeline

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Technology Chronicles and VatorNews

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook's About Page Redesign Is A Graph Search Data Grab

Thanks:@joshconstine

Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:

Aaron Swartz Lawyers Accuse Prosecutor Stephen Heymann Of Misconduct — WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutor Stephen Heymann engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by withholding key evidence from the defense team of Aaron Swartz, the late Internet activist's legal team alleged in a letter to an internal Justice Department ethics unit.

Joshua Kopstein / The Verge:

Aaron Swartz to receive posthumous ‘Freedom of Information’ award for open access advocacy

More: CNET and The Next Web

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Is Samsung Stringing Microsoft Along on Windows Phone 8? — Is Samsung's interest in Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 on the level, or is it a ploy intended to slow the platform's market penetration? Boutique research house Detwiler Fenton believes it may be the latter, a concerted effort …

More: Engadget, The Next Web and PhoneArena

Roger Capriotti / The Windows Blog:

Bringing Touch Video Editing to the Web with Vyclone and Internet Explorer — Today we are excited to announce a new web experience with social video editing start-up, Vyclone. Vyclone has a very popular mobile app that allows users to co-create, sync, and edit multiple views of a single shared moment …

More: TechCrunch, Neowin, WinBeta, Softpedia News, TechNet Blogs and GeekWire

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Twitter Firms Up Top Ranks With CTO, Tightens Product and Design Roles — Twitter has appointed Adam Messinger as the company's Chief Technical Officer, according to his Twitter profile, in a move that solidifies Twitter's top C-Suite ranks on the company's slow, steady trudge to going public.

More: CNET, TechCrunch and GigaOM

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