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March 14, 2013, 11:00 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 …
Nick Bradbury:
The End of FeedDemon  —  This is a hard post for me to write.  —  I've used FeedDemon every day since I created it back in 2003 - it's part of my daily workflow, the first thing I turn to after pouring myself a cup of coffee in the morning.  —  I've thoroughly enjoyed working …
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.
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.
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 …
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. plans to let spy agencies scour Americans' finances  —  (Reuters) - The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country …
More: ZDNet and SlashGear
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Android Chief Andy Rubin Moves to Other Google Projects While Sundar Pichai Takes Over  —  In a surprise announcement, Google just switched around its top leadership.  Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, will no longer manage that team.  Sundar Pichai, the company's head of Chrome and Apps, is adding Android as well.
Jack Clark / The Register:
US national vulnerability database hacked  —  Malware infection forces government vuln catalog offline  —  The US government's online catalog of cyber-vulnerabilities has been taken offline - ironically, due to a software vulnerability.  —  The National Institute of Standards …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft blames overheating datacenter for 16-hour Outlook outage  —  Microsoft's outlook.com webmail service suffered 16-hour long issues yesterday after a firmware upgrade at the company's datacenter went wrong.  In a blog post detailing the outage, Microsoft reveals some customers …
Emily Price / Mashable!:
Twitter Now Supports Line Breaks in Tweets  —  Twitter added support for line breaks Wednesday, a new feature that lets you spread your 140 character message over several different lines.  —  Supported on Twitter.com, as well as through Twitter's official mobile app, the feature can be used …
More: TechCrunch
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Twitter's Music App Will Let You Watch, Too, With Help From Vevo  —  If you want a very good idea of what Twitter's music app will look like, you should check out Casey Newton's detailed report at CNET.  —  Back?  Okay.  Here are a few more details I've gleaned from people familiar with Twitter's plans for the app:
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: The Loop
VBalasubramani / Technology & Marketing Law Blog:
Ex-Employer's Hijacking of a LinkedIn Account Is a Publicity Rights Violation—Eagle v. Morgan  —  Eagle v. Morgan, 11-4303 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 12, 2013)  —  We've previously covered this dispute over a LinkedIn account.  (See Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts …
Quentin Hardy / NYT Bits:
Networking Battles to Run the World  —  Cisco has a simple message: the world has bought so much of its equipment, why stop now?  —  Both Cisco Systems and one of its biggest competitors, VMware, talked about ambitious strategies Wednesday.  The powerful data centers and networks they want to build …

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