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March 24, 2013, 10:05 PM
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows Blue leaks online, includes smaller Live Tiles, new side-by-side Snap Views, and IE 11  —  An early build of Windows Blue, the next version of Windows, has leaked online on the same day that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrates his 57th birthday.  Build 9364, a partner version …
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: F.A.A. May Loosen Curbs on Fliers' Use of Electronics  —  If you're sitting on a plane at the gate and reading this column on an electronic gadget, you're about to hear eight dreaded words: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.”
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Another Reason Google Reader Died: Increased Concern About Privacy and Compliance  —  Google has warned that it will shut down its Google Reader news aggregator July 1.  Many people (myself very much included) are mourning a beloved and useful product, but the company cited declining usage.
Jessica E. Lessin / Digits:
Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM  —  Apple has acquired indoor-GPS company WifiSLAM, a sign that the war over indoor mobile location services is heating up.  —  Apple paid around $20 million for the Silicon Valley-based company, according to a person familiar with the matter who said the deal closed recently.
Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:
Michael Dell Could Lose CEO Job in Rival Buyout Bid  —  Michael Dell kicked off the process to take Dell Inc. private.  Now as other potential bidders crowd into the picture, Mr. Dell may end up losing control of his company.  —  Blackstone Group LP and activist investor Carl Icahn expressed interest …
Wall Street Journal:
Bidding War for Dell Appears Likely
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Mayor Bloomberg's Geek Squad  —  It was a case for a digital Sherlock Holmes.  Last fall, the city's Department of Environmental Protection wanted, finally, to crack down on restaurants that were illegally dumping cooking oil into sewers in their neighborhoods — congealed yellow grease is responsible …
More: A VC.  Tweets: @timoreilly
Horace Dediu / asymco:
So long, break-even  —  iTunes store will be 10 years old next month.  From its inception Apple has stated that it aims to run the store “at break-even”.  The business has grown so rapidly however that its profit-free nature has come under severe pressure.
More: Cult of Mac and MacNN
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Winklevoss Brothers Move On From Facebook  —  As you sit across from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, it is easy to lose track of whom exactly you're talking to.  Tall, blue-eyed and each built as broad-shouldered as a fridge, the twins are identical right down to their entrees: a pair of lobster rolls, with potato chips.
Tweets: @mathewi
Chris Matyszczyk / CNET:
Don't Glass and drive — lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road  —  West Virginia lawmakers are already pouncing on the existence of Google Glass and introducing a bill that would prohibit drivers from making a spectacle of themselves.  —  Dabbling in politics can bring troubling consequences.
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
AP wins big: Why a court said clipping content is not fair use  —  A federal court has sided with the Associated Press and the New York Times in a closely-watched case involving a company that scraped news content from the internet without paying for it.  —  The case has important implications …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

CNBC:
Sources: Sinclair is looking to sell 60+ of its 185 TV stations, in markets including Minneapolis and Austin, and is exploring options for the Tennis Channel

Tom Wheeler / The Hill:
Google's YouTube TV, which now has over 8M subscribers, should add C-SPAN to its channel lineup as a public service, as more consumers ditch cable subscriptions

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