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March 25, 2013, 5:05 AM

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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.”
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 …
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
To Sell Its New Z10 Phone, BlackBerry Bets Big On Real-Time Takeovers  —  When you're betting the house, you don't skimp on the marketing.  That's the approach BlackBerry has taken with its BlackBerry 10 operating system and its line of smartphones anchored on the Z10, which hit stores in the U.S. Friday.
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 MacNNTweets: @eriklarsson
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
T-Mobile's new contract-free pricing plans are live  —  As expected, T-Mobile has pulled the wraps off a new plan structure that eliminates two-year contracts altogether, part of its upcoming “Uncarrier” initiative to streamline pricing.  A base price of $50 per month buys you 500MB of high-speed data …
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
How Companies Could Unlock Stashed Foreign Earnings  —  HERE'S a novel way to drive up a company's share price: Pay billions of dollars in additional taxes.  —  Deliberately bloating your own tax bill isn't a common strategy, of course.  To the contrary, an army of lawyers, accountants …
More: ParisLemon
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
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
How Apple invites facile analysis  —  Conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge when it comes to evaluating a company; the hubbub surrounding Apple is a case study.  —  Tech conjecture on Apple has been little more than myth-making.  Above, iPads for sale in China.
More: Forbes and FortuneTweets: @latimeshiltzik
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 …
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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.

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