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March 26, 2013, 10:05 AM

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Paid $30 Million in Cash for 18 Months of Young Summly Entrepreneur's Time  —  Earlier today, Yahoo said it had acquired the trendy and decidedly stylish news reading app Summly, along with its telegenic and very young entrepreneur Nick D'Aloisio.  —  Yahoo said it plans to close …
Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Just do it, says Yahoo's teen app millionaire  —  (Reuters) - Got a tech idea and want to make a fortune before you're out of your teens?  Just do it, is the advice of the London schoolboy who's just sold his smartphone news app to Yahoo for a reported $30 million.
Paul Sloan / CNET:
Spotify tries to go mainstream, launches splashy ad campaign  —  The music service will launch its first ever ad-campaign tonight as it tries to speed up growth in the U.S.  —  From Spotify's first TV ad campaign  —  Spotify today is rolling out a major advertising blitz …
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
OS X app launcher Quicksilver ends its decade-long beta  —  After ten years, Quicksilver finally leaves beta with its version 1.0.0 release.  —  Quicksilver blog  —  After years of development, a shift from closed source to open source, and the advent of popular competitors like Alfred …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
What, exactly, WiFiSLAM is, and why Apple acquired it  —  A couple of days ago the news broke that Apple had acquired indoor location startup WiFiSLAM.  Since the company immediately pulled its website and Apple isn't exactly forthcoming about its plans for its acquisitions, much of the chatter since then has been speculation.
More: BGR, Pocket-lint, CNN and CITEworldThanks:@panzer
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows 8 Mail update now available, Google Calendar support removed for existing users  —  Microsoft has started pushing out its latest Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, and People app updates to users today.  A little ahead of the schedule, the application updates are now available in the Windows Store …
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Stocksy aims to bring the soul back into stock photography  —  iStockphoto founder Bruce Livingstone is trying again with the stock-art business — this time with a startup focusing on photographers, not profits.  —  Bruce Livingstone, founder of the iStockphoto site that grew …
Jason Palmer / BBC:
Mobile location data ‘present anonymity risk’  —  Location data may not seem personal in a crowded place - but a mobile user's path can give identity away  —  Scientists say it is remarkably easy to identify a mobile phone user from just a few pieces of location information.
More: DSLreports and GigaOM
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Yelp Announces A New ‘Revenue Estimator’ For Small Businesses  —  Yelp is announcing a new feature intended to highlight and quantify the value that the listing and review site provides for small businesses.  —  A company spokesperson told me the feature is important for two reasons.
Russ Martin / Marketing Magazine:
Sprouter and BetaKit folded into Financial Post  —  BetaKit and Sprouter, two of Canada's leading startup resources, are now part of the Financial Post.  As of March 22, both Sprouter.com and BetaKit.com redirected to FP Startups, a long-standing section of the Financial Post dedicated to reporting on young technology businesses.
More: Erin Bury
Josh Ong / The Next Web:
Microsoft, Spotify and The Echo Nest launch Mixshape, an engaging tool for ordering playlists  —  Microsoft, Spotify and music intelligence firm The Echo Nest have joined forces to create Mixshape, a visual tool that automatically sorts playlists based on the properties and moods of individual songs.
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Google to ship LTE Chromebook Pixel by April 8; here's the LTE service pricing  —  Few may have ordered one, but the LTE version of Google's Chromebook Pixel is set to ship by April 8.  That's the date currently showing on the Pixel product page in the Google Play store, as noted by Jeff Jarvis.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Court Tosses Lawsuit That Said MMS Was An Illegal File Sharing Network  —  A few years ago, we wrote about a really ridiculous lawsuit filed by (then) regular Techdirt commenter Max Davis against all of the mobile operators: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile.

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