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March 26, 2013, 12:55 PM

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:
T-Mobile to carry the iPhone 5 on April 12th for $99 up front  —  At long last, T-Mobile will carrying the Apple iPhone starting on April 12th.  The fourth place carrier announced the news during a press event in New York on Tuesday.  T-Mobile, the fourth largest carrier in the US …
Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
T-Mobile lights up LTE in seven markets nationwide  —  T-Mobile's LTE rollout has been a long time coming, but as of today that network is finally live.  At an event in New York City, the carrier made its initial batch of LTE cities official — seven markets in total.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
‘Stop the bulls**t’ says T-Mobile CEO  —  John Legere kicked off T-Mobile's event in New York City today with an unrelenting tirade against the carrier's competitors.  “Stop the bulls**t,” the CEO said, referring to the traditional subsidy model being pushed by Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint.
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Launch Around May 1 On T-Mobile  —  T-Mobile announced today that Samsung's Galaxy S4 will launch on its network around May 1.  —  The news comes from T-Mobile's chief marketing officer Michael Siever at today's press event announcing the carrier's new LTE network and data plans.
More: The Verge and Engadget
Times of India:
Apple plans to scale up presence in India, to triple exclusive stores to 200 by 2015  —  KOLKATA/ NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the success of the iPhone in India, Apple Inc has decided to scale up its presence in the country and plans to triple its exclusive stores to around 200 by 2015, said three of its dedicated franchisees.
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 …
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Facebook Expands Targeted Advertising Through Outside Data Sources  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Debra Aho Williamson, an advertising industry analyst and devoted coffee drinker, was intrigued by a promotion that popped up on her Facebook page recently.  Sign up for a Starbucks loyalty card, it said, and get $5 off.
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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.
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.
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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.
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 …
Matt Brian / The Verge:
Sweden drops the word ‘ungoogleable’ following pressure from Google  —  The Language Council of Sweden has dropped the term “ungoogleable” from its list of new words, following pressure from Google to adapt its definition to something more flattering for the company.
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.
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.
Grant Gross / PC World:
ICANN's trademark clearinghouse to launch Tuesday  —  As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers launches a new trademark clearinghouse on Tuesday, businesses that own trademarks should consider getting involved in the program, some ICANN watchers said.

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