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April 2, 2013, 11:05 AM

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Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Sorry Apple gets respect in China after tabloid trial  —  (Reuters) - With its rare apology, Apple Inc went from pariah to praiseworthy in the eyes of China's state-controlled media, a lesson for other foreign firms not to underestimate the speed and power of the government press.
Don Reisinger / CNET:
Verizon, AT&T could partner to take over Vodafone — report  —  The deal would see Verizon buy back the value Vodafone owns in its company, while AT&T would acquire all non-U.S. assets.  —  Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead  —  Verizon and AT&T could be teaming up to make a huge bid …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Google Faces Action in EU After Failing to Fix Privacy Policy  —  Google Inc. (GOOG) faces possible fines after six European Union data protection regulators started “coordinated” enforcement measures over the company's failure to fix flaws in a new privacy policy.
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
Facebook's Sandberg May Be Deposed in Antitrust Case  —  Facebook Inc. (FB) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is scheduled to be questioned in a lawsuit alleging that seven technology companies broke antitrust laws by agreeing to not recruit from each other.
Richard Lai / Engadget:
Smartisan OS unveiled in China, takes a fresh approach to Android UI design  —  Following the likes of Meizu and Xiaomi, another star is born in the Chinese smartphone market.  In fact, some may already know the man behind this new Android-based Smartisan OS: Luo Yonghao, a self-taught ex-English teacher …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
San Francisco DA met with Apple over phone thefts, hints next two iPhones designed under Jobs  —  The San Francisco Examiner reports on meetings between San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and mobile device makers regarding phone thefts.  Because Apple's iPhone was reportedly involved …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Startup Nebula Launches a Plug-and-Play Cloud Computer  —  Here's a name I haven't heard in a while: Anso Labs.  —  This was the cloud computing startup that originated at NASA, where the original ideas for OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform was born.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
HD Voice Will Start Coming to AT&T Later This Year  —  Among the announcements that T-Mobile made last month was its plan to deploy improved voice calling, starting with the arrival of its iPhone 5 later this month.  —  The technology, known as HD Voice, requires support from both the network and the devices on each end of the call.
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
HTC One coming to AT&T on April 19th for $199.99, will beat the Galaxy S4 to the market  —  The HTC One, the company's new flagship phone and would-be savior, will be available on AT&T starting on April 19th for $199.99.  That's a good $50 less than was rumored yesterday …
Bill Rigby / Reuters:
Microsoft co-founder to open investment office in Silicon Valley  —  (Reuters) - Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp, is opening an office in Silicon Valley to make new investments in emerging technology and internet companies.  —  The Palo Alto office …
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Google's Privacy Director Is Stepping Down  —  When Alma Whitten was tapped to be Google's first director of privacy in 2010, CNet declared hers the “hardest job at Google.”  A long time engineer at the company with expertise in computer security, she was put in charge of a program overseeing products …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
No joke: Amazon hires Windows Phone vet Charlie Kindel for ‘something secret’  —  Charlie Kindel, the Seattle tech veteran who left his job as a Microsoft Windows Phone general manager in 2011 to join the startup world, has now been hired by Amazon.com as the director of an undisclosed project inside the company.
Carl Franzen / The Verge:
E-bleeder: is Nook on its deathbed?  —  Barnes & Noble's once-promising digital business needs to turn a page to compete with Amazon and Apple  —  The ending has yet to be written for Barnes & Noble's Nook story, which began with the surprise debut of the original Nook e-reader back in late 2009.
Robin Wauters / The Next Web:
Sign o' the Times: Twitter gets a Vine copyright complaint from Prince's record label  —  Twitter has been served a DMCA copyright complaint for content that was published using the Vine video platform it acquired and launched earlier this year.  —  Twitter openly shares how many DMCA takedown notices …
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Steven Musil / CNET:
USPTO reaffirms invalidation of Apple patent in Samsung suit  —  Patent office issues a Final Office Action on Apple's “bounce-back” patent, a key patent to Apple's case.  —  The damages Samsung owes Apple in their landmark patent lawsuit could be reduced even further after a recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision.
Biz Stone / Jelly HQ:
What is Jelly?  —  People are basically good—when provided a tool that helps them do good in the world, they prove it.  —  Jelly is a new company and product named after the jellyfish.  We are inspired by this particular animal because neurologically, its brain is more “we” than “me.”
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
HBO: ‘Game of Thrones’ piracy is a compliment  —  How does HBO feel about having the most pirated show on TV?  —  Not too bad, apparently.  —  HBO programming president Michael Lombardo spoke to EW about the rampant illegal downloading of the network's fantasy hit drama Game of Thrones, which returns for its third season tonight.

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