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Apple to Begin iPhone Production This Quarter — Apple Inc. plans to begin production of a refreshed iPhone similar in size and shape to its current one in the second quarter of the year, according to people familiar with the device's production, teeing up a possible summer launch for the next version of its flagship device.
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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.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Windows Blue looks to be named Windows 8.1 — Summary: The Windows Blue operating system update is likely to be named “Windows 8.1” when it hits later this summer, according to sources. — Microsoft officials supposedly have decided on the final name for Windows Blue.| Betabeat: |
OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter Departs Zynga; Will Be Replaced by VP of Mobile Sean Kelly — Mr. Porter and Ghostface Killah (Photo: Twitter) — Dan Porter, the former CEO of New York-based gaming company OMGPOP which was purchased by Zynga in March of last year, has left the company, according to a release obtained by Betabeat.
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| 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 …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook: |
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| David Beren / TmoNews: |
T-Mobile Sending Out Carrier Update Enabling LTE For Unlocked iPhone Devices On April 5th — As T-Mobile customers using unlocked AT&T or unlocked iPhone devices have had some lingering questions regarding their current device and LTE capability, we're happy to finally provide an answer.
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| 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.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Launches Windows QuickStart Kit For Mac Developers, A $25 USB Stick With Windows 8 Pro And Parallels For Mac — Earlier this year, Microsoft launched modern.IE to help developers ensure that their sites work well with old and new versions of Internet Explorer.
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| Michael Kan / PC World: |
Microsoft launches special Chinese version of Surface Pro aimed at home users — Microsoft is hoping to build momentum behind its Surface Pro tablet in China by launching a special edition including Office Home & Student 2013—but with Windows 8 Standard, rather than Windows 8 Pro.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Yahoo Mail adds support for Dropbox attachments to web client — Yahoo just announced a new partnership with Dropbox that lets you attach files stored with the popular cloud service to outbound emails. The company is touting the integration as yet another way it's making the email experience simpler for customers.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Game of Thrones Pirates Break BitTorrent Swarm Record — As expected, the new season premiere of Game of Thrones has generated quite a bit of activity on various BitTorrent sites. — Hundreds and thousands of downloaders went out to grab a copy of the show, breaking the record for the largest BitTorrent swarm ever in the process.
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digitaltrends.com, PC Magazine, Betabeat, CNET, CNNMoney.com, Softpedia News, memeburn, TechCrunch, NEWS.com.au, Gizmodo and PandoDaily
| 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.
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FOSS Patents, MacRumors, Ars Technica, iDownloadBlog.com, Macworld, iLounge, MacNN, Electronista, ZDNet and AppleInsider
| Charlie Custer / Tech in Asia: |
Baidu Reportedly Working on Google Glass-Like ‘Baidu Eye’ — Where Google goes, so too goes Baidu? It certainly seems the company may have been inspired by Google Glass if Sina Tech's report that the company is working on a new wearable tech product called Baidu Eye (pictured) is correct.| 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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The Verge, VentureBeat and Betabeat
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Exclusive: Ongoing malware attack targeting Apache hijacks 20,000 sites — Mysterious “Darkleech” exposes visitors to potent malware exploits. — Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock — Tens of thousands of websites, some operated by The Los Angeles Times, Seagate, and other reputable companies …
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| 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 …
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SiliconANGLE, Gearburn and Ubergizmo
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
HTC One coming to AT&T and Sprint 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 …
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SamMobile, AT&T, BGR, Business Wire, CNET, Engadget, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, GigaOM, Engadget, The Next Web, TechCrunch, SlashGear and WebProNews
| Matthew Boesler / Business Insider: |
ANALYST: All Of My Clients Think There's A Bitcoin Bubble, But A ‘Perfect Storm’ Is Causing Prices To Surge — It's probably fair to say that the big rise in Bitcoin this year has caught many by surprise. — Today, the value of one Bitcoin hit $100. In early March, they were trading below $35.
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SiliconANGLE, RT, TG Daily, memeburn, WebProNews, Examiner, Zero Hedge, VentureBeat and Business Insider
| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Rosetta Stone acquires Livemocha for $8.5m to move its language learning platform into the cloud — Computer-assisted language teaching software Rosetta Stone announced today that it has acquired Livemocha, an online service for language-learning communities, for $8.5 million.
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