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April 2, 2013, 3:55 PM

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Wall Street Journal:

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.

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

WSJ: Apple beginning production of next iPhone in Q2, 4-inch cheaper iPhone still on track …

More: Los Angeles Times

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.

More: AllThingsD, AllThingsD, New York Times, iMore, Ars Technica, SlashGear, PadGadget, Neowin, Washington Post, GigaOM, Network World, MacNN, TUAW, The Verge, ValueWalk, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, Computerworld, AppleInsider, Forbes, 9to5Mac and BGR

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.

More: Engadget, digitaltrends.com, The Verge, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Royal Pingdom, Pocketnow, Gotta Be Mobile, The Tech Report, WinBeta, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo and TrustedReviews

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.

More: 9to5Mac, BGR, The Next Web, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile, App Advice, IntoMobile, iLounge and Pocketnow

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 …

More: FT Alphaville, Tech Trader Daily, BGR, GigaOM, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Deal Journal, Telegraph and Electronista

Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:

Could Verizon's Best Friend Be Its Biggest Rival?

More: Guardian, Corporate Intelligence and FierceWireless

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.

More: AllThingsD, Business Insider, CNET, Inside Mobile Apps, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Macgasm and Mashable

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.

More: CNIL, BBC, The Verge, Marketing Land, TechHive, The Register, Associated Press, SiliconANGLE, PC Magazine, DailyFinance.com, Computerworld, Associated Press, BGR, Telegraph, Inquirer, VentureBeat, GigaOM, SlashGear and TechCrunch

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.

More: The Yahoo! Yodel, Yahoo! Mail Blog, The Dropbox Blog, TechCrunch, CITEworld, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Gizmodo, The Next Web and gHacks Technology News. Tweets: @spencerchen

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.

More: CNET, Betabeat, AllFacebook, The Verge and Business Insider

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.

More: MSDN Blogs, Forbes, Engadget, The Verge, The Windows Blog, WinBeta, Softpedia News, WMPoweruser, Neowin and MacNN

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.

More: digitaltrends.com, PC Magazine, CNET, Betabeat, TechSpot, CNNMoney.com, Softpedia News, memeburn, TechCrunch and Electronista. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: LiveSide.net, Tech Trader Daily, CITEworld, ZDNet and WinBeta

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 …

More: The Verge, VentureBeat and Betabeat

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.

More: CHINAdaily and Investor's Business Daily. Thanks:@williswee

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.

More: FOSS Patents, MacRumors, Ars Technica, iDownloadBlog.com, Macworld, iLounge, MacNN, Electronista, ZDNet and AppleInsider

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

iTunes URLs Appear To Be Losing Rank In Google Search — Google search is making it more difficult to surface iOS applications using typical user queries, like “Whatsapp iTunes,” “Whatsapp iPhone,” or searches by app name, for example. In the past, this would return a page of search results …

More: MacRumors and The Next Web. Thanks:@loumintzer

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 …

More: Cisco Blog

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 …

More: SiliconANGLE and Gearburn

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Google Adds Twilio For The First Voice And Messaging APIs Available Through The Google Cloud Platform And App Engine — Twilio today is taking one more step in its bid to become the most ubiquitous voice and messaging API available to developers: it is announcing a partnership with Google's Cloud Platform.

More: CITEworld, The Next Web, ZDNet, Twilio Cloud Communications …, VentureBeat and 9to5Google

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.

More: TechCrunch, The Register, ZDNet, GigaOM, Datamation.com, OStatic blogs and Wired. Tweets: @qthrul

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