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Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Facebook proceeds with Paper launch after FiftyThree, makers of Paper drawing app requested a name change — Makers of Paper App Ask Facebook to Change Its New App Name — If you go to Google and type in the word “paper,” the top result doesn't have anything to do with traditional pulpy vellum.

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Paper Now Available For iOS In The US, And It Could Be A Facebook Replacement

More: App Advice, Phones Review, Threadling, the rajam report, TechGeek, Digits, TUAW, iPhone Hacks, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, Engadget, IntoMobile, Technology Personalized, The Next Web and The Next Web

Tweets: @jwherrman, @hamburger, @facebook, @mikeisaac, @hamburger and @tcarmody

Thanks:@jordanrcrook

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

This just in: Paper is the best Facebook app ever

More: Gigaom, TIME, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wired, Betabeat, Robert Scoble, dailywireless.org and Forbes. Tweets: @mulligan. See also Mediagazer

Richard Salgado / The Official Google Blog:

With inclusion of FISA requests, Google's transparency report now contains all types of government requests for users' information — Shedding some light on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests — We believe the public deserves to know the full extent to which governments request user information from Google.

More: Wired, Guardian, Yahoo, Facebook, Techdirt, Ars Technica, Tumblr's Transparency Report, Nextgov, CNNMoney.com, TechCrunch, WebProNews, Computerworld, The Next Web, SC Magazine, The Register, Mashable, SecurityWeek, Motherboard, Re/code, AllFacebook, Gigaom, Softpedia News, dailywireless.org, ZDNet, SlashGear, TheHill and Engadget. Tweets: @pmarca

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft disclose new data about number of NSA requests received

More: TechNet Blogs, Softpedia News, NYT Bits, Mercury News, Tumblr Staff, BetaNews, NBCNews, TIME, CNET, Electronista, The Switch, The Verge, Digits, Inside Facebook, SecurityWeek, WinBeta, Associated Press and TechCrunch. Tweets: @kurtopsahl

Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:

Apple Building Out Their Own CDN To Deliver Content To Consumers — Over the past year, there has been speculation of when or if Apple would build out their own content delivery network for the purpose of delivering content to consumers. To date, all of the CDN deployments done by Apple …

More: Wall Street Journal, iPhone in Canada Blog, Geeky Gadgets, MacRumors, Techie News, App Advice, CNET, Tech Trader Daily and Gigaom. Thanks:@danrayburn

Scott Knaster / Google Developers Blog:

Ready to cast: Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK — Back in July we announced the developer preview of the Google Cast Software Development Kit (SDK), the underlying Chromecast technology that enables multi-screen experiences across mobile devices (phones, tablet, laptops) and large-screen displays.

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Get ready for tons of new Chromecast apps: Google releases Cast SDK

More: Engadget, Geeky Gadgets, Techie News, Tubefilter, The Verge and iMore

Associated Press:

Google barge must move from island construction site in San Francisco Bay, state orders — A state agency says Google must move its mystery barge from a construction site on an island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay because the permits are not in order.

More: SlashGear, Geeky Gadgets, CNET, Phandroid, Digits, Engadget, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times and Electronista. Tweets: @nytimesbits

Erica Klarreich / Wired:

Cryptography Breakthrough Could Make Software Unhackable — As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, Amit Sahai was fascinated by the strange notion of a “zero-knowledge” proof, a type of mathematical protocol for convincing someone that something …

Tweets: @glynmoody and @glynmoody

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows 8.1 Update 1 leaks on the web ahead of its March release — Microsoft's first update to Windows 8.1 has leaked today on various file sharing websites ahead of its March debut. The early build includes a number of changes that Microsoft is making to improve the keyboard and mouse experience in Windows 8.1.

More: SuperSite for Windows, eWeek, TechnoBuffalo, CITEworld, TechCrunch, BGR, Softpedia News, InvestorPlace, CNET and ITworld.com

Brian Ashcraft / Kotaku:

Microsoft's Kinect Is Now Guarding the Korean Border — North Korea and South Korea are separated by the most heavily armed border on Earth. But rest easy, there's a new guard on the lookout: Kinect. — Self-taught South Korean programmer Jae Kwan Ko developed a Kinect-based software system …

More: Engadget, Polygon, GameSpot, Geeky Gadgets, The Verge, Windows Phone Central, VG247, I4U News, CNET, Softpedia News and Geek.com

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple's Latest Crackdown: Apps Pulling The Advertising Identifier, But Not Showing Ads, Are Being Rejected From App Store — This weekend, Apple began rejecting mobile applications from the App Store which retrieve the end user's IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers), but don't show any ads.

More: GitHub, Tapstream Blog, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @gamechangersf

Jacob Kleinman / TechnoBuffalo:

AT&T Ends $450 Offer to Switch From T-Mobile — AT&T is no longer offering a full $450 in credit when you switch over from T-Mobile, a point T-Mobile CEO John Legere made on Twitter today. … TechnoBuffalo reached out to AT&T for an explanation and a spokesperson said that the offer …

More: Digits, GeekWire, Geeky Gadgets, Re/code and CNET. Tweets: @johnlegere

Travis Skare / Google Chrome Blog:

Google Now notifications arrive in Chrome beta for Mac, Windows, and Chromebook computers — Get notifications from Google Now in Chrome — Your friend Steve's flight from New York is delayed by an hour. Your favorite soccer team is up by one point with two minutes left. Your Chromecast has just shipped.

More: Gigaom, memeburn, TrustedReviews, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, Pocketables, TechnoBuffalo, PC Magazine, Phandroid, BGR, GeekWire, 9to5Google, Electronista, AndroidGuys and Lifehacker

Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:

Adobe to Require New Epub DRM in July, Expects to Abandon Existing Users — When Adobe announced their new DRM a couple weeks ago some said that we would soon see compatibility issues with older devices and apps as Adobe forced everyone to upgrade. — At that time I didn't think Adobe …

More: Brave New World and TechLifeWeb. Tweets: @thesfreader and @fakebaldur. See also Mediagazer

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

YouTube reveals $1bn music payouts, but some labels still unhappy — Google's Video service may be ‘all-in on music’, but rightsholder unrest at its parent company persists — 'We've paid out to the music industry over the last several years over a billion dollars,' said YouTube's Tom Pickett.

More: SlashGear and The Next Web. Tweets: @ellenstrickland. See also Mediagazer

Juliette Garside / Guardian:

Autonomy made 80% less UK profit than stated, Hewlett-Packard finds — American firm investigated irregularities in accounting at British software company it bought for more than $10bn — Hewlett-Packard's long-running investigation into claims of accounting irregularities …

More: SiliconBeat, Telegraph, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, This is Money, CFO, Business Insider and CNNMoney.com

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook celebrates 10-year anniversary with nostalgic ‘Look Back’ video feature — As Mark Zuckerberg reflects on Facebook's first ten years as a company today, he's encouraging the community he built to do the same. Starting this morning, hundreds of millions of Facebook users will receive …

More: Mark Zuckerberg, Guardian, BBC, The Next Web, Telegraph, Digits, Washington Post, USA Today, Slate, The Next Web and CNET

Bonnie Cha / Re/code:

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro, Tab Pro Series Coming to U.S. February 13 — Just in time for Valentine's Day, Samsung announced today that its Galaxy Note Pro and Galaxy Tab Pro tablets will be available starting Feb. 13 in the U.S. — First introduced at CES, there are four models in the series.

More: Engadget, The Next Web, Engadget, PhoneArena, AndroidGuys, ZDNet, Gotta Be Mobile, Gigaom and Phandroid

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