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10:30 AM ET, January 15, 2011

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV, and why Apple is shifting its mobile line to Qualcomm chipsets  —  We've been hearing a ton of rumors about what direction Apple's next set of products will take and when they'll be available — but now we've got some concrete information …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Tweeting tyrants out of Tunisia: the global Internet at its best  —  Even yesterday, it would have been too much to say that blogger, tweeters, Facebook users, Anonymous, and Wikileaks had “brought down” the Tunisian government, but with today's news that the country's president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali …
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Was What Happened in Tunisia a Twitter Revolution?  —  As it did during the recent shootings in Arizona, the Twitter network provided a ringside seat for another major news event on Friday — the overthrow of a corrupt government in the African nation of Tunisia, after weeks of protests over repression and economic upheaval.
Evgeny Morozov / Net Effect:
First thoughts on Tunisia and the role of the Internet
Mike Jazayeri / Chromium Blog:
More about the Chrome HTML Video Codec Change  —  There has been a lot of discussion regarding this week's announcement of upcoming changes to HTML video codec support in Chrome.  The future of web video is an important topic, we welcome the debate, and want to address some of the questions raised.
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Matt Drance / Apple Outsider:
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
Discussion: USA Today and TechFlash
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:   So Much For Standards, Google Says WebM Plugins Coming Soon For Safari And IE9
Christopher Blizzard / Mozilla Hacks:
Firefox 4 Beta 9 - a huge pile of awesome  —  Hello, and welcome to the post for Firefox 4 beta 9.  If you're reading this then you're interested in what we've got coming down the pipe for the latest beta for the wonderful browser known as Firefox 4.  We're starting to reach the end …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Shares Hit $28.26 Per Share, That's a $70+ Billion Valuation  —  The SecondMarket Facebook shares auctions are back on after a holiday break, and the valuation is up big time.  The last auction prior to this one closed December 15 at $22.75/share.  Today it hit $28.26 per share.
Discussion: p2pnet, Startup Meme and The Domains
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Notion Ink Adam clears FCC, begins shipping ‘around Wednesday’  —  We don't see it in the FCC database yet but Notion Ink's charming Rohan Shravan just penned a post on the company's blog with news that Adam has official clearance from the US government.  That's right, after several delays …
Discussion: Notion Ink, TeleRead and Go Rumors
Fred / A VC:
The Second Coming Of The Internet IPO  —  Most of what I've been saying recently about valuations here at AVC has been negative.  I think we are in a “focus on the upside” phase in the web investing sector and I've been pretty liberal with my thoughts on that.
Chris Herbert / MacStories:
Twitter for Mac: ‘Tweet’ from Anywhere in OS X  —  Just a few days ago everyone (including us) was talking about a simple bookmarklet for Safari that sends the site title and link to Twitter for Mac (Tweetie 2).  Last night, I even found a Safari extension that did the same thing but also adds …
Peter Cohen / The Loop:
The Beatles on iTunes - 5 million songs, 1 million albums sold so far  —  Many music fans finally got what they were asking for in November, 2010 when Apple announced that the music of the Beatles was now available for purchase from the iTunes Store.  It's a tribute to the band's enduring popularity …
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
GAO, DOJ seek H-1B visa reforms  —  Feds want employers to post to Web plans to hire H-1B workers; DOJ seeks labor market test prior to H-1B hires  —  Computerworld - WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a major report Friday on the H-1B program that assesses the visa program's use and recommends reforms.
Discussion: Hillicon Valley and TechFlash
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Judge Delays Ruling on PlayStation Hack  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge here on Friday put off deciding whether PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz should surrender his computer gear as part of a lawsuit from console-maker Sony.  —  Sony sued Hotz on Tuesday, alleging Hotz' posting …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Android getting Google Music sync in Gingerbread?  —  Google's been teasing cloud-based music features in Android since its I/O conference last year, and the recent leak of a revamped first-party Music app suggests that the plans haven't evaporated into thin air.
John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine:
Why I Don't Use Facebook  —  Facebook is basically AOL with a different layout and all the same retro problems.  —  People are always baffled by the fact that I don't use Facebook.  I don't care much about Facebook any more than I cared about MySpace and LiveJournal before it.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / SAI:
Union Square Ventures' New Fund Announced: Here's What You Need To Know  —  In a blog post by Fred Wilson, top New York venture firm Union Square Ventures has officially announced its new fund, dubbed The Opportunity Fund.  The fund will be roughly the same size as their previous fund, meaning around $200 million.
Discussion: Union Square Ventures and TechCrunch, Thanks:pegobry
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Cubeduel Goes Viral Too Quickly, Stumbles Over LinkedIn API Limits  —  Yesterday we ran a post about Cubeduel, a service that mixes the best (or worst) of Hot or Not with LinkedIn.  Fire up the site and it will show you photos of two coworkers — pick the one you'd prefer to work with …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
iOS 4.3 Beta Hints at OpenCL-Capable SGX543 GPU in Future Devices  —  When it comes to the graphics performance on Apple's iOS devices, the company has been sticking with the powerful POWERVR SGX535 GPU from Imagination Technologies for quite some time, introducing it on the iPhone 3GS …
 
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Posterous Cofounder Garry Tan Steps Down, Heads To Y Combinator
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and Mashable!
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Yahoo Says It's “Absolutely Committed” to Flickr
Chris Burns / Android Community:
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against T-Mobile and Samsung Over Lack …
Discussion: SlashGear and Android Phone Fans
Arik Hesseldahl / NewEnterprise:
Meet Andreessen Horowitz's Newest Partner: Mark Cranney
Discussion: Digits and TechCrunch
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google's John Hanke Speaks About New Mobile Incubator
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and Screenwerk
 Earlier Items: 
Greg T. Spielberg / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Gizmodo taps illustrators to give stories more punch, pop, pow!
Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein Said to Visit Groupon to Pitch IPO
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Mike Jones' Kiss-Off Letter To Laid Off MySpacers: “We Can't Continue …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and hypebot