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Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Google calls Murdoch's piracy allegations ‘nonsense’ — News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is talking nonsense, according to Google. — Murdoch, a Twitter user for only the past several weeks, used the service to unleash a barrage of accusations Saturday night against President Barrack Obama and Google.
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Tim O'Reilly / Google+:
I was pleased to see the measured tone of the White House response …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Pirates! Rupert Murdoch Rails About Obama, Google, and Silicon Valley
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Is Facebook IPO on Track for Late May? — According to multiple sources, the long anticipated public offering of Facebook is now likely to come in the third week of May. — That means that the company must file its IPO documents within the next month, given the review by the Securities …
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The Next Web, GeekWire, Business Insider, Friending Facebook Blog and Seattle Times
Robert Scoble / Google+:
What +Hillel Fuld doesn't know about Windows Phone and its chances in the market — So Hillel laid out why I'm wrong, in the article on Business Insider linked to below, when it comes to Windows Phone's chances. — But, see, he's an observer and hasn't done the hard work.
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LiveSide.net, GottaBeMobile, PC Magazine, @theromit, Sascha Pallenberg and WMPoweruser
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Hillel Fuld / Business Insider:
Here's Why Robert Scoble And The Rest Of The Pundits Are Wrong: Windows Phone Will Be A Success
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@brandonwatson and GottaBeMobile, Thanks:hilzfuld
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Design Sets Tone at Square, a Mobile Payments Start-Up — The headquarters of the start-up Square would be the absolute worst place to play hide-and-seek. There are no offices. Executives sit in open cubicles. All of the conference rooms, large and small, are surrounded by walls of clear glass.
DealBook:
Wall Street Jostles to Help Silicon Valley Manage Newfound Wealth — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Sam Odio expected a few congratulatory e-mails when he sold Divvyshot, his online photo-sharing service, to Facebook last April for millions of dollars. — Instead, his in-box was flooded with pitches …
Maddy Savage / BBC:
Twitter feed gives Swedes a new picture — 21-year-old farmer Adam Arnesson has been the biggest star of Sweden's new Twitter project, tweeting photos and videos of his lambs — An organic sheep farmer, a priest and a Bosnian immigrant are among those who have helped double Sweden's Twitter followers in the past month.
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Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Where were all the Google TVs at CES? — Just a week ago, the blogosphere was abuzz with the news that Google had officially locked down partners for a whole new generation of devices with its operating system for connected TVs. But if Google finally is gaining the trust and support …
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Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Groupon CEO Andrew “Wolverine” Mason Defends His Decisions on “60 Minutes” — Groupon CEO Andrew Mason said there's things he would have liked to do differently and would have liked to have avoided, but that he's mostly done a good job leading the rocket ship of a company.
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Mikael Ricknäs / PC World:
Nokia Sells 450 Wireless and Video Patents to Sisvel — Nokia has sold 450 wireless and video patents and patent applications to Sisvel International, an Italian patent licensing company. — The patents cover technologies used in GSM, 3G and LTE mobile devices, as well as in video encoding optimization systems, according to Sisvel.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Why Facebook's Data Sharing Matters — Facebook has cut a deal with political website Politico that allows the independent site machine-access to Facebook users' messages, both public and private, when a Republican Presidential candidate is mentioned by name.
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@mathewi, Thanks:the_spinmd
Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Mobile Apps:
Android Market is Probably Not Coming to China Anytime Soon — Contradicting a report in The Wall Street Journal, Android Market is probably not coming to China anytime soon, a source familiar with the matter said. — The Journal reported last week that a major goal for Google in China …
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PC Magazine and Electronista
Fred Wilson / A VC:
Scarcity Is A S**tty Business Model — The Gotham Gal has been under the weather this weekend. Last night we made soup for dinner and decided to sit on the couch and watch a movie and go to bed early. After dinner, we fired up Boxee and checked out Netflix. Nothing good there.
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ArcticStartup Posts and @cindygallop
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Zappos Suffers Security Breach; Customer Emails And Passwords Affected — It appears that Zappos was the victim of a cyber attack today from a hacker who gained access to the company's internal network through the company's servers in Kentucky. While specifics of the attack were not revealed …
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Zappos Blog, The Register, SecurityWeek, Bits, Forbes, gHacks Technology News, GeekWire, CNET, SlashGear, msnbc.com, Liquidmatrix Security Digest and @zappos
