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March 1, 2012, 9:15 PM

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Zynga launches Zynga.com, to expand beyond Facebook in a big way — In a gigantic strategic step, Zynga announced today that it is launching a new Zynga.com destination web site where users can play its social games without going directly through Facebook. — The move has big implications …

More: Inside Social Games, TechCrunch, Data Center Knowledge, MediaPost, All Facebook, The Verge, Reuters, company.zynga.com, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, WebProNews, Electronista, PE Hub Blog, VG247, TechCrunch, Inside Facebook, Mashable! and Between the Lines Blog

Mark Pincus / Zynga Blog:

A Platform for Play — Today, we're proud to share a new platform for play. The Zynga Platform is designed with two simple goals: more access to the best social games and more people to play with. In a few days we're turning on a beta of Zynga.com which will feature our most popular games …

More: CNN, Digital Media Wire, Business Week, Company Town, Joystiq and Social Markets

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Zynga's John Schappert explains strategy behind the move beyond Facebook (interview)

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Zynga and the perils of becoming a platform

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

iPad 3′s Retina display means trouble for many apps due to Apple's 20MB 3G download limit — Apple's iPad 3 is set to launch next week and all signs point to it having a Retina display running at 2048×1536 pixels. This should provide a clearer, sharper image to most users …

More: MacStories

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Rumor Mill Ramps Up Production of Cheaper and Smaller iPads — The Apple rumor mill has kicked into overdrive in advance of next week's iPad event, pushing out a pair of speculative reports this morning about what lies in the company's product pipeline. — The most plausible …

More: PC Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, GadgeTell, Techland, TUAW, The TechBlock, WebProNews, PadGadget, Shiny Objects, Forbes, Gotta Be Mobile, PC World and Business Insider

Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:

Apple expected to unveil 16GB and 32GB iPad 3 as well as 8GB iPad 2 on March 7

Bits:

Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos — It's not just Apple. Photos are vulnerable on Android phones too. — As Bits reported earlier this week, developers who make applications for Apple iOS devices have access to a person's entire photo library, as long as that person allows the app to use location data.

More: GigaOM, PC Magazine, Scripting News, Ars Technica, msnbc.com, parislemon, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Electronista, The Verge, SlashGear, The TechBlock, Redmond Pie, TUAW, developer.android.com, MobileSyrup.com, 9to5Google, WebProNews, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile and Tech Daily Dose

Tweets: @reckless and @mikecane

Thanks:@bxchen

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Android allows every app access to your photos, Google considering fix — Two days ago, the New York Times reported on an issue in iOS that allows third-party apps to access your photos if you them grant permission to access your location. That's a bit of a hole in Apple's walled-garden approach …

More: Engadget Mobile and Android Phone Fans

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

AT&T relents on unlimited data throttling, increases cap to 3GB for HSPA+ and 5GB for LTE — AT&T has announced today that it is retooling the throttling policy on its unlimited smartphone data plan, a legacy offering still in use by many customers — largely because it was long the standard-issue package sold alongside the iPhone.

More: Examiner, CNET, Interactioned, InfoWorld, AllThingsD, Engadget, Bits, Macworld, TUAW, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, DSLreports, The Next Web, Gotta Be Mobile, BetaNews, Digits, TechCrunch, App Advice, Gizmodo, BGR, Electronista, Ars Technica and MacRumors

Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:

AT&T Caps Unlimited Data Plans … An AT&T store in New York. AT&T said it will no longer let customers use unlimited data without penalty. — AT&T Inc. is effectively ending unlimited data plans, saying that it will no longer let customers use more than a set amount of data per month without penalty.

More: WebProNews and CNET

Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Broadcasters Sue To Stop $12 Streaming Service Aereo — Well, that was quick. Two weeks ago, media mogul Barry Diller announced an ambitious cloud-based TV service that streams over-the-air channels to internet devices for $12 a month. This week, broadcasters offered their opinion …

More: Engadget HD, The Toybox Blog, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Electronista, Mashable!, Zatz Not Funny! and nab.org. Tweets: @pkafka. Thanks:@amandanat. See also Mediagazer

Brad Stone / Business Week:

Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn't Die — Life inside successful Web startups—especially the really successful ones—can be nasty, brutish, and short. As companies grow exponentially, egos clash, investors jockey for control, and business complexities rapidly exceed the managerial abilities of the founders.

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @hunterwalk, @lizzy, @bradstone, @sfnick and @jess

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Shutterfly To Buy Kodak's Online Photo Sharing Platform For $23.8M — After filing for bankruptcy, Kodak is announcing that it will be selling off parts of its online photo services business Kodak Gallery for $23.8 million. The buyer? Online photo sharing platform Shutterfly.

More: VentureBeat, Between the Lines Blog, Business Wire, The Tech Trade, AllThingsD, Electronista and 1001 Noisy Cameras. Tweets: @jspepper

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Square Is Headed To New York City Taxi Cabs; Will Be An iPhone And iPad Experience — As we heard last week, mobile payments platform Square pitched the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission to replace the current taxi TVs and payments technology in 50 cabs.

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, NYConvergence.com, NBC Bay Area, WebProNews, MobilePaymentsToday.com News, MarketingVox News & Trends, Business Insider and Electronista. Tweets: @jack

Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:

Backseats Of Taxis Turn Into Battlefield

More: SlashGear

Thing Labs “the blog”:

Brizzly is shutting the cave door — It's never easy to be the bearer of bad news. Luckily, there's plenty of good news along with it. — First: Brizzly is shutting down at the end of this month — I know this stands in stark contrast to the last post I wrote, wherein I said that …

More: bub.blicio.us

Federico Viticci / MacStories:

Readability for iOS Review — The official Readability app for iOS, available today on the App Store, had a complicated history with Apple and its approval process. Since Readability relaunched last year with an ambitious focus on publishers and “read anywhere”, the service struggled …

More: Readability Blog, The Verge, Computerworld, TUAW, PadGadget, Teehan+Lax, 9to5Mac and The Next Web. See also Mediagazer

Darren Pauli / SC Magazine Australia:

NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls — Blueprints released to public. — The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed an ultra-secure Android phone built using off-the-shelf kit that allows US Government staff to discuss top secret materials.

More: Electronista, Engadget, Technology Review, Neowin.net, Technology Review and Gizmodo

Tradigital:

The Credit Card Is The New App Platform — This is a guest post written by Reid Hoffman, Ali Rosenthal and James Slavet from Greylock Partners. — Credit and debit cards are ubiquitous, but they're mostly pretty dumb. That's about to change. Over 170 million people in the U.S. have credit cards …

Thanks:@erikashaffer

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Apple wins German injunction against Motorola over photo gallery patent — I just attended, at the Munich I Regional Court, the public pronouncement of a decision on another Apple v. Motorola lawsuit in Germany. Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Guntz announced that Apple has won an injunction …

More: Electronista, The Register, PC World, BGR, AllThingsD, PhoneArena, The Verge, AppleInsider, TUAW and Pocketables

John Campbell / 3 News:

Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested. — Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.

More: TorrentFreak, 3 News, BGR, CNET, Forbes, Ars Technica, Guardian, WebProNews, The Next Web, Business Insider, Inquirer and Gizmodo

Tweets: @mathewi and @dcurtis

Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg:

ARM Chips Go From Smartphones to Networks — ARM Holdings Plc (ARM), whose chip designs are used in most smartphones, is set to power the networks that run them as it steps up competition with Intel Corp. in a $9 billion market. — With ARM already working with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) …

More: PC World and FierceWireless

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

OnLive brings Windows desktops in cloud to Android — Already available for Apple's iPad, OnLive Desktop launched for Android devices on Thursday. The free software, available in the Android Market, allows tablets and smartphones to run an instance of Windows 7 through the web.

More: CNET, Computerworld, PC Magazine, GadgeTell, Gizmodo, Know Your Cell, Engadget, AndroidGuys, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Electronista and Ubergizmo

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Tipping Point: Smartphone Owners Now Outnumber Other Mobile Users In The U.S. — It's a tipping point of sorts: smartphones are not (yet) being used by the majority of U.S. residents, but among mobile users, it looks like they have now outnumbered those on lower-end devices …

More: Pew Internet, BetaNews, ReadWriteWeb, msnbc.com, Techland, PhoneArena, internetretailer.com, Marketing Land, Internet2Go, Bloomberg Tech Blog, Electronista and GigaOM

Erica Sadun / TUAW:

Reflection app goes live, brings iOS screen mirroring to your Mac — Ever wanted to use AirPlay mirroring to show the screen of your iPad 2 or iPhone [4/]4S on your Mac? Just released, Reflection ($14.99 for a single license, $39.99 for a 5 pack) offers a well-featured mirroring receiver for OS X …

More: iLounge, 9to5Mac, MacStories, everythingiCafe, Touch Arcade, Redmond Pie, PalmAddicts, App Advice and iDownloadBlog.com

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Dogbnb: DogVacay Wants To Help You Find A Boarding Alternative For Your Four-Legged Friends — As a former dog owner, I know how challenging it can be to find the best care for your four-legged-friend when going on vacation or taking a trip. While boarding dogs at kennels is an option …

More: Los Angeles Times, The Next Web, GeekWire, ANIMAL, GigaOM, VentureBeat and Mashable!

Steve Lohr / New York Times:

For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink Is Just Too Long to Wait — Wait a second. — No, that's too long. — Remember when you were willing to wait a few seconds for a computer to respond to a click on a Web site or a tap on a keyboard? These days, even 400 milliseconds …

More: WebProNews, Bits, Bijan Sabet and Poynter

Donald Melanson / Engadget:

Google puts ITA acquisition to use again with new airline reservation system for Cape Air — It may be starting out fairly small, but Google has just made its first push into the airline reservation business. That comes courtesy of its 2010 acquisition of ITA Software …

More: Xconomy, PR Newswire, ITA Software Blog, WBUR, The Boston Globe, Atmosphere Research Group, PC World, bizjournals, Tnooz, Mass High Tech and WebProNews

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