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March 2, 2012, 1:30 AM

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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 website where users can play its social games without going directly through Facebook.  —  The move has big implications …
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 …
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 …
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.
Chris Dixon:
Some tips for interacting with the press  —  Here are a few things I've learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact with the press (by press I mean blogs as well as traditional media).  — Don't be afraid to ask what the rules are.  Is this on or off the record?
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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.
The H Open Source:
Raspberry Pi announces new partners  —  The Raspberry Pi Foundation, creator of the Raspberry Pi ARM-based tiny computer that sells for $25, has announced that it has signed up Premier Farnell and RS Components as licensed manufacturers of the devices.  The Foundation explained that the new model …
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 …
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 …
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.
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) …
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 …
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.
CNBC:
Apple Stock to Hit $1,000?  Steve Wozniak Believes So  —  Apple's stock price has the potential to hit $1,000 as the company has a tremendous amount of growth ahead of it due to the integrated nature of its products and services, Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, told CNBC in an exclusive interview …
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 …

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