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March 23, 2012, 12:05 PM

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Bloomberg:

‘Angry Birds’ Space Edition Skips Windows Phone in Blow to Nokia — By Jon Erlichman and Diana ben-Aaron - March 22, 2012 — The new “Angry Birds Space” edition of the world's most popular mobile-phone game won't appear on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows Phone because of slow demand, a blow to handset maker Nokia Oyj.

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:

Rovio working on Angry Birds Space for WP -CEO — (Reuters) - Finnish gaming firm Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, dismissing earlier media reports which said the top gaming firm was dumping the platform.

More: TechCrunch, IntoMobile, SlashGear, VentureBeat and WMPoweruser

Miyoung Kim / Reuters:

Insight: Samsung: “fast executioner” seeks killer design — (Reuters) - When Samsung Electronics rushed its first smartphone to market in a panicky response to the smash-hit debut of the Apple iPhone, some customers burned the product on the streets or hammered it to bits in public displays of disaffection.

More: Telegraph, 9to5Mac, BGR, Android Phone Fans, IntoMobile, Redmond Pie, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Buzz, iPhone, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Phones Review, The Verge and iClarified

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Samsung's VP for Design Offended by Apple's Allegations of Copying

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Facebook says it may launch legal action against employers who ask for user passwords — With news of employers, colleges and government agencies requesting the Facebook login details of prospective employees and students, Facebook has issued a statement on the matter, highlighting …

More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, Gizmodo, The Verge, Mobile Marketing Watch, Friending Facebook Blog, Mashable!, Ars Technica, CNET, Marketing Pilgrim, SlashGear, Facebook and Pulse2 Technology …

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

Senator drafting bill to prevent potential employers from requiring Facebook logins

More: WebProNews, Politico and Examiner

Pew Internet:

The Future of Apps and Web — A high-impact cover story in Wired magazine in 2010 asserted in its title: “The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet.” 1 Authors Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff argued that the World Wide Web was “in decline” and “apps” were in ascendance.

More: Between the Lines Blog, WebProNews, TUAW and Marketing Land

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Disconnect: Ex-Googlers Raise Funding To Stop Google, Facebook & More From Tracking Your Data — In the age of endless sharing, super cookies, social search results, and that ever-present social graph, it's comforting to know that there are some who are still prioritizing privacy.

More: BGR. Thanks:@nikcub

Mat Honan / Gizmodo:

The Case Against Google — For the last two months, you've seen some version of the same story all over the Internet: Delete your search history before Google's new privacy settings take effect. A straightforward piece outlining a rudimentary technique, but also evidence that the search titan has a serious trust problem on its hands.

More: AllThingsD, The Equity Kicker, Interactioned, ReadWriteWeb, Business Insider and The Awl. Thanks:@jwherrman

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

iPads keep charging for “up to” an hour after display shows 100% — iPad users who want to ensure they're getting a full charge every time they plug in should wait up to an hour after the device shows 100 percent. That's according to Dr. Raymond M. Soneira, creator of DisplayMate and author …

More: PC World, Computerworld, Techland, TUAW, MacRumors, Pulse2 Technology …, Geekosystem, PhoneArena, iLounge, iClarified and iDownloadBlog.com

J.J. Colao / Forbes:

Going Viral: How Codecademy Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days — At 3 a.m. one night in mid-December last year, Zach Sims, the 21-year-old CEO of Codecademy, took a break from answering emails and spent $8.95 on the domain name “codeyear.com.” Sims, whose company offers interactive online lessons …

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Greg Sandoval / CNET:

Google Play mulls movie sales — When you rent a movie on Play Movies, it immediately becomes available on any device. — (Credit: Google) — Managers at Google Play are considering a plan to sell films, multiple sources have told CNET. — Google Play, formerly known as Android Market …

More: Softpedia News, PhoneArena, Pulse2 Technology …, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Electronista, Phones Review and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

Cade Metz / Wired:

Amazon Man Questions Logic of Apple Solar Farm — This is the solar farm outside Facebook's Prineville, Oregon data center. And James Hamilton isn't impressed (Photo: Wired/Pete Erickson) — Apple is building a 100-acre solar farm to help power its massive data center in Maiden, North Carolina.

More: Perspectives, TUAW and Signal to Noise

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Zynga: We Bought OMGPOP For $180M, Pincus To Sell 15 Percent Of Shares In Secondary Offering — Zynga has just released a new S-1 in connection with its secondary offering. Among the details: a confirmation of the $180 million sale price for OMGPOP that we'd heard earlier this week …

More: VatorNews, VentureBeat, The Tech Trade, Fortune, Reuters, Bloomberg and Business Insider

Dan Sung / Pocket-lint:

Google won't be top dog forever says father of the Internet — EXCLUSIVE: Vint Cerf speaks to Pocket-lint — The man known as one of the fathers of the internet says Google won't be the defacto standard for search forever. — Vint Cerf, a vice-president at the Mountain View-based company …

More: Electricpig.co.uk. Thanks:@stuartmiles

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

iTunes Movie Trailers App Updated for iPad Retina Display — Apple has updated their iTunes Movie Trailers App with support for the new iPad's Retina Display. The trailers app mirrors the content on Apple's own Movie Trailers site and offers a good showcase of the iPad's new screen.

More: iDownloadBlog.com, App Shopper, The Verge, Pulse2 Technology …, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, WebProNews, TechnoBuffalo, Techie Buzz, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, The Next Web and Softpedia News

Matt Macari / The Verge:

Yahoo reportedly has a license to patents Facebook just bought from IBM — Law360 is reporting a source has told them that the lot of 750 patents Facebook is buying from IBM “were licensed to Yahoo.” That's the extent of the insider information, but not the questions it raises. Why would Facebook do this?

More: LAW360

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Facebook Is Said to Buy 750 IBM Patents to Boost Defenses

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5 Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say — All-you-can eat music service Spotify is raising another big round of funding, and it is asking investors to value the company somewhere around $3.5 billion, multiple Silicon Valley investors tell us.

Jessica Dye / Reuters:

Oracle investor sues over $200 million settlement — (Reuters) - An Oracle Corp. investor sued the company and members of its board of directors on Thursday for allegedly trying to “stonewall” a whistleblower lawsuit that ultimately resulted in a $200 million settlement.

Marty Toohey / Austin American-Statesman:

Austin council OKs $8.6M in incentives for new Apple facility — Austin approved $8.6 million in tax breaks Thursday for Apple Inc., likely paving the way for the company to build a facility that it says will bring up to 3,600 jobs here. — The unanimous thumbs-up by the City Council comes …

More: KVUE-TV, 9to5Mac, Pulse2 Technology …, SlashGear and AppleInsider

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Path is growing faster in Asia than the West, says founder Dave Morin — Path founder Dave Morin has shed light on the service's growing international appeal after revealing that its userbase is increasing at a more rapid rate in Asia than in Western markets.

More: PandoDaily

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Glassdoor: Google Overtakes Facebook For Employee Satisfaction For The First Time In Four Years — Glassdoor has taken a look at how Google and Facebook compare in the eyes of employees and job candidates, and has extracted a number of interesting data points related to CEO approval, benefits, perks and more.

More: Search Engine Land, Friending Facebook Blog, GeekWire and Business Insider

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