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March 25, 2012, 4:23 AM

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Cody Fink / MacStories:

Regarding Apple's Edge and the new Apple TV Interface — Alongside a hardware update that supports 1080p playback, the new Apple TV introduced a brand new grid-like interface that draws upon influences from iOS. Where previous Apple TV interfaces were more or less clickwheel-iPod inspired …

More: iFans. Tweets: @yipe

Joshua Schnell / Macgasm:

Former Apple TV Engineer: ‘Those New Apple TV Designs Were Tossed Out 5 Years Ago’ — An interesting tweet by Michael Margolis, a former Apple TV engineer at Apple Inc., popped up in our Twitter feed this evening, and we thought it was worth passing on. According to Margolis …

More: 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, The Next Web, Redmond Pie, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, CNET, The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Pulse2 Technology … and MacNN

Tweets: @yipe, @yipe and @stroughtonsmith

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Jobs' Rejection Of TV Designs “Isn't A Huge Deal” Says Former Apple Engineer — It's a sin I know almost too well as a blogger. It's slow going for news on a Friday night and the pageview gods send you a reprieve in the form of a tweet. — A former Apple engineer is berating …

More: MacRumors. Thanks:@alexia

Natethomas / XBMC:

XBMC 11.0 - Eden — It's been over a year in the works and today we are excited to announce that XBMC 11.0 is finally ready and available for download. You can find XBMC 11.0 here. — XBMC 11.0 Milestones include Addon Rollbacks, vast improvements in Confluence (the default skin) …

More: Engadget and Slashdot

Farhad Manjoo / PandoDaily:

Why “Don't Be Evil” Is Evil, and Why Google Isn't So Bad — Early in 2000, a tiny but much-beloved search company held an employee meeting to figure out something that all successful firms feel they have to face at a certain point: What should we be about? — For most companies …

More: parislemon and WebProNews. Tweets: @mat

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Instagram opens registration for its new Android app — We knew that Instagram was coming to Android, it was just a matter of when. Today, the company has opened registration for Android device owners, providing them with the chance to be ‘first in line’.

More: Electronista, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Dribbble/Popular, The Verge, bub.blicio.us, Redmond Pie, Marketing Land, SlashGear and Android Police. Tweets: @instagram. Thanks:@m4tt

Technology Review:

Twitter Not So Good At Predicting Box Office Revenues After All — A new study of tweets about movies suggests they are not necessarily a good predictor of box office revenues, say computer scientists — The online social network Twitter has recently gained a reputation for a certain degree of clairvoyance.

More: arXiv.org e-Print archive, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Mashable! and AllTwitter

Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:

Pair Is A Path For The Two Of Us — Let's say you're in a serious relationship, but you work all the time and you're long-distance. How do you stay close to the other person? I've personally had this situation for the last year and a half. My girlfriend and I use Skype, email, our phones …

More: Ubergizmo and Mashable!. Tweets: @kump, @chrissaad, @libbybrittain and @semil

Jeffrey Zeldman / Jeffrey Zeldman Presents …:

Why I am letting my Google IO invitation expire — Hi, [REDACTED]. Thanks for writing to express your concern about my failure to redeem my Google IO promo code. It's kind of a funny story. — I received a Google IO invitation (copied and pasted below) but didn't follow …

More: parislemon. Tweets: @michaelasmith

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Amid Privacy Concerns, Apple Has Started Rejecting Apps That Access UDIDs — Amid extra scrutiny from Congress around privacy issues, Apple has started rejecting apps that access UDIDs, or identification numbers that are unique to every iPhone and iPad, this week.

More: The Verge. Tweets: @ourielohayon

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger — The place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide — Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger — The Pirate Bay is not only the most visited BitTorrent site on the Internet, but arguably the most censored too.

Darren Murph / Engadget:

Sony VAIO VCC111 Chromebook passes through FCC, Chrome OS flies its flag — Wondering if Chrome OS has a future? Wonder no more. After Samsung and Acer ushered out Chromebooks of their own following Google I/O 2011, it looks as if Sony's planning to usher in one of its own prior to this year's gala.

More: netbooknews.com, laptopreviews.com, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Google, TechCrunch and The Verge

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