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March 27, 2012, 8:50 AM

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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Digits:
Apple's Siri Gains Traction-For Some Things  —  Siri, how popular are you?  —  New research set to be released this week found that 87% of those who own Apple's iPhone 4S use at least one feature of its Siri virtual assistant monthly.  —  But most usage is across a relatively limited set of functions …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Decorates Its Roof With A 42-Foot Wide QR Code  —  When Mark Zuckerberg called for a “Space Hackathon” to decorate Facebook's massive new headquarters at 1 Hacker Way, he probably didn't expect employees to take him so literally.  A few scurried up to the roof with some tar paint …
Reuters:
Special Report: The Sony Schism  —  (Reuters) - The Bellagio casino-hotel in Las Vegas hosted a shotgun wedding in January.  The bride and groom had met just a couple hours earlier; she wore a skimpy dress, he was in powder blue coattails.  —  The ceremony was actually a PR stunt.
Sarah McBride / Reuters:
Big venture firm raises the networking stakes  —  (Reuters) - Andreessen Horowitz, a three-year-old venture capital firm, has made a big mark in Silicon Valley partly through the sheer scale of its endeavors, with big funds totaling some $2.7 billion and big investments in high-profile companies …
Bill Gurley / abovethecrowd.com:
Why Youth Has An Advantage In Innovation & Why You Want To Be A Learn-It-All  —  A few relevant scenes from the recent blockbuster Moneyball:  —  Peter Brand: Billy, Pena is an All Star.  Okay?  And if you dump him and this Hatteberg thing doesn't work out the way that we want it to …
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
A Year Later, $41 Million Startup Color Has A Pathetic 30,000 Daily Users  —  About a year ago, serial entrepreneur Bill Nguyen shocked the startup world when he announced his latest effort, a company called Color, had raised $41 million out of the gate in order to build yet-another iPhone photography app.
More: bub.blicio.usTweets: @tristanwalker
Jessica Dolcourt / CNET:
Google Voice eyeing carrier tie-ups beyond Sprint  —  (Credit: Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)  —  Sprint's reign as the only carrier to integrate Google Voice into its cell phone service could be coming to an end.  —  “We are having discussions with other carriers about this,” …
Associated Press:
Australia bans China's Huawei from working on Internet network amid security worries  —  CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has banned Chinese technology giant Huawei from bidding to help build a nationwide high-speed Internet network due to concern about cyber attacks traced to China.
More: I4U News and SlashGear
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Google Play gets top billing in Google's black navigation bar  —  Now that the Android Market has been re-branded as “Google Play” the company is wasting no time getting it in front of all of its users the best way it knows how, via the black navigation bar that appears on all of its products.
Loretta Chao / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Tim Cook Meets With Chinese Officials  —  BEIJING—Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook met Chinese government officials in Beijing Monday, a company spokeswoman said, as the consumer electronics giant faces a legal challenge in China to the iPad trademark and as it looks to further its surging Chinese growth.
Loic / Loic Le Meur:
Who wants a great engineering team in Bucharest?  Please help me spread the word  —  You might have heard that this week, after having tried for months to keep the entire team of my company Seesmic I had to let go about half of it (also here and here)...  Here is a great group of engineers for mobile …
Nancy Messieh / The Next Web:
Egyptian government reportedly preparing a ban on Internet pornography  —  What started out as a call by an Egyptian member of parliament, has now reached the Ministry of Telecommunications taking its initial steps to block Internet pornography in the country, local daily, Egypt Independent reports.
Matt McGee / Marketing Land:
Yahoo Meme Shutting Down On May 25th  —  This will likely come as no surprise to anyone: Yahoo has announced that it will shut down Yahoo Meme on May 25th.  —  Not familiar with Yahoo Meme?  That was probably the main problem: Not enough familiarity and adoption.

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