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March 27, 2012, 10:20 AM

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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Nano-SIM war: here's what Apple and Nokia want to put in your next phone — Last week, Apple and Nokia got into a very public dust-up over the future of the SIM card — a staple in phones all around the world — thanks to a Financial Times article pointing out that the two had filed competing proposals …

More: Patently Apple, FOSS Patents, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocket-lint, Techie Buzz, AppleInsider, My Nokia Blog, iPhone, iClarified, MacNN and iDownloadBlog.com

Mikael Ricknas / Computerworld:

Nokia lashes out at Apple's royalty-free nano-SIM

More: The Verge, The Register, iDownloadBlog.com, PadGadget, TechSpot, Mobile Technology News, Techie Buzz, Pulse2 Technology …, IntoMobile, MacNN, VentureBeat and FOSS Patents

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 …

More: Internet2Go, Parks Associates, App Advice, iPhone, PhoneArena, VatorNews, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, Examiner, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, Search Engine Land, MacRumors, Business Insider and MacNN

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 …

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, Gizmodo UK, Facebook, SlashGear, Paints The Future, All Facebook, Quick Online Tips, Friending Facebook Blog, WebProNews, Adweek and msnbc.com

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Google Play bug installs Russian email app on some Samsung Android devices — A strange event today has a lot of Samsung Android owners rightfully worried about malware on the Android Market. We've received a raft of tips from users who have discovered an app titled “МТС …

More: TechCrunch, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News, IntoMobile, PhoneArena, ReadWriteWeb, Google Operating System, Android Community and TmoNews

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Is It A Condom Or An Android Phone? — With so many Android phones coming out, it was only a matter of time before marketers ran out of names for them. — We came across this genius table that compares actual Android phone names to actual condom brand names. — The results are hilarious.

More: Forbes, The Intercom Blog, Fortune, ITProPortal, parislemon, Paints The Future, Mobility Digest, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Android Phone Fans and Real Dan Lyons

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 …

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

Net neutrality concerns raised about Comcast's Xbox On Demand service — Monday's announcement that traffic generated by Comcast's new Xbox streaming video service would not count against the cable giant's 250GB monthly data cap drew swift denunciation from the network neutrality advocates at Public Knowledge.

More: 9.blog and Gizmodo

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Comcast: Xbox 360 On Demand streams won't count against data caps

More: Forbes, The Tech Trade, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, GeekWire, The Verge, GamePolitics blogs, DSLreports and LiveSide.net

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Microsoft Xbox Live to add Comcast, HBO Go tomorrow

More: Policy Blog, LiveSide.net, Zatz Not Funny!, CNET, Business Insider, Engadget, VG247, The Verge, SlashGear and Comcast Voices

Rocky Agrawal / VentureBeat:

Square adds encryption to its Square reader — The old (unopened) reader is on the left; the new reader is on the right, with encryption and a battery. — Square has added encryption technology to its Square reader. — Competitor VeriFone tried to drum up sentiment against Square …

More: Betabeat

Melissa J. Perenson / PC World:

Not So Hot: New iPad Heat Levels Comparable to Android Tablets — PCWorld Labs tests show heat dissipation is a universal tablet problem. — So much for “heatgate.” We've all seen the reports this week indicating that the new iPad runs hotter than its predecessor, the iPad 2.

More: Business Insider, Insanely Great Mac, Redmond Pie, PhoneArena, Wired, PadGadget, Gotta Be Mobile, everythingiCafe, WebProNews, The Verge, Macgasm and MacDailyNews

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.

More: TechCrunch, Sony Global, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear, Reuters and TechEye

Enda Curran / Digits:

Australia's Watchdog Alleges Apple Misled On iPad — Australia's consumer watchdog Tuesday alleged that Apple Inc. made misleading claims regarding 4G capability in the promotion of its new third generation iPad product in Australia. — The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission …

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 …

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,” …

More: SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, The Verge, AndroidGuys, Android Phone Fans, Engadget, DSLreports, 9to5Google, WebProNews, MobileBurn.com and MacNN. Tweets: @arrington

New York Times:

Symantec Dissolves Alliance with Huawei of China — SAN FRANCISCO — Less than four years after Huawei Technologies and Symantec teamed up to develop computer network security products, the joint venture is being dismantled because Symantec feared the alliance with the Chinese company …

More: The Register and The Verge

Jim Finkle / Reuters:

Microsoft seizes servers in Zeus cyberfraud — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp claimed a victory in efforts to combat online banking fraud, saying it had confiscated several servers used to steal login names and passwords, disrupting some of the world's most sophisticated cybercrime rings.

More: Dow Jones Newswires

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.us. Tweets: @tristanwalker

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.

More: Marketing Land, The Verge, Business Insider, Android Community, Internaut, 9to5Google and CNET

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Angry Birds creator Rovio acquires Futuremark Games Studio — Angry Birds publisher Rovio Entertainment has acquired its fellow Finnish game development house, Futuremark Games Studio, in order to get some new talent. — Rovio, which just launched its Angry Birds Space mobile game blockbuster …

More: CNET, Mashable!, ArcticStartup, Reuters, rovio.com, Business Insider, Fast Company, Kotaku, VG247, TechCrunch, GeekWire and Laughing Squid

Zack Whittaker / Between the Lines Blog:

HP, Oracle seek pretrial victories in Itanium battle — Summary: HP and Oracle both seek a pretrial win in the upcoming Itanium case, over whether Oracle can end its software support for the heavy-duty Intel chip. — The spat between HP and Oracle continues, with both sides seeking …

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Exclusive: Microsoft knew Android wouldn't always get ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ — The Verge has learned that Microsoft went into its “Smoked by Windows Phone” campaign with a relatively thorough understanding of the risks involved, specifically telling employees of its retail stores to …

More: ITworld.com, MobileSyrup.com, MacNN, Android Phone Fans, IntoMobile, The Verge and Know Your Mobile

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