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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple investigating new iPad WiFi issues, tells AppleCare to replace affected units  —  According to an internal AppleCare document, Apple is actively investigating a series of WiFi-related issues affecting the third-generation iPad.  Since the new iPad's launch, many users have been complaining …
Pew Internet:
The rise of e-reading  —  21% of Americans have read an e-book.  The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.  —  Summary of findings  —  One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read …
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Apple has a 7.85-inch iPad prototype in its labs, according to John Gruber  —  Apple has been working on a smaller version of the iPad in its Cupertino labs, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber.  On an episode of The Talk Show podcast, Gruber said that he's heard details …
Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
PSA: Apple patches Flashback trojan affecting 600,000 Macs globally  —  Apple released a Java 1.6.0_31 update for OS X on Tuesday that claims to deliver “improved compatibility, security, and reliability.”  The patch closes multiple vulnerabilities found in Java 1.6.0_29 …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting  —  Variations of the Flashback trojan have reportedly infected more than half a million Macs around the globe, according to Russian antivirus company Dr. Web.  The company made an announcement on Wednesday …
Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:
Just how big are porn sites?  —  It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of a fast internet connection must be in want of some porn.  —  While it's difficult domain to penetrate — hard numbers are few and far between — we know for a fact that porn sites …
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Facebook e-commerce: the next big thing?  —  (Reuters) - A group of e-commerce start-ups, backed by some of the tech world's most pedigreed financiers, are betting that Facebook Inc can become an e-commerce powerhouse to rival Amazon.com Inc and eBay Inc.  —  As the world's largest social …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Huffington Gains More Control in AOL Revamping  —  One year after its acquisition by AOL, The Huffington Post has become a source of growth for the beleaguered company, which is still trying to shed its dial-up Internet image.  Now, in what Arianna Huffington characterizes as a move to keep …
Jon Bruner / Forbes:
Tim O'Reilly on the Future of Location: “The Guy with the Most Data Wins”  —  O'Reilly Media founder and Silicon Valley oracle Tim O'Reilly was kind enough to chat with me on camera at O'Reilly Where, his company's conference on “the business of location.”  We talked about the history …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
16M Users Strong, TwitchTV Takes Live-Streamed Gaming Portal Mobile With iPad And Android Apps  —  TwitchTV, a live-streamed video game portal and community for gamers that was spawned last June from live video platform Justin.tv, has been booming in terms of growth and revenue.
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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Twitter Nabs Googler Gabriel Stricker As Comms VP  —  Back in November, we reported that Sean Garrett, Twitter's Head of Comms, would be stepping down from his post.  As he tweeted at the time, for the first time in his career, he would be taking more than a two week break between jobs.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Dell buys Make Technologies: Three acquisitions in four days  —  Summary: Dell is making a big bet that companies are going to have to modernize legacy applications, re-host them and make them cloud friendly.  —  Dell is shopping like a teenager just handed a credit card.
Lance Whitney / CNET:
More people using TV and tablets at same time  —  Do you check e-mail while you watch TV?  If so, you're far from alone.  —  Nielsen's fourth-quarter poll of mobile users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Italy discovered that people are increasingly checking e-mail or searching for program …
Robin Wauters / The Next Web:
Yandex debuts cloud storage service ahead of Google Drive's arrival, offers 10GB  —  It should come as no surprise that Yandex, the dominant search engine in Russia, is closely watching Google to try and stay one step ahead of the global search giant.  —  The company really only needs to own …
Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Google to build its first thermal storage for a data center  —  Google has been more than creative when it comes to making its data centers more energy efficient and greener (seawater cooling and water recycling), and this week says it plans to implement a new energy efficient feature for a data center in Taiwan: thermal energy storage.
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Gmail for Android update brings swipe gestures and custom notifications to Honeycomb  —  Google just pushed out an update to the Gmail Android app that Honeycomb tablet users will likely want to download.  As Google puts it, this update brings the Android 4.0 experience to Honeycomb users …
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple preparing overhaul of its online store  —  Apple has begun signaling to education shoppers that it plans to relaunch and overhaul its online store in the near future, making it easier to do business.  —  AppleInsider was alerted on Wednesday to the notice that can be found on the top …
Ian Griffiths / Guardian:
Amazon: £7bn sales, no UK corporation tax  —  Online retailer's British operation owned by company in Luxembourg which receives all payments for books, DVDs and other goods  —  Amazon.co.uk, Britain's biggest online retailer, generated sales of more than £3.3bn in the country …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: HP Labs Head Prith Banerjee Leaving  —  Prith Banerjee, a Hewlett-Packard senior vice president — and for five years the head of its research and development organization, HP Labs — is leaving the company effective April 15, according to an internal company memo obtained by AllThingsD.

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