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June 15, 2012, 6:35 PM

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Facebook CTO Bret Taylor Departs (For Start-Ups Unknown) — Facebook's high-profile CTO Bret Taylor is leaving the Silicon Valley social networking giant later this summer, with future plans to work on an undetermined start-up. — The move is likely to be of concern …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Apple Gives Podcasts a Gentle Push Out of iTunes — Podcasts were supposed to be a big deal several years ago, but that boom never happened. Now there's at least anecdotal evidence that the format is actually picking up steam, as creators, listeners and advertisers warm to the format.

More: VentureBeat, The Verge, CNET, MacRumors, The Next Web, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, IntoMobile, AppleNApps, MacStories, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile, PadGadget, Macgasm, everythingiCafe, iPhone in Canada Blog and App Advice. Tweets: @qthrul. See also Mediagazer

Steven Sloan / Bloomberg:

SEC Pressed Facebook For Details On Mobile Revenue Before IPO — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pressed Facebook Inc. (FB) executives to explain in more detail how a user shift to mobile devices could impact the company's profits, according to documents made public today.

More: Business Insider, PC Magazine and Pulse2 Technology …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Facebook Defends Its IPO Process, Points Finger At Nasdaq

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Chris O'Brien / SiliconBeat:

New SEC filings show questions Facebook faced in IPO process

More: CNNMoney.com, Bloomberg, Forbes and CNET. Thanks:@mercnews

The Wrap:

Microsoft Manufacturing Tablet to Rival Apple iPad, Says Insider (Exclusive) — Microsoft is set to unveil a tablet next week that will mark its entry into rival Apple's territory with its own branded product, TheWrap has learned. The company has scheduled a secretive event for Monday …

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

What if the rumored ‘Microsoft tablet’ isn't a Windows tablet? — Summary: Rumors around Microsoft's June 18 announcement are taking a new turn towards some kind of Microsoft-branded tablet. Could this be an Amazon Kindle Fire competitor? — The guesses on Microsoft's June 18 announcement …

More: Examiner, PC World, PC Magazine, Mashable!, Gizmodo, Computerworld, ZDNet, Softpedia News, GigaOM, Fast Company, The Seattle Times, Seattle Times and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:

Apple charges 54% more to replace Retina MacBook Pro's battery — Nonupgradeable battery, other ‘Air-izing’ traits of new notebook prompts repair expert to say, ‘We have to draw a line in the sand’ — Apple customers who purchase the company's new Retina MacBook Pro will pay more to replace …

More: MacRumors and fiercecio.com

BBC:

Apple 1 computer and Steve Jobs Atari memo sold at auction — A rare functioning Apple 1 computer - the company's first product - has been sold at an auction for $374,500 (£240,929). The price was more than double Sotheby's high estimate and sets a new record for the collector's item.

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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

Download Site Founder Receives 4.5 Year Jail Sentence, Forfeits $4.7m — In June 2011, the biggest ever operation aimed at tackling online movie piracy took place in Europe. The target for police in Germany, Spain, France, and the Netherlands was movie-streaming portal Kino.to and its affiliates.

More: PC Magazine and BGR

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Dropbox killing public folders, makes sharing both more and less convenient — In April we brought you news that Dropbox was introducing the ability to create public links for any files in your Dropbox folder. Now, German site Mobiflip is reporting that, from July 31st …

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Business Wire:

AOL Announces Close of $1.056 Billion Patent Transaction with Microsoft — Reaffirms Commitment to Return 100% of Proceeds to Stockholders — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), today announced that it has completed the previously announced $1.056 billion patent transaction …

More: ZDNet

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Woot Founder And Daily Deals Pioneer Matt Rutledge Leaves Amazon — Matt Rutledge, founder and CEO of Woot, and the grandfather of the daily deal, is stepping down from his position, two years after the website sold to Amazon.com. In an email sent to staffers, and subsequently posted …

More: CNET and GeekWire

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Samsung, Apple Walk Away With 90 Percent Of Smartphone Profits In Q1 2012, Says ABI Research — Despite the rapid growth of the smartphone market (41 percent YOY, to be exact), Samsung and Apple are the only smartphone makers really enjoying this growth. Combined, they took home 55 percent …

More: Ars Technica, The Next Web, IntoMobile, Daring Fireball, The Tech Trade, CNET and Tech Trader Daily

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

iOS 6 3D maps hacked for iPhone 4 [Video] — Apple may not be officially rolling out the 3D mapping in iOS 6 to iPhone 4 users, but that hasn't stopped hackers figuring out a way to switch on the functionality for the older smartphone. Anton Titkov has come up with 3DEnabler …

More: MacRumors, BGR, Macgasm, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, CNET and iClarified

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Why Apple Is Going “Containment” Not “Thermonuclear” Against Google In iOS 6 — I keep hearing people talking about Apple finally going “thermonuclear” on Google with the forthcoming iOS 6 mobile operating system. No, it hasn't. In fact, there are good reasons why it can't …

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Motorola Solutions snags British computer maker Psion for $200 million in cash — Motorola Solutions (not the company owned by Google) announced today that it has agreed terms to acquire British computer maker Psion for $200 million in cash. — According to the company's press release …

More: Business Wire, Reuters, SlashGear, Engadget, PC World, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Register and The Tech Trade

Reuters:

Moody's cuts Nokia to “junk” on fears of cash burn — (Reuters) - Moody's slashed Nokia's credit rating to “junk” on Friday after the Finnish cellphone maker cut 10,000 more jobs and forecast a wider-than-expected loss, citing worries about its cash position and slow sales of new Windows phones.

New Zealand Herald:

FBI told to copy seized Dotcom data — The FBI has been ordered to start copying 150 terabytes of data - including 10 million emails - contained on the seized computers belonging to internet mogul Kim Dotcom. — In her ruling released today, chief High Court judge Justice Helen Winkelmann ordered …

More: WebProNews and The Raw Story

Iain Marlow / The Globe and Mail:

RIM to pay Lazaridis, Balsillie combined $12-million after exit — Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who built Research In Motion Ltd. into a global smartphone giant before presiding over the company's long slide, will receive a payout of around $12-million after having stepped aside …

More: MobileSyrup.com, AllThingsD, New York Times, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Business Insider and CNET

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

iPad Sees Small Drop, Nook Tops Kindle Fire In New Tablet Traffic Rankings — Web traffic from the Apple iPad saw a slight drop in early June, according to new data from the Chitika Ad network, which analyzed a sample containing hundreds of millions of impressions to arrive at its conclusions.

More: WebProNews, IntoMobile, TechSpot, everythingiCafe and CNET

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Aaron Sorkin on Jobs Movie, Zuckerberg as Antihero and More: The Full D10 Interview (Video) — One of the most engaging interviews at the 10th D: All Things Digital conference was with well-known Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. — Best known for television hits such as “The West Wing” …

More: MacRumors

Serenity Caldwell / Macworld:

Geofencing alerts to come to Find My Friends this fall — This fall, you can stop asking your friend “Are you here yet?”—your phone will tell you for them. According to Apple's iOS 6 website, the company's Find My Friends app is set to add a new geofencing notification system with iOS 6.

More: GigaOM

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