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December 10, 2012, 1:00 AM

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Confirmed: Effective Immediately, Say Goodbye to Instagram Photos Inside of Twitter  —  Instagram completely turned off support for Twitter Cards technology on Sunday, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to AllThingsD.  —  While users can still post links to their Instagram photos on Twitter …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Facebook and Instagram to Crack Down on Insta-Spam  —  It may be the most popular mobile photo-sharing app in the world, but Instagram still has some big problems.  The biggest right now?  Spam.  It's everywhere.  —  Hopefully, not for much longer.  Instagram announced late on Friday …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook, Google, Zynga Ask Courts To Reject Patents On Abstract Ideas That Plague Tech Innovation  —  Just because you take an abstract idea and say you do it “on a computer” or “over the Internet” doesn't mean you deserve a patent, according to an amicus brief filed on Friday by Google, Facebook and six other tech companies.
More: AllThingsD, CNET and Web 2.0 Asia Blog.  Thanks:@eldon
Amin Lakhani / The Windows Blog:
What's new in Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone  —  Hello again Windows Phone fans!  It's been a while since I shared some of the thinking behind the redesign of Internet Explorer in our previous release.  Today, I'll take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of our brand new browser for Windows Phone 8.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Australian Police Warn Against Use of Apple Maps Due to Safety Concerns  —  Police in Victoria, Australia issued a warning to motorists this weekend regarding Apple Maps after several travelers became stranded in the Murray-Sunset National Park trying to reach the city of Mildura using Apple's directions.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Half A Million People Voted Against Facebook's Governance Changes, But Not Enough As Polls Close Tomorrow  —  619,000 people have cast their ballot in Facebook's vote on site governance and policy, and 87% want to block the changes.  But unless 299.4 million more people vote by tomorrow morning …
More: Nyack and rt.com
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Square integrates Apple's Passbook and introduces gift cards for iOS app users  —  With the Christmas season bearing down on us, red hot mobile payment service Square has made a major move after it introduced gift cards to its iOS app and integrated Passbook to allow gifted money to be spent.

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