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December 18, 2012, 9:55 PM

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Kevin Systrom / Instagram:

Thank you, and we're listening — Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean — Turns out no one really trusts Facebook after all — You agree that a business may pay Instagram to display your photos in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions without any compensation to you.

More: CNET, Techdirt, BBC, digitaltrends.com, Business Insider, Instagramers.com, CNNMoney.com, The Next Web, BuzzFeed, parislemon, Guardian, Gartner, Forbes, Crikey, Silicon Republic, ABCNEWS, WebProNews, PC Magazine, Droid Life, I, Cringely and Plagiarism Today. Tweets: @panzer

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding Photographer Is Not Pleased With Mark Zuckerberg — Sure, you might not like the changes to Instagram's terms of service — especially the part where the Facebook-owned photo sharer says it may take your stuff and turn it into an ad, without asking permission or paying you.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, ABCNEWS, Mashable! and GeekSugar. Tweets: @instagram

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Instagram backlash is Flickr's gain

More: Wired, TIME, USA Today, Mercury News, Forbes, CNET, Screenwerk, Computerworld, Digits, PetaPixel, MarketBeat, Quartz, The Social Media …, Mashable!, Guardian and IntoMobile

Tweets: @mike_ftw, @nickbilton, @dhh, @safesolvent and @willsmith

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instagram co-founder: “It is not our intention to sell your photos”

More: The Verge, Computerworld, Mashable! and CNET

Wayne Lam / iSuppli:

Samsung Displaces Nokia as Top Cellphone Brand in 2012 and Takes Decisive Smartphone Lead Over Apple — For the first time in 14 years, wireless communications giant Nokia will not sit atop the global cellphone business on an annual basis at the end of 2012—with Samsung set to seize the mobile handset market's top rank.

More: Android Community, iDownloadBlog.com, dailywireless.org, PhoneArena, SlashGear, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Mercury News, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, TechCrunch and Redmond Pie

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Nokia CEO: We have to move with more urgency (Q&A) — Stephen Elop speaks to CNET and weighs in on the cultural shift at Nokia, why he went with AT&T as an exclusive partner, and what keeps him up at night. — Nokia has undergone a significant cultural and identity shift under the leadership of CEO Stephen Elop.

More: BGR, SlashGear, Bloomberg, DailyTech and The Verge

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Nokia on the edge: Inside an icon's fight for survival

More: BGR and IntoMobile. Thanks:@jimkerstetter

Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

Facebook Prepares to Bring Video Ads to News Feed, Aims for TV Dollars — But Will TV Ads Disrupt Social Experience? — Facebook is set to unveil a new video-ad product in the first half of next year in its largest attempt to date to attract big swaths of ad dollars from TV advertisers …

More: CNET, The Register, BGR, Electronista, VatorNews, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Inside Facebook, AllFacebook, VentureBeat and digitaltrends.com. Thanks:@cottondelo

Sara Forden / Bloomberg:

Google Antitrust Decision by FTC Delayed Until Next Year — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will delay a final decision on how to resolve its 20-month antitrust investigation of Google Inc. (GOOG) until next year, said two people familiar with the situation who asked not to be named because the talks aren't public.

More: AllThingsD and Hillicon Valley. Thanks:@lutherlowe

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

European Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Towards Settlement As Well

More: CNET, Bloomberg, New York Times and Search Engine Land

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Samsung drops Apple injunctions in Europe — Samsung has today announced it will drop its inunction requests against Apple for standards-essential patent infringement in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands. In a statement given to The Verge, the manufacturer said:

More: FOSS Patents, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, GigaOM, Marketing Land, New York Times, FierceWireless, Redmond Pie and SiliconBeat

Bloomberg:

Apple-Samsung Damages Still in Play After Sales Ban Nixed

More: The Verge

Jordan Golson / MacRumors:

Firm Launches ‘IPHONE’ Brand of Android Phones, Touts Trademark Ownership in Brazil — Brazilian electronics maker IGB Electronica SA has announced a new line of Android phones under the IPHONE brand, a trademark that was originally applied for in Brazil in 2000. — From Reuters:

More: Reuters, VentureBeat, The Verge, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Pocketnow, Engadget, Electronista and Redmond Pie

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

iOS 6 Adoption Grows 29% Over The Weekend As People Finally Update After Google Maps Arrives — Apple Maps was so bad that people refused to upgrade to iOS 6 until they could get Google Maps, says data from massive mobile ad exchange MoPub. The 12,000 apps it supports saw a 29 percent increase …

More: iDownloadBlog.com

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple releases iOS 6.0.2 for iPhone 5, iPad mini to fix annoying WiFi connectivity bug — Apple has today released iOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini only, fixing a bug that could affect the connections and speeds of their WiFi radios. The update is currently available in iTunes only …

More: Engadget, MacStories, digitaltrends.com, GigaOM, The Verge, Business Insider and 9to5Mac

Associated Press:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donating $500 million in stock to Silicon Valley charity — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is donating nearly $500 million in stock to a Silicon Valley charity to focus on health and education issues. — The gift of 18 million Facebook shares …

More: The Next Web, CNET, SiliconBeat, Associated Press, Digits, The Verge, Fortune, AllThingsD, USA Today, The Huffington Post, bizjournals, Bloomberg and Mashable!

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Apple Wins Ruling in Motorola Mobility Patent Case at ITC — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone didn't violate patent rights owned by Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility for a sensor that prevents accidental hang-ups, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge said today.

More: 9to5Mac, Engadget, CNET, Electronista and iDownloadBlog.com

Pete Kasperowicz / Hillicon Valley:

House vote updates Bork-era video rental privacy law — The House approved a bill Tuesday that would make it easier for people to share their favorite movie and television show rentals online. — By voice vote, members approved H.R. 6671, which would allow video rental companies …

More: CNET, TechCrunch, ACLU, The Verge, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times and WebProNews

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

Report: data caps just a “cash cow” for Internet providers — Why do so many Americans now live with Internet data caps—and what are these caps doing to the future of broadband? Those are the questions posed by a new paper from the New America Foundation, which wants to shake up the lethargy …

More: NewAmerica.net, The Verge and The Register

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

No, Let's Talk About Video Game Violence — Gaming's soul is sick. And gamers hate talking about it. — Adam Lanza was a gamer. — This fact has been reported, re-reported, and rehashed to the extent that it's now part of the killer's capsule bio: Young. White. Male. Asperger's.

More: WorldViews and The Verge. Tweets: @lewiep and @jesseltaylor

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Breaking: Penguin settles with Department of Justice in ebook pricing case — Penguin, which is in the process of merging with Random House, has settled with the Department of Justice in the ebook pricing lawsuit. The DOJ sued Penguin and four other publishers in April for conspiring to set ebook prices.

More: CNET, The Verge, AllThingsD, Electronista and The United States Department …. See also Mediagazer

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

To stream everywhere, Netflix encodes each movie 120 times — Xboxes, iPads, connected TVs: Netflix streams to a lot of different devices. More than 900, to be precise. And many of them have different screen sizes, bitrate requirements and codec support.

Michael Peck / Defense News:

Microsoft Wants to Kinect with Pentagon — Microsoft hopes its popular Kinect gaming accessory will score with veterans who need physical therapy. — The software behemoth has paired the Kinect with off-the-shelf software in a package that can be used by injured soldiers and veterans …

More: Eurogamer.net, digitaltrends.com, GeekWire and The Verge

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Apple API Strengthens Facebook Ads By Letting You Install App Store Apps Without Leaving FB For iOS 6 — Facebook and Apple grew closer today as mobile app install ads in Facebook for iOS 6 now allow users to download apps from the App Store via pop-up instead of interrupting users and forcing them to leave Facebook.

More: Facebook Developer Blog, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Redmond Pie, 9to5Mac, Inside Mobile Apps, The Next Web, VentureBeat, AllFacebook and iDownloadBlog.com

Myriam Joire / Engadget:

Google Music gains scan and match feature in the US — It wasn't very long ago that Google Music landed in Europe — to the delight of local music lovers, we're sure. On its trip across the pond, the service gained a unique new feature called scan and match, wherein Google scans …

More: Google+, MacRumors, BGR, AllThingsD, Ars Technica, GigaOM and Pocketnow

Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com:

Why 84% of Kickstarter's top projects shipped late — If you pledged cash for a crowdfunded product, be prepared to be very, very patient: A CNNMoney examination of the top 50 most-funded projects on Kickstarter found that 84% missed their target delivery dates.

More: PC Magazine, The Verge, Business Insider and Betabeat

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Grockit Lands $20M From Discovery, Benchmark & Others To Bring Its New “Pinterest For Education” To The Masses — Social learning company Grockit announced today that it has raised a new round of strategic investment from Discovery Communications, the media giant best known for its television properties …

More: Venture Capital Dispatch, GigaOM and VentureBeat

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Oracle beats estimates with fiscal Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64 — Today Oracle reported its fiscal second quarter financial performance, with revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64. Analysts on the street had expected revenue of $9.02 billion, and earnings per share of $0.61.

More: Market Wire, The Register, GigaOM, Computerworld, Mercury News, AllThingsD, Forbes, DailyFinance.com, TechCrunch, Reuters and Business Insider

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