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January 18, 2013, 8:35 AM

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

After Reports of User Revolt, Instagram Releases Monthly Active User Data for the First Time — After weeks of accusations that Instagram has seen a sharp drop in its user numbers, the photo-sharing service released new data that gives better insight into the actual number of people using the service on a regular basis.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Instagram reports 90M monthly active users, 40M photos a day despite TOS ruckus, handling 10k likes per second at peak

More: Instagram Engineering, WebProNews and Mashable!

Reuters:

Exclusive - Japan's Sharp curbs iPad screen output as Apple manages demand shift-sources — (Reuters) - Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini. — Sharp's iPad screen production line …

More: SlashGear, TechCrunch, GigaOM, TechEye, Bloomberg, iPhone Hacks, PhoneArena and Business Insider

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple's iOS Newsstand Now Offers Hearst Magazines Days Before Print And Other Digital Stores — Apple today quietly launched a new feature for Newsstand, whereby publications by partner Hearst (covering their entire catalog) will now be available to subscribers days before they come to print, or other digital editions.

More: Engadget, AllThingsD, digitaltrends.com, App Advice, App Advice, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, GigaOM, Daring Fireball, everythingiCafe, CNET, MacRumors and The Next Web. Tweets: @pkafka. Thanks:@anthonyha. See also Mediagazer

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Google CEO Larry Page says Facebook is doing ‘a really bad job on their products’ — Google CEO Larry Page doesn't often give interviews, but he usually doesn't pull punches when he does. In a new interview with Wired's Steven Levy, Page opened up on a wide variety of topics, including Facebook's ability to launch new products.

More: Business Insider

Steven Levy / Wired:

Google's Larry Page on Why Moon Shots Matter

More: State of Search, Business Insider, TechEye, iPhone, 9to5Google, broadstuff, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Neowin, Engadget, CNET, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, Electronista, Marketing Land, BGR, TechCrunch, Marketing Pilgrim, Betabeat, Mashable!, WebProNews and iDownloadBlog.com

Tweets: @hamburger, @sacca and @stevenlevy

Chris Burns / SlashGear:

Larry Page talks Google's fragile influence on Motorola

More: Know Your Cell

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

Ahead of Graph Search launch, Facebook removed the ability to opt out of search results — A month before unveiling a major new search feature, Facebook changed its privacy policy to remove the ability to opt out of search results. — I noted this in my piece yesterday about the privacy implications …

More: Ars Technica, Softpedia News, BGR, Betabeat and VentureBeat. Tweets: @opiapr

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Google to build £1bn UK HQ in London — Technology giant plans to relocate two offices and move into new 2.4 acre complex by 2016 — Google has completed a £1bn property deal to move its UK headquarters to a brownfield site in London's King's Cross area.

More: BBC, Marketing Land, The Register, ZDNet, SlashGear, The Next Web, TechRadar.com, standard.co.uk and Telegraph

Yoni Heisler / Network World:

Tony Fadell on the unique nature of Apple's design process — Often referred to as the godfather of the iPod, former Apple executive and current Nest CEO Tony Fadell played an instrumental part in Apple's resurgence. Indeed, Fadell joined Apple in February 2001 where he got to work designing the original iPod.

More: GigaOM. Thanks:@anderzole

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

HBO comedy “Silicon Valley” is a lot better than Bravo reality show “Silicon Valley” — SAN FRANCISCO, California—Last month came word that HBO, Time Warner's premium cable network, had ordered the pilot episode of Silicon Valley, a half-hour comedy skewering the US technology industry.

More: Betabeat

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Nielsen: Smartphone Battle Ready To Rage In Brazil, Russia, India — In a research note released today, Nielsen examines the potential for smartphone growth in the BRIC region (Brazil, Russia, India, China), where, in many cases, feature phones still dominate.

More: Nielsen Wire, ZDNet, NYT Bits, SiliconBeat and VentureBeat

Bloomberg:

Box CEO Levie Targets 2014 IPO After Global Expansion This Year — Box Inc., the Web-storage provider with more than 140,000 business customers, is planning to hold its initial public offering in 2014, Chief Executive Officer Aaron Levie said yesterday in an interview.

More: InvestorPlace, VentureBeat, ZDNet, The Next Web and bizjournals. Tweets: @emilychangtv

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Kim Dotcom reveals Mega will offer 50GB of free storage, hopes to offer Megaupload data transfer — Kim Dotcom on Thursday used Twitter to reveal some interesting new tidbits in regards to his upcoming Mega service, which will be hosted at the New Zealand-based domain Mega.co.nz.

More: TechCrunch, Betabeat, SiliconANGLE, BBC, CNET, The Register, Gizmodo, The Verge, PC Pro, Geek.com, Ars Technica, ZDNet, TweakTown News, ReadWrite, Neowin and Softpedia News. Tweets: @kimdotcom

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Nokia releases 3D case printing files for Lumia 820 — Nokia has released the 3D printing files for its Lumia 820 interchangeable casings, allowing owners to create their own custom shells for the Windows Phone. The free 3D-printing Development Kit (or 3DK, as Nokia is calling it) …

More: GigaOM, Nokia Conversations, BBC, BetaNews, Gizmodo, The Next Web, The Verge, Neowin, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, The Appside, All About Windows Phone and WMPoweruser. Thanks:@c_davies

Andrea Shalal-Esa / Reuters:

Iran strengthened cyber capabilities after Stuxnet: U.S. general — Reuters/Reuters - John Bumgarner, a cyber warfare expert who is chief technology officer of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, a non-profit group that studies the impact of cyber threats, works on his laptop ...more

More: BBC, TechEye, Hillicon Valley, Bloomberg and rt.com

Sean Buckley / Engadget:

Sony selling NY headquarters for $1.1 billion, will rent space from new owners — Despite losing a little less each quarter since Kazuo Hirai took over as CEO, Sony still appears to be looking for ways to cut the fat. Its latest move? Sell the house. Taking a page from Nokia's book …

More: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, CNET, The Verge, VG247, Agence France Presse, TechCrunch, Reuters, GamesIndustry International, VentureBeat, New York Post, SlashGear and Mashable!

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Fortune's top 100 employers for 2013: Google first, Microsoft #75, Apple and Facebook don't make it — Fortune on Thursday released its list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2013, and some of the results are surprising. While it's not exactly shocking to see Google in first place …

More: InvestorPlace, Android Central, Neowin and Marketing Land

Ellen Messmer / Network World:

‘Rogue clouds’ giving IT staffs nightmares — Inefficient storage methods also seen as raising costs in cloud, survey finds By Ellen Messmer, Network World January 16, 2013 06:06 AM ET Network World - Cloud computing is increasingly being adopted by companies around the world, but IT managers say …

More: TechZone360, Entrepreneur, Computerworld, internetnews.com, ITworld.com and FierceCIO News

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

Draft bill would make mobile developers delete your stored data — US Representative Hank Johnson (D, GA) is unveiling a new draft bill that would require app developers to disclose their information-gathering practices, and allow users to request their stored information to be deleted.

More: apprights, Computerworld, CNET, Adweek and Hillicon Valley

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

Apple Looks to Improve Siri's Script — Apple's virtual assistant Siri may have its roots in a Pentagon-funded artificial intelligence research project, but algorithms aren't everything and the Cupertino company is now turning to writers to make Siri smarter.

More: 9to5Mac, Search Engine Land, PC Magazine, CNET, The Atlantic Online, TUAW, App Advice, iLounge, Softpedia News, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone Hacks. Thanks:@tsimonite

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

Apple CEO Cook Gets Deposition Order in Antitrust Case — Tim Cook, Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s chief executive officer, was ordered to give a deposition in a lawsuit claiming the iPhone maker and other technology companies violated antitrust laws by entering into agreements to not recruit each other's employees.

More: Reuters, MacNN, CNET and iClarified

Tweets: @lexnfx and @fedcourtjunkie

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Still More About The Death Of Aaron Swartz — United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, who still has political ambitions beyond her current station, and her husband, and some unfortunate media enablers, have finally organized a response to the torrent of criticism she and her office have received …

More: Google+ and Boston Business Journal. Tweets: @taylorbuley. See also Mediagazer

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