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January 20, 2013, 11:30 AM

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Tim Carmody / The Verge:
Wikileaks claims Aaron Swartz was an ally and possible source, breaking anonymity  —  Unsubstantiated statements implicate US Secret Service in Swartz's prosecution and break Wikileaks' own ‘doxxing’ rules  —  Aaron Swartz died a week ago.  A public memorial service in New York City will be held later today.
Edward Moyer / CNET:
Memorial service honors Swartz as activist, individual  —  At a memorial gathering for Aaron Swartz in New York City, the tech activist's death prompts tender recollections and fierce resolve.  —  Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013  —  Perhaps not surprisingly, one of the main threads running through …
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Face to face with Kim Dotcom as he launches Mega, talks about Megakey and the future of free content  —  If there's one place that you want to be for the launch of Mega.co.nz, it's within Kim Dotcom's mansion.  That's precisely where I've been today.  Sure we knew that Dotcom was larger than life …
Aaron Levie / TechCrunch:
The Changing Of The Enterprise Guard  —  Editor's note: Aaron Levie is CEO and co-founder of Box.  Follow him on Twitter @levie.  —  When we decided to focus on selling to enterprises five years ago at Box, we saw some exciting emerging trends: workers needed tools that were far simpler to use …
New York Times:
With Graph Search, Facebook Bets on More Sharing  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's greatest triumph has been to persuade a seventh of the world's population to share their personal lives online.  —  Now the social network is taking on its archrival, Google, with a search tool to mine …
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
How Steve Jobs Buys a Company and Why Apple Bought Lala  —  Aubrey Johnson, a former Color employee, shares two stories behind the scenes at Apple's acquisitions of both Color and Lala — both firms were founded by Bill Nguyen before being acquired by Apple for two very different reasons.
Business Insider:
Normal, Non-Geeky People Are Running Rampant On A New Dating App, Tinder  —  Today, one of our “normal” colleagues approached us about a new app all of her college-age friends and roommates use.  It's called Tinder.  —  Tinder is a simple dating app that anonymously finds out who likes your looks nearby.
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Circa Raises $750K From Group Including Lerer Ventures To Revolutionize Mobile News Delivery  —  We've learned today that mobile news-delivery company Circa has raised another $750K on top of the $900K raised previously.  The company launched its app of the same name, which allows you to follow …
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