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January 25, 2013, 12:50 AM

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Twitter introduces Vine for iOS, an app for sharing six second looping videos on the service  —  Twitter has today introduced Vine, an app that allows you to share six second looping videos on the service and in embedded tweets.  The app is simple, allowing you to tap the screen to record video and lift your finger to stop.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
First Video Clip of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs  —  Following yesterday's news that the independent film JOBS starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs will open in theaters on April 19, ETonline.com has released the first video clip from the film.  The brief clip shows Kutcher as Jobs speaking with Josh Gad in the role of Steve Wozniak.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Microsoft's Q2: Enterprise shines, Surface details scant  —  Summary: The software giant's enterprise products—System Center, SQL Server and Lync do well.  Details about Surface's reception are few and far between.  —  Microsoft's second quarter results were a mixed bag relative to estimates …
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Blocks Yandex's New Social Search App From Accessing Its Data Just Three Hours After Launch  —  Yandex begged Facebook not to shut down its social search app Wonder that launched this morning.  But the explanation Yandex's lawyers sent us for why it's compliant with Facebook's policies …
Bloomberg:
Lenovo Mulls RIM Deal as a Way to Boost Mobile Business  —  Lenovo Group Ltd. (992) is assessing potential acquisition targets and strategic alliances, including a deal with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), as the second-largest producer of personal computers tries to bolster its mobile-device business.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Unauthorized Unlocking of New Mobile Phones Set to Become Illegal in U.S.  —  As noted by Tech News Daily, a new federal policy in the United States is set to go into effect this Saturday that will make it illegal for certain mobile phone owners to unlock their devices for use …
Carter Dougherty / Bloomberg:
Facebook Friends Fronting Debt Collectors Draw U.S. Regulation  —  Kathryn Haralson had already fielded calls from debt collectors at her home and work.  They even phoned her daughter at college.  —  So when Haralson, 47, logged into her Facebook account one day, she was surprised …
Alexandra Hudson / Reuters:
German court rules internet “essential”  —  (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Thursday that people have the right to claim compensation from service providers if their Internet access is disrupted, because the Internet is an “essential” part of life.  —  The Federal Court of Justice …
More: EngadgetTweets: @risksrewards
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Belkin helps Cisco exit consumer space by acquiring its Home Networking division, including Linksys  —  Belkin on Thursday announced plans to acquire Cisco's Home Networking Business Unit, including its products, technology, employees, and even the well-known Linksys brand.
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
AT&T's Q4 2012 Beats Street With $32.6B In Revenue, Misses With EPS Of $0.44, Smartphone Subscriber Base Jumps To 47.1M  —  AT&T shared its Q4 2012 earnings results today, reporting overall quarterly revenues of $32.6 billion (an increase of 0.2% year over year), and earnings per share of $0.44 …
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Samsung reports Q4 2012 financials: $8.27 billion in operating profit on $52.45 billion in revenue  —  Samsung set lofty expectations when it announced its earnings estimates earlier this month, and today the company delivered.  It announced consolidated operating profit of 8.84 trillion won …
Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:
A Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google  —  Common Crawl supplies a database of over five billion Web pages in the hope that it will inspire new research or online services.  —  Why It Matters  —  A freely available copy of billions of Web pages could create competition for established giants such as Google.
More: Mashable!
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Exclusive: Big changes for Ignition Partners  —  Seattle VC firm tries to reignite.  —  FORTUNE — Ignition Partners, a Seattle-area venture capital firm formed in 2000 by a group of ex-Microsoft (MSFT) executives, is reorganizing into a much smaller, more focused organization.
More: Xconomy, GeekWire and Digits

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