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Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:

Square Executive Resigns Amid Sexual-Harassment Claims — Square Inc. said its chief operating officer Keith Rabois resigned from the mobile payments company on Thursday, amid accusations from a Square employee of sexual harassment. — A New York attorney, Steven Berger …

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Keith Rabois / Untitled:

A note from Keith — Yesterday I resigned from Square, and I want to take the opportunity to explain to you why. — The past few days have been the toughest, saddest, most frightening, and emotionally draining of my life. They have deeply affected me, both personally and professionally.

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Tweets: @danprimack, @georgezachary, @danprimack, @ronp, @acocotas, @obrien, @danprimack, @shontelaylay, @joshelman and @triciad

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Exclusive Interview: Keith Rabois Talks About Sexual Harassment Claim, Becoming a “Distraction” at Square and What's Next — Sitting in front of a spectacular view of San Francisco at his home this afternoon, former Square COO Keith Rabois looks spent. — He is just recovering from a bout …

More: Gawker. Tweets: @danprimack, @karaswisher and @danprimack

Tim Carmody / The Verge:

CNET forbidden from reviewing Aereo following CBS-Dish controversy — Editorial policy after CES Awards nightmare leads to fancy footwork by news team — This week, live-TV startup Aereo released an update to its Roku app, adding a new visual interface and enabling full control with the Roku remote.

More: CNET, PandoDaily, Daring Fireball and Geek News Central. Tweets: @dangillmor. See also Mediagazer

Jim Romenesko:

At CNET, ‘morale is plummeting and people are pissed off’ — A disclosure attached to a CNET story posted on Thursday. — There had been hints around CNET that the edict might be overturned. During a meeting last Friday, Reviews editor-in-chief Lindsey Turrentine sounded optimistic.

More: CNET, Techdirt and Poynter

Tweets: @futureboy and @inafried

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Bloomberg:

Yahoo's Mayer Sees Future in Personalized, Mobile Web — Yahoo's Mayer: Personalization Is Future of Search — Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer said the company is working on technology that will personalize content from the Web and feed it to people on their mobile devices.

More: Digital Media Wire, Business Insider, Daring Fireball, 9.blog, memeburn and GigaOM

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer To Bring Company Back To Its Roots: “It's The Web Ordered For You”

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Clarifies Ban On Apps That Use Its Data To Replicate Its Features Or Don't Share Back — After shutting down data access to several competing apps, Facebook today made two major clarifications to its Platform Policy, banning apps that use its data but make it easy for users to share …

More: Facebook Developer Blog, GigaOM, AllThingsD, digitaltrends.com, Wired, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Business Insider, Inside Facebook, PandoDaily, BuzzFeed, AllFacebook, parislemon, GigaOM, The Next Web, The Verge and nbcnews.com. Thanks:@malliegator

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Is Done Giving Its Precious Social Graph To Competitors

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Verizon sells 39 spectrum licenses to AT&T for $1.9b, but what does it mean? — Today's blockbuster spectrum deal might tell the tale of shifting strategies for two wireless giants — Besides being the most closely-matched competitors in the bizarre, controversial American wireless industry …

More: Verizon Wireless, The Next Web, Reuters, BGR, DSLreports, AllThingsD, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, NYT Bits, Know Your Cell and WebProNews

Nick Turner / Bloomberg:

AT&T to Acquire Spectrum From Verizon Wireless for $1.9 Billion

More: AT&T, Inc., iPhone Hacks, Mashable!, Reuters, iDownloadBlog.com and ZDNet

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iPad 5 Set for October Debut with Design Similar to iPad Mini? iPhone 5S and Lower-Cost iPhone Moving Forward — iLounge's Jeremy Horwitz has filed a new report offering a few new details on the fifth-generation iPad, as well as on Apple's work toward future iPhone models.

More: iLounge, Wired, ZDNet, PC Magazine, Ars Technica, Mobile Marketing Watch, CNET, Electronista, Pocketnow, IntoMobile, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac and BGR

Alexis Santos / Engadget:

YouTube Capture now supports 1080p uploads, Google Currents goes 2.0 on iOS — Updates to both YouTube Capture and Google Currents on iOS have just hit Cupertino's App Store, bringing with them a handful of functionality and UI updates. Mountain View bumped YouTube Capture to version 1.1 …

More: The Next Web, The Verge, VentureBeat, SocialTimes, Softpedia News and Lifehacker

Sara Gates / The Huffington Post:

France Shuns ‘Hashtag,’ Introduces New Twitter Term, ‘Mot-Dièse’ — While there may be many English words commonly used in the French language, “hashtag” will no longer be one of them. Following a decision from the Commission Générale de Terminologie et de Néologisme …

More: Associated Press, The Verge, Examiner, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, Engadget and Softpedia News

Tweets: @jeff, @mikeisaac and @eldon

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Twitter's value estimated at $9B after BlackRock buys stock from early employees, report indicates — Today the Financial Times reported a unique deal that will see several of early Twitter employees sell stock at a valuation of more than $9 billion to a fund managed by the BlackRock group.

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