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February 6, 2013, 7:55 PM

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Esteban Kozak / Twitter Blog:

Search and Discover improvements: Get more great content faster — Today we're updating the Android and iOS apps, as well as mobile.twitter.com. This release provides a single stream of content in each tab, so you can better find what's most important to you when you're on the go.

More: Engadget, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, digitaltrends.com, Search Engine Land, MacRumors, VatorNews, AllTwitter, CNET, Pocket-lint, iDownloadBlog.com, VentureBeat, iPhone Hacks, WebProNews and MobileSyrup.com

Tweets: @getwired and @rsarver

Youngin Shin / Twitter Engineering:

New Twitter search results

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Twitter upgrades its mobile search experience by building a hybrid stream of tweets, users, and photos

Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority:

Leaked video: Google-designed Chromebook Pixel with touchscreen and 2560 x 1700 resolution — We have an intriguing development for you today, one that involves what's supposedly a new Chromebook that it's currently in the works. — Developer Francois Beaufort (the guy who provided …

More: Google+, TechCrunch, digitaltrends.com, ReadWrite, Geek.com, The Next Web, The Droid Guy, Redmond Pie, Mobile Magazine, TechSpot, Pocketables, Pocket-lint, iDownloadBlog.com and WebProNews

JR Raphael / Computerworld:

The ‘Chromebook Pixel’? Not so fast, bucko

More: BetaNews, CNET, 9to5Google and The Verge. Tweets: @jfruh

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Coming Soon to Yahoo: Ads From Google — Remember when Google and Yahoo were talking about an ad alliance last year? — Maybe they worked something out, after all: Sources say Google is set to begin running some of its AdSense display ads on Yahoo sites, and will become …

More: AdExchanger, 9to5Google and Tech Trader Daily. See also Mediagazer

Yodel Anecdotal:

Yahoo! Teams with Google on Contextual Advertising — Every day, people turn to Yahoo! for their daily habits — like search, weather, news or more. At Yahoo!, we're focused on doing everything we can to make the user experience inspiring and engaging. One way we do that is by providing relevant …

More: GigaOM, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Marketing Land, InfoWorld, VentureBeat, ZDNet, The Next Web and Bloomberg

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Yelp's disappointing Q4 net loss of $5.3m comes despite $41.2m in revenue, up 65% from Q4 2011 — Today Yelp reported its fourth quarter financial performance, including revenue of $41.2 million and an earnings per share loss of $0.08. Analysts had expected the company to lose $0.03 per share on revenue of $40.2 million.

More: Yelp, TechCrunch, VatorNews, Marketing Land, Business Insider, Forbes, CNET and Tech Trader Daily. Thanks:@epro

Jeremy Stoppelman / Yelp Official Blog:

Yelp.com Welcomes 100 Million Unique Visitors in January 2013 — I've got some good news to share. Pretty fantastic news actually. For the first time in Yelp history, over 100 million unique visitors came to the site in a one-month period. That's an all-time high for traffic to the desktop …

More: CNET, Screenwerk, The Next Web, SocialTimes and WebProNews

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Exclusive: Google and Twitter execs form VC fund — Google and Twitter product pros form venture capital firm. — FORTUNE — A pair of product managers from Google and Twitter are forming a new venture capital firm, Fortune has learned. — One of the two principals is Hunter Walk …

Tweets: @davidhornik, @satyap, @pkafka, @joshelman and @danprimack

AllThingsD:

Nudged by Apple, Twitter's Porn Saga Ends in a Raw Deal for Vine — We spent last week watching Vine, Twitter's new video-sharing app, get raked over the coals in the public eye for its so-called “porn problem”: If you searched for certain suggestive hashtags on the service …

More: Examiner, Ars Technica, Wired, The Next Web, Daring Fireball, BuzzFeed and Know Your Cell

Tweets: @panzer and @pkafka

Jim Finkle / Reuters:

Exclusive: Microsoft and Symantec disrupt cyber crime ring — (Reuters) - Software makers Microsoft Corp and Symantec Corp said they disrupted a global cyber crime operation by shutting down servers that controlled hundreds of thousands of PCs without the knowledge of their users.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Gizmodo, The Official Microsoft Blog and Mashable!

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Dell's downward spiral: 10 years of failed consumer devices — Things haven't gone so well since the Dell Dude split — It's no secret why Dell's struggling so badly it just took a $2b loan from Microsoft and bought itself back from shareholders to become a private company …

More: Deal Journal, GigaOM and BGR

Bloomberg:

Google Said in Talks to Invest $50 Million in Vevo Site — Google Inc.'s YouTube is negotiating a $50 million equity investment in music video service Vevo LLC, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. — Google would own less than 10 percent of the company …

More: CNET, New Media Blog and VentureBeat. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

500 Startups Is Setting Up Shop In China, Adding Beijing-Based Venture Partner Rui Ma — 500 Startups is already focused heavily on investing overseas, with partners looking at startups in markets like Mexico, Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia. Now you can add China to the list …

More: VentureBeat and The Next Web

Rob Gillies / Associated Press:

U.S. release of new BlackBerry with keyboard may be delayed — TORONTO — A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview.

More: Wired, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine, Computerworld, CNET, AllThingsD, Ars Technica, Unwired View, Examiner, Engadget, PC Magazine, Pocketnow, Inquirer, All, FierceWireless and IntoMobile

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Urban Airship Nabs $25 Million in Additional Funding — Urban Airship, the Portland-based startup that specializes in helping power mobile app notifications, has raised another $25 million, as the company seeks to further expand beyond its roots. — AllThingsD.com

More: Market Wire, Inside Mobile Apps, VentureBeat, Under the Radar, GeekWire, GigaOM and VatorNews

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Dropbox Unveils Sync API For Mobile Developers, Allows Apps To Work With Cloud-Based Files As If They Were Local — Dropbox is unveiling a brand new API for developers today that should give mobile app makers an excellent new tool to work with. The Dropbox Sync API allows apps for iOS …

More: Dropbox developers blog, The Next Web, AllThingsD, Computerworld, Droid Life, SlashGear and iDownloadBlog.com

Cotton Delo / AdAge:

Google Revamps AdWords In Bid to Boost Mobile Ad Revenue — Changes Could Mean Higher Prices for Mobile Keywords — Google is making changes to AdWords, the core product that fuels its search business, that could help it make mobile clicks into a bigger cash cow.

More: Inside AdWords, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, Business Insider, Forbes, Internet2Go, Bloomberg, The Drum, WebProNews and memeburn

Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:

Reseller claims Mac Pro coming, Apple points to Cook's comments — Apple has long been coy about its plans to replace its languishing Mac Pro workstation, which it plans to stop selling in the EU March 1 due to regulatory changes. However, the company has reportedly been a little more up-front with some of its European resellers.

More: MacRumors, BGR, CNET, 9to5Mac, Electronista, The Register, Business Insider, Softpedia News and I4U News

Joseph Flaherty / Wired:

Raspberry Pi Announces $25 Camera Module — In its short existence, the Raspberry Pi has powered games, musical instruments, and even pyrotechnic stage shows, but there have been few applications for photographers — until now. — The Raspberry Pi foundation just announced a new camera module …

More: VentureBeat, Engadget, TechCrunch and digitaltrends.com

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Google Spends $125 Million On Channel Intelligence To Improve Google Shopping — Google has acquired Channel Intelligence for $125 million in cash. — According to its blog, Channel Intelligence (CI) tracks online retail sales for a number of categories ranging from computing to consumer packaged goods.

More: ICG, Channel Intelligence, CNET, Electronista, AdExchanger, Engadget, The Next Web, Softpedia News, WebProNews, Forbes, Reuters and ZDNet

Violet Blue / ZDNet:

Anger rises as Fed confirms Anonymous hack, downplays US bank emergency system breach — Summary: The Federal Reserve has confirmed Sunday's Anonymous hack; ZDNet has learned the exposed information is from thousands of Fed emergency system bank contacts. — Violet Blue

More: Naked Security, Mashable!, Computerworld, Hillicon Valley, Mobile Marketing Watch, The Verge, DailyTech, The Register and WebProNews

Michael Hickins / The CIO Report:

Ubuntu Smartphone Shipping in October — Smartphones running the open source Ubuntu operating system will be available to customers beginning in October 2013, according to Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd. Canonical provides services for corporate customers using Ubuntu open source software.

More: Ars Technica and Pocket-lint

DannyD / SamMobile:

RUMOR: Samsung will unveil the GALAXY S IV on March 15th and on sale from early April — We have some hot news for all those happy Samsung Galaxy owners. Samsung is going to announce the Galaxy S IV on March 15th. The biggest Android smartphone unpacked event is still not confirmed by Samsung self …

More: CNET, BGR, The Droid Guy, Mobile Magazine, AndroidGuys, Droid Life, LAPTOP Magazine, Gearburn, Gotta Be Mobile, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, Life On My Mobile, Phones Review and Sammy Hub

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Android Jelly Bean hits 13.6% adoption, ICS peaks at 29%, but Gingerbread still on over 45% of devices — Google updated its Platform Versions Web page for Android on Tuesday, and it would appear that the second latest version has peaked. Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) …

More: ZDNet, ReadWrite, Inside Mobile Apps, AndroidGuys, WebProNews and 9to5Google

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft hints at future Surface covers that could charge its tablet — Microsoft is holding a Surface AMA on Reddit today to answer questions from the community about its latest Surface Pro tablet. Alongside responses about storage and battery life, the team appears to have revealed some future plans for its accessories.

More: CNET, Engadget, Forbes, The Verge, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, ReadWrite and Business Insider. Tweets: @gartenberg

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

Katzenberg Says Mobile Viewers Will Pay by ‘Inch’ — Hollywood studios will eventually charge less for entertainment streamed to small devices, basing prices on screen size, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (DWA) Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Katzenberg predicted.

More: CNET and PandoDaily. See also Mediagazer

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple announces new iTunes Store record with 25 billion songs sold — Apple today issued a press released announcing the iTunes Store has a hit a new record with 25 billion songs sold. Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services noted that Apple averages 15,000 songs downloaded per minute.

More: Apple, VatorNews, newlaunches.com, MacRumors, iLounge, MacStories, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, Gotta Be Mobile, The Next Web, Engadget, Business Insider, BGR India, iDownloadBlog.com and Softpedia News. Tweets: @asymco. See also Mediagazer

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