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February 11, 2013, 4:05 PM

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple releases iOS 6.1.1 for iPhone 4S which fixes issues that ‘could impact cellular performance’ — Apple has released an iOS 6.1.1 update for the iPhone 4S, likely in response to issues that some users were reporting with 3G coverage on some European carriers.

More: 9to5Mac, Engadget, Business Insider, GigaOM, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AllThingsD, The Verge, Gizmodo and MacStories

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Hold off updating your iPhone 4S to iOS 6.1, European carriers warn customers — Two mobile operators in Europe have told customers with an iPhone 4S to avoid updating the device to iOS 6.1, because of reports that the upgrade brings connectivity problems with it.

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Bill Gates' biggest Microsoft product regret: WinFS — Summary: In his first AMA on Reddit, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates calls WinFS the Microsoft product he most wished had made it to market. — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is doing his first-ever Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit on February 11.

More: CNET, Engadget, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Seattle Times, TechCrunch, Forbes, digitaltrends.com, GeekWire, Business Insider, The Next Web, Forbes, WinBeta, nbcnews.com, Neowin, WebProNews, MSDN Blogs and Mashable!

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Bill Gates hits Reddit for an AMA, replies using 80-inch Windows 8 tablet

More: WinBeta. Tweets: @billgates

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

The GoogleReaderpocalypse Is Upon Us - Google's Feed Reading Service Unusable Since Sunday — Google Reader, the RSS feed-reading service Google has long since benignly abandoned, has gone completely mad, and Google has yet to acknowledge the problem even as it heads into its second day of unusability.

More: SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, WebProNews, Ubergizmo, The Verge, Softpedia News, BerryReview and Internet Evolution

Ryan Gallagher / Guardian:

Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm — Exclusive: Raytheon's Riot program mines social network data like a ‘Google for spies’, drawing ire from civil rights groups — A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements …

More: Computerworld, digitaltrends.com, The Register, CNET, Inquirer, DailyTech, Guardian, The Verge, Business Insider, broadstuff, Gizmodo, Forbes, Mashable!, Betabeat, SiliconANGLE, Datamation.com, Boing Boing and dailywireless.org

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Nexus 4 wireless charging orb finally selling through Google Play for $59.99 — The elusive Nexus 4 wireless charging orb — one of the most striking features of Google's Android flagship — is finally on sale through Google Play, a few months after the phone's launch.

More: Engadget, GigaOM, 9to5Google, CNET, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, IntoMobile and Droid Life

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

Facebook is testing ‘Buy Tickets’ links for events, but will it get into the ticketing business? [Updated] — Facebook appears to be testing “Buy Tickets” buttons and links for event pages, according to All Facebook. Reportedly, these buttons are simply links to third-party sites at the moment.

More: AllFacebook, Business Insider, Inside Facebook, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Techie Buzz and WebProNews

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

At Facebook, zero-day exploits, backdoor code bring war games drill to life — Early on Halloween morning, members of Facebook's Computer Emergency Response Team received an urgent e-mail from an FBI special agent who regularly briefs them on security matters.

More: The Verge and nbcnews.com

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Yahoo! Pushing Java Version Released in 2008 — At a time when Apple, Mozilla and other tech giants are taking steps to prevent users from browsing the Web with outdated versions of Java, Yahoo! is pushing many of its users in the other direction: The free tool that it offers users …

More: The H Security, Geek.com and Softpedia News

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Amazon Will Get New CBS Stephen King Series While It's Still on the Air — On June 24, CBS starts running “Under the Dome,” a 13-episode miniseries based on a Stephen King novel, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television. And on June 28, Amazon Prime customers can begin watching the show online for free.

More: Amazon.com, VentureBeat, paidContent, Ars Technica, BetaNews, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Next Web, WebProNews and Mashable!. See also Mediagazer

BBC:

Facebook sued over ‘like’ button — The widow of a Dutch programmer is seeking damages from Facebook over its use of patented technology — Facebook is facing legal action over its use of the “like” button and other features of the social network. — It is being sued by a patent-holding …

More: Ars Technica, CNET and Business Insider

Ben Martin / Telegraph:

Mike Lynch raises $1bn for technology investment — Former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch has raised $1bn through his Invoke Capital fund to invest in fledgling British technology companies. — Mike Lynch founded Autonomy and sold it to Hewlett Packard for $10bn in 2011.

More: VentureBeat and Forbes

Glyn Moody / ComputerWorld UK:

EU Data Protection: Proposed Amendments Written by US Lobbyists — It's becoming clear that the lobbying around the proposed EU directive on Data Protection is some of the most intense ever seen - some activists have said it's even worse than during ACTA, while on the US side there's mutterings …

More: Ars Technica, Computerworld, GigaOM and Daily Dot

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's Surface: Wifi updates, pen improvements, more cover colors in pipeline — Summary: More Microsoft Surface RT and Surface Pro questions and a few more answers from sites and spokespeople around the Web. — New tidbits about what's coming for Microsoft Surface RT and Pro devices are continuing to trickle out.

More: BGR, The Next Web, IntoMobile, Pocketnow, Neowin, InformationWeek, Network World, WinBeta and MSDN Blogs

Jim Romenesko:

The Verge considers publishing a print monthly or quarterly — Editors of The Verge (a website “covering the intersection of technology, science, art, and culture") might put out a print edition. — “It's something we've talked about quite a bit and something we have seriously looked into …

Tweets: @eldon

Barry Schwartz / Marketing Land:

Flickr Privacy Bug Set Some Private Photos To Public — A bug at Flickr caused some people to have their private photos opened to public view over the past three weeks. Flickr said the bug only impacted a small number of users and only photos uploaded from April to December 2012.

More: digitaltrends.com, The Verge, Mashable!, Softpedia News and Search Engine Roundtable. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Diana T. Kurylko / AdAge:

BMW Adapts Apple Genius Model in Its Dealerships — Automaker to Have Explainers on Sales Floor Nationally in U.S. by 2014 for i3 Electric-Car Launch — Inspired by Apple retail stores, BMW is requiring dealers to hire young, tech-savvy employees to handle questions about its vehicles on the showroom floor.

More: Mobile Marketing Watch, CNET, Macgasm and The Next Web

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Google Says $80M French Publishers' Fund Won't Be Replicated Elsewhere In Europe — Google says it not currently looking to create funds to support digital publishers outside France. Google's comments follow calls last week by Francisco Pinto Balsemao, head of the European Publishers Council …

More: WebProNews and TECH.BLORGE.com

Don Reisinger / CNET:

Dell: Going private is the ‘best’ move for the company — The company says that it brought in a “prominent management consultant” to help it determine what to do, and everyone agreed going private was the best move. — Despite growing concern from major shareholders, Dell believes its decision to go private is the best one.

More: AllThingsD and Reuters

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Solavei Brings BlackBerry Z10 to the U.S. Early — For Nearly a Thousand Bucks — Aspiring wireless carrier Solavei is looking to grab some attention by offering its customers first crack at the new BlackBerry — at least for customers willing to pony up nearly $1,000 for an unlocked model.

More: Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, GeekWire, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, FierceWireless, Mashable!, GigaOM, Electronista and WebProNews

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