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February 12, 2013, 4:10 PM

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls Shareholder Lawsuit A “Silly Sideshow,” Says Company Won't Waste Time On It — Last week, Apple was hit with a lawsuit from Greenlight Capital, David Einhorn's hedge fund, in order to contest a proposition which would include a requirement in Apple's charter that any move …

Kevin Bostic / AppleInsider:

Apple calls tablets “the mother of all markets,” Mac cannibalization not a concern — The iPad is “the poster child of the post-PC revolution,” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who expressed no concerns about the company's industry-leading tablet undercutting sales of the Mac platform on which Apple was founded.

More: CITEworld, 9to5Mac, BGR and iLounge

Tweets: @tim and @jessicalessin

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple announces $8B paid out to developers, a jump of $1B in just one month — Apple CEO Tim Cook today announced that Apple had paid out $8B to developers, a number that displays an increase of $1B since the last time numbers were announced on January 13th. That displays a massive increase in acceleration for developer payouts.

More: Inside Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing Watch, PC Magazine, CNET, ParisLemon, MobileSyrup.com, dailywireless.org, Tech Trader Daily, The Loop and Electronista

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple Closing 20 Retail Stores In Order To Expand Them, Accomodate More Customers — Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a keynote speech at the Goldman Sachs investor conference that Apple was going to close 20 of its retail stores, in order to move them and make them large enough to serve the ongoing influx of Apple customers.

More: CNET, Los Angeles Times, SiliconBeat, Digits, VentureBeat, Business Insider, VentureBeat and Quartz

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Tim Cook says Apple has explored major acquisitions, remains open to possibility

More: CNET, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, AppleInsider and Business Insider

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Intel confirms its Internet TV launch this year, complete with set-top box and a camera — Erik Huggers, General Manager of Intel Media, has confirmed that the company is, in fact, working on providing television over the internet, and it plans to do so with new consumer hardware …

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Erik Huggers Makes His Case for Intel's Web TV Service

More: PC Magazine and Neowin

Matt Rosoff / CITEworld:

Dropbox makes a play for the enterprise with new IT controls — When IT directors worry about employees using unapproved services for work, Dropbox is often near the top of the list. Today, the company took a few serious steps toward changing that. — Dropbox is the most popular online …

More: GigaOM, AllThingsD, Fortune, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, ZDNet and TechCrunch

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

HBO to Finally Let Subscribers Stream HBO Go to TV Over AirPlay — HBO said on Tuesday that, at long last, its subscribers will be able to stream programming from an iPhone or iPad onto their television via AirPlay. — Speaking at our D: Dive Into Media conference on Tuesday …

More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, The Next Web and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @pkafka

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple's ‘microslot antennas’ are invisible to the naked eye, could see use in future iPhones — Apple on Tuesday won the patent rights to “microslot antenna” technology that allows micron-wide antenna assets to be integrated into the housing of a portable device, such as an iPhone, making them nearly invisible to the human eye.

More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, Forbes, iPhone Alley Spectrum, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, MacNN, App Advice, Patently Apple, Macgasm and iClarified

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Next Big App Categories Will Be Movies, Books, And Fitness — As Facebook is working to build partnerships with big media companies, the company sees a huge opportunity for growth in the sharing and discovery of movies, books and fitness tools on its platform.

More: AllThingsD, Marketing Land, AllThingsD, The Verge, AllFacebook, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Lost Remote and Mashable!

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

With Another $21 Million in the Bank, Social Site Nextdoor Launches Version 2.0 — The biggest problem facing some of the more private social networks is growth. Or a lack thereof, as it happens. Insular by design, expansion of these networks takes time — a slow, persistent burn.

More: VentureBeat, VatorNews, TechCrunch, GigaOM, Reuters, Digits, Forbes, The Next Web, Wired, PandoDaily, Bloomberg and ABCNEWS

Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:

Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies — The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven't proved they are eligible to receive them.

More: CNET, SlashGear and FierceWireless

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

OnRamp, A Free, Open Source Ad Server From OpenX, Gets Shut Down After Getting Besieged By Hackers — Another victory for hackers and a blow for the security of open source systems: OpenX, the online and mobile advertising company that announced a $22.5 million fund raising just last month …

More: AdExchanger, AGBeat and Adotas

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Vertu makes post-Nokia comeback with $10K Android phone — Once upon a time Nokia had an England-based subsidiary called Vertu, which made absurdly expensive Symbian phones for people with more money than tech savvy. But then Nokia fell on hard times, and last year it offloaded the brand …

More: BBC, Gizmodo, BGR, VentureBeat, Electronista, Softpedia News, SlashGear, IntoMobile, Mashable!, Unwired View and HotHardware.com News

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Android 4.2.2 brings Bluetooth audio fixes to Nexus phones and tablets — Android 4.2.2 is beginning to roll out to some Nexus phones and tablets. — Reddit user WeeManFoo — If you're an Android user and you like minor, bug-fixing software updates, you don't have to be jealous …

More: Android Police, Android Police, Examiner, BetaNews, Inquirer, GigaOM, BGR, FierceMobileContent News, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup.com, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, IntoMobile, Electronista, SlashGear, Softpedia News and Engadget. Tweets: @dcblackpa

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Setting Up Shop in the Valley and NYC, Samsung Aims to Boost Its Software Side — Over the past year, Samsung's quiet Silicon Valley presence has grown from a whisper to a shout, as the consumer electronics behemoth turns the home turf of rivals like Apple and Google into a beachhead for its U.S. operations.

More: CNET and Venture Capital Dispatch

Darren Murph / Engadget:

Samsung's David Eun: ongoing Apple v. Samsung litigation ‘a loss’ for innovation

More: SlashGear

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Acquires Mobile “Nearby Recommendation” iPhone and Web App Alike — Today, mobile app company Alike has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo and will be joining the Yahoo Mobile team. — Alike allows you to recommend nearby venues that are your “favorites.”

More: Mercury News, Business Insider, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Forbes, The Next Web, AllThingsD, Xconomy and Mashable!

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Amazon Beats Out Apple For The Best Reputation Among U.S. Consumers, Says Harris; Google Comes Fourth — A little victory both for Amazon and the world of virtual commerce, today: the online retailer has topped the ranking for best reputation in a poll of 14,000 U.S. consumers, according to Harris Interactive.

More: PR Newswire, GeekWire, Marketing Land, Betabeat, DailyFinance.com, Wired, CNET, ZDNet, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider and VentureBeat

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Financial Analyst Affirms Google's $1 Billion In “Default Search” Payments To Apple — Last year the FTC asked Apple to disclose the terms of Google's “default” search presence on iOS. This was part of the US government's broader antitrust investigation of Google, which is now over.

More: Business Insider, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, MacRumors, ReadWrite and Geek.com

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Google Now widget revealed in official Nexus support pages — Google showed off Android's Google Now system in a commercial last night, and the company may have another related surprise in store: a Google Now widget. As spotted by Android Central, several of Google's official support pages …

More: Android Central, CNET, Geek.com, IntoMobile, Neowin, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, Gotta Be Mobile, Electronista, SlashGear, PhoneArena and Engadget

David Ramli / Financial Review:

Adobe cuts Australian prices after inquiry summons — US software giant Adobe has bowed to public pressure and slashed the price of some of its products for Australian customers a day after being ordered to front a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra.

More: Engadget, ZDNet, CNET, The Verge, Inquirer, DailyTech, Ubergizmo and Neowin

Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:

Big Investors Strengthen Opposition to Dell's Sale — Updated One of the country's biggest mutual fund managers signaled its opposition to Dell's proposed $24.4 billion sale on Tuesday, as another investor disclosed a major step in a campaign to fight the deal.

More: The Verge, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Quartz, WRAL Tech Wire and V3.co.uk

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Exec Launches A Cleaning-Only App, Expands to Seattle As Housework Makes Up 50% Of Sales — Exec — the Y Combinator-backed app that does your errands on-demand — just launched a cleaning-only app. It's a decision that makes sense as housework has ended up being about 50 percent of the startup's overall gross sales.

More: The Next Web, Digits, GeekWire and BetaKit

Matthew Lynley / Digits:

Live: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Speaks at Goldman Conference — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is speaking this afternoon at Goldman Sachs' Technology and Internet conference. — Mayer just wrapped up her first quarter as CEO of Yahoo. She's in the middle of a turnaround effort at the media giant …

More: Business Insider, Business Insider and Forbes

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