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February 21, 2013, 3:40 PM

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Google Chrome Blog:

The Chromebook Pixel, for what's next — Chromebooks were designed to make computing speedy, simple and secure. For many of you, they have become the perfect, additional (and yes, affordable) computer: ideal for catching up on emails, sharing documents and chatting via Hangouts.

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Launches $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700 3:2 12.85″ Touchscreen, Core i5 CPU, 1TB Of Google Drive Storage & Optional LTE — After a few weeks of rumors, Google just announced the latest device in its Chromebook lineup: the Chromebook Pixel.

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, PandoDaily, Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, 1001 Noisy Cameras, I4U News, Mashable!, Marketing Land and Pocketables

CNET:

Chromebook Pixel: Brilliant touch screen, hefty price (hands-on)

More: Ars Technica, The Next Web, GigaOM, Engadget and Pocket-lint

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple patent filing points directly to ‘iWatch’ concept with flexible touchscreen display — A patent application discovered by AppleInsider on Thursday reveals Apple is indeed investigating a wearable accessory device that not only boasts a flexible touchscreen display …

Josh Aberant / Twitter Blog:

Introducing DMARC for Twitter.com emails — We send out lots of emails every day to our users letting them know what's happening on Twitter. But there's no shortage of bad actors sending emails that appear to come from a Twitter.com address in order to trick you into giving away key details …

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Verge, AllThingsD, Mashable! and WebProNews

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Twitter uses DMARC to take action against email phishing for user passwords after high-profile hacks

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Google Looks to Make Its Computer Glasses Stylish — People wearing Google's glasses are transported to a strange new world in which the Internet is always in their line of sight. But for people looking at the people wearing those glasses, the view is even stranger — someone wearing a computer processor …

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Google reportedly in talks with Warby Parker to make its Google Glass specs look cool

More: TechCrunch, CNET, Quartz, Forbes, SiliconANGLE and Electronista

Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:

Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing — After a meeting in New York Tuesday, the ratings company will roll out a system to measure broadband, Xbox and, in time, iPads, with more changes to come. — The Nielsen Co. is expanding its definition of television and will introduce …

More: DSLreports, GeekWire, Media Decoder, The Verge, Gizmodo and Mashable!. Tweets: @dannysullivan. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Petition to make unlocking phones legal again passes 100,000 signatures; White House now required to respond — A White House petition to make unlocking cell phones legal again has passed the 100,000 signature mark. Passing the milestone means the US government has to issue an official response.

More: CNET, digitaltrends.com, Techdirt, Engadget, Mashable!, Ars Technica, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, The Verge, TechPresident, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, PhoneArena, Hillicon Valley, BestTechie, SlashGear, MobileBurn.com and WebProNews

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Coursera Adds 29 Schools, 90 Courses And 3 New Languages To Its Online Learning Platform — It's almost as if there's an arms race in online education. Which MOOC platform can expand the fastest? Place your bets now. On the heels of edX's announcement that it will be expanding internationally …

More: BBC, ZDNet, VatorNews, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Virtual-Strategy Magazine, GigaOM, AllThingsD and Wall Street Journal

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Ahead of Apple Proxy Fight Explainer, ATD Late-Night Chat With Greenlight's Einhorn — Like me, David Einhorn — the brainy hedge fund star who is currently engaged in a proxy battle with Apple over a corporate governance procedure, related in this case to how to deal with its $137.1 billion cash hoard …

More: CNET, Tech Trader Daily, Bloomberg and The Tell

Poornima Gupta / Reuters:

Hedge fund manager Einhorn takes Apple campaign to shareholders

Digits:

Saverin on the Future of Facebook — At the Wall Street Journal's Unleashing Innovation Conference in Singapore Facebook co- founder Eduardo Saverin talks with Executive Editor Almar Latour about what might lie ahead for the popular social network, and whether Facebook should buy LinkedIn.

More: Bloomberg, Fortune, CNET, AllFacebook, Mashable!, ZDNet and Wall Street Journal

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple releases iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 to developers with Lock Screen security flaw fix — Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 to developers for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The first beta was known as iOS 6.1.1 beta 1, but it has been renamed to iOS 6.1.3 due to the recent public releases of iOS bug fix updates.

More: BGR, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Gizmodo, PhoneArena and iDownloadBlog.com

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Video Discovery Startup Fanhattan Launches A Web Interface With More Than 1 Million Movies And TV Titles — It's not hard to find video on the web. But with dozens of premium content providers out there and millions of videos to choose from, figuring out what's worth watching can be a challenge.

More: AllThingsD, AppNewser, GigaOM and The Verge

Tom Bramwell / Eurogamer.net:

Sony tells Eurogamer: PlayStation 4 will not block used games — Shuhei Yoshida confirms it. Plus: source tells EG patent wasn't PS4-related. — Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that PlayStation 4 will not block the use of second-hand games …

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Billboard Makes YouTube Part of Hot 100 Formula — What makes a song a hit? In the “Gangnam Style” age the answer often has as much to do with its popularity on YouTube as any other factor. — This week the Billboard Hot 100, the magazine's 55-year-old singles chart …

More: YouTube Blog, Billboard, SlashGear, Daily Dot, WebProNews, Pocket-lint and Mashable!. See also Mediagazer

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

3.5m downloads on, CloudOn takes its Microsoft Office editing suite to Android smartphones — CloudOn, the mobile app for creating, editing and managing Microsoft Office and Adobe documents in the cloud, has today announced the launch of version4.0 of its productivity workspace, which sees it finally rolled out for Android smartphones.

More: PandoDaily, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, IntoMobile and Gotta Be Mobile

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

FCC orders 2M people to power down cell phone signal boosters (Updated) — Wireless signal boosters improve cellular connections to service provider networks. — FCC — The Federal Communications Commission today enacted a set of rules governing the sale and deployment of wireless signal boosters …

More: CNET, Mobile Marketing Watch, Hillicon Valley, FierceWireless, blog.chron.com, SiliconANGLE, Electronista, Engadget and The Verge

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Big Music Says Google Isn't Cracking Down on Pirate Sites, After All — Six months ago, in the wake of the SOPA/PIPA debate, Google made a peace offering to the Big Media companies: It said it would try to make pirate sites harder to find in its search results.

More: RIAA, The Verge, Techdirt, Engadget, SiliconANGLE and Ars Technica. See also Mediagazer

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Gaming spending on iOS and Android surpassed dedicated gaming handhelds in Q4 2012: Report — Nintendo and Sony once held a lock on the mobile gaming industry, but Google and Apple have cracked that wide open with their respective mobile operating systems. A new joint report from IDC …

More: App Annie Blog, The Verge, BGR, Electronista, TechCrunch, The Full Signal, Gotta Be Mobile and Guardian

Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:

Google Shopping Tops Amazon Product Ads: 32.7% More Cost Effective — A new report from CPC Strategy looks at how Google Shopping fared against its rival, Amazon Product Ads, after making the switch to a commercial model in Q3 last year. The analysis finds its performance changed significantly compared …

More: CPC Strategy

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

CNET Doesn't Have to Ban BitTorrent Clients, Court Rules — CBS and CNET have scored an important victory in their ongoing copyright infringement case against a coalition of artists. — The musicians, joined by billionaire Alki David, had requested a preliminary injunction to prevent …

More: Softpedia News

John Leyden / The Register:

Ad-titan Google blocks Adblock Plus in Android security tweak — We're being singled out, claims app maker — The maker of Adblock Plus is upset its users must jump through hoops to get its advert-banishing app working on devices running Android - the mobile OS made by advertising giant Google.

Carl Franzen / The Verge:

Snapchat video for Android exits beta, now available in Play Store — Snapchat has moved its Android app video capture and sharing feature out of beta and into full release in the Google Play Store. The video feature is available as an update for the regular Snapchat app, which works for Android versions 2.2 and up.

More: Snapchat, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, GigaOM, BetaNews, Android Community, The Next Web, PandoDaily and FierceMobileContent News

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