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February 22, 2013, 6:05 AM

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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, Gearburn, The Verge, Forbes, Gizmodo, Computerworld, Softpedia News, OSDir.com and ZDNet

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Why Google Made Its Own High-End Laptop, the Chromebook Pixel

More: BrianMadden.com, CNET, The Atlantic Online, ValueWalk and Macgasm

CNET:

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

More: The Next Web, Pocket-lint and Engadget

Mat Honan / Wired:

Zendesk Security Breach Affects Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest — Customer service software provider Zendesk announced a security breach that allowed attackers into its system, where they could access data from three customers this week. Wired learned those three clients were Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr.

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

Mikkel Svane / Zendesk.com:

We've been hacked — We feel that it's important our customers receive an update from us on a recent security situation. We have an investigation underway and do not have the answer to every question. — We've become aware that a hacker accessed our system this week.

More: ZDNet, Computerworld, AllThingsD, memeburn, TechCrunch, CNET, Mashable! and Electronista. Tweets: @support

AllThingsD:

Native Instagram App Is Not Coming to BlackBerry 10 — BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins says the company has a clear shot at turning BlackBerry 10 into the “No. 3 mobile ecosystem in the world,” but to do that, the company needs a critical mass of native apps, particularly big-name ones.

More: digitaltrends.com, Phones Review, memeburn, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Engadget, CNET, Forbes, The Verge, WMPoweruser, Pocket-lint and Softpedia News

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: Engadget, Softpedia News, Digit - Tech News, Marketing Land, Hillicon Valley, ZDNet, VentureBeat, digitaltrends.com, ITworld.com, AllTwitter, The Register and The Verge

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

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

Ryan Mac / Forbes:

No One Is More Excited For Google Glass Than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — There is perhaps no one more excited for Google Glass than Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg. — On Wednesday at the University of California, San Francisco's Mission Bay medical campus, the Facebook CEO met …

More: Softpedia News, AllFacebook, Business Insider and Betabeat

Fred Wilson / A VC:

Venture Capital Returns — This post is for everyone who thinks venture capital is an easy business. I'd like to dispel that notion. — Here are short term and long term returns for the venture capital business over the past ten years compared to the public equity markets in the US.

Tweets: @kellblog, @jessicakroy and @spencerrascoff

Ev Williams / Medium:

When to Sell Your Company — On October 30, 2008, I wrote an email to Twitter's board of directors, which started: … This email was in reply to a thread in which we were briefly discussing an overture we'd received from a much larger company. Of course, in 2008 Twitter was much, much smaller than it is today.

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @qthrul, @fredwilson, @bijan, @joelgascoigne and @dsb

Associated Press:

Nevada governor signs online gambling bill law after measure fast-tracked through Legislature — CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Brian Sandoval signed legislation Thursday legalizing online gambling in Nevada, capping a dizzying day at the Legislature as lawmakers passed the bill through the Assembly and Senate as an emergency measure.

More: VentureBeat and CNET

Jean H. Lee / Associated Press:

NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners — PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks.

More: CNET, Engadget, Electronista, The Verge, PhoneArena, The Next Web and SlashGear

James Niccolai / Computerworld:

HP's Whitman says ‘no plans to break up the company’ — HP's CEO has again dismissed rumors that HP may be broken up into smaller businesses — Hewlett-Packard's CEO has dismissed persistent rumors that the company might break itself up in a move that could create more value for shareholders.

More: Reuters, Bloomberg, Computerworld and GigaOM

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

HP Beats Expectations With Revenue of $28.36B, $1.2B Earnings And EPS Of $0.82 For Q1 2013

More: Market Wire, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Register, SlashGear, PandoDaily, BBC, Mercury News, AllThingsD, Business Insider, ZDNet and DailyFinance.com

Élyse Betters / 9to5Mac:

Qualcomm's latest chip could end iPhone LTE band fragmentation by putting 40 bands into one chipset — Apple's LTE chip supplier Qualcomm announced on Thursday that it hopes to tackle cellular radio frequency band fragmentation with the first “single, global 4G LTE design” for mobile devices.

More: Qualcomm, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Engadget, AppleInsider, SlashGear, Electronista, Macgasm, Wired, Gotta Be Mobile, Tech Trader Daily and Android Authority

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Google Maps SDK for iOS 1.1 gains support for ground overlays, keys now open to all developers — The Google Maps SDK for iOS has received a nice little update today, adding support for ground overlays for maps, gesture controls and geodesic polylines, whatever those are.

More: Google Geo Developers Blog, App Advice, MacNN, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com and AppleInsider

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

Apple-Samsung Judge Says Companies Must Narrow Lawsuit — Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) must narrow their patent-infringement lawsuit case scheduled for trial in 2014, a judge ruled. — U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose, California, today told lawyers …

More: PhoneArena, Electronista and CNET

Jaikumar Vijayan / Computerworld:

An inside look at Google's news-ranking algorithm — Patent application seeks to refine algorithm for third time since 2003 — A patent application filed by Google last year provides a detailed look at some of the metrics the company considers when ranking news stories and deciding …

Brad Smith / TechNet Blogs:

The Patent System: Fix What's Broken, Don't Break What's Working — Earlier today, I participated in an event on Capitol Hill about the U.S. patent system and software patents sponsored by BSAâ"‚The Software Alliance and the National Association of Manufacturers.

More: Bloomberg, The Register and GeekWire

Zachary Lutz / Engadget:

Chrome browser gains Web Speech API support in latest stable build — Good news, everyone: a safer and more robust version of Google Chrome has just been tipped for the masses. Like we've previously seen in the beta release, the stable version of Chrome 25 brings support for the Web Speech API.

More: BetaNews, Softpedia News, chrome.blogspot.ca, 9to5Google and Neowin

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Ubuntu touch preview can now be installed on Nexus phones, tablets — The promised Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview, the first version of Ubuntu ready for phones and tablets, is now available for download. Canonical has provided operating system images for various types of Nexus devices, along with instructions for installing them.

More: Ubuntu Wiki, Ubuntu App Developer, The H Open Source, ZDNet, Ubuntu Wiki, Softpedia News, The Verge, Android Phone Fans, The Register, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo, Lifehacker, Softpedia News, Techie Buzz, Droid Life and IntoMobile

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