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February 26, 2013, 1:30 PM

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Seth Sternberg / Google+ Developers Blog:

Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the social spam — Today we're adding a new feature to the Google+ platform: application sign-in. Whether you're building an app for Android, iOS or the web, users can now sign in to your app with Google, and bring along their Google+ info for an upgraded experience.

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Google+ Sign-In takes on Facebook Connect and frictionless sharing — Google+ has been on a steady path of iteration and integration since its debut in 2011, and now it's getting a new universal login and sharing system called Google+ Sign-In. On one level, it's an answer to Facebook Connect …

More: Softpedia News

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Google's Rubin: No Need for Retail Stores — Despite reports that Google has been eyeing real estate for physical stores, Android chief Andy Rubin says the company really doesn't need its own retail effort. — A few years ago, consumers needed to touch and feel devices …

More: BGR, TechCrunch, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, Pocketnow, 9to5Google and WebProNews. Tweets: @gsterling

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

The Pirate Bay Departs Sweden And Sets Sail For Norway and Spain — When it comes to hosting a website there are thousands of companies and organizations around the world open for business. However, the options reduce massively when your site is internationally infamous.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Piratpartiet, Plagiarism Today, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Daily Dot, WebProNews, Inquirer, Softpedia News, The Verge, ArcticStartup and memeburn

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Apple settles lawsuit over apps aimed at kids — will pay $5 iTunes credit or cash — Did your kid rack up charges on Apple's app store without your permission? You may be in luck: the company says it will pay to settle a lawsuit over so-called “bait apps,” which are games that can be downloaded …

Cotton Delo / AdAge:

Foursquare Partners with Visa and MasterCard to Give Discounts When Users Shop — Company Will Take a Cut of Offers Redeemed — Looking to unlock a new revenue stream, Foursquare is announcing new partnerships with Visa and MasterCard that will let credit and debit card holders claim discounts at participating retailers.

More: AllThingsD, VentureBeat, CNET, Business Insider, About Foursquare, Marketing Pilgrim, memeburn, The Next Web, Fast Company, Forbes, The Verge and WebProNews. Tweets: @cdixon

Jim Finkle / Reuters:

Researchers say Stuxnet was deployed against Iran in 2007 — (Reuters) - Researchers at Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) have uncovered a version of the Stuxnet computer virus that was used to attack Iran's nuclear program in November 2007, two years earlier than previously thought.

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Revealed: Stuxnet “beta's” devious alternate attack on Iran nuke program

More: Wired and Bloomberg Tech Blog

Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:

Former Square COO Keith Rabois Joins Square Investor Khosla Ventures As Partner — Keith Rabois is going to be a full-time investor after more than a decade in operating roles. And fittingly, he'll be doing that as a partner at Khosla Ventures — a high-powered firm as feisty, contrarian, and entrepreneur-focused as he is.

More: AllThingsD, Business Insider, CNET, VentureBeat, Businessweek, Fortune, Digits, GigaOM, Business Wire and Forbes. Thanks:@ryanlawler

Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:

BlackBerry Testing Money Messenger Service — BlackBerry (BBRY) is testing whether the money-transfer business will help Canada's smartphone maker keep users hooked on its instant-messaging service. — BlackBerry is beginning a pilot project with PT Bank Permata (BNLI) …

More: AllThingsD, Tech in Asia, Gizmodo, GadgeTell, The Full Signal, The Next Web and FierceMobileContent News

CNET:

Mozilla CEO: Android, iOS leave lots of room for Firefox OS — Mozilla's browser-based OS can win a place among the next 2 billion people arriving on the Net, Gary Kovacs argues. And about attracting app developers, he quipped, “There's a Web for that.” — BARCELONA, Spain …

More: AllThingsD, OStatic blogs, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, FierceWireless and TechCrunch

Tweets: @benedictevans and @benedictevans

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Twitter will have a native client ready for Firefox OS launch, will support Web Activities for easy tweeting

More: AllThingsD, CNET, ZDNet, Mashable!, TechCrunch, Geek.com and Neowin

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Chrome may soon get audio indicators to show you noisy tabs, keep them open when memory runs out — Google is working on identifying Chrome tabs that are currently playing audio (or recording it). The feature is expected to show an audio animation if a tab is broadcasting or recording sound.

More: The Register, PC World, Geek.com, Evolver.fm, 9to5Google, The Verge, Techdows, The Tech Report and Pocket-lint

Gabe / Penny Arcade:

The MS Surface Pro — I was aware of the Surface Pro but I wasn't especially interested in it until I heard it came with a stylus and supported pressure sensitivity. I love gadgets and drawing so it only makes sense that I've always been curious about gadgets you can draw on.

More: Global Nerdy and Neowin. Tweets: @ow and @danielegan

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

Apple's ‘Think Different’ man likes Samsung's ad campaign — Apple is like Obama after the first debate, says TBWA\Chiat\Day's former creative director — FORTUNE — Ken Segall worked with Steve Jobs for 14 years, during which time he put the i in iMac and found the thread that links Albert Einstein and Amelia Earhart.

More: Observatory, Business Insider, MacRumors, Business Insider, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Network World, iLounge, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone, App Advice and WebProNews

Barb Darrow / GigaOM:

Exclusive: RightScale is first to resell, support Google Compute Engine — Here's something to ponder for those who don't see Google Compute Engine as ready for primetime: RightScale will start reselling and providing first-line support of the Google public cloud infrastructure. This is big news.

Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:

Mid-2013 expansion for Internet names targeted — By By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer - 8 hours ago — NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival “.com” should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet oversight agency said Monday.

More: PC Magazine, CNET and Mashable!

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Apple Now a Bit Easier to Deal With, and Other Observations From France Telecom's Straight-Talking CEO — Apple, while still a force to be reckoned with, has become a bit easier to deal with under Tim Cook, at least according to one major European operator.

More: digitaltrends.com, Business Insider, WMPoweruser, CNET, iPhone, iPhone Hacks and TUAW

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Twitter for Windows Phone finally gets new design that matches other apps, Live Tile support and more — Twitter has announced a long-awaited update to its official app for Windows Phone which brings its design in line with the apps for other platforms like iOS, Android and the web.

More: Twitter Blog, Engadget, The Verge and WMPoweruser

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Outbox Pours Salt On Snail Mail By Launching Its Digitizing Service In San Francisco — Mail digitizing startup Outbox is launching in San Francisco today, the first step in what co-founder Will Davis says is a broader national rollout. — If, like me, you find physical mail to be an annoyance, this is good news.

More: Business Insider, ReadWrite, GadgeTell, Geekosystem, Ubergizmo, KUT News, SlashGear, BestTechie and PSFK. Thanks:@rdewing

Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:

Gates, Zuckerberg, Other Tech Icons Promote Youth Coding in New Film — A new nonprofit seeking to rally interest among children, parents and schools in computer programming is getting help from some big guns in the tech industry, including the founders of Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter.

More: TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, ZDNet, Fortune, GigaOM, AllThingsD, AllFacebook, GeekWire, Forbes, PandoDaily, Mashable!, Softpedia News and WebProNews

Christina Bonnington / Wired:

Durability Will Be Apple's Biggest Challenge to Making a Curved iWatch — The curved display that wraps around your wrist is the coolest thing about the revolutionary smartwatch we all know Apple is building, but it's one of the easiest parts of the project.

More: Business Insider. Thanks:@prkinggarage

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

For the First Time Since Napster, Music Sales Are Growing — The last time music was a growth business was 1999 — back when people bought millions of Britney Spears CDs, and GeoCities was the third-most popular Web property in the world. You know what's happened since then.

More: AppleInsider, IFPI, New York Times, The Next Web, MacRumors, VatorNews, The Next Web, Gizmodo and Electronista. See also Mediagazer

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Maybe You'll Get the Pay TV You Want, After All: Cablevision Sues Viacom to Break Up the Bundle — Pay TV has a simple model: If you want to watch one channel, you have to pay for dozens, or hundreds of others, whether you watch them or not. That model drives lots of consumers nuts, but it has looked very, very hard to dislodge.

More: The Verge, PR Newswire, The Next Web, TechCrunch, AdAge and multichannel.com/rss. See also Mediagazer

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Opera reveals its new WebKit-based browser for Android — The radically overhauled browser works on Gingerbread, gets “Off-road Mode” for bad networks, adds a content discovery tool, and will ship in the first half of the year. — BARCELONA, Spain—Opera Software has dropped the new engine …

More: Engadget and Softpedia News

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