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March 1, 2013, 1:45 PM

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Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch:

FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban — Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the executive branch has any authority to change the law.

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Einhorn's Greenlight Drops “Silly” Apple Suit — Hedge fund magnate and famous Apple bull David Einhorn has dropped his lawsuit against the company in which he holds some 1.3 million shares. Einhorn's Greenlight Capital on Friday withdrew the suit it brought against Apple over a proxy proposal …

More: MarketWatch, CNET, Mercury News, VentureBeat, MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, ValueWalk and Electronista

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Facebook holding an event to show off a ‘new look for News Feed’ on March 7th — Facebook has just sent out an invite to press with the text ‘come see a new look for News Feed’. The event will be held at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters on Thursday March 7th, 2013 at 10am PST and we'll be on site.

More: The Verge, Business Insider, Inside Facebook, TechCrunch, Reuters, memeburn, iDownloadBlog.com and AllThingsD

David Hsieh / DisplaySearch Blog:

Smaller Tablet PCs to Take Over in 2013? — The launch of the iPad mini in late 2012 has been seen as an acknowledgement by Apple that smaller size (7-9") tablet PCs would become a larger part of the market than larger sizes (9.7" or 10.1"). Key aspects are more attractive prices and the ability …

More: MacRumors, Robot Tuxedo, CITEworld, Businessweek, GigaOM, Electronista, Datamation.com, iDownloadBlog.com, FierceMobileIT News, Yahoo! News, DisplayBlog, T3 News, VentureBeat, PhoneArena, MacDailyNews, Phones Review and Daring Fireball

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google's CFO says Motorola's upcoming products aren't ‘wow’ by Google standards (update) — If you were hoping to see a revelatory smartphone from Motorola in the near future, you might want to tone down those expectations. Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Patrick Pichette today …

More: TechHive, Business Insider, Phones Review, Electronista, PhoneArena, Android and Me, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, Beyond Search, Gotta Be Mobile and 9to5Google

Bloomberg:

Best Buy Says It Got No Offer From Founder Schulze — Best Buy Co. (BBY) said it received no offer from founder Richard Schulze by the deadline yesterday and will continue to focus on its turnaround. — The deadline expired and Schulze didn't make a bid, the Richfield, Minnesota-based retailer said in a statement today.

More: PC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, DealBook, BGR, Reuters, Engadget, The Verge, Forbes, Deadline.com and InvestorPlace

Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:

Apple Invents Advanced iPad Magnetics System for Dual iPad Notebook, Tripod Stands, Gaming Controller & Much More — On February 28, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a system for magnetically attaching a tablet device to a supporting structure.

More: The Register, VentureBeat, Mashable!, Business Insider, PhoneArena, CNET, PadGadget and AppleInsider

Groupon, Inc.:

Groupon Announces Leadership Change — Board Appoints Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis to the Office of the Chief Executive-Board Initiates Search for New CEO—Groupon, the global leader in local commerce, today announced a leadership change in which Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky …

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Andrew Mason is out as CEO of Groupon, here's his sendoff letter

More: Digits, SocialTimes, Associated Press, FierceMobileContent News, Mashable!, TechnoBuffalo, ZDNet, AllThingsD and Betabeat

Tweets: @levie and @andrewmason

Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence:

Ted Leonsis Back in a Dotcom Driver's Seat at Groupon

More: At Work, MarketBeat, Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @rafat

Bloomberg:

Google Defeats Publishers Over Copyright in German Parliament — Google Inc. (GOOG) and other news aggregators may continue to show short news items on their Internet sites without being required to pay, German lawmakers decided in a parliamentary vote today in a blow to publishers including Axel Springer AG (SPR) and Bertelsmann SE.

More: PC Magazine, Search Engine Land, VentureBeat, Spiegel Online, Search Engine Land, paidContent, ZDNet, German Pulse and Datamation.com. See also Mediagazer

Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blog:

Evernote for iOS Update: New View, Better PDF Support, Evernote Business Improvements, and More — Today's Evernote for iOS (5.2) update is full of exciting and useful features, including a new way to view your notes, a completely overhauled PDF experience, more formatting options …

More: Apple, MacRumors, Engadget, MacNN, TUAW, iPhone, SlashGear and The Next Web

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Oracle investigating after two more Java 7 zero-day flaws found — Summary: Polish security researchers have discovered yet more zero-day vulnerabilities in Java, the beleaguered Web plug-in, that led to the successful intrusion of Facebook, Apple and Microsoft in recent weeks. — Zack Whittaker

More: FireEye, SecLists.Org Security …, The Next Web and WebProNews. Thanks:@zackwhittaker

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Square Slapped With Cease And Desist By Illinois State Department Of Financial Regulation — Mobile payments company Square appears to have just received a cease and desist order from the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation. You can access the document here.

More: The Next Web and PandoDaily. Tweets: @noyesclt and @rakeshlobster. Thanks:@ryanlawler

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

US Web payment enabler Stripe finally comes to Europe, launches beta service in the UK — Stripe, the fast-growing Web payment enabler from the US, has finally launched its service in Europe, starting with the UK today. — Founder Patrick Collison announced the launch of a beta service …

More: TechCrunch, ZDNet and Finextra Research

David Meyer / GigaOM:

BSkyB buys Telefónica UK's fixed-line business for $300M — British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) will buy Telefónica's UK fixed-line broadband and telephony business for up to £200 million ($303 million), the companies announced early on Friday.

More: BBC, ZDNet, Engadget, TechRadar.com, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, The Register, Hollywood Reporter, Telegraph, Guardian, SlashGear, Bloomberg, Inquirer and Electronista

Gary Sims / Android Authority:

Ex-Apple marketing guru Guy Kawasaki now advising Motorola — Apple's former chief technology evangelist Guy Kawasaki has taken a job as an advisor to Motorola. His remit at Motorola includes product design, user interface, marketing, and social media. One of his first social media tasks …

More: Betabeat, Google+ and Android Community. See also Mediagazer

Jamie Rigg / Engadget:

First BB10 update addresses battery life, low-light photography, third-party app performance and more — BlackBerry 10 has been out in the wild for almost a month, and today early adopters will begin receiving the first update to the new platform: version 10.0.10.85.

More: Inside BlackBerry, GigaOM, ZDNet, Washington Post, ReadWrite, CNET, VentureBeat, Inquirer, The Verge, SlashGear, PhoneArena, FierceMobileContent News, The Full Signal, MobileSyrup.com, Pocket-lint and Gotta Be Mobile

Erin Bury / BetaKit:

PayPal Competitor WePay Launches iOS App to Take Invoicing & Payments Mobile — Startup WePay launched as a group payments solution that allowed people to purchase an item together online, and has since pivoted to become a PayPal-like contender in the online payments space.

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, ZDNet, PandoDaily, Wired and Betabeat

Tim Carmody / The Verge:

Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies ‘aiding the enemy’ — Manning will read an extended personal statement detailing his actions and his motives, describing ‘moral outrage’ at the US Army's actions in Iraq — US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning …

More: New Republic, Guardian and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

Jesse Hicks / The Verge:

Over 1,000 days without a trial: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the culture of secrecy

More: Reuters and bigstory.ap.org

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