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March 2, 2013, 11:15 PM
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Evernote:
Security Notice: Service-wide Password Reset  —  Evernote's Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access secure areas of the Evernote Service.  As a precaution to protect your data …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Evernote Saw First Signs Of Hacking On Feb. 28: Emails, Passwords And Usernames Accessed But Not Your Data Or Payment Details  —  Evernote is requiring its nearly 50 million users to reset their passwords after the popular personal note-taking app became the latest high-profile victim of wide-scale hacking attempts.
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Goodbye Groupon: Andrew Mason's dance with the devil  —  An aspiring entrepreneur partners with an experienced operator with a checkered past  —  In the wake of Andrew Mason's firing as CEO of Groupon, there's been a lot of negativity towards the young entrepreneur.
Bloomberg:
Mason Ouster Leaves Groupon Seeking CEO to Uncover Coupon Profit  —  Groupon Inc. (GRPN)'s decision to fire Andrew Mason puts pressure on Chairman Eric Lefkofsky to find a replacement who can create a money-making business after the daily-deal provider lost $723.8 million in the past three years.
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
The age of the brag is over: why Facebook might be losing teens  —  One week ago, Facebook Director of Product Blake Ross announced that he'd leave the company in a goodbye letter he posted on his profile page.  Ross wrote:  —  “I'm leaving because a Forbes writer asked his son's best friend Todd …
More: CNET.  Tweets: @karaswisher
Terrence O'Brien / Engadget:
Firefox OS is repeating the mistakes of others and hoping for a different outcome  —  I feel bad for Mozilla, I really do.  Competitors and the march of time are closing in quicker than it can raise its defenses.  Her crown jewel, Firefox, is feeling the squeeze as Chrome encroaches …
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Sprint Won't Be Offering BlackBerry's Flagship Z10 Model  —  Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) will be the only major U.S. carrier not to offer BlackBerry's new flagship Z10 touch-screen model when it debuts this month, opting instead to wait for the keyboard-equipped Q10.
Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:
Do Not Track bill reintroduced: ‘They have dragged their feet long enough,’ says senator  —  Do Not Track is back in the spotlight today as senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reintroduced a bill that would let people opt out of having their online activity tracked by advertisers.

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Minho Kim / New York Times:
Sarah B. Rogers, Trump's nominee to lead USAGM, says she would reinstate some agency employees; if confirmed, she would still serve in the State Department

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Swiss film producer Simon Afram sues Netflix for $105M, saying Netflix lost an unencrypted copy of a film starring Nicolas Cage that he spent $45M to produce

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
NBCU's deal with YouTube Premium signals a new phase in the streaming wars where platforms weigh deals with other companies to add content to their platforms

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
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Yahoo to kill swath of products including BlackBerry app, message boards, and more in April to sharpen focus

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Ben Lovejoy / MacRumors:
Apple Offers Refund After British Boy Spends $2500 on In-App Purchases in 15 Minutes
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Google Releases Interactive Infographic: “How Search Works”
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