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March 4, 2013, 11:55 AM

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Bloomberg:
Apple's Planned ‘IWatch’ Could Be More Profitable Than TV  —  While Tim Cook has dropped hints that Apple Inc. (AAPL) is hard at work on a television to drive the next era of growth, the company's wristwatch-style device, still in development, may prove more profitable.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Apple's watch will run iOS and arrive later this year, say sources  —  Jony Ive wants a spot on your wrist  —  More details are emerging about Apple's forthcoming watch, which is targeted for release this year, according to aBloomberg report this morning and corroborated by our sources.
Wayne Williams / BetaNews:
Xbox Live premieres its first movie  —  In tough economic times, raising the money and getting a movie made without any major stars in it can be more than a little challenging for independent film makers.  Getting it distributed is even harder.  —  So instead of trying to get their movie into cinemas …
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
The Evolving Economics of the App  —  Music search application SoundHound is a bargain on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone store: It is free.  —  But for iPhone users, one version of SoundHound costs $6.99.  And on Google Inc. Android devices, a version of the mobile app costs $5.99.
Quinn Norton / The Atlantic Online:
Life Inside the Aaron Swartz Investigation  —  A reluctant witness's account of a Federal prosecution.  If you haven't been following the case, start with the editor's note for context.  —  Once your life is inside a federal investigation, there is no space outside of it.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Warren Buffett: If he were Tim Cook, he'd be buying Apple  —  “If you could buy dollar bills for 80 cents, it's a very good thing to do.”  —  FORTUNE — In a three-hour appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning, Berkshire Hathaway's (BRKA) Warren Buffett addressed two burning issues …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
YouTube Programmers Complain About Video Advertising Dollars  —  The big picture for YouTube looks good.  The world's biggest video site keeps getting bigger, generating more video views and more ad dollars.  —  Things are fuzzier for some of YouTube's biggest programming partners.
Christopher S. Stewart / Wall Street Journal:
As Pirates Run Rampant, TV Studios Dial Up Pursuit  —  By the glow of six flat screens inside a windowless room in a California office tower, three content cops from NBCUniversal watch as pirated versions of the cable-TV drama “Suits” begin popping up on the Internet within minutes of the show's closing credits.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
There Was That Whole Internet Thing, Too  —  Anyone wanting to see the whole “history is written by the victors” thing in process should read Tim Wu and John Gruber battle it out over exactly why Apple has kicked the crap out of everyone else since the late 90s.

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