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March 14, 2013, 12:10 AM

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Urs Holzle / The Official Google Blog:
A second spring of cleaning  —  We're living in a new kind of computing environment.  Everyone has a device, sometimes multiple devices.  It's been a long time since we have had this rate of change—it probably hasn't happened since the birth of personal computing 40 years ago.
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Google To Close Google Reader On July 1  —  Google Reader user?  Say goodbye.  Google has announced the service is closing on July 1.  —  The news came today in a “Spring Cleaning” blog post from Google, where the company said: … I'm pretty amazed to read this.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Feedly promises ‘seamless’ transition after Google Reader to its own backend  —  If you (like many of us at Engadget) are in a state of shock facing the end of Google Reader this summer, there may be an easy replacement.  RSS app/service Feedly posts on its blog that it has been anticipating …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
The Google Reader Shutdown Is Yet Another Nail In Feedburner's Coffin  —  How long until Google shuts down Feedburner?  The company just announced that it is shutting down Google Reader on July 1.  That's a sad day for all of us who still regularly use it, but its demise was probably inevitable.
Larry Page / The Official Google Blog:
Update from the CEO  —  Sergey and I first heard about Android back in 2004, when Andy Rubin came to visit us at Google.  He believed that aligning standards around an open-source operating system would drive innovation across the mobile industry.  Most people thought he was nuts.
Wall Street Journal:
In Rare Move, Apple Goes on the Defensive Against Samsung  —  Apple Inc. is on the defensive.  —  In a rare interview a day before Samsung Electronics Co. announces a new flagship smartphone in New York, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller on Wednesday played down the expected competition …
Bloomberg:
Mike Kruzeniski / Twitter Blog:
Welcome Twitter for Windows 8  —  Today, we are releasing Twitter for Windows 8, a new app that makes it easier than ever to share and discover content on Windows 8 devices.  In addition to familiar Twitter features, including the Home, Connect, Discover, and Me tabs, this app introduces …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: HTC One Headed to Verizon, Too  —  It looks like HTC's One really will be the one flagship for the Taiwanese phone maker.  —  When HTC announced the phone last month, it said the One would be sold at AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.  A mention of Verizon was noticeably absent.
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
Veronica Mars movie hits $2M Kickstarter goal in 10 hours  —  Veronica Mars fans got one step closer towards seeing bringing their favorite teen detective back on the screen - the big screen, that is: A Kickstarter project to raise funds for a Veronica Mars movie that show creator Rob Thomas launched hit …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Outbox: Yahoo Mail Head Sharma Leaves Company  —  According to numerous sources, Vivek Sharma, who is GM of the powerful Mail and Messenger products at Yahoo, has left the company.  —  It's not clear where Sharma — who has been at the Silicon Valley Internet giant since 2009 and has worked …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Apple CEO Cook must testify in e-books antitrust case: judge  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook must sit for a deposition in the U.S. government's lawsuit against the company over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Is Samsung Stringing Microsoft Along on Windows Phone 8?  —  Is Samsung's interest in Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 on the level, or is it a ploy intended to slow the platform's market penetration?  Boutique research house Detwiler Fenton believes it may be the latter, a concerted effort …
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Twitter Firms Up Top Ranks With CTO, Tightens Product and Design Roles  —  Twitter has appointed Adam Messinger as the company's Chief Technical Officer, according to his Twitter profile, in a move that solidifies Twitter's top C-Suite ranks on the company's slow, steady trudge to going public.
More: CNET, TechCrunch and GigaOM
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Google Admits Street View Project Violated Privacy  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Tuesday acknowledged to state officials that it had violated people's privacy during its Street View mapping project when it casually scooped up passwords, e-mail and other personal information from unsuspecting computer users.
iFixit:
Pebble Teardown  —  Welcome to the future of watch evolution.  The Pebble E-Paper Watch is the “first watch built for the 21st century.”  It can track your bikerides, display your text messages, and even tell the time!  We had no choice but to bust the Pebble open and see what made it tick.
More: Wired
Jake Smith / Pocket-lint:
LG ‘Smart Video’ eye recognition for Optimus G Pro will track eyes to pause and play video  —  LG is diving into the eye recognition space with a new feature dubbed Smart Video.  It will eliminate the need for a users' hands when watching video on the currently South Korea-exclusive Optimus G Pro and will solely track eyes.?
More: The Verge and Engadget.  Thanks:@jakeosmith

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