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Kara Swisher / Vanity Fair:

Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Systrom on What Really Happened When Facebook Bought Instagram — The sale of Instagram to Facebook for a cool billion in the spring of 2012 was the ultimate Silicon Valley fairy tale: 18 months from launch to offer. But, for co-founder and C.E.O. Kevin Systrom …

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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

Meet The ‘Liberator’: Test-Firing The World's First Fully 3D-Printed Gun — “Alright. One...two...” — Before “three” arrives, a shot reverberates across the overcast central Texas landscape. A tall, sandy blond engineer named John has just pulled a twenty-foot length of yellow string tied …

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Brooke Crothers / CNET:

First Retina iPad Mini is on track: DisplaySearch update — The first refresh of the iPad Mini is coming in the third quarter, NPD DisplaySearch said Sunday, in an update. — Update: The iPad Mini will be refreshed in the third quarter with a retina display, according to NPD DisplaySearch.

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The Japan Times:

Nintendo taps smartphone apps for console boost — OSAKA - Nintendo Co. is trying to modify its game consoles so customers can use smartphone applications on them as it searches for a way to return to profitability, company sources said. — The game console and software maker …

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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Microsoft: Next Xbox will work even when your Internet doesn't — Should single-player games, Blu-ray playback, and live TV viewing be possible on a gaming console with no Internet connection? Most gamers would say “yes,” but they have been worried that Microsoft feels differently …

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Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:

Asustek to Make Small Windows 8 Tablets — Taiwanese PC Manufacturer Expects Prices to Drop Below $300 — Asustek Computer Inc. of Taiwan plans to sell small Windows 8 tablet computers this year, giving a boost to Microsoft Corp.'s efforts to reduce the size and price of mobile devices running its operating system.

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Michael Kan / PC World:

Asus Chromebook coming in the second half of 2013

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Greg Sandoval / The Verge:

Aereo files suit against CBS to head off second copyright claim from network — Aereo has filed a complaint against CBS in an effort to prevent the network from filing additional lawsuits against the fledgling service. — Aereo is a web TV service that enables users to view over-the-air broadcasts via the web.

More: TechCrunch, AllThingsD, CNET and Ars Technica. See also Mediagazer

Barb Darrow / GigaOM:

Dell snaps up Enstratius to build cloud momentum — You have to give Michael Dell credit: his company's still moving and shaking despite what have to be considerable distractions as he and his private equity pals take the company private. On Monday morning, Dell said it is buying Enstratius …

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Reuters:

EU regulator takes aim at Google over Apple mobile patent lawsuit — (Reuters) - The European Commission said it believed Motorola Mobility, a unit of Google, was abusing its market position by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany over patents essential to mobile phone standards.

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Steven Musil / CNET:

YouTube reportedly near launch of paid channel subscriptions — Video-sharing site could launch a paid content platform for some of its specialist video channels as early as this week, according to The Financial Times. — YouTube reportedly could launch its paid subscription service …

Adam Mann / Wired:

Google's Chief Internet Evangelist on Creating the Interplanetary Internet — When some future Mars colonist is able to open his browser and watch a cat in a shark suit chasing a duck while riding a roomba, they will have Vint Cerf to thank. — In his role as Google's chief internet evangelist …

More: 9to5Google, The Verge and Betabeat

Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table:

The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC — When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. — What kind of deals should I be doing? — What stage? What price?

More: Business Insider and Valleywag

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

After nearly 10 years, Adobe abandons its Creative Suite entirely to focus on Creative Cloud — Adobe first launched Creative Suite 1 back in 2003, and now, ten years and six versions later, the company is taking a left turn: Adobe is abandoning its Creative Suite entirely to focus efforts on Creative Cloud.

More: The Next Web and The Verge

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