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KPCB founder Tom Perkins compares “rising tide of hatred of the successful one percent” to Nazi war on Jews

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Chromebooks accounted for 19% of U.S. K-12 mobile computer purchases in 2013 — Chromebooks Take Other Mobile PCs to School — The Inexpensive Laptops Grab Fifth of U.S. Educational Purchases — Chromebooks have come from nowhere to grab nearly a fifth of U.S. school purchases of mobile computers …

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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

When Gmail Went Down, Yahoo Poked Fun On Twitter, Then Apologized — Gmail was down briefly today, and Yahoo — which suffered its own and much longer-lasting email woes recently — still decided it was a good opportunity to have some fun, tweeting about the failure then later apologizing.

More: Re/code, Valleywag, The Switch, USA Today, I4U News, Forbes, Mashable, tech.co and The Tell

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World, Service Returns After Roughly 50 Minutes

Benedict Evans:

As tech, media, and telecom collide, ignorance of any one sector leads to failures like Joost and WiMax — Ignorance — “However vast any person's basic reading may be, there still remain an enormous number of fundamental works that he has not read.” - Italo Calvino

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Review: “The Internet's Own Boy”, a documentary on Aaron Swartz's life and death — The New Aaron Swartz Documentary at Sundance — “The Internet's Own Boy,” a documentary about the life and death of Aaron Swartz, premièred on Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation.

More: Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, The Verge, Mashable and Reuters. Tweets: @knappb

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's Windows 8.1 Update 1: Rumored release target is March 11 — Summary: Windows 8.1 Update 1 may be headed for a March 2014 release and could include some under-the-hood changes to reduce memory and disk space requirements for cheaper tablets. — There's nothing like ending the week with a few fresh Windows rumors.

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Union Square Ventures finalizing a $350M fundraise for its next early-stage and “opportunities” funds — Union Square Ventures raises new funds — Early Twitter backer closes in on $300 million for new investments. — FORTUNE — Union Square Ventures …

Ryan Huang / ZDNet:

South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be deletable — Summary: New guidelines will require the industry to allow smartphone users the option to delete unnecessary pre-loaded applications, to rectify unreasonable practices and reduce inconvenience.

More: Wired.co.uk, Android Beat, Technabob, The Korea Observer, Engadget, BGR, Electronista, MobileBurn.com, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, Phandroid, Inquirer, CNET, Android Central, Tech in Asia and The Next Web. Tweets: @stevesi

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