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February 13, 2014, 10:55 AM

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Bloomberg:

Comcast Agrees to Buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 Billion — Comcast Corp. agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion, combining the two largest U.S. cable companies in an all-stock transaction. — Investors of New York-based Time Warner Cable will receive 2.875 new Comcast stock …

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Om Malik / Gigaom:

Comcast and Time Warner Cable: Forget TV, it is all about broadband — If it is allowed to gobble up its number two rival, Time Warner Cable, Philadelphia-based Comcast will become the largest broadband provider in the United States, and perhaps the largest outside China.

More: Gizmodo, Business Insider, Guardian and BestTechie

Tweets: @kevinctofel, @nytimesbits and @zseward

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Wall Street Journal:

Apple TV's scaled-back plans would rely on cable providers to acquire programming rights — Apple in Talks to Revamp Set-Top Box — Scaled-Back Plans Would Rely on Cable Providers to Acquire Programming Rights — Apple Inc. appears to be scaling back its lofty TV industry plans.

More: Engadget, CNNMoney.com, iLounge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo and App Advice. Tweets: @wsjd. See also Mediagazer

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Here's What the New Apple TV Could Look Like (Hint: Check Your iPad)

More: I4U News. Tweets: @fmanjoo. See also Mediagazer

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Rizvi Traverse to Lead $250 Million Investment in Jawbone at $3.3 Billion Valuation — Jawbone, the maker of innovative consumer electronic devices such as the activity-tracking Up wristband, is poised to complete a new $250 million round of funding that values the company at $3.3 billion …

More: Venture Capital Dispatch, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Business Insider

Tweets: @danprimack and @ajs

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google's requirements from Android device makers draws EU antitrust scrutiny — Android's ‘Open’ System Has Limits — To Get Access to Key Google Apps, Device Makers Abide by Company's Strict Terms — Google Inc. says its Android mobile operating system is “open.”

More: Ars Technica, BenEdelman.org, CNET, BGR, ZDNet, Digits, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, Android Beat, FOSS Patents and 9to5Google

Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:

NYC's Touchscreen Subway Maps Are Finally Here, and They're Amazing — New York subway riders first were promised futuristic touchscreen wayfinding maps a year ago. But the plan to install the futuristic infrastructure stalled as the design team took a step back to improve the hardware.

Sarah Silbert / Engadget:

Verizon's More Everything plan takes on T-Mobile with increased data, unlimited international messaging from the US — BY SARAH SILBERT @SARAHSILBERT FEB 13TH 2014 8:00AM — Yesterday Verizon hinted that something “More” was coming, and that's just what the carrier detailed this morning.

More: iMore, Gigaom, MacRumors, Re/code, DSLreports, BGR, The Verge, CNET, Bloomberg and AndroidGuys

Yoni Heisler / TUAW:

A look at Apple's R&D expenditures from 1995-2013 — For a company that makes as much money as Apple, you might be surprised to learn that it spends far less on Research and Development (R&D) than many of its competitors, including bigwigs like Google, Microsoft, and Samsung.

More: Beyond Search. Tweets: @hkanji and @pmarca. Thanks:@anderzole

Loek Essers / PC World:

Linking to a website doesn't infringe copyright, Europe's Court of Justice says — The owner of a website does not require authorization of the copyright holder to link to freely accessible copyright works on another site, even if Internet users get the impression that the work is appearing …

More: TorrentFreak, Digits, ZDNet, Marketing Pilgrim and Wall Street Journal

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Meet Rise, The Diet App That Helped Me Lose 20 Pounds (And Keep It Off During The Holidays) — Dieting isn't easy. In fact, it's pretty damn hard. Most diet plans have strict guidelines that are difficult to stand by. Hiring a nutritionist can be effective, but the cost is generally out of reach for most people.

Tweets: @arainert, @parislemon and @johnolilly

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Dropbox Hires Google's Woodside as Operating Chief — Company Veteran Was Motorola CEO Under Google — Dropbox Inc., the fast-growing online storage company, plans to name Google Inc. executive Dennis Woodside as its first chief operating officer, according to three people familiar with the matter.

More: TechCrunch, Fortune, ZDNet, The Register, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, Geek.com, Softpedia News, Mashable, The Verge, Gigaom, Engadget, bizjournals, SlashGear, Pulse 2.0, CNET, I4U News, Re/code, Droid Life, Android Central, Pocket-lint and Business Insider

Tweets: @wsjd, @amir, @gassee, @jessicalessin, @hunterwalk and @msuster

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

To survive tech extinctions, buy Apple's hardware, use Google's services, buy Amazon's media — How to Survive the Next Wave of Technology Extinction — Don't mock the beleaguered Nook owner. That could have been you. — Five years ago, when the nation's largest chain of bookstores released …

Tweets: @palafo, @theromit, @pkafka, @anildash, @jguynn, @dangillmor and @benbajarin

Michael Gorman / Engadget:

LG's extra-large G Pro 2 packs a 4K video camera and knock code unlock feature — BY MICHAEL GORMAN @NUMESON FEB 12TH 2014 9:04PM — Looks like LG wants to get out ahead of all the smartphone news soon to come from Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, as the South Korean company has officially announced the G Pro 2.

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

ISP lobby has already won limits on public broadband in 20 states — We must stop the proliferation of Internet! — South Park Studios — It's no secret that private Internet service providers hate when cities and towns decide to enter the telecommunications business themselves.

More: SlashGear

Brooke Crothers / CNET:

Finally, here come the 64-bit Windows 8.1 tablets — At least one major PC maker is expected to show an Intel “Bay Trail” tablet running 64-bit Windows 8.1 at Mobile World Congress, according to a source familiar with upcoming plans for those tablets. — Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo …

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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:

Foreign regimes use spyware against journalists, even in U.S. — Mesay Mekonnen was at his desk, at a news service based in Northern Virginia, when gibberish suddenly exploded across his computer screen one day in December. A sophisticated cyber-attack was underway.

More: I4U News. Tweets: @rj_gallagher. See also Mediagazer

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Gary Vaynerchuk Launches New $25 Million Seed Fund — Gary Vaynerchuk, the well-known entrepreneur, is launching a $25 million seed fund, which is backed by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. — In an interview, Vaynerchuk said it was not a “pure investment play,” but will focus on operating …

Tweets: @garyvee and @marshallk

Brian X. Chen / New York Times:

Apple Says Supplies Don't Come From War Zones — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple published on Thursday its supplier responsibility report, an annual audit of the contract workers who produce and assemble its iPhones, iPads and other hardware in factories outside the United States.

Chitika:

Tablet Hourly Usage Study: iPad Dominates, Surface Users More Active During Working Hours — Microsoft has positioned its Surface tablets as devices more fit for work activities as compared to those from other manufacturers. The question remains though, are Surface tablets actually being used …

More: Forbes. Tweets: @dujkan

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Marc Andreessen: Tech Is Still Recovering From A Depression — Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn sat down today at the Goldman Sachs conference in San Francisco, to talk about the thing investors always talk about: Tech.

Zach Rodgers / AdExchanger:

Facebook Drops Two Mobile Ad Partners For Keeping Data Too Long — Facebook has cut two partners from its mobile ad measurement program for failing to honor its policies around data retention and disclosure, AdExchanger has learned. — The companies, HasOffers and Kontagent …

More: Kontagent, Softpedia News, Adotas, Re/code, SocialTimes, Gamasutra and VentureBeat

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Ahead of Acquisition Binge, Lenovo Quarterly Revenue Tops $10 Billion for First Time — Lenovo, which is in the process of buying IBM's server business and Google's Motorola phone business, said Thursday that its existing business topped $10 billion in quarterly revenue, a first for the company.

More: Lenovo Newsroom, Bloomberg, Computerworld, ZDNet, Digits, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Electronista, SlashGear, New York Times, BBC, CNET, Emerging Markets Daily and Reuters

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google partners with VMware to let Chrome OS users access their Windows desktops, data, and applications — Google today announced it has partnered with VMWare to bring Windows access to Chrome OS. More specifically, if you own a Chromebook, you can now use VMware Horizon DaaS to manage …

More: Google Enterprise Blog, BGR, CNET, I4U News, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Business Insider, Android Central, TechCrunch, Channelinsider, Electronista, BrianMadden.com, Engadget, BetaNews, Softpedia News and The Register

Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

Parents resume privacy fight vs. Facebook over use of children's images in ads — A group of parents, backed by child advocacy and privacy groups, plans to ask a federal appeals court Thursday to throw out a settlement with Facebook over its use of children's images in advertisements.

More: New York Times

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