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February 13, 2014, 3:55 PM

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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: VideoNuze Analysis, Salon, Gizmodo, Digits, Business Insider, The Switch, Guardian, Washington Post, Zatz Not Funny!, Forbes, The Register, The Verge, PE Hub Blog, BestTechie, iMore and FierceCable

Tweets: @kevinctofel and @zseward

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

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

More: GeekWire, SiliconBeat, Computerworld, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE and I4U News. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: BGR. Tweets: @stevesi

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures Cutting Five Percent of Workforce — Intellectual Ventures, the invention house and patent consolidator run by former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold, is cutting five percent of its workforce. — “We continue to refine our business and in doing …

More: GeekWire

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:

Google's requirements from Android device makers draw 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: BenEdelman.org, Ars Technica, Gigaom, Digits, Inquirer, CNET, BGR, MacDailyNews, Pocketnow, Android Beat, ZDNet, FierceWireless and AppleInsider

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

To avoid obsolescence, buy Apple's hardware, use Google's services, and 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 …

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @edbott and @palafo

Cromwell Schubarth / bizjournals:

Storage provider Tintri raises $75M, plans $1B-plus IPO next year — Tintri, a startup that provides storage for virtualization and cloud customers, has raised a $75 million Series E funding on its way to what it hopes will be a $1B-plus IPO in 2015. — CEO Ken Klein said the round was led …

More: Re/code, Venture Capital Dispatch, Tintri, PE Hub Blog and Gigaom

Sarah Silbert / Engadget:

Verizon's More Everything plan takes on T-Mobile with increased data, unlimited international messaging from the US — Yesterday Verizon hinted that something “More” was coming, and that's just what the carrier detailed this morning. Its new More Everything plans will replace current Share …

More: eWeek, Computerworld, Phandroid, NYT Bits, VentureBeat, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, Geek Beat Technology News, Geeky Gadgets, Android Community, WebProNews, iMore, Gigaom, Bloomberg, DSLreports, BGR, App Advice, AndroidGuys and The Verge

Lisa Jennings / Nation's Restaurant News:

Taco Bell testing mobile ordering for in-store pickup, will roll out nationally this year — Taco Bell to offer mobile ordering nationwide — Taco Bell is preparing to roll out mobile ordering nationwide later this year, a move that will likely fuel a trend expected to shake up the quick-service world.

More: Los Angeles Times, The Switch, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Droid Life, Business Insider and Pulse 2.0

Wall Street Journal:

Google, Microsoft, Comcast, others to announce WifiForward coalition to lobby for more Wi-Fi spectrum — Tech Companies Push for Greater Wi-Fi Access — Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter, Google, Microsoft Set to Announce Coalition — As mobile data traffic continues to skyrocket, Wi-Fi is getting a lot more attention.

More: The Verge

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: Digits, Engadget, ZDNet, Plagiarism Today and Marketing Pilgrim. See also Mediagazer

Michael Gorman / Engadget:

LG's extra-large G Pro 2 packs a 4K video camera and knock code unlock feature — 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.

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: @parislemon, @arainert and @johnolilly

Bambi Francisco Roizen / VatorNews:

Learning site Curious lands $15M, starts monetizing — GSV Asset Management leads round; Teachers can now charge and get tips from student — Curious, an online marketplace for life-long learning, just raised $15 million in its second round of financing, led by GSV Asset Management …

More: VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog and I4U News

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

BBM Update Adds Voice Calls, Channels, Dropbox And Location Sharing For iOS And Android Users — A new update to the BBM apps for iOS and Android add a laundry list of anticipated features to the messaging platform. BBM Voice makes its first appearance on the Android and iPhone clients …

More: Inside BlackBerry, TechHive, BetaNews, Inquirer, Gigaom, App Advice, Pocketnow, Engadget, Softpedia News, The Next Web, iDownloadBlog.com, BerryReview, Cult of Mac, PhoneNews.com and Droid Life

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Uber expands background checks for all US drivers — All new Uber drivers in American markets will now need to undergo federal and county background checks, the private cab and ridesharing network announced in a blog post yesterday. The new checks will also be run on current Uber drivers …

More: Uber Blog and TechCrunch

Jason Clampet / Skift:

Study indicates 2/3 of Airbnb's 19.5K NYC listings have offsite owners, violating city law — Airbnb in NYC: The Real Numbers Behind the Sharing Story — The five biggest neighborhoods for Airbnb are in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan with few hotels. Skift / Mapbox

More: CNET, Valleywag and The Verge

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows 8 passes 200 million license sales — Microsoft has been rather quiet about its risky Windows 8 bet. The company passed 100 million license sales of Windows 8 after around six months, but a year on the market came and went without any real update on its progress.

More: ZDNet, Computerworld, TechCrunch, WindowsITPro, Neowin and WinBeta

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Square Cash makes requesting money from friends as easy as CC'ing request@square.com — Square Cash now lets you request money from friends — Square Cash's sheer simplicity has made it my go-to service for sending money to friends, and now Square's hoping to make requesting money just as simple.

More: VentureBeat, CNET, Engadget, Re/code, squareup.com and WebProNews

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.

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