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February 19, 2014, 11:25 AM

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Microsoft SkyDrive becomes OneDrive, gets camera backup for Android, real-time co-authoring, and easier video sharing — Microsoft today officially relaunched SkyDrive as OneDrive, giving its existing users access to their files on the new service by simply logging in at onedrive.com.

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple bringing iTunes Festival to the US for the first time at SXSW, for five nights in March — Apple has announced that it is bringing the iTunes Festival to the United States for the first time, after being a UK-only event since it began in 2007. The festival will be held at SXSW …

More: Business Wire, The Next Web, VentureBeat, CNET, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, The Verge, Gigaom, TechCrunch, The Loop, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News, App Advice, iPad, everythingiCafe, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @benjaminzamayo

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Capital Invests $40M In Learning Analytics Firm Renaissance Learning At $1B Valuation — Renaissance Learning, one of the leading cloud-based K-12 assessment and learning analytics companies, today announced that it has raised a $40 million investment from Google Capital.

More: The Official Google Blog, Re/code, VentureBeat, CNET, Digits, The Next Web, Fortune, Softpedia News, PE Hub Blog and WebProNews

Digits:

Apple's smartphone market share in China grows to 7%, now back in top 5 smartphone vendors — Apple Gains Some Ground in China Smartphone Market — Apple seems to be gaining some ground in the world's largest smartphone market. — In China, Apple's market share rose slightly …

More: The Next Web, Tech in Asia, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, TUAW, Electronista, App Advice, ZDNet and AppleInsider

Tweets: @juroosawa and @wsj

Alistair Barr / USA Today:

Sources: new Samsung Gear smartwatch to run on Tizen, not Android — Samsung's updated smartwatch to shun Android — SAN FRANCISCO - The new version of Samsung's Gear smartwatch will run on Tizen, not Google's Android operating system, the latest attempt by the South Korean electronics giant …

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Samsung plans to launch new Galaxy Gear models next week

More: Electronista, AndroidOS.in, Inquirer, TechnoBuffalo and 9to5Google

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

After Raising $10M From USV, SideCar Pivots To Offer A Ride-sharing Marketplace — Peer-to-peer ride-sharing startup SideCar is releasing a brand new version of its app for both passengers and drivers, which will provide more flexibility for drivers and more choice for passengers.

More: A VC, Gigaom, TechHive, CNET, Re/code, Reuters and Skift. Tweets: @om

Kate Kaye / AdAge:

Amazon and Apple struggle with ad growth because they're “slow, cocky and downright stingy” according to media buyers — Why Can't Amazon And Apple Catch a Break on Madison Ave? — Advertising Sales Are a Tough Slog for Both — And for A lot of the Same Reasons — Goodby, Silverstein and Partners

More: TheStreet.com, Fortune, Breaking Apple News …, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, The Mac Observer, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, Computerworld and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @amir

Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:

Inside Target, CEO Gregg Steinhafel Struggles to Contain Giant Cybertheft — How Target Is Working to Manage Crisis After Theft of Credit and Debit Card Numbers From Millions of Customers — When hackers broke into the database of department store Target, it affected an estimated 100 million customers.

Jesse Hicks / The Verge:

This machine kills trolls: how Wikipedia's robots and cyborgs snuff out vandalism — At midnight on February 13th, 2014, a Wikipedia user named Lightningawesome added to the list of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic characters a lengthy biography of Lightning Dash, a capricious, lovable filly existing only in fan fiction.

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Nokia Treasure Tag is a $30 Lumia accessory to help keep valuables safe - goes on sale in April — Nokia is introducing a new way to keep valuables safe on the go using your smartphone. Nokia Treasure Tag is a smart peripheral that syncs with Lumia devices to help keep track of keys …

More: Nokia Conversations, Gigaom, Gizmodo, The Verge, BetaNews, WinBeta, Digital Trends, Engadget, TechCrunch, Electronista, GeekWire, Wpxbox, SlashGear, Phones Review and Ubergizmo

Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg:

In Russia, iPhone sales doubled in 2013 to 1.57M, largest carriers now resuming iPhone sales — Apple Drags Russia's Mobile Carriers Kicking and Screaming Into the iPhone Era — After years of wooing, Russian mobile carriers are finally coming around to the iPhone — not that they have much choice.

More: Mobile Marketing Watch, MacNN, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider and Electronista

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

HP Explores Settlement of Autonomy Shareholder Lawsuit — Hewlett-Packard has begun talks with a shareholders' group that sued the company and CEO Meg Whitman over the botched 2011 acquisition of the British software firm Autonomy about a possible settlement, sources familiar with the situation tell Re/code.

Reuters:

HP was aware of Autonomy's loss-making hardware sales: FT

More: bizjournals, Digits and Business Insider

David Meyer / Gigaom:

Yandex offers apps-and-services bundle to help others build non-Google Android devices — The Android Open Source Project, or AOSP, allows anyone to build a device using the basic Android operating system, without Google's permission. However, that also means forgoing all of the Google services …

More: SiliconANGLE, The Next Web, TechCrunch and Bloomberg

Dan Farber / CNET:

Artemis aims to eliminate congestion, dead zones and unreliable connections in cellular networks using pCell technology — Is pCell the Holy Grail of wireless networking? — Serial entrepreneur Steve Perlman claims that his new patented technology can create the wireless network of our dreams.

More: New York Times, LAPTOP Magazine, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, Re/code, The Verge, IEEE Spectrum Recent …, EE Times and Wired

Tweets: @bijan and @al3x

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Google Explains How Not To Be A Glasshole — Here are the do's and don'ts of wearing Google Glass. Right from Google. — Apparently — and I know this might be a shocker — you're not supposed to stand in the corner of the room and record people with Google Glass.

Reuters:

FCC will not appeal defeat in Verizon internet access case — U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will once again seek to set rules that make sure broadband providers do not discriminate or block any content on the Internet, a senior FCC official said on Wednesday.

More: Law Blog, NationalJournal.com and Deadline.com

Tweets: @samgustin and @eggerton

Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:

Upsetting the app cart: Asian messaging services challenge mobile order — (Reuters) - Asian chat services KakaoTalk, LINE and WeChat threaten to overturn the mobile order of things, usurping the role of Google Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and telecoms carriers as gatekeeper to the consumer.

More: stratechery. Tweets: @jonrussell and @msab_xry

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Opera Opens Pre-Registration For Its Data-Savings Android App — Last December, Opera announced Max, a free app that would use Opera's servers to compress all the non-encrypted data to your Android device. At the time, it opened up sign-ups for a small private alpha test, but starting today …

More: TechHive, DSLreports, The Register, Android Community, The Droid Guy, Android Police, Gigaom, gHacks Technology News and CNET

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Glove for Android launches in SF and NY to track your mobile usage and recommend the best carrier — If you're unhappy with your current mobile service, the new Glove app for Android wants to find you something better. Launching today in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City …

More: TechCrunch, USA Today, Re/code and Gigaom

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Whisper publicizes and claims it vetted a new Gwyneth Paltrow affair rumor shared by a user — Whisper, The Sequoia-Backed Secret Sharing App, Makes A Move Into TMZ Territory — Whisper, the popular anonymous social sharing startup that's raised $24 million from venture capital giants …

More: Gawker, Vanity Fair, social media, Business Insider, Racked National, Betabeat and BuzzFeed

Tweets: @neetzan, @fmanjoo, @whisperapp, @neetzan and @ryanlawler

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