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March 1, 2014, 7:15 PM

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Bryan Chaffin / The Mac Observer:

Tim Cook to conservative think tank on sustainability: if you only care about ROI, stop investing in us — Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple's Stock — In an emotional response to the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) …

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple's TV Hobby Is Now a Billion-Dollar Business

More: Reuters, Digital Trends, Los Angeles Times, MacRumors, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Quartz, Mercury News, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, BetaNews, Computerworld, Mashable, SlashGear, GeekWire, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Business Insider, iMore, Gigaom and The Loop

Tweets: @asymco and @pkafka

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Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Ferrari, Volvo, and Mercedes to unveil first iOS in the Car-integrated vehicles next week — When announcing iOS 7 last year, Apple previewed an upcoming featured called iOS in the Car that will allow automotive manufacturers to integrate iOS-powered mobile devices into the media centers in their cars.

Jake Adelstein / The Daily Beast:

Former employee says incompetent management and faulty accounting led to collapse of Mt. Gox — Inside Japan's Bitcoin Heist — A former Mt. Gox employee says incompetent management and faulty accounting—not virtual robbers—are the real culprits in the missing millions.

More: Reuters and Bitcoin Magazine. Tweets: @bendavenport

Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk:

Alleged Mt. Gox Victim Files Class Action Lawsuit, Now His Lawyers Speak Out

More: Ars Technica, Softpedia News, Bloomberg, Reuters, SlashGear, Engadget, PC World, theWHIR.com, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and Ars Technica. Tweets: @clipperchip

Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:

At the RSA Security Conference, Things Get Testy and Then They Get Awkward — SAN FRANCISCO — It was hard to avoid the shadow of Edward J. Snowden at the annual RSA security conference this week. — The sprawling computer security conference held in the city's Moscone Center had protesters …

More: Business Insider, Tom's Guide, Softpedia News and The Register

James Ball / Guardian:

A look at the elaborate ICANN ceremony for its seven keyholders that underpins DNS security — Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security — It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: seven keys, held by individuals from all over the world, that together control security at the core of the web.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @leashless, @0xabad1dea and @jamesrbuk

Katie Roof / Fox Business:

Square IPO Postponed Indefinitely — Square, the mobile payments startup created by Twitter (TWTR) founder Jack Dorsey, has postponed its IPO indefinitely, FOX Business has learned. People with knowledge of Square's finances have indicated that the company is not ready to go public this year.

More: Business Insider and The Technology Chronicles. Tweets: @mhelft, @mikeisaac, @om, @rakeshlobster, @howardlindzon, @peterjhebert, @gilluria, @jyarow and @davegirouard. Thanks:@justinkahnmusic

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

Seattle set to cap ride-sharing drivers that are ‘active’ at any given time — Seattle councilmember Bruce Harrell, right, speaks at Thursday's committee meeting. — Seattle is set to regulate the number of drivers that companies like UberX, SideCar and Lyft have active on their systems at any given time.

More: VentureBeat and The Technology Chronicles. Tweets: @startupljackson and @moniguzman

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Adds Full Restaurant Menus To Its Search Results Pages — Here is a small but nifty update to Google Search: if you ask it to find a restaurant menu for you, it will now often just show you the menu right on the search results page. Try this for a search like “show me the menu for fogo de chao” …

More: Google, Softpedia News, Search Engine Land, Techie News, Digital Trends, CNET, The Verge, GeekWire, Engadget, Pocketnow and WebProNews

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