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March 3, 2014, 8:10 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana will support nicknames, “Notebook” system for accessing personal info, Google Now-like notifications — This is Cortana, Microsoft's answer to Siri — Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update will include Cortana …

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Microsoft CEO announces departure of Tony Bates and Tami Reller, names Mark Penn Chief Strategy Officer, Chris Capossela CMO — Satya Nadella announces changes to senior leadership team — In the past month, I've had the opportunity to talk with many of you - in person, on Yammer …

More: Computerworld, Re/code, Business Insider, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Ars Technica, CNET, GeekWire, Associated Press, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Businessweek, Gigaom, TechnoBuffalo and The Baffler

Tweets: @thurrott, @nilofer and @tomwarren

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft wants Xbox Live to power Android and iOS games — Xbox Live is primarily used in Microsoft's consoles and Windows or Windows Phone games for achievements, friend lists, and game matchmaking. While Microsoft has experimented with achievements on iOS and Android recently …

Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Apple CarPlay in-car initiative debuts with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo — iOS in the Car rebranded with Siri, Maps and third-party music apps all included — Apple has a number of automotive partners for CarPlay. — Apple has rebranded its iOS in the Car initiative as CarPlay …

More: Apple, Volvo, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily, Slate, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, iMore, AppleInsider, PC Magazine, Computerworld, iDownloadBlog.com …, Cult of Mac, Mercury News, TIME, CrackBerry.com, ZDNet, ReadWrite, BGR, internetretailer.com and InvestorPlace

Tweets: @carnage4life, @tim_stevens and @markgurman

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Volvo Shows Apple CarPlay In New Video, Says Wi-Fi Connectivity Is “Coming Soon”

More: MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo and dailywireless.org

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

First third-party CarPlay apps: Spotify, Beats, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, no maps alternatives

More: MacRumors, Wired, PC Advisor and Businessweek

Robert McMillan / Wired:

The Inside Story of Mt. Gox, Bitcoin's $460 Million Disaster — From a distance, the world's largest bitcoin exchange looked like a towering example of renegade entrepreneurism. But on the inside, according to some who were there, Mt. Gox was a messy combination of poor management, neglect, and raw inexperience.

More: VentureBeat, PandoDaily and TheDomains.com

Tweets: @andreasdotorg and @jerrybrito

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

MtGox code posted by hackers as company files for bankruptcy protection

More: Dzoba.com, TechCrunch, The Register, BGR, The Next Web, Help Net Security, CoinDesk, Softpedia News, Los Angeles Times, We Live Security and BBC

Tweets: @fosspatents and @benhagen

Paul Liberatore / Marin Independent Journal:

Twitter installing century-old log cabins from Montana in dining room of SF headquarters — Lib at Large: Novato contractor supplies century-old log cabins for new Twitter headquarters — WHAT'S NEW IS old at Twitter's new San Francisco headquarters. — The high-tech firm has a new look …

More: Business Insider, The Verge, Associated Press, SlashGear, Gawker and Mashable

Tweets: @jbenton, @mat, @calebgarling, @kevinroose, @edbott, @mikeisaac, @dangillmor and @karaswisher

Marc Andreessen / Andreessen Horowitz:

Marc Andreessen: “I dispute all accusations that I have violated any of my duties to eBay shareholders” — My Statement on eBay Director Role and Governance — False and misleading accusations have been made against eBay and against me in my role as an eBay director.

More: eBay Inc, ValueWalk, New York Times, BuzzFeed and GeekWire

Carl Icahn / Shareholders Square Table:

Marc Andreessen's conflicts on eBay are “clear and insurmountable”

More: CNET, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Next Web and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @carl_c_icahn

Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:

Apple Hiring Engineers in Asia to Speed Product Launches — Tech Company Wooing Workers From HTC, Other Rivals — TAIPEI— Apple Inc. is hiring hundreds of new engineers and supply-chain managers in China and Taiwan as it attempts to speed up product development and launch a wider range of devices.

More: eWeek, MacRumors, PadGadget, The Verge, DailyTech, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, Phandroid, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com …, Electronista and PhoneArena

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Ellen Was On Stage At Oscars With Samsung, Backstage With iPhone — Samsung's a big sponsor of the Oscars, to the degree that it even had this year's host Ellen DeGeneres doing a record-breaking star-studded selfie with a Galaxy phone. But behind the scenes, there's an iPhone being used.

More: The Register, Business Insider, PandoDaily, ClickZ, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, AdAge, Los Angeles Times, blog.chron.com, Examiner and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @markgurman

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Behind Oscar Selfie: Samsung's Ad Strategy

More: TechCrunch and Phandroid

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

Bill Gates regains world's richest title with net worth of $76B — Forbes today released its annual rankings of the world's richest, and there's a familiar face back on top. — After a four-year hiatus, Bill Gates is once again the world's richest with a net worth of $76 billion — up from $67 billion last year.

More: Forbes, CNET, The Technology Chronicles, BBC, WebProNews, ABC News, Wonkblog, Guardian, Consumerist, TIME, The Verge, USA Today and Business Insider

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

Zynga Aims for Reinvention With New Mobile Push — Last April, Zynga told shareholders that 2013 would be a “transition year” as the company focused more of its efforts on mobile, where it had fallen behind as competitors like King and Supercell ran up the App Store charts.

More: Zynga Company Blog, VentureBeat, Inside Mobile Apps, Reuters, TechHive, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Bloomberg, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle and Polygon

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Police hid use of cell phone tracking device from judge because of NDA — A police department in Florida failed to tell judges about its use of a cell phone tracking tool “because the department got the device on loan and promised the manufacturer to keep it all under wraps,” …

More: Wired, Gizmodo, ACLU and Hit & Run

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to integrate new social, machine learning technologies into Office 365 — Summary: Microsoft will be making some big changes as to how Office 365 looks and works later this year with the addition of new Office Graph and ‘Oslo’ technologies. — Microsoft is about to make some big changes …

More: Office Blogs, Office Blogs, Bloomberg, Office Blogs, TechCrunch, Office Blogs, Engadget, CITEworld, Marketing Pilgrim, theWHIR.com, GeekWire and The Next Web. Tweets: @maryjofoley

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Microsoft announces standalone OneDrive for Business plan available on April 1 for $5 per user per month

More: OneDrive Blog, PC World, SuperSite for Windows, Windows Phone Central, WinBeta, GeekWire, Office Blogs and LiveSide.net

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Facebook Is Advertising Facebook, Again — Facebook sells $7 billion worth of ads a year. Turns out it can make some pretty slick ones, too: Unlike that weird, properly mocked “Chair” ad it tried out two years ago, the spots in its new batch make plenty of real-world sense …

More: CNET and Mashable. Tweets: @mikeisaac

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple seemingly turns to Tumblr to promote the iPhone 5c — Apple appears to have taken to Tumblr to start up a new advertising campaign for the iPhone 5c. The campaign is called “Every color has a story,” and the webpage called “ISee5c” appeared within the past couple of days.

More: NEWS.com.au, BGR, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, IntoMobile, iPad and Los Angeles Times

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Self-Destructing And Encrypted Message App Wickr Raises $9M Series A Led By Alsop Louie — Microsoft's Cortana Gets A Sneak Preview, Looks Like A Circle And Will Call You Whatever You Want — The sale of WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion and the heightened awareness of data security …

More: VentureBeat, VatorNews, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Re/code. Tweets: @pkedrosky

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to start nagging Windows XP users about April 8 end-of-support date — Summary: With Windows XP's end-of-support date just over a month away, Microsoft is turning up the warning volume. — On March 8, Microsoft will begin notifying Windows XP users via a pop-up notification …

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