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March 6, 2014, 7:30 PM

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Leah McGrath Goodman / Newsweek:
Elusive bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly a 64-yr old living in California  —  The Face Behind Bitcoin  —  Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous.  And annoyed.  He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks …
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Rather than an invasion of privacy, Satoshi Nakamoto's outing is brilliant journalism  —  The Outing of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Brilliant Journalism  —  In Newsweek, finance editor Leah McGrath Goodman claims to have outed the mysterious creator of the digital currency Bitcoin.
Brian Solomon / Forbes:
Pixelworks Surges Over 80% After Revealing Relationship With Apple  —  From televisions to tablets, the world is going high definition — and companies that produce the technology to enable ever smaller and higher-def packages are going to profit.  —  That's the operating thesis under …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Spotify Acquires The Echo Nest, Gaining Control Of The Music DNA Company That Powers Its Rivals  —  Spotify has acquired The Echo Nest, as revealed by an official blog post today.  The financial details of the acquisition haven't been revealed, but The Echo Nest is a self-described …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney's Game and Internet Division Cuts One Quarter of Its Workforce  —  GLENDALE, Calif. - Disney's struggling video game and Internet division laid off roughly 700 employees on Thursday, or 26 percent of its global staff, in a major retrenchment that includes a shift in advertising strategy at Disney.com.
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Sean Parker formally leaves Founders Fund  —  Sean Parker will not make new investments for Founders Fund, but will maintain board seats like Spotify.  —  FORTUNE — Sean Parker is no longer making new investments on behalf of Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm …
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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
DigitalOcean Raises $37.2M From Andreessen Horowitz To Take On AWS  —  Cloud hosting company DigitalOcean raised a Series A round of $37.2 million at a $153 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz.  Previous investors IA Ventures and CrunchFund also participated, but Andreessen Horowitz …
Emily Price / Engadget:
‘Wello’ iPhone case can track your blood pressure, temperature and more  —  Last year, Scanadu caught our attention with Scout, its simple-to-use tricorder-style health monitor.  Now a new iPhone case promises to make monitoring your vital signs even easier.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Machinima to lay off 42 sales employees as it raises $18M more, led by Warner Bros.  —  Warner Bros. Gets Ready to Bet on YouTube With a Machinima Investment  —  Screengrab courtesy of Machinima via YouTube  —  Machinima, the YouTube network for gamers, has finally found the money it has been looking for.
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Setback for Apple: U.S. judge denies renewed bid for permanent injunction against Samsung  —  After it just became publicly-known that Apple itself had disclosed confidential licensing terms with respect to which it wanted Samsung sanctioned, Apple has to deal with another setback in its litigation with its most important competitor.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
After 2 Years In Beta, Findery Launches Its Geo-Tagged Story Sharing App On iOS Worldwide  —  Findery's Caterina Fake On New iPhone App  —  In a city like San Francisco, there are tons of stories packed into every block — there's the one building that didn't burn down in the 1906 earthquake and fire …

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