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March 11, 2014, 2:45 PM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

iOS 8: Apple polishes Maps data, adds public transit directions service — Apple is readying an upgraded version of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Maps application for the next major release of iOS in an effort to battle Google for mobile maps supremacy, according to sources briefed on the plans.

David Kushner / Rolling Stone:

The Flight of the Birdman: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out — How did a chain-smoking geek from Hanoi design the viral hit Flappy Bird - and why did he walk away? — By — Last April, Dong Nguyen, a quiet 28-year-old who lived with his parents in Hanoi, Vietnam …

More: MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog and Phones Review. Tweets: @sfiegerman

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Collaboration Software Maker Jive Explores Sale — Jive, the enterprise-focused software company that makes social communication and collaboration tools, has explored a sale during the last several months, sources familiar with the matter tell Re/code. — These sources say the company …

More: CITEworld, ZDNet, Reuters, GeekWire and Business Insider

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Secret-Sharing App Whisper Raising Another $30 Million at $200 Million Valuation — Whisper, the popular anonymous sharing app, is reeling in more money from venture capitalists, only six months after its last funding round. — The round is worth just shy of $30 million …

More: Gigaom, The Technology Chronicles, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, I4U News, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, SocialTimes and Om Malik. Tweets: @eghosao

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the …

More: New York Times, Guardian, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Business Insider, NBC News and NationalJournal.com

Tweets: @charlie_savage, @ggreenwald, @dangillmor and @binarybits

John McDermott / Digiday:

Twitter testing click-to-call button which allows mobile users to call advertisers directly — Twitter tries to prove its ads drive sales — As part of its continued effort to evolve and broaden its advertising capabilities, Twitter is now touting itself as a platform for effective direct response advertising.

More: Marketing Land, Street Fight and SocialTimes. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Twitter confirms outage for ‘most users’ on Web and mobile, says it is ‘looking into it’ — At 2:05 PM EST today, Twitter went down. It's not clear whether all users are affected or just a subset, but the social network is not accessible via the desktop site, mobile site, or its multiple apps.

More: Twitter Status, Gigaom, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and Business Insider

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Disney Ponders the Biggest Big Media YouTube Bet Yet: Buying Maker Studios — Disney has been talking to Maker Studios about an acquisition that would value the YouTube network at $500 million or more, according to people familiar with the negotiations. — A deal isn't guaranteed.

More: Financial Times. See also Mediagazer

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Launches Add-On Store For Google Docs — Google today announced the launch of its add-on store for Google Docs' spreadsheet and word processor apps. The store, which resembles the Chrome Web Store in its design, currently features about 50 add-ons, with more coming in the near future.

More: The Verge, CITEworld and Google Enterprise Blog

GSMArena.com:

Leaked ad says two rear cameras on the new HTC One will allow post-shot focusing, 3D effects — EXCLUSIVE: here's why the HTC One 2014 has two cameras — HTC experiments with cameras to set its One phones apart and The All New One will have two cameras but we didn't know why until now.

Matthew Miller / ZDNet:

Jawbone releases UP 3.0 app for Android with support for new UP24 band — Summary: Just a couple months after the iOS release, Jawbone is now rolling out their UP 3.0 app for Android devices so you can now use the UP24 band with your favorite Android device. — Matthew Miller

More: Engadget, iMore, The Verge, TechHive, TechCrunch, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, Gigaom, BGR and VentureBeat

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Intel's 800Gbps cables headed to cloud data centers and supercomputers — Intel's pitch for Silicon Photonics. — Intel and several of its partners said they will make 800Gbps cables available in the second half of this year, bringing big speed increases to supercomputers and data centers.

More: The Data Stack, Digital Trends, Computerworld, Data Center Knowledge, TechSpot, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Computerworld and The Register

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Instagram shoots for global expansion with big Android update — Instagram has always set a high bar for speed. While other photo apps add feature after feature, Instagram's updates generally come in the form of “Bug fixes and performance improvements.” Instagram's latest update for Android …

More: Instagram Blog, The Next Web, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, MobileSyrup.com, Android Central and Yahoo Tech

Eric Johnson / Re/code:

Oculus Picks Up New Chief Architect, Valve's Atman Binstock — One of the lead engineers on Valve's experiments with virtual reality, Atman Binstock, has left to join Oculus VR as its chief architect. — Binstock will lead a new research and development team based in the Seattle area.

More: Oculus VR, The Verge, TechCrunch, Gamasutra, GamesIndustry International and VG247

Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:

Physicist proposes a new type of computing at SXSW. Check out orbital computing — The demand for computing power is constantly rising, but we're heading to the edge of the cliff in terms of increasing performance — both in terms of the physics of cramming more transistors on a chip and in terms of power consumption.

James Surowiecki / New Yorker:

King Digital should have remained private; of 100+ games, 80% revenue comes from Candy Crush — ONE-HIT WONDERS — For more than a year now, tens of millions of Americans have found time each day to devote themselves to an essential task: swiping at their phones and tablets to arrange colorful candy icons in rows.

More: Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Tech.eu, ECPM BLOG and Bloomberg View

Tweets: @davenuss79, @felixgillette, @alexanderrusso, @mattrosoff, @lowenfels and @dougvs

Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:

Metamorphic Ventures raises ~$70M second fund, aims to bridge New York and Silicon Valley — Aiming to Bridge Silicon Valley and New York, Metamorphic Ventures Closes Second Fund — Silicon Valley may be the world's center of technology, but New York City drives a lot of other industries that need tech.

More: Metamorphic Ventures, VentureBeat, StrictlyVC and PE Hub Blog

Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget:

A closer look at Titanfall's not-so-secret weapon: Microsoft's cloud — While you were busy running along walls and throwing missiles back at your opponents during the Titanfall beta, countless data centers across the world were making sure that each AI-controlled Titan bodyguard had your back.

More: Eurogamer.net, GeekWire, Forbes, GeekWire, Softpedia News, WebProNews, Reuters, Fortune, The Next Web, VG247, Joystiq and Guardian. Tweets: @markimbriaco

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