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March 14, 2014, 1:50 AM

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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:

Zuckerberg called Obama over spying, says the US should champion, not threaten the internet — As the world becomes more complex and governments everywhere struggle, trust in the internet is more important today than ever. The internet is our shared space. It helps us connect. It spreads opportunity.

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

NSA calls reports that it spread malware and impersonated Facebook “inaccurate”

More: Wired, Ars Technica, NEWS.com.au, Threatpost, The Next Web and TheHill

Businessweek:

Target could have stopped theft of 40M credit card numbers after security alarms, but didn't — Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It — The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn't particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success.

More: NPR, Reuters, FireEye Blog, Slate, Consumerist, SC Magazine and Nextgov

Ashley Feinberg / Gizmodo:

Target turned off function to automatically delete malware, reacted only after DOJ notificaton — Target Knew About Its Massive Hack—It Just Didn't Do Anything to Stop It — Throughout the total absurdity that's been the aftermath of Target's massive data breach, one question has continued …

More: Engadget, TIME, TechSpot, BGR, TechCrunch, DailyTech and The Daily Caller. Tweets: @jptacek

eMarketer and Newsroom Posts:

Desktop Search to Decline $1.4 Billion as Google Users Shift to Mobile — Overall desktop ad spending set to decline in 2014 while mobile grows 83.0% — Desktop search in the US is poised for a significant decline this year as paid clicks on Google shift toward mobile devices, according to new figures from eMarketer.

More: AdExchanger, PC World, Tech2, New York Times, VentureBeat and Search Engine Land

Tweets: @anamarketers and @edithyeung

MediaNama:

Rdio acquires shuttered Indian music streaming service Dhingana — Exclusive: Rdio buys Dhingana to Enter India — US-based music streaming website Rdio has acquired Indian music streaming website Dhingana, Dhingana has confirmed to MediaNama. MediaNama had heard about the development from multiple industry sources.

More: The Next Web, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia and NextBigWhat

Tweets: @nixxin, @soumitra_sharma, @nixxin and @jonsonbill

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Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Russia Blocks Access to Major Independent News Sites — Russia's government has escalated its use of its Internet censorship law to target news sites, bloggers, and politicians under the slimmest excuse of preventing unauthorized protests and enforcing house arrest regulations.

More: BuzzFeed, Comment, Reporters Without Borders, TechCrunch, Global Voices and CNET

Tweets: @kasparov63 and @kasparov63

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple developing Preview and TextEdit apps for iOS to view files stored in iCloud by OS X versions — iOS 8: Apple works to further push iCloud as the future of the file system — When Apple introduced both iOS and iCloud, its goal was to eliminate the classic file system found in Mac OS X …

Craig Grannell / Guardian:

How Apple's iOS 7.1 finally quelled users' motion sickness — Animations introduced in Apple's new look for its iPhone and iPad interface in September made some feel physically sick. Now, it's fixed them — Apple recently updated its iPhone and iPad software to version 7.1, adding and improving a number of features.

More: Macworld, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocketnow and MacStories. Tweets: @aral

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft and Nook redo their agreement; no Microsoft e-reader in the works — Summary: It looks like the Nook Windows 8 app may be superseded by a Microsoft reading app. But the planned Nook Windows Phone app is seemingly tabled. — On March 10, Microsoft and Nook Media updated …

More: The Register, Computerworld, SlashGear, LiveSide.net, 24/7 Wall St., CNET, Wall Street Journal, PC Magazine, Business Insider, Windows Phone Central, Engadget, Fox Business and InvestorPlace. Tweets: @maryjofoley. See also Mediagazer

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

iOS 7.1 Includes Warning Message About 15-Minute In-App Purchase Window — Along with several visual tweaks, CarPlay support, and Touch ID enhancements, iOS 7.1 also brought some changes to the way in-app purchases work. When making an in-app purchase for the first time after updating …

More: AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Inquirer, Mashable, Trusted Reviews, Pulse 2.0, iClarified, TechnoBuffalo, CNET and Guardian

Robert Fenner / Bloomberg:

Satellite Crowdsourcing Adds 2 Million Searchers for Missing Jet — Tomnod.com, a crowdsourcing website run by DigitalGlobe Inc. (DGI), has tapped more than 2 million people to scan through satellite images searching for clues about missing Malaysian Airline Systems Bhd. (MAS) Flight 370.

More: Seeing a Better World™, Wall Street Journal, SiliconBeat, Denver Post and Inquirer

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Clinkle's Still a Hot Mess as Its Big Shot COO Departs (Updated) — Barry McCarthy was supposed to bring stability to the tumultuous environment at Clinkle, the stealth payments startup he joined in the fall as its first chief operating officer. Instead, the former longtime Netflix CFO …

More: Valleywag, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Gigaom, VentureBeat and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @jorilallo, @delrey, @mdudas, @mikeisaac and @kevinroose

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Plex opens up Chromecast to everyone, adds automatic camera upload — Media center app maker Plex followed through on a promise Thursday to remove restrictions around its Chromecast implementations, opening up the feature to all of its users including non-subscribers.

More: Plex Blog, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Android Police, Droid Life, AndroidHeadlines.com, 9to5Mac, Android Community, SlashGear and TechCrunch

Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat:

PayPal mends fences with crowdfunders with revised policies — Image Credit: Illustration by Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat — PayPal and the crowdfunding community have had a rocky relationship — but the eBay-owned payments company has rebuilt that bridge with revamped crowdfunding policies …

More: The Next Web, The Official PayPal, Ars Technica and Techvibes Global News. Tweets: @davidmarcus

Karl Bode / DSLreports:

Time Warner Cable Admits Few Have Shown Interest In Usage Caps — After Time Warner Cable took a public relations beating for pushing mandatory low caps (as low as 5 GB) and high per byte overages (as high as $5 per additional gigabyte) on consumers back in 2009, the company has been stepping …

More: Light Reading, BGR, Ars Technica, Business Insider and Consumerist

Luke Johnson / Trusted Reviews:

Huawei to release dual OS Android-Windows Phone handset in the US in Q2 — Huawei: We are still committed to Windows Phone but dual OS is better — More Huawei Windows Phone handsets are incoming — With the Windows Phone platform continuing to increase its market share …

More: Computerworld, Windows Phone Central, The Droid Guy, MobileSyrup.com, LAPTOP Magazine, Pocketnow, The Register, Android Police, SlashGear, DailyTech and WinBeta

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

On-Demand Ride-Sharing Startup Lyft Adds Insurance Between Rides — In the modern transportation market, companies like Lyft, Uber, and Sidecar have emerged to help get users from point A to point B. But with current regulations, there are questions about who is protected against potential liabilities when something goes wrong.

More: Re/code. Tweets: @joshconstine

Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom:

It's a mobile data world: In 2013 voice stopped being U.S. carriers' main revenue driver — Just like that, in the fourth quarter of 2013 mobile data usage ticked up to reach a crossover point, making data a bigger revenue source for carriers than voice services.

More: Chetan Sharma, Mobile World Live, TelecomLead, Reuters, TechCrunch and TelecompetitorTelecompetitor

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amid Bullying & Threats Of Violence, Anonymous Social App Yik Yak Shuts Off Access To U.S. Middle & High School Students — Anonymous communication platforms and the pre-teen-to-teenage brain are two things that don't mix all that well. Just look at Ask.fm, for example …

Chris Welch / The Verge:

FCC approves AT&T's purchase of Leap Wireless, says it's ‘in the public interest’ — The Federal Communications Commission has approved AT&T's acquisition of Leap Wireless, the company that operates the popular Cricket brand of prepaid wireless service. Acknowledging that an unchecked deal …

More: Tech Trader Daily, Re/code, Electronista, Computerworld, Gigaom, Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Phandroid, SlashGear, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal and Engadget

Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land:

Bing's New “Image Match” Button Helps Locate Images Of Varying Resolutions & Sizes — Bing announced today it is launching a new “Image Match” button, a feature that helps users quickly find alternative resolutions and sizes of a desired image. — When viewing an image from the Bing image search page …

More: Search Blog, The Next Web, SlashGear, Engadget, WinBeta, ResourceShelf, WebProNews and PC Magazine

Seth Rosenblatt / CNET:

Pwn2Own 2014: Firefox, IE, Safari, Chrome, Adobe Flash and Reader hacked on first day — All hacking eyes on the prize money at CanSecWest — VANCOUVER, Canada — When it comes to hacking, it turns out that greed really is good. — All four of the major desktop browsers …

More: PWN2OWN, Google Chrome Developers, h30499.www3.hp.com, Ars Technica, PC Advisor, Softpedia News, SC Magazine, eWeek, The Register, Help Net Security and Naked Security. Tweets: @thezdi

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Fundable Acquires LaunchRock To Combine Crowdfunding And User Acquisition — Fundable.com, an equity crowdfunding platform for businesses (including startups), just announced that it has acquired LaunchRock. — LaunchRock, as the name implies, was initially focused on helping startups create launch pages …

More: Columbus Business First, PE Hub Blog, Digital Journal, LaunchRock, Small Business Trends and Crowdfund Insider. Thanks:@grg

Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:

Layer3 TV Lands $21 Million ‘A’ Round; Leadership Includes Ex-Comcast, TWC & Broadbus Execs — Layer3 TV, a startup that is being run by an executive team that includes the former chief technology officer of Comcast, announced an initial closing of a $21 million “A” round that will be used …

More: TechCrunch and Light Reading. See also Mediagazer

Bloomberg:

Facebook unveils 15-second video ads selling for $1M-$2.5M a day, targets TV marketing budgets — Facebook Unveils Video Ads to Court TV's Market — Facebook Inc. (FB) is releasing its long-awaited video-advertising product today, as the world's largest social network moves to diversify …

More: Facebook for Business, Re/code, Variety, TechCrunch, Mashable, AllFacebook, Gigaom, Mashable, Ars Technica and Business Insider. See also Mediagazer

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