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March 24, 2014, 4:05 PM

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple's iTunes Radio Adds NPR News Channel — When iTunes Radio launched last fall, the service was designed for music fans (and music labels). Now it is branching out: National Public Radio is adding the first news channel to Apple's audio streaming service, with more on the way.

Wall Street Journal:

Apple in Talks with Comcast About Streaming-TV Service — Companies Discuss Service That Would Try to Bypass Web Congestion — Apple Inc. is in talks with Comcast Corp. about teaming up for a streaming-television service that would use an Apple set-top box and get special treatment …

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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Apple wants its own path on Comcast network for video service, WSJ says

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft to rebrand ‘Windows Azure’ as ‘Microsoft Azure’ — Summary: Microsoft will rebrand its cloud platform from ‘Windows Azure’ to ‘Microsoft Azure’ as part of the company's push to emphasize its cross-platform services prowess. — Microsoft will announce its rebranding of its …

More: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, WinBeta and Softpedia News

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Cisco to invest $1B in new “Cisco Cloud Services” effort aimed at large corporate customers — Cisco Joins Race to Offer Cloud Services — Firm to Spend $1 billion in Next Two Years to Enter Market — Cisco Systems Inc. plans to begin offering “cloud” …

More: Cisco, VentureBeat, InfoWorld, Data Center Knowledge, StrictlyVC, Re/code, GeekWire, InfoWorld, Reuters, Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet, TechEye, Light Reading and Network World

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Google's new Photowall app turns your Chromecast-connected TV into an interactive photo frame — Adding to the capabilities of the Chromecast HDMI streaming stick, Google is out with a new app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users called Photowall that lets you turn your Chromecast-connected TV into a live, interactive photo frame.

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Now arrives in Chrome for Windows and Mac — Google Now has finally arrived on the desktop. Google today announced Google Now is being pushed to the Chrome stable channel for Windows and Mac “starting today and rolling out over the next few weeks.”

More: Google Chrome, TechCrunch, Google Chrome, Engadget, MacRumors, Search Engine Land, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iMore, Lifehacker and Electronista

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft's $7.2B Nokia deal is officially delayed until April — Nokia and Microsoft will have to wait a little longer to press the Start button. — Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business, originally expected to close this quarter …

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Popcorn Time is doing for distribution of pirated movies what the movie industry needs to do for itself — The Sweet Irony Of Popcorn Time — So the big fun story of last week was this streaming movie app called Popcorn Time. Essentially, it aggregated torrent links and packaged …

Wall Street Journal:

Pinterest preparing for Q2 launch of paid promoted pins with select marketers — Pinterest makes play for advertising sales with artful ‘promoted pins’ — Digital scrapbooking site Pinterest is preparing to launch ad sales in the second quarter with a bold pitch.

More: VentureBeat, Marketing Land and SlashGear. Thanks:@malliegator

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

As Digital Advertising Climbs Toward $50 Billion This Year, Marketers Battle Fraudulent Visitors — As Digital Advertising Climbs Toward $50 Billion This Year, Marketers Battle Fraudulent Visitors — Billions of dollars are flowing into online advertising.

More: Business Insider and Marketing Land. Tweets: @wsj, @wsjd and @dannysullivan

Jaikumar Vijayan / Computerworld:

ATM operators eye Linux as alternative to Windows XP — End support for XP is prompting them to seek out Windows alternatives — Some financial services companies are looking to migrate their ATM fleets from Windows to Linux in a bid to have better control over hardware and software upgrade cycles.

More: Inquirer, ZDNet and TechCrunch

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Dell acquires StatSoft, adds analytics to software stack — Summary: StatSoft's flagship software is Statistica Enterprise, which filters and analyzes data from multiple repositories. — Dell on Monday said it acquired StatSoft, a company that specializes in analytics and data visualization software.

More: SiliconANGLE, Direct2Dell, VentureBeat, PC World, WebProNews and SlashGear

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Mozilla Appoints JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich As Its New CEO — Last April, Mozilla announced that Gary Kovacs was stepping down as the organization's CEO and that it would start looking for a replacement. At the time, Jay Sullivan took over as acting CEO in the midst of a number of leadership changes at Mozilla.

More: The Mozilla Blog, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Brendan Eich, Re/code, CNET, Mitchell's Blog and BrowserNative

Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:

Spotify No Longer Accepting New App Submissions, Plans To Extend Web API And Focus On Mobile SDKs — Music streaming service Spotify has announced that it's no longer accepting new app submissions for App Finder, its own app directory for third-party apps that reside and operate within its desktop client.

More: Spotify DeveloperSpotify …, Engadget, VentureBeat, Guardian, The Next Web and Music Machinery. Tweets: @joshconstine. Thanks:@sohear

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