• Google Has Killed Android (the Brand) – Gizmodo
  The operating system is becoming less and less relevant, desktop computing is becoming less and less relevant while brands and services are becoming more and more relevant. What matters now isn’t iOS, Android or Windows, but Google, Apple or Microsoft, and that’s why Microsoft has a grim future.

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  RIP Google Reader – Mashable
  We saw this coming: RSS is in decline, Google Reader lost its space inside Google (to Google+ or Currents), lost its space to social media (Facebook and Twitter) and lost its space to news aggregators (Flipboard and such). And with the end of Reader comes another problem, the various apps and services build around it, like my favorites: news reader Feedly or Android podcast app BeyondPod. Update: Feedly will be moving seamlessly to their own infrastructure, gotta love that service!

• How I ended up with Mac – Miguel de Icaza
  While I’m not using Apple (at least until it’s time to upgrade my computers) I can totally relate to this. I’ve chosen Ubuntu some years ago so Linux fragmentation issue is not an issue to me, but some things and have been annoying me: sudden broken support with the latest upgrade of Xorg or the huge mess of the release of Gnome3 or Unity… But one thing is certain: I won’t go back to Windows in the near future.
• Why do most of the successful startups come out of the USA? – Robert Scoble answer on Quora

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• Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview for Nexus devices now available – The Verge
  Ubuntu Tablet announced, Ubuntu Phone developer previews slowly becoming available, Could this be a great year for Ubuntu?
• Chromebook Pixel is Google’s play to go premium, but are we ready? – The Verge
  Google has changed the game of its Chromebooks by releasing a premium device at a 1200$ price.
• Why High Stress Breeds the Best Leaders | Inc.com

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• Ubuntu Might Become A Rolling Release Distribution Between LTS Releases ~ Web Upd8
  Not having to do a dist-upgrade every six month and having new features sooner? Sounds fine by me. UPDATE: Canonical has dismissed this rumor, at least for now.
• Nudity Prompts Apple to Remove 500px app from iTunes Store – Chase Jarvis Blog
  This quest for purity is one of my less favorite things of Apple…

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• Lance Armstrong, Branding Catastrophes, And What Not To Do – Fast Company
  Lots of lessons can be learned with the “Lance Armstrong case”,
• Facebook Debuts Graph Search, A Natural Language Powered Social Search Engine – ReadWrite
  Every time Facebook releases a new feature I get that “this is getting creepy, Big Brother creepy” feeling…
• Internet 2012 in numbers – Pingdom
  A comprehensive snapshot of the Internet in 2012 in a neat set of stats and numbers.
• Prosecutor as a bully – Lessig Blog, v2
  Larry Lessig‘s rant on the suicide of Aaron Schwartz.

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• Here’s the secret success sauce in Ubuntu’s phone platform — Mobile Technology News
  Ubuntu Phone isn’t another mobile operating system, is an operating that now also runs on mobile.
• iPad, Surface, Ultrabook: Are we there yet? – Scott Hanselman
  Scott Hanselmand on today’s smaller and smaller laptops and tablets.
• Ubuntu for phones – Ubuntu
  Yet another mobile platform or an universal user experience on any device?
  
• 5 Trends Shaping SEO & Content Marketing in 2013 – Search Engine Watch

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• 8 Regular Expressions You Should Know | Nettuts+
  One of the certain facts of programming: at some point you’ll have to use Regular Expressions.
• Glowing Reviews for Facebook’s Faster Android App – Search Engine Watch
  Like the discussion of native apps vs. HTML5 apps for mobile? Read this.
• Your Twitter archive – Twitter Blog
  Finally you actually own the data you sent to Twitter.
• Google Currents 2.0 Released – Tons Of New Features Added, Brand-New Edition Sidebar UI – Android Police
  Google is finally getting it with Currents, the newest version has lots of updates, a new widget and an newer “Google+ ish” interface, which means it’s looking pretty good.
• Thank you, and we’re listening – Instagram Blog
  At least this is good PR from Instagram.
• New Terms for Instagram – Selling Your Photos Against Your Will – Chase Jarvis Blog
  Chase Jarvis shares his thoughts on Instagran’s new TOS, always a good read!
• How to Make Your Site Look Half-Decent in Half an Hour – 24 ways
• What Instagram’s New Terms of Service Mean for You – NYTimes.com
  Short version: your data can be shared with Facebook, your photos can be used in Instagram or Facebook ads, if you want to opt out delete your account.
• Lytro Light Field Camera – The Future or a Cute Gimmick? – Camera Dojo
  Not needing to focus is good or not?
• What Flickr Really Needs To Copy From Instagram, and And It Isn’t Photo Filters – Read Write Web
• Thinking of Starting a Photo Community on the Web? Should You Do It on Flickr or Google+? – Thomas Hawk
• Using Email and Social for Crowdfunding Success – Search Engine Watch
• Introducing this.Log – Devlicious
• Entity Framework 6: Alpha2 Now Available – Scott Gu
  I’m very curious about async support.
• Which JavaScript Recipe Is Right For You? – Smashing Coding

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• Sulia: The Hottest Social Network You’ve Never Heard Of – Mashable
• LEGO Surprises Boy By Sending Him a Discontinued Dream Toy – Laughing squid
  Got to love LEGO’s customer support!
• Apple and Google join forces to purchase Kodak patents – Phandroid
• Facebook Likely to End Experiment With Democracy – NYTimes.com
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  My Photos and the New Splash Screen for the New Flickr iPhone App (Photo credit: Thomas Hawk)

  Get More From Flickr: Navigate and Explore – Flickr Blog
  Yahoo is redesigning Flickr, something photographers were asking for a long time, by changing the navigation on the web interface and launching a brand new iOS app. Is it too late for Flickr? When will we see a new Android app?

• How Apple Really Lost Its Lead In The 80s – Business Insider
• O Egossistema Nacional de Startups – Tudo Mudou
• Install SparkleShare 1.0 In Ubuntu (Dropbox-Like File Synchronization Tool) – Web Upd8
  Want to run your own private Dropbox? Give SparkleShare a go!
  Disclaimer: I haven’t installed it yet, but I’ve been following this project closely in the last months, so I might ditch Dropbox soon.

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• Here Comes the First Real Alternative to iPhone and Android – Mashable
  Nokia’s MeeGo still lives on to compete with Android and iOS, Not much to look at, other than videos and presentations, but it could be promising.
• Essential JavaScript And jQuery Design Patterns – A Free New Book
• Branding Your Blog: You’re Doing it All Wrong – Problogger
• SwiftKey Flow Beta Now Open – SwiftKey English
  Swiftkey and Swype? For a long time I was divided by Swype’s lovely input and Switfkey’s excellent dictionary and prediction algorithm. My choice ended up being Swiftkey, always felt more productive using it and allowed more than one language at the same time (I’m writing in Portuguese and English). But now with Swiftkey Flow it’s a no-brainer,even in Beta stage.
• 8 Kickstarter Alternatives You Should Know About – Mashable
  Worth reading, specially if outside US and Kickstarter isn’t an option.

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• Is Windows 8 Winning? Microsoft Says Yes; Data Say No – Read Write Web
  I'm starting to think Windows 8 will suffer with the shift from the PC to mobile and tablet devices in many different common uses of a laptop.
• Dogfooding is CRITICAL, the story of a bug – Ayende
  

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• The State Of Linux — How Even Apple Is Going Open Source
  

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