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Speaking at the LeWeb technology conference, Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s chief executive, confirmed that the company has removed the ability to send pictures to Twitter, and plans to completely cut off embedding pictures on the Twitter Web site.

The press would like to write the sort of teenage model of competition, which is, 'I have a gun, you have a gun, who shoots first?' The adult way to run a business is to run it more like a country. They have disputes, yet they've actually been able to have huge trade with each other. They're not sending bombs at each other.

of the $120m in total revenue generated from paid app downloads and in-app purchases in the US during the first 20 days of November 2012, fully half was split between just 25 developers. All but one of those top 25 earners were game developers, including Disney, ​Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Glu, Kabam, Rovio, Storm8, and Zynga, among others.

The stock was one of the biggest percentage losers on the S&P 500, dropping 5.2 percent to $545.56 at one point as more than 17 million shares changed hands, putting it on track to surpass the company's average daily volume over 50 days of 21 million shares.

Update: most likely, the problem arises because of links: the people responsible for iTunes, put the “temporary” link type xx.xx.xx. That’s just such a site exists, and, as we have seen today, has nothing to do with the ideals of the company.Waiting for the fix.

If you’re a customer of Verizon‘s, you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled for an email, text message, or notification mentioning the carrier’s new “Verizon Selects” program. In exchange for sharing your data usage, such as location, web browsing, and mobile app usage data, you’ll get targeted advertisements delivered to you by either email, text messages, or other forms of mobile advertising.

industry sources have told CNET in recent weeks that the deal that Apple has offered for iRadio has left the major record companies -- Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group -- cold. My sources say that, at a minimum, a deal with all the majors is nowhere near to being completed. Even if Apple sweetens its offer or the big labels change their mind tomorrow, these deals take a while to put to bed. Even in the best case scenario, it will still be a while before we see iRadio.

The next annual Google I/O, one of the most hotly anticipated tech conferences each year, will take place May 15-17, 2013, the Google Developers Twitter account announced today.

RT @mediagazer: Tim Cook hints that Apple plans to redefine the television set (@thisisneil / AppleInsider) http:// ...

RT @TUAW: Tim Cook announces plans to manufacture Mac computers in USA [post]

RT @TheNextWeb: More trouble in Canada as Uber is charged with 25 licensing offenses in Toronto by @jonrussell

RT @Techmeme: Apple investing 'over $100 million' to bring back some Mac production to the US in 2013... ...

RT @nytimestech: Apple to Resume U.S. Manufacturing

RT @newsyc20: Design Mistakes We Made in Our iPhone App ()

RT @newsyc20: Design Mistakes We Made in Our iPhone App ()

Hastings has 200,000 subscribers on Facebook. He argues that because he told 200,000 subscribers about the streaming he did publicly announce the news and a press release wasn't necessary.

T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere confirmed that the iPhone will be among the Apple products that T-Mobile sells next year, but he said that T-Mo will sell it in a far different way than other carriers. T-Mobile is eliminating all device subsidies in 2013, requiring new customers to pay full price for their phones up front, buy it on installment or bring their own unlocked devices, Legere said speaking at corporate parent Deutsche Telekom’s Capital Markets Day in Bonn. T-Mobile will shift entirely to its unsubsidized Value Plans, which offer customers far cheaper rates for voice and particular data. Traditionally carriers factor subsidies into their normal contracts rates – basically you’re paying a mortgage on your phone. With the Value program, T-Mobile is keeping the contract, but passing what it saves on subsidies back to consumer.

The head honcho at indie game developer Rubicon wasn’t happy yesterday. You see, Rubicon poured a good chunk of cash — around $16,000 — and devoted a truckload of man hours into porting their smashing RTS Great Big War Game to Windows RT. The great big payback? Less than $90 in profits after the first week on sale.

"When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years," Cook said in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, part of an interview that will air tonight on "Rock Center." "It's an area of intense interest. I can't say more than that."

At a press event here, Ek said that the company hit 1 million U.S. paid subscribers in a year when it took others a decade to accumulate that amount. That seemed like a thinly veiled shot at Rhapsody, one of the oldest music subscription services. Among the news items from the event: Metallica announced that all its music is now available on Spotify.

The original open source software “Benevolent Dictator For Life” and author of Python, Guido van Rossum, is leaving Google to join Dropbox, the startup will announce later today. Van Rossum was a software engineer at Google since 2005, and should be a huge help as Dropbox is built on Python. He’s the latest big hire by the cloud storage startup that’s capitalizing on its 100 million-user milestone.

RT @ForbesTech: Apple's profit to fall for the first time in 9 years in Q4.

RT @Techmeme: Cold water for Google Fiber fans: Covering the whole country could cost $140 billion... ...

RT @Techmeme: Cold water for Google Fiber fans: Covering the whole country could cost $140 billion... ...

RT @Techmeme: Facebook data suggests Microsoft has sold 4.2 million Windows Phone handsets since October... http:// ...

RT @Techmeme: Australian Police Warn Against Use of Apple Maps Due to Safety Concerns (@julipuli / MacRumors) http: ...

RT @davewiner: How Much It Would Cost Google To Build A Cable Network.

it can try an astounding 958 combinations in just 5.5 hours, enough to brute force every possible eight-character password containing upper- and lower-case letters, digits, and symbols. Such password policies are common in many enterprise settings. The same passwords protected by Microsoft's LM algorithm—which many organizations enable for compatibility with older Windows versions—will fall in just six minutes.