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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Did Patent Foe Yahoo Ask The USPTO To Invalidate Zuckerberg's News Feed Patent?  —  One idea floated when Ross Levinsohn took the reins as the interim CEO of Yahoo is that he might represent a kinder, gentler phase in the Internet company's contentious patent fight against Facebook.

Fairfax News:
Startup Act 2.0 Aims to Jumpstart the Economy  —  U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and three colleagues today introduced bipartisan legislation, Startup Act 2.0, to help jumpstart the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses and jobs.  It is based upon research showing …

Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Zimride launches mobile real time ride sharing via Lyft  —  Booking a lift via car ride sharing startup Zimride can be a good option for a long trip that you schedule in advance (think hitching a ride to San Francisco to L.A.) But what about if you want to catch a ride right now?

John Ribeiro / PC World:
ICANN's GTLD Application System Back in Action  —  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said Monday that its application system for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has reopened, more than a month after it was brought down because of a software glitch.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Andreessen Horowitz's Jeff Jordan: Are Companies Building On Top Of Facebook Really Growing Or Just “Spam?”  —  This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012, TechCrunch editor Eric Eldon sat down for a fireside chat with Jeff Jordan, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of OpenTable …

Joanna Stern / ABC News:
ooVoo: 12-Way Video Calling Comes to Facebook and the iPad  —  Skype and FaceTime might be the household names when it comes to video calling these days, but ooVoo doesn't want that to be the case for much longer.  —  The video chat service announced today that it's bringing its 12 …

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Airbnb Will Now Cover Up to $1M Worth of Property Damage  —  Airbnb is putting up some cash to build a reputation around the safety and security of its hosts' property.  The company today committed to cover up to $1 million in damage resulting from a booking.

Chris Chavez / Phandroid:
Sprint Kills Off 5GB Tethering Plan for $30 - Adds New 2GB Plan for $20 and 6GB for $50  —  Sprint is hoping new changes to their mobile hotspot pricing models will bring about new customers who might have otherwise been apprehensive to take the jump into their data-only tethering service.

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Viewdini: Verizon's new mobile video portal with Comcast Xfinity, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and more  —  At the 2012 Cable Show in Boston, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead (seated second from right) just announced that the carrier will be launching a new mobile video platform called Viewdini …

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Facebook loses trademark fight against adult social network  —  A federal judge has refused to order a Norwegian website that describes itself as “the number one socializing porn and sex network” to turn over its name to Facebook.  —  U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White last week ruled …

NBC Bay Area:
VP of Palo Alto's SAP Arrested in LEGO Bar Code Scam  —  A San Carlos software engineer is charged with four counts of felony burglary.  —  A Silicon Valley executive could soon be trading LEGO blocks for cell blocks.  It's a story you will only see on NBC Bay Area News.

Carl Franzen / Livewire:
Facebook Begins Testing Redesigned “Timeline” View  —  Days after it first began offering stock in a rocky initial public offering, Facebook has quietly begun testing a new look for user profiles, or “Timelines,” the company confirmed to TPM.  —  Here is a view of the new Timeline view Facebook …

Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Motorola Will Be Google's Most Interesting Project Yet  —  Motorola designer Rudy Krolopp with DynaTAC cellphone prototypes, 1983  —  Google's $12+ billion Motorola deal is closed, and Google veteran Dennis Woodside is taking over as Motorola CEO.  Now the fun begins.

Gerry Shih / Reuters:
Zynga launches prepaid debit card with American Express  —  (Reuters) - Zynga Inc., the social games publisher, has reached a partnership agreement with American Express to issue a prepaid debit card that could be used to redeem virtual credits, the two companies said.

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Kleiner Perkins Sued By Partner Ellen Pao For Alleged Sexual Harassment, Gender Discrimination  —  Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, one of the most storied and well-respected venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, has been sued by Ellen Pao, an investment partner with the firm.

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