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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Advertisement Articles for 01/26/2013 PSA: Unlocking Phones Without Carrier Permission Becomes Illegal on Saturday Group Commerce Confirms 31 Layoffs as It Withdraws From Local Deals StoryDesk Adds iPad-to-iPad Sharing of Presentations How Do You Market a TV Show Without a TV Network? Ask Netflix. "App and Mortar" Is One Way to Describe the Trend in Mobile Commerce Exclusive Interview: Keith Rabois Talks About Sexual Harassment Claim, Becoming a "Distraction" at Square and What's Next Twitter Now Reportedly Valued at $9 Billion Salesforce to Seek Four-for-One Stock Split RIM Hopes to Score Points With BlackBerry 10 Super Bowl Ad Keith Rabois's Long Statement on Personal Relationship With Square Employee, Sexual Harassment Claim That "Feels Like a Shakedown" Facebook's Platform Policy Explanation Only Raises More Questions Medical Crowdfunding Site Watsi Becomes Y Combinator's First Nonprofit Startup AT&T Fares Well at Apple, Sprint Outperforms at Best Buy, While Verizon Does Better at Mass Retail Amazon Surges to New Highs on Expectation of Positive Holiday Report Go West, Young Geek: Chris Dixon on Why He Became a Silicon Valley VC at Andreessen Horowitz, and More! (Video) Next Month's Super Bowl Ads, Today Verizon, AT&T in $1.9 Billion Deal to Swap Some Spectrum Timehop Hooks Up With USA Today to Deliver Stories From the Past Out-Trending the Trendmakers: NewsWhip Says It Defeats Twitter and Facebook's Filter Bubbles Read Kara Follow Kara Subscribe to Kara Read Walt Follow Walt Subscribe to Walt Read Katie Follow Katie Subscribe to Katie Read John Follow John Subscribe to John Read Peter Follow Peter Subscribe to Peter Read Liz Follow Liz Subscribe to Liz Read Ina Follow Ina Subscribe to Ina Read Tricia Follow Tricia Subscribe to Tricia Read Arik Follow Arik Subscribe to Arik Read Lauren Follow Lauren Subscribe to Lauren Read Bonnie Follow Bonnie Subscribe to Bonnie Read Mike Follow Mike Subscribe to Mike Follow us on: iPhone app E-Readers Facebook Twitter RSS PSA: Unlocking Phones Without Carrier Permission Becomes Illegal on Saturday Bonnie Cha Jan 25, 2013 04:25 pm Think twice before you unlock your new cellphone. read more » Group Commerce Confirms 31 Layoffs as It Withdraws From Local Deals Tricia Duryee Jan 25, 2013 04:03 pm New York-based Group Commerce, which runs a daily deals platform for media companies, has laid off 31 people, or roughly 30 percent of its 109-person staff. BusinessInsider first reported the news, confirmed by CEO Jonty Kelt in an email to AllThingsD. The layoffs mean that Group Commerce will no longer source deals locally, and instead will focus on national offers. "We incurred the cost of sourcing local offers, yet did not have control over distribution," he said, which in turn meant it couldn't control its revenue. read more » StoryDesk Adds iPad-to-iPad Sharing of Presentations Arik Hesseldahl Jan 25, 2013 03:55 pm And? Those presentations don't induce naps. read more » How Do You Market a TV Show Without a TV Network? Ask Netflix. Peter Kafka Jan 25, 2013 03:43 pm Perhaps you've heard that "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" are coming to the video service. But what if you haven't? read more » "App and Mortar" Is One Way to Describe the Trend in Mobile Commerce Tricia Duryee Jan 25, 2013 03:33 pm A new report figures out who is benefiting right now from the mobile commerce trend. Surprisingly, it's physical retailers. read more » Exclusive Interview: Keith Rabois Talks About Sexual Harassment Claim, Becoming a "Distraction" at Square and What's Next Kara Swisher Jan 25, 2013 03:15 pm It's complicated. read more » Twitter Now Reportedly Valued at $9 Billion Mike Isaac Jan 25, 2013 02:44 pm Twitter now holds a $9 billion valuation after investment firm BlackRock made an $80 million offer to purchase stock from early Twitter employees, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The new $9 billion number is a 10 percent valuation increase since the company last raised money in 2011, yet lower than the $10 billion and $11 billion valuations made last year after two secondary stock transactions. Twitter declined to comment on the report. read more » Salesforce to Seek Four-for-One Stock Split Arik Hesseldahl Jan 25, 2013 02:10 pm The company plans to put the proposal up for shareholder approval. read more » RIM Hopes to Score Points With BlackBerry 10 Super Bowl Ad Ina Fried Jan 25, 2013 01:24 pm The Super Bowl ad will kick off a week of launch activities across the globe to highlight the new operating system and the first two BlackBerry 10 devices. read more » Keith Rabois's Long Statement on Personal Relationship With Square Employee, Sexual Harassment Claim That "Feels Like a Shakedown" Kara Swisher Jan 25, 2013 01:24 pm An unexpected twist. read more » Facebook's Platform Policy Explanation Only Raises More Questions Mike Isaac Jan 25, 2013 01:10 pm Facebook posts an addendum to its policy for developers building on the platform. But how much is it really saying? read more » Medical Crowdfunding Site Watsi Becomes Y Combinator's First Nonprofit Startup Liz Gannes Jan 25, 2013 12:57 pm "I've never been so excited about anything we've funded," says YC chief Paul Graham. read more » AT&T Fares Well at Apple, Sprint Outperforms at Best Buy, While Verizon Does Better at Mass Retail Ina Fried Jan 25, 2013 12:24 pm A study examines where the Big Four U.S. cellular carriers get their sales, and finds that third-party stores vary in how sales are distributed. read more » Amazon Surges to New Highs on Expectation of Positive Holiday Report Tricia Duryee Jan 25, 2013 11:49 am Amazon's fourth-quarter sales should be up as much as 30 percent year over year, or double the overall e-commerce market. read more » Go West, Young Geek: Chris Dixon on Why He Became a Silicon Valley VC at Andreessen Horowitz, and More! (Video) Kara Swisher Jan 25, 2013 10:32 am If you can make it here, you'll make it anywhere. read more » Next Month's Super Bowl Ads, Today Peter Kafka Jan 25, 2013 08:57 am Advertisers are paying more than $3 million to show a 30-second ad during the 49ers-Ravens game. You can see some of them on YouTube now. read more » Verizon, AT&T in $1.9 Billion Deal to Swap Some Spectrum Ina Fried Jan 25, 2013 08:36 am The moves, which require government okay, are part of a commitment Verizon made to sell off some of its 700MHz holdings. read more » Timehop Hooks Up With USA Today to Deliver Stories From the Past Mike Isaac Jan 25, 2013 08:04 am A charming smartphone app takes users on a trip down memory lane -- now in headlines. read more » Out-Trending the Trendmakers: NewsWhip Says It Defeats Twitter and Facebook's Filter Bubbles Eric Johnson Jan 25, 2013 07:00 am Friends? 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