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Status Update #12 – Durable Aluminium
Monday April 9, 2012
Hosts: Jacob Bodnar and Jared Weseman

STORIES
Facebook Buys Instagram
Paid $1 billion
Facebook paid twice what Instagram was valued at days ago
Instagram founder will get $400 million
Lumia 900 Launches of Easter Sunday
Lumia 900 launches to top spot on Amazon Mobile
The first Lumia 900 Commercial
Microsoft is literally paying for app development
Windows Phone Market now up to 80,000 published apps
Mobile News
Sprint and HTC announce Evo 4G LTE
LG Viper 4G might become first Sprint LTE phone
Top Secret AT&T HTC One X sold on Ebay
Samsung posts record Q1 profit
HTC struggles in first quarter of 2012
First Google tablet now expected in July due to price cut
Report: Apple has prototype 7.85-inch tablet
Report: iPhone 5 coming in June?
Social Media News
Yahoo lays off 2,000 workers
Read Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s letter to employees
Facebook counter sues Yahoo over 10 patents
Twitter finally files lawsuit against spammers
EA explains the future of social gaming advertisements
Experian: Google+ visits increased 27% over last month
Pinterest now third most viewed social media site
Quick Hits
Google leads popularity among tech companies
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich not coming to Razr and Razr Maxx…yet
RIM working on a refreshed BlackBerry PlayBook
App Drawer
Jared: Instagram for Android
Jacob: HD Widgets for Android Tablets

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