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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Google hires a senior director at Apple for a top secret project (exclusive)  —  Google has pulled off a coup by hiring an Apple senior director of product integrity for a secret project, VentureBeat has learned.  —  The recruiting feat is historic since Google has never hired such a senior person away from Apple. Lire suite

Matt Brian / The Next Web: Apple facing $1.88 million lawsuit in China over sales of illegal book downloads  —  Apple will be required to defend itself in a Beijing court after officials accepted a case filed by nine well-known Chinese writers against the company, demanding that it pays the authors 11.91 million yuan … Lire suite

Chris Matyszczyk / CNET: The joy of Microsoft's ‘avoid ghetto’ GPS patent  —  Pedestrians have sometimes felt neglected when it comes to GPS directions.  —  Indeed, not so long ago, one lady sued Google because the directions its map offered led her (she believed) to be struck by a car. Lire suite

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe: SoundCloud raises $50 million round led by Kleiner Perkins  —  SoundCloud has raised a new fundraising round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  The amount was not released but TechCrunch understands it to be $50 million.  This would give the company a $200 million pre-money valuation. Lire suite

Matt Brian / The Next Web: Google Pulls “Official” Siri for Android App  —  Just hours after it emerged that “official” Siri for Android applications had made their way onto Google's Android Market, the search giant has not only pulled the offending app but has also removed all apps by controversial app developer “Official App”. Lire suite

Tom Warren / The Verge: Windows Phone SMS bug fix being tested by Microsoft, desktop software also affected  —  Microsoft has identified the root cause of an SMS bug in its Windows Phone software.  The bug, reported to the company in December by Khaled Salameh, allows malicious SMS messages to force devices to shutdown … Lire suite

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: Burned By Fleeing Customers, GoDaddy No Longer Just 'Doesn't Support' But Actually “OPPOSES” SOPA  —  Just in time for the aptly named “Dump GoDaddy” day, our favorite PR piñata GoDaddy just emailed a number of press, with a fresh statement from new CEO Warren Adelman.  —  From the email ... Lire suite

Lorien Crow / Mobiledia: Skype Flaw Can Expose Caller Locations  —  Skype may expose a user's location by revealing a their Internet Protocol address, researchers say, posing a significant security threat for video calling services.  —  Scientists at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University initiated video calls … Lire suite

DPA / Haaretz: Report: Syria bans iPhone to cover up crackdown on anti-Assad protests  —  Statement issued by Customs Department of the Syrian Finance Ministry says, ‘The authorities warn anyone against using the iPhone in Syria’; at least six demonstrators reported killed in Syria on Friday. Lire suite

Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: The iPhone 5 Was Real, Says A Source Who Played With A Prototype  —  Remember how disappointed everyone was back in October when Apple announced an iPhone 4S and not an iPhone 5?  —  Everyone had been led to believe by scores of reports that there would be a revolutionary new iPhone with a bigger screen and a new slimmer look. Lire suite