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Instagram gets acquired by Facebook and hits 5m Android downloads, Android looks to be top in China, while Amazon rolls out in-app payments for Android developers. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Instagram to be acquired by Facebook for $1B in cash and shares, app will stay independent: Read more

A million Instagram Android app downloads in a day isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? 5 million in 6 days: Read more

Report: Android now rules China’s smartphone market, after doubling its sales in 2011: Read more

Amazon’s in-app purchasing is now available to all Android and Kindle Fire developers: Read more

AOL sells a treasure trove of patents to Microsoft for more than $1bn, Anonymous hacks Tunisian government email accounts, and we learn more about AT&T’s new iPhone unlocking service. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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AOL sells more than 800 patents and 300 licenses to Microsoft in $1 billion+ cash deal: Read more

Anonymous releases over 2,000 hacked emails said to belong to the Tunisian government: Read more

AT&T’s iPhone unlock process detailed: Up to 5 devices, Apple does the unlocking, requires IMEI only: Read more

Amazon appears to be testing in-app payments, Path increases user data security, and Tumblr hits Facebook Timeline. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Amazon is reportedly testing in-app payments for Kindle Fire apps: Read more

Path now hashing and anonymizing contact data to protect user privacy: Read more

Tumblr launches Facebook Timeline, News Feed, and Ticker integration: Read more

The new iPad hits the shelves, don’t expect an ‘Xbox 720′ this year, and Groupon gets reprimanded in the UK. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Queues and midnight launches as Apple’s new iPad goes on sale in Australia, Japan and Singapore: Read more

Microsoft: Don’t expect a new console anytime soon, 2012 is “all about Xbox 360″: Read more

Groupon apologises to customers and takes on advice after UK investigation: Read more

Twitter acquires Posterous, Yahoo sues Facebook and a bunch of new Facebook Timeline apps are launched. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Twitter has acquired shortform blogging company Posterous: Read more

Yahoo sues Facebook after failing to privately resolve patent infringement complaint: Read more

Foursquare, Nike, The Onion, VEVO, and Fandango launch Facebook Timeline Apps: Read more

Microsoft will reportedly launch the next Xbox without a disc drive, Samsung teases Galaxy S II owners with Ice Cream Sandwich, and Dropbox gets a new look. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox will reportedly drop disc drives, launching in 2013: Read more

Not so fast: Galaxy S II will not get Ice Cream Sandwich update on March 10, says Samsung: Read more

Dropbox revamps its Web-service with a more intuitive design and support for photos: Read more

Microsoft releases the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, Facebook begins rolling out Timeline for Pages, and ads are coming to your timeline in Twitter’s official iPhone and Android apps. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Everything you need to know about Windows 8′s Consumer Preview: Read more

New Facebook timeline for brand pages loses landing tabs, gets a new admin panel: Read more

Ads are coming to your Twitter for iPhone and Android timelines: Read more

Apple acquires Chomp to improve app discovery, Google sells its stake in 4G firm Clearwire, and MATTER clearly matters as it raises money on Kickstarter to support long-form journalism. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Apple acquires Chomp to make its App Store search and discovery actually useful [Updated]: Read more

Google’s offloading its stake in 4G firm Clearwire, making a significant loss: Read more

Long-form journalism project MATTER hits its $50,000 crowdfunding target in just 36 hours: Read more

Google backs ‘Do Not Track’, Twitter speaks out on French parody censorship complaints and Google adds artificial language Esperanto to its Translate product. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

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Google Chrome will support Do Not Track, as advertisers back the Web privacy drive: Read more

Twitter answers accusations of censorship for closing French anti-Sarkozy accounts: Read more

Google adds Esperanto to Google Translate, making it the 64th supported language. Neniel!: Read more

We get some potential details about the forthcoming Apple iTV. Brazil is suing Twitter and India is going after Google and Facebook.

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Apple’s next-gen TV reported to support hand gestures and voice commands

Brazil wants Twitter to close accounts that warn of traffic controls

Indian minister: Google, Facebook and others must comply with our laws