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CNBC reporter Jon Fortt posted the message on his Twitter account. Lynch will be the VP of Technology.

Google is shutting down most of its good services for publishers like Feedburner and Google Reader, so I need to make a change at The Loop. If you are using The Loop’s Feedburner link in your RSS reeder, could you please change it to this one ASAP.

https://www.loopinsight.com/feed/

I will be shutting off the Feedburner link in the near future. Thanks for understanding.

If you are a member of The Loop, keep using your existing link, I’ll be in touch with more info on that later.

Lots of big changes in the new version. I already downloaded it.

Khoi Vinh:

It’s a decision that has infuriated many, partly because when the company launched Google Reader in 2005, its free price tag undercut and then virtually destroyed the market for competitive products.

Soon enough, Google Reader had become a de facto industry standard, even as it became more and more apparent over the years that the company cared little for the market that it had come to own.

Assholes.

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“We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, said during an interview in Seoul. “We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.”

In other words, ever since they heard Apple may be working on one.

I did an interview with Paul Campbell for the upcoming Úll Conference in Dublin, Ireland, where I’ll be speaking.

Don Melton sets the record straight on whether Apple actually assigns employees to work on fake projects.

The Tech Block put together hands-on comments from around the Web.

”They were very concientious to not say or do anything that might offend,” said Calhoun.

Yeah, that didn’t go so well.

Clorox’s ads for its Clorox 2 detergent show us that there’s some ad folks there that have really sick senses of humor. Or maybe we’re the perverts.

BrightNest will help you tackle important home tasks with easy-to-follow instructions, a personal schedule and helpful reminders. From basic maintenance to cleaning tricks to home design ideas, we deliver everything you need to shape up your home and simplify your life.

This could be a very helpful app.

They appointed two co-CEOs after the Galaxy S 4 event. Apparently they must think that nightmare was a success. The two new co-CEOs will join the existing CEO.

Taking a page from RIM’s playbook (You see what I did there?).

There’s momentum to overturn an American law that prevents consumers from legally unlocking cell phones. A legal expert explains the best way to do it.

I’d like to thank Preschoolians for sponsoring The Loop this week.

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Philip Elmer Dewitt offers a chart that shows Apple’s iPhone sales against Samsung’s Galaxy sales. The Galaxy has outsold the iPhone only once in ten quarters.

Thrillist’s CEO says 45 percent of their revenue is being generated from customers using their iPhone app. Not bad for a $40 million/year company.

In a post obviously not written by Jim, we direct your attention to a story about Warby Parker’s co-founder’s new venture: shaving products.

In which John Gruber suggests that boredom is affecting the objectivity of tech journalists.

Microsoft’s Surface sales have been weak, according to sources. Big surprise.

Hello World:

Go outside, be present with the people you love when you’re with them, or go make something. Staring at your little screen isn’t doing anything for you.”

Take a look at the fascinating photo comparison on the linked web site. What do you think? Does the 2013 photo represent a good thing, a bad thing or just the nature of the world we live in?

Some people are quick to call parents lazy who give their kids iPads and other gadgets. Not so fast, says Gary Marshall.

ShellyBlog:

Each year’s SXSW conference turns my hometown into a giant carnival of music, food, and strangers from strange lands.

My contribution to SXSW coverage is a listing of free music downloads and samplers, featuring bands who will be in or near Austin next week.

A lot of techies may not realize that while the first five days of SXSW is a tech conference, there’s a huge live music component too. Even better, a lot of these undiscovered bands make their music available for free online. Shelly Brisbin has collated some of the links to these gigabytes of MP3s.

Jim and Dan talk about truth in reporting, trusting the news and news agencies, android users in the air, twisting numbers, Rubin stepping down, “cheap” guitars, and more.

Sponsored by Hover (use code DANSENTME for 10% off), Shutterstock (use code DANSENTME3 for 30% off), and Squarespace (use code DANSENTME3 for 10% off).

Google’s CEO announced that Andy Rubin, the guy who started Android, is moving on “to start a new chapter at Google.”

Lifehacker offers practical suggestions for how to temper your next political discussion with facts and balance, not rhetoric.

Ben Long delves into pro workflow tools for iPad-toting photographers.

Gone are the days of not being able to categorize your audio recordings and voice memos or remember important moments. With CaptureAudio, your audio recordings can be sorted into binders and notebooks. More importantly, during a recording you can quickly and easily mark significant moments with audio markers called “flags” to immediately start playing from that moment during playback.

I’ve been using this app for a couple of weeks and it’s great.

As the Papal Conclave happens in Rome, the cardinals spend their days in the Sistine Chapel. Here is a very cool VR of the inside of the chapel.