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<p>Square is now offering gift cards, redeemable anywhere Square is accepted. You'll need to use the company's wallet to send a card, but not to redeem one. [<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3003826/square-launches-gift-cards-anyone-can-redeem-even-if-you-dont-use-square"><em>Fast Company</em></a>]</p>
<p>For a use case look to Jack Dorsey, who's using the product to send gifts like $100 worth of tacos. [<a href="https://twitter.com/rsa/status/277924914697224194">Twitter</a>]</p>
<p>No more Instagram photos in your Twitter feed, fostering FOMO among your followers. [<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121209/confirmed-effective-immediately-say-goodbye-to-instagram-photos-inside-of-twitter/">AllThingsD</a>]</p>
<p>Several big-name tech companies are making another attempt to stifle patent-trolling. Firms including Google and Facebook have filed an amicus brief in a case currently being argued in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals, asking that the court set a precedent against lawsuits based on patents for things like "an ecommerce platform." [<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/09/reject-abstract-patents/">TechCrunch</a>]</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspx">World Conference on International Telecommunications</a> just got underway, and already nations including China and Russia have attempted (and just as quickly abandoned) a push for the Internet to be considered composed of government-controlled networks. [<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/wcit-12-leak-shows-russia-china-others-seek-to-define-government-controlled-internet-7000008509/">ZDNet</a>]</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_57713" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 250px"><a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/square-scores-a-venti-sized-deal-from-starbucks-to-process-all-credit-and-debit-cards/image-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-57713"><img class=" wp-image-57713  " alt="(Photo: Twitter)" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/image.jpeg" width="240" height="236" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo: Twitter)</p></div></p>
<p>Square is now offering gift cards, redeemable anywhere Square is accepted. You'll need to use the company's wallet to send a card, but not to redeem one. [<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3003826/square-launches-gift-cards-anyone-can-redeem-even-if-you-dont-use-square"><em>Fast Company</em></a>]</p>
<p>For a use case look to Jack Dorsey, who's using the product to send gifts like $100 worth of tacos. [<a href="https://twitter.com/rsa/status/277924914697224194">Twitter</a>]</p>
<p>No more Instagram photos in your Twitter feed, fostering FOMO among your followers. [<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121209/confirmed-effective-immediately-say-goodbye-to-instagram-photos-inside-of-twitter/">AllThingsD</a>]</p>
<p>Several big-name tech companies are making another attempt to stifle patent-trolling. Firms including Google and Facebook have filed an amicus brief in a case currently being argued in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals, asking that the court set a precedent against lawsuits based on patents for things like "an ecommerce platform." [<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/09/reject-abstract-patents/">TechCrunch</a>]</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspx">World Conference on International Telecommunications</a> just got underway, and already nations including China and Russia have attempted (and just as quickly abandoned) a push for the Internet to be considered composed of government-controlled networks. [<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/wcit-12-leak-shows-russia-china-others-seek-to-define-government-controlled-internet-7000008509/">ZDNet</a>]</p>
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