Booting Up: Bloomberg, Tech Investors to March (Virtually) for Immigration Reform

Patrick Clark — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:04:47 -0400

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is teaming up with a group of high-profile investors, including Fred Wilson, Ron Conway and Paul Graham, to "push for smart immigration reform to attract and keep the best, the brightest and the hardest-working to fuel innovation and American jobs." [March for Innovation]

It wasn't so long ago that the Nook was the key to Barnes & Noble's future. Now the bookseller is planning to back off of its efforts to sell its own e-reader, and is working on strengthening partnerships with tablet suppliers. [NYT]

It's not that Julian Assange isn't giving interviews—it's just that he's leading a busy life inside the Ecuadorian government's London embassy, and it's a question of fitting reporters in. [Ars Technica]

Kara Swisher leans into the backlash against Facebook COO's Sheryl Sandberg's new book. [AllThingsD]

In case you can't wait for the competing biopics currently in production, here's what it's like to go on a double-date with John McAfee. [PandoDaily]

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Booting Up: Bloomberg, Tech Investors to March (Virtually) for Immigration Reform