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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko and all your MacBreak Weekly friends. Apple is officially now bigger than Microsoft, Google and Sweden, and more. Guest: Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/mbw. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 2:06:02 - Leo Laporte

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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, Foodspotting, Yelp, and Gowalla are among a smattering of iOS applications that have been sending the actual names, email addresses and/or phone numbers from your device’s internal address book to their servers, VentureBeat has learned. - Leo Laporte

I fully believe this issue is a failure of Apple and a breach of trust by Apple, not by app developers. The expectation of Address Book privacy is obvious; in fact, one person on Hacker News, in response to learning about Path's use of the data, said, "Apple would never do this to their users." Because Apple has your trust and yet gives this private information freely to developers, Apple does do this to their users. All of them. - Leo Laporte

The games are those that connect to Chillingo's "Crystal" game service, and they include both Angry Birds and Cut-The-Rope. In these cases, a user needs to go through an admittedly convoluted set of steps in order to connect their game to the Crystal network, but once connected, there is a button labelled "Invite from Contacts" with a further misleading description "Send an invite from your local contacts." - Leo Laporte

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Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history. - Leo Laporte

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Log In - The New York Times | Log In - The New York Times | Europe Clears Google Acquisition of Motorola - | | | | - Leo Laporte

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Log In - The New York Times | Europe Clears Google Acquisition of Motorola - | | | - Leo Laporte

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@ Club One - Nice workout. Three sets on the bench, ten minutes on the rower, thirty on the steps, four tweets, five moves on Words With Friends, and a half-dozen Likes. - Leo Laporte

Europe Clears Google Acquisition of Motorola - | | - Leo Laporte

we also learned about another Apple Jxx product: The next Apple TV. It is codenamed “J33” and “AppleTV 3,1″ in the 5.1B software. This new Apple TV will also feature the low-power Bluetooth 4.0 technology. Perhaps, besides both showing up in iOS 5.1 software, the Jxx devices are also A6 devices? We cannot tell if this new device will be a 1080P/A6 upgrade from the current or something bigger. - Leo Laporte

Pinterest now has over 10.4 million registered users, 9 million monthly Facebook-connected users, and 2 million daily Facebook users, according to Inside Network’s AppData tracking servic - Leo Laporte

hares of Apple Inc. rallied above $500 for the first time after a two-week gain spurred by the iPhone maker’s first-quarter earnings report approached 20 percent. - Leo Laporte

Houston's 2007 Ultimate Collection increased by £3 to £7.99 in the space of just 30 minutes, with iTunes users reporting that they were prevented from downloading the LP at its original advertised price while the update occurred. It is not yet known who is behind the price increase, with some fans suggesting the label Sony Music or publisher may be responsible. - Leo Laporte

Google says the efforts represent “exceptional lengths” by the company to keep users informed how the Internet firm collects, uses and shares information. - Leo Laporte

ITV has written to Apple to warn the Silicon Valley technology giant off using its three-letter name for its long-awaited, “iTV” smart television. - Leo Laporte

Apple® today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City - Leo Laporte

In the next few days we’re releasing an update to your YouTube experience on Google TV making it faster and easier to find great content, adding YouTube channel pages, and giving you more control over your experience. - Leo Laporte

ITV has denied that there is any truth in reports that it has approached Apple to warn it off using the ITV name. The Telegraph suggested this morning that British television network ITV's CEO Adam Crozier had written a letter to Apple regarding the use of the name iTV in its products, which reflects a number of recent rumors regarding a forthcoming Apple-branded TV. - Leo Laporte

Get ready for Monday, we have some big announcements! - Leo Laporte

The Tech Guy for Sunday 12 February 2012 - Show 848 Host: Leo Laporte Leo’s new favorite cellphone, Roku box, email privacy, and your calls. Guests: Chris Marquardt Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 01:47:33 - Leo Laporte

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John Dvorak, Shira Lazar, and Robert Scoble. Facebook vs Twitter in real time, link skimming, Path problems, iPad 3, 3D cameras, Windows on ARM, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twit. For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for this episode. Links to stories we covered (and then some) are available from Delicious or in our Friendfeed Room. Audio bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by the new Winamp for Android... featuring wireless sync and one-click iTunes import. Now with FREE daily music downloads and full length CD listening parties. Download it for free at Winamp.com/Android. Running time: 01:57:54 - Leo Laporte