Todays Top Headlines in Tech & Social Media

Welcome to this mornings edition of First To Know, a series in which we keep you in the know on whats happening in the digital world. Were keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today.

UK Government Discusses Limiting Social Media

British officials met with representatives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry to discuss ways of restricting social media use during periods of civil disruption Thursday. Among the items discussed: requiring users to use their real names on Twitter.

WikiLeak! s Cables Show Chinas Failure to Measure Air Pollution

China has refrained from measuring the most dangerous types of air pollution in an effort to avoid political consequences, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday.

Google Kills Slide in Favor of Google+

Google has allegedly decided to dissolve Slide, a social apps company it acquired last year for $182 million, as it shifts its social networking efforts to Google+.

Apples Stock Price Stabilizes

Investors seem to have shrugged off Apples bombshell announcement on Wednesday that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO. The companys stock price, which had fallen as much as 7% in after-hours trading, was down less than 1% by mid-afternoon Thursday.

Further News

Tim Cook sent his first memo to Apple employees Thursday.
Mozillas CEO has defended Firefoxs accelerated, six-week release cycle in a blog post.
Fox Searchlight is shunning traditional promotional opportunities for its upcoming film Martha Marcy May Marlene in favor of an elaborate QR code campaign.
Flipboard, a social newsreading app for the iPad, is setting its sights on TV and film.
The Sims Social, a reboot of Electronic Arts bestselling $4 billion games franchise, has only been out of beta since last Thursday but it already has 4.6 million people playing it daily.

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