paidContent Quick Hits 2.23.2010

Seattle

»  An accord between Seattle’s two tech giants; *Amazon* and *Microsoft* are cross-licensing each others’s patent portfolios related to various products, including the Kindle and Linux-based servers. [TechFlash]

»  Talks between *Google* and the Chinese government are set to start again after a week-long break. [WSJ]

»  Twitter is testing an ad platform which could launch next month. A run-down of the rumors. [CNET]

»  *Yahoo* EVP Hilary Schneider says the Justice Department gave the OK to her company’s search deal with *Microsoft* ahead of schedule and therefore her company could get some “unexpected benefits” due to search expense reimbursements during the first quarter. [Tech Trader Daily]

»  Five ways *Google* could upstage *Apple* in the digital music market. [<a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/google

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