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"Welcome to this morning\u2019s edition of \u201CFirst To Know,\u201D a series in which we keep you in the know on what\u2019s happening in the digital world. We\u2019re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today.\nFacebook Denies Phone Rumors\nFacebook has denied rumors that it plans to launch a Facebook-branded phone with Taiwanese manufacturer HTC.\nNokia Still Growing, But Smartphone Share Shrinking\nNokia posted fourth quarter results Thursday morning. While the company managed to sell 28.3 million smartphones in the quarter \u2014 a healthy increase from 26.5 million from the preceding quarter, and 20.8 million the same period a year ago \u2014 its share of the smartphone market has shrunk from 40% to 31% in just one year.\nFacebook Launches Group-Buying Prototype\nFacebook is currently testing a new feature called \u201CBuy With Friends,\u201D which allows users to get discounts on virtual goods purchased by their friends.\nGoogle Begins Censoring Torrent Sites\nGoogle, the company that fought censorship in China and vowed not to censor even anti-Semitism, has begun a subtle censorship campaign of its own. As of Wednesday, if a Google search user begins typing in a term such as \u201CBitTorrent,\u201D Google\u2019s Auto Suggest feature stops listing possible terms as soon as he or she types the second \u201CT\u201D in the word. Likewise, it won\u2019t auto-complete the pirate-familiar words \u201Cmegaupload,\u201D \u201Cutorrent\u201D or \u201Crapidshare.\"\nFacebook Ups Security With HTTPS Support\nFacebook has finally added the ability to access the site via a HTTP Secure (HTTPS) connection, which should drastically increase security for users.\nFurther News\n\nGmail now lets users receive desktop notifications for new chat messages and e-mails.\nPopular software games Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego are coming to Facebook February.\nNon-profit Worldreader.org is is piloting a new campaign that would deliver e-readers, like Amazon\u2019s Kindle, to children in Ghanaian schools.\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, DNY59"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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