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"Did you spend time - gasp - offline this weekend? If so, you may have missed some really interesting stuff on The Next Web. A good thing, then, that we're here to round up some picks from the past two days.\r\nIn the news\r\nSMS security was a hot topic over the weekend. After it emerged on Friday that a\u00A0discrepancy\u00A0in the way the iOS messaging platform interprets key SMS data may allow scammers and malicious third parties to gain sensitive information from iPhone users, Apple went on the defensive. The company said that the blame lay not with the iPhone but with the SMS protocol, and that its iMessage service is much more secure.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, malware called Trojan!SMSZombie\u00A0was identified in Chinese Android app stores, with 500,000 devices said to be infected. It exploits\u00A0China Mobile\u2019s SMS payment gateway to carry out transactions and access data.\r\n\r\nThe fallout from Friday's messy situation at cloud gaming firm OnLive continued over the weekend, with the company revealing that its assets have been acquired by a new company which will continue to operate the service under the same name, although many staff are not being re-hired by the new firm, and investors such as HTC will lose their money.\r\n\r\nThe $1 billion Facebook/Instagram deal is one of the most talked-about tech stories of the year. However, having got his calculator out and run the figures, our own Alex Wilhelm notes that (as the deal is not yet complete and includes Facebook stock as well as cash), it's\u00A0worth more like $738 million\u00A0now. Ouch.\r\n\r\nIn the UK, Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings said that his company\u00A0would be &amp;quot;aggressive&amp;quot; in bidding for the rights to show the latest movies. This pits Netflix against pay-TV\u00A0incumbent, Sky. However, Hastings admitted that it may take &amp;quot;two or three years&amp;quot; to get to a position where it could obtain first-window rights to showing new movies.\r\n\r\nCongratulations to startup Modebo, who won the Startup World pitching competition in Mexico City.\r\n6 good reads\r\n\r\n\tWhy China\u2019s Xiaomi is inspiring loyalty that rivals Apple \u2018fanboys\u2019 and Google \u2018fandroids\u2019\r\n\tHas the ship already sailed for controlling Windows 8 with Kinect tech?\r\n\tDrought in FarmVille: Zynga\u2019s destructive downturn\r\n\tIn India, a time of flux approaches\r\n\tHashtag hijacks: When Twitter bites back\r\n\tEmerging iPhone app markets: Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Turkey\r\n\r\nAnd don't miss...\r\n\r\n\t5 personal data tracking innovations to watch\r\n\tWhat is the future of storytelling? Immersion, interactivity, integration and impact\r\n\tThinking about freelancing? Check your priorities first\r\n\tTech, hip hop and crowdfunding: World Up turns to Indiegogo to unlock Mozilla Foundation cash\r\n\r\nImage credit: Andres Krey"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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