苹果将于3月7日发布iPad 3?

    *  眼下，苹果将于3月7日推出iPad 3的传闻在博客上满天飞。目前，人们对于下一代平板电脑的外形及功能莫衷一是，但不少人显然认为，iPad 3的分辨率将达到iPad 2的近两倍，而且很可能会搭载四核处理器。（苹果产品资讯博客iMore、创新人才求职网站The Loop、以及Parislemon）

    * 目前，苹果正在接受美国公平劳动协会（Fair Labor Association）对其设备制造商富士康（Foxconn）的工厂生产条件调查。数周前，《纽约时报》（The New York Times）曾对富士康工厂内艰苦的生产及生活环境进行了一系列令人震惊的深度报道。【《纽约时报》（The New York Times）】

    * 美国及欧洲监管机构已批准谷歌（Google）以125亿美元收购摩托罗拉公司（Motorola Mobility）的交易。另外，谷歌证实，自2月10日以来，该公司已禁止3,000多万伊朗人使用Gmail、谷歌视频（Google Videos）、以及 YouTube。【路透社（Reuters）以及彭博新闻社（Bloomberg）】

    * 针对流行社交网站Pinterest的粗略分析显示，它97%的用户为女性。（科技博客网站TechCrunch）

    * 业界领先的BT网站海盗湾（The Pirate Bay）将从2月29日开始停止提供针对大多数种子文件的服务。这也许意味着一个时代的终结：【科技新闻媒体《边缘》（The Verge）】

    * 到2016年，全球将有10亿人使用智能手机。（《纽约时报）

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    * Rumors are flying fast and hard from multiple blogs that Apple (AAPL) will announce the iPad 3 on March 7. At this point, it's anyone's guess what the next-generation tablet will look like and what features it will have, however many seem to think it will sport nearly twice the screen resolution of the previous iPad and possibly a quad-core processor. (iMore, The Loop, parislemon)

    * Apple is having the Fair Labor Association investigate working conditions inside Foxconn factories. The move comes weeks after The New York Times ran an eye-opening series of features diving into the harsh atmosphere workers experience. (The New York Times)

    * U.S. and European regulators approved Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Separately, Google (GOOG) confirmed that 30 million-plus Iranians have been blocked from using Gmail, Google Videos, and YouTube since Feb. 10. (Reuters and Bloomberg)

    * A rough breakdown of popular social network Pinterest reveals that 97% of users are women. (TechCrunch)

    * It may be the end of an era. Leading BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay will stop serving up the majority of Torrent files beginning Feb. 29. (The Verge)

    * One billion people will own smartphones by 2016. (The New York Times)