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December 16, 2010 -- 3:00 p.m. EST TECHNOLOGY U.S. Urges Web Privacy 'Bill Of Rights' The Obama administration called for the creation of a Privacy Policy Office that would help develop an Internet "privacy bill of rights" for U.S citizens and coordinate privacy issues globally. • Vote: Are privacy laws needed? • Complete Coverage: What They Know • Critics Target Online Tracking     ASIA TECHNOLOGY IPhone: Not Really 'Made in China' The complex supply chain behind the iPhone highlights how conventional trade statistics provide a distorted view of a world where products are designed in one country and assembled in another. • Another Take on China's Trade Surplus     TECHNOLOGY Myspace, Google Extend Search, Ads Pact Myspace and Google have renewed their search and advertising partnership, signing a multiyear agreement that now includes display advertising, but no revenue guarantees.     TECHNOLOGY Nokia Files Patent Complaint Nokia filed patent infringement complaints against U.S.-based rival Apple in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands, the latest in a string of suits in the mobile device industry. • Patent Suits Roil Consumer Tech     TECHNOLOGY Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers Mobile-shopping programs mean competitors can beat a store's prices -- even as customers are standing in its aisles. • Audio: Smartphones Equal Smart Shoppers • Vote: Vet in person, buy online? Vice-versa? • Readers React: 'I heart competition' • Factiva Search: Mobile Payments     SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Ex-Google Chefs Launch Start-Up Many Google executives and engineers who have left the Internet search giant have launched their own start-ups. That goes for former Google chefs Nate Keller and Mirit Cohen, too.     SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA An Unorthodox Take on Philanthropy PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has turned some of his energy to philanthropy, with an unconventional approach that includes focusing on futurism.     Digits Blog AOL Buys Digital Ad Company AOL acquired digital advertising company Pictela on Thursday to bolster its efforts to attract more ad dollars from big brands by selling larger, glitzier ad formats. See Full Post Cupcake-Gate at the FCC Federal Communications Commission officials got a sweet treat Wednesday afternoon, when AT&T representatives did their annual holiday cupcake drop-off throughout the building. See Full Post Mark Zuckerberg: Time's Person of the Year Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg its "Person of the Year" for 2010, "for creating a new system of exchanging information that has become both indispensable and sometimes a little scary." See Full Post READ MORE POSTS All Things Digital News and analysis about the digital revolution from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Latest Posts • Four Arrested In Tech-Heavy Insider Trading Case • Bing's iPhone App Is Getting New Features (But Windows Phone 7 Owners Will Have to Wait) • Exclusive: TMS Acquires Online Video Guide CastTV See all recent posts.  All Things Digital RSS Feed