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Apple Lets Loose Mountain Lion OS On Devs. Apple is releasing an early version of "Mountain Lion," their new OS for the Mac, to developers today. Early reviews of the OS show that Apple is unifying their display options and features across their mobile devices and the Mac. For example, the main Notifications Center that debuted on the iOS 5 is now part of Mountain Lion. Also new: Twitter and iCloud are woven more tightly into the OS X than seen before on a Mac. Messaging via the Messages feature will work across all iOS devices as well as the new OS X, and in fact, is already available for download in beta to the current Lion OS X. --NS
--Updated 8:50 a.m. EST
Opera Buys Two Mobile Ad Networks. Still serious about its mobile browsing service, Opera has acquired Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Adverising. Opera also released its fourth quarter results, revealing a rise in revenue from $7.4 million last year to $10.5 million in Q4 this year. --NS
Twitter's Grammy Count. Twitter activity during the Grammys didn't look quite as flashy as the record-breaking numbers it saw during the Super Bowl, but it was still pretty impressive. 5 million tweets contained the word "Grammys" between noon and midnight Pacific Time, and got most intense--10,901 tweets per second--when Adele won Record of the Year for 21. --NS
--Updated 7:50 a.m. EST
iPads Going Off Shelves In China, But Possibly Not For Long. Since a China court awarded Proview Technology the rights to the "iPad" brand name, more and more stores are ceasing to sell Apple's iPad in the country. This may not last long, though--Chinese customs has warned that the iPad is too popular to ban. Meanwhile, Apple has asked Amazon to stop selling iPads on its China site, but only because Amazon was not authorized to do so in the first place. --NS
--Updated 7:30 a.m. EST
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