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Firefox 4, Google Docs & Netflix: This Morning’s Top Stories

Final Version of Firefox 4 Coming March 22

If everything goes according to plan, the final version of Firefox 4should be released March 22, according to a message posted on Firefox’s official forum.

‪Google Docs Improves Commenting & Adds E-mail Notifications‬

Google is releasing Wednesday an update to Google Docs that upgrades comments and adds simple e-mail notifications by mentioning e-mail addresses in comments.

Netflix in Talks To Distribute Original Series

Netflix is in talks to exclusively distribute an original TV series by David Fincher and Kevin Spacey, taking it into uncharted territory that would put it in direct competition with HBO and other premium cable channels.

Google Acquires Video Processing Startup

Google has acquired digital video technology company Green Parrot Pictures to improve the quality of videos uploaded to its YouTube service.

Further News

• Twitter has taken a big step toward improving account security with a new setting that permanently enables HTTPS.
• Visa announced Wednesday a personal payments service that will allow U.S. customers to send and receive funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit or prepaid account anywhere in the world.
• Google has released a notable update to its iPhone app, giving it a new design, new features and even a new name.
• Strong demand has led to sellouts of the iPad 2 in most locations, as well as extended delays for online orders.
• Google is planning to test a service that allows store customers to pay for their purchases at the cash register using their mobile phones.
• More iAds are starting to appear on the iPad.
• Only 58% of tweets come from official Twitter clients, according to new data from Sysomos, shedding some light on Twitter platform chief Ryan Sarver’s assertion last week that “90% of all active Twitter users use official Twitter apps on a monthly basis.”
• The April issue of Better Homes and Gardens has arrived on the iPad, the first the magazine has released for the device.