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Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.

Facebook Comments Box Plugin Comes to Mobile Sites

Facebook has launched its Comments Box plugin for mobile sites. For websites that already have the Comments Box plugin installed, the mobile variant will automatically appear on the mobile version of the site. Detailed information about the Comments Box plugin can be found here.

Apple’s Hoard of Cash Is Mostly Offshore

Apple has $82 billion in cash and investments, but a huge chunk of it — $54 billion — is in offshore accounts, according to Seeking Alpha. Furthermore, the percentage of Apple’s foreign cash compared to its domestic cash reserves is growing fast, which might pose certain challenges to the company in the future.

No Twitter or Facebook for London Olympics Volunteers

London 2012 Olympics volunteers will not be allowed to post updates and photos to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Athletes, on the other hand, are permitted to tweet or post Facebook updates.

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Athletes competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London are free to tweet during the competition, the Olympic Committee said.

The athletes are actively encouraged to “take part in social media and to post, blog and tweet their experiences,” the guidelines from the Olympic Committee (AOC) say, as long as it’s not for commercial purposes.

There are a couple of other stipulations, too: Tweeters must steer away from curse or vulgar words, use “first-person, diary-type formats” and shouldn’t report on events in the manner of journalists. On the other hand, “accredited media may freely utilise social media platforms for bona fide reporting purposes.”

Athletes can upload photos to social media sites but cannot sell them or distribute them in other ways. During the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, uploading photos taken at venues was prohibited.

Broadcasting audio or video taken inside the venues will stay prohibited in the 2012 London Olympics. Breaching the guidelines could mean getting banned from the competition.

Read the entire document here.

[via Reuters]

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