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Yusuf Mehdi / Bing:
Facebook Friends Now Fueling Faster Decisions on Bing  —  At Bing, our mission is to help you make faster, more informed decisions.  We designed a new way to experience search, focusing on great design, task completion, instant answers, and vertical categories like shopping and travel to help you make decisions faster.
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Dan Rowinski / ReadWriteWeb:
Bing Debuts Social Search with New Facebook Integration  —  Microsoft's search engine is about to tie its search results to the Facebook social graph in a move that will come as a blow to Google and its +1 initiative.  Where Bing will be able to take existing “likes” from friends and integrate …
Discussion: Betabeat and LiveSide.net
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Next iPhone Will NOT Have NFC Mobile Payments, Says Bernstein  —  Apple's next iPhone, said to be called the 4S, will not have the mobile payment support through NFC (near field communication) says Bernstein in a note this morning.  —  We don't have the full note, just highlights from a Bloomberg terminal.
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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
NFC Might Not Make It Into iPhone 5
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Apple planning major product launch for 10th retail anniversary?  —  We have just received some information from a solid Apple source, and if they're right, Apple may be planning something big for its 10th retail anniversary this Thursday the 19th.  Here's what we've been told:
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Amazon prepping dual-core ‘Coyote’ and quad-core ‘Hollywood’ tablets for 2011  —  We received word from a tipster that Amazon, practically confirmed to be entering the tablet market in the near future, isn't planning just one device, but is planning on releasing at least two before the end of the year.
Chase Hensel / The Official Google Blog:
Expanding Google News for more variety and multimedia  —  (Cross-posted from the Google News blog)  —  Every day, Google News crawls through thousands of news articles to present you with the most relevant and recent stories.  For a long time, we've realized that bringing relevant news …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Look Out Blogs: Google News Gains Options To Drop Blogs & Press Releases  —  Tired of seeing blogs or press releases in your Google News homepage?  Google's got a cure for that, new settings that allow you to see fewer results from these sources, or none at all.
Patrick Seybold / PlayStation Blog:
Details for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program in North America  —  Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you're once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we're happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” …
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss lose federal appeals court bid for a rehearing in Facebook case  —  A federal appeals court has declined to review a legal challenge from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who claim that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social networking site.
Shareen Pathak / Tech Job Watch:
The Facebook Job Engine  —  With job growth ticking up in 2011, some credit should go to Mark Zuckerberg.  Facebook employs about 2,000 workers and has grown headcount by about 50% a year since it was founded in 2004, a spokesperson says.  —  The real action, however …
Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Android 3.1 Honeycomb hands-on  —  Well, it sure did take a few days for Verizon and Motorola to roll out the Android Honeycomb 3.1 update to the majority of Xoom owners, but as they say, better late than never.  Yes, my very own Xoom finally received the over-the-air update early Saturday morning …
Pamela Parker / Search Engine Land:
Google Boasts Of $64 Billion In Economic Impact  —  In conjunction with National Small Business Week, Google is trying to burnish its image by touting the economic impact that its programs, including AdWords and AdSense, have had on the U.S. economy.  According to the company …
Bloomberg:
Hewlett-Packard CEO Girds for ‘Tough Quarter’  —  Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker told top executives that he's bracing for “another tough quarter” in the period that ends in July and urged deputies to “watch every penny and minimize all hiring.”
Todd Haselton / BGR:
Samsung postpones May 24th New York City press event  —  Samsung has just confirmed that it is postponing a press event that was originally scheduled for May 24th in New York City.  It's unclear what Samsung was scheduled to announce, although we suspect it could have been a Galaxy S II U.S. announcement …
Tricia Duryee / eMoney:
Groupon Sees Half of All Sales Coming From Mobile in Two Years  —  Mobile, along with social and local, will be one of the largest drivers for Groupon's deals business over the next few years.  —  Groupon VP Mobile Partnerships Michael Shim said: “Mobile is huge for Groupon …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Seagate's GoFlex Satellite portable hard drive streams content over WiFi (review)  —  Seagate just took the wraps off what's likely the niftiest portable HDD to cross our path in a long, long while.  The GoFlex Satellite is part storage device, part wireless media streamer …
Vanessa Grigoriadis / Vanity Fair:
Ol' Mark Pincus Had a Farm...  Zynga—the company behind such Facebook games as FarmVille, CityVille, and Zynga Poker—is the hottest topic in Silicon Valley: valued at $10 billion, with 250 million users and a rumored I.P.O. next year.  Its C.E.O., Mark Pincus, takes fun very, very seriously.
Discussion: Gawker
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Kleiner Perkins Leads $9M Round In Apache Hadoop-Based Analytics Platform Datameer  —  Datameer, a startup that offers a big data analytics solution built on Apache Hadoop, has raised $9.25 million led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Redpoint Ventures.  Kleiner partner Ellen Pao will be joining Datameer's board.
Discussion: VentureBeat
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy S II US carrier names revealed: AT&T Attain, Verizon Function, and Sprint Within  —  Anticipation, thy name is Galaxy S II.  Or is it Galaxy S 2 Attain?  Perhaps it's Galaxy S 2 Function or Within, it all depends on what carrier you prefer, really.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
New bill upgrades unauthorized Internet streaming to a felony  —  Two months ago, US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel produced her wishlist of changes to US law.  One item in particular caught our interest—the suggestion that the online streaming of copyrighted content be bumped up to a full-scale felony.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
AT&T plans consumer security service for 2012  —  (Reuters) - AT&T Inc plans to launch a wireless security service for consumers next year to help combat a big rise in cyber attacks on mobile devices, a top executive said.  —  As more people use smartphones like Apple Inc's iPhone …
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Post-Disney Miramax Signs First Major Digital Deal With Netflix  —  Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) continues to add programming strength to its digital service.  Starting next month Netflix subscribers will have instant access to hundreds of Miramax titles from Oscar winners like The English Patient …
Sapna Maheshwari / Bloomberg:
Google Makes $3 Billion Bond-Market Debut  —  Google Inc. (GOOG), whose shares have dropped 9 percent this year, is making its first foray into the bond market with a planned $3 billion sale to pay back short- term borrowings.  —  “People aren't going to do very much credit analysis …
Robin Wauters / TechCrunchIT:
VMware Buys Cloud-Based IT Management Service Provider Shavlik Technologies  —  Virtualization software giant VMware this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire Shavlik Technologies, a provider of cloud-based IT management solutions for small and medium businesses.
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Take Your Paws Off Our Privacy Laws!  Facebook, Google, Twitter, Zynga Formally Oppose California Social Networking Bill  —  A coalition of industry associations and Internet companies including Facebook, Google, Twitter, Zynga, Match.com and Skype this afternoon submitted a formal letter …
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Eldar Murtazin: Microsoft will enter negotiations to buy Nokia's mobile division next week  —  Yes, this is a rumor, and by golly it strains the limits of credulity, but take note of its source.  Firstly, the details: according to Eldar Murtazin, Microsoft and Nokia will enter talks next week …
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Anti-Facebook Startup Diaspora Promises to “Go Faster”  —  Diaspora, the open source social networking service offering an alternative to Facebook's closed platform, has just provided an update on its development status.  Via a blog post on the company's homepage, Diaspora founder Maxwell Salzberg …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Strikes Tweet Firehose Deal With Japan's Largest Carrier, NTT DOCOMO
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Tencent And Expedia Invest $126 Million In Chinese Online Travel Marketplace eLong
Discussion: PR Newswire and eMoney
Howard A. Schmidt / White House Blog:
Launching the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
AOL expands local news network in U.S.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Groklaw:
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Discussion: Open Source Blog
Reuters:
France wants $3.5 billion for its 4G frequencies
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Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Former Yahoo CTO Ari Balogh Joins StumbleUpon
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Lodsys explains in-app patent warning letters sent to iOS developers
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Skype-Style Calls Force Wireless Carriers to Adapt