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May 12, 2012, 2:00 PM

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Sizing Up Facebook — As social-networking giant Facebook prepares to sell stock to the public for the first time, money managers are mobbing investor roadshows and deluging the deal's underwriters with requests for as many shares as they can get their hands on.

More: Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal

Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:

Facebook IPO Spin: Dueling Stories — Dueling Facebook IPO demand stories today: — Bloomberg at 4:53 am: Facebook IPO Said to Get Weaker-Than-Forecast Demand — Reuters at 5:53 am: Facebook's IPO already oversubscribed: source — Confusing? Yep. — Here's what's going on.

More: Business Insider, Mashable!, Inside Facebook, WebProNews and AllFacebook

Alistair Barr / Reuters:

Facebook's Zuckerberg says mobile first priority — (Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose limited role in promoting the No. 1 social network's market debut has drawn criticism, laid out its growth strategy to investors on Friday, saying that transforming its mobile and advertising experience are top priorities in 2012.

More: Engadget, Business Insider, Business Insider and ZDNet

Somini Sengupta / Bits:

Why Is Everyone Focused on Zuckerberg's Hoodie?

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Sources: Google Is Close to Buying Meebo — Google is in talks to acquire Meebo, according to two sources close to the situation. — The price for the company would be about $100 million, according to one of the sources. — Meebo's latest product promises to help users cut through information overload.

More: CNET, Digital Spy, 9to5Google, The Verge and Softpedia News

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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

iOS Low-Hanging Fruit — iOS has evolved in a fairly predictable manner over the years. Apple has done a good job tackling the lowest-hanging fruit on the to-do list, year after year. They crossed off a lot of big obvious features over the first few years: third-party apps, cut-copy-paste …

More: Notetaker, Fortune, Business Insider, Mobile Marketing Watch, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, DailyTech, PC World, TechSpot, BetaNews and AllThingsD

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

iOS 6 “Sundance” And The Sunsetting Of Google Maps — For Google Maps, winter is coming. Potentially. — As you've undoubtedly seen by now, with the upcoming iOS 6 software, Apple intends to replace the Google Maps aspect of their default Maps application with their own, in-house version.

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Brian Caulfield / Shiny Objects:

Intel To Build Chips Apple 'Can't Ignore,' For iPad, iPhone, CEO Says — Say 14 nanometers: Intel plans to use its latest manufacturing technology to win Apple's attention. — Intel outlined its plan to catch up in the smartphone processor business at its annual investor day in Santa Clara …

More: AppleInsider, ITProPortal, PhoneArena, Electronista and ZDNet

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Intel's fab flexing may pay off big amid capacity shortages

More: CNET

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

iPhone 5 design still not finalized, still no big screen, still no metal back, still on track for October release — Despite some rumors to the contrary, according to our sources Apple still hasn't finalized the design of the next generation iPhone 5 (or whatever Apple ends up calling iPhone 5,1).

More: Phones Review, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Redmond Pie, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Washington Post and MacDailyNews

Jackie Dove / Macworld:

Adobe will issue free security patches for high-profile Creative Suite apps — Vulnerabilities to CS5 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash will be fixed at no charge — Recent versions of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional—the company's high-profile Creative Suite applications …

More: SecurityWeek, The H Security, Naked Security, The Verge, Adobe Product Security …, Softpedia News, PC World, CNET, TidBITS, Computerworld and eWeek

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

LegalZoom Files For $120M IPO, Saw $156M In Revenue Last Year — Online legal services company LegalZoom filed an S-1 form this morning declaring its intention to raise up to $120 million in an IPO. — LegalZoom offers documents and subscription services to make it easier for individuals …

More: Business Week, PR Newswire, paidContent, MarketWatch, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Social Markets and socalTECH.com

Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:

Twitter Developing Original Sports Content — @JohnMadden @MarvAlbert @BobCostas Watch your backs. #TwitterSports. — Sports fans are one of Twitter's core audiences. The microblogging giant hasn't been shy about their interest in working with established brands …

More: IJNet

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Heidrick & Struggles Slaps Back at Thompson's Yahoo in Blame Game Over ResuMess — And it just gets worse in the controversy over Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson and the circumstances around how a fake college degree could get onto his bio. — Heidrick & Struggles is smacking back at him for insinuating …

More: CNET, Tom's Guide, Business Insider, eWeek, Marketing Land, Tech Trader Daily and MediaShift

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