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May 15, 2012, 6:35 AM

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Investors Told Facebook IPO Will Be in $34 to $38 Price Range  —  According to several sources close to the situation, investors are being told that the IPO price range for Facebook will be from $34 to $38 a share.  —  That means the highest valuation will be just over $100 billion, fully diluted.
Bloomberg:
Apple Said to Prepare Thinner Mac Laptops Sporting Intel Chips  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) is preparing a new lineup of thinner MacBook laptops running on more powerful chips made by Intel Corp. (INTC), people with knowledge of the plans said.  —  The MacBook Pro machines, to be unveiled …
Othman Laraki / Twitter Blog:
The best of Twitter in your inbox  —  Starting today, you can discover the best of Twitter in a weekly email digest delivered to your inbox.  This summary features the most relevant Tweets and stories shared by the people you're connected to on Twitter.  —  Stories feature a design similar …
Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters:
Amazon aims to launch front-lit Kindle in July: source  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting, a source who has seen the prototype told Reuters.  —  The world's largest Internet retailer …
Michael Bathon / Bloomberg:
LightSquared, Failed Wireless Venture, Files for Bankruptcy  —  LightSquared Inc. filed for bankruptcy after its plan to deliver high-speed wireless to as many as 260 million people ran afoul of U.S. regulators.  LightSquared, based in Reston, Virginia, listed debt and assets …
Brian X. Chen / Bits:
Head of Time Warner Cable Is Unfamiliar With Apple's AirPlay  —  AirPlay, a software tool included with Apple's iPads and iPhones, is widely viewed as being potentially disruptive to the cable industry, because it makes it easy for people to view a broad variety of Internet content on a television.
Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
AMD reveals Trinity specs, claims to beat Intel on price, multimedia, gaming  —  Itching for the details of AMD's latest Accelerated Processing Units (APUs)?  Then get ready to scratch: Trinity has arrived and, as of today, it's ready to start powering the next generation of low-power ultra-portables …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Takes A Cue From Instagram, Redesigns Mobile To Make News Feed Photos 3X Larger  —  If you're sick of interrupting your news feed reading to open and load photos, you'll like a new Facebook mobile site, iOS, and Android app redesign rolling out today that makes photos three times larger.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Columbia Pictures Wins ‘Social Network’ Lawsuit Over Zuckerberg Classmate  —  Almost everyone knows the story of the Winklevii.  Not everyone has heard about Aaron Greenspan.  Is it better to be portrayed as a loser in developing a social network than to be cut out of the story altogether?
Jake Smith / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases update to Leopard, includes Flashback removal tool  —  While Apple has released updates for both Lion and Snow Leopard to remove the Flashback malware that is making the rounds, the company had not released a fix for Leopard until today.  Apple released a Flashback Removal Security Update …
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
LG shows off the best Google TV yet, with motion controls, dual-core CPU, 3D  —  When we first learned LG would be launching its crop of Google TV sets this month, I asked “will anyone care?”  — now after seeing LG's G2 series in action, I'm surprised to report that plenty of consumers just may.
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