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Shane Richmond / Telegraph:
Jonathan Ive interview: Apple's design genius is British to the core  —  Apple's design guru Jonathan Ive, who receives a knighthood today for creating products such as the iPad, tells Shane Richmond why this country's industrial heritage lies behind his success.
Guardian:
Arise, Sir Jonathan: Apple designer knighted  —  Designer behind iPhone, iPod, iMac and iPad flies from US with family to be knighted by Princess Anne  —  The Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive has spoken of the “thrilling” moment when he was knighted by the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace.
Reuters:
Facebook, Zuckerberg, banks sued over IPO  —  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, and several banks led by Morgan Stanley were sued by shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid the social networking leader's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering.
Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
Mark Zuckerberg earns $1.1 billion from selling Facebook shares  —  Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday completed the transaction of the 30.2 million shares he sold in Facebook's IPO Friday.  —  The shares he disposed of sold for $37.58 a piece, bringing him a cool $1.1 billion.
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Robert McMillan / Wired:
IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips  —  Siri doesn't work on IBM's internal networks.  (Image: Flickr/Photo Giddy)  —  If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant.  Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Microsoft set to release Office for iOS and Android tablets in November  —  BGR has learned from a reliable source that Microsoft is currently planning to release the company's full Office suite for not only Apple's iPad, but for Android tablets as well.  The company is targeting November of this year for both launches.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Social Media Marketer Vitrue Has Been Bought By Oracle For $300 Million  —  Breaking news: TechCrunch has discovered that software giant Oracle has made a big investment in social media today.  The company has bought Vitrue, the social media marketing company that is a close partner to Facebook.
Noah Levin / The Official Google Blog:
A faster, simpler Google Search app for iPhone  —  Starting today, when you use the Google Search app on your iPhone, you'll see a completely redesigned interface that gives you faster results, beautiful full-screen image search, and a simple way to access all your Google apps in one place.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Partners With Paramount, Brings Hundreds More Movies To Prime Instant Video Service  —  Amazon is continuing to grow its collection of streaming video titles at Amazon Prime Instant Video, and is today announcing another new agreement with Paramount Pictures bringing “hundreds” of new movies to the service.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Rickroll Meme Destroyed By Copyright Takedown  —  Anyone who has spent much time online, especially on Internet message boards of any kind, will be aware of Rickrolling.  —  It's an incredibly simple concept.  The meme is based on a bait and switch, whereby someone posts a hyperlink …
New York Times:
F.C.C. Weighs Treating Video Sites Like Cable Companies  —  BOSTON — Most consumers have no idea what an M.V.P.D. is, but they mail a check to one every month.  What they call Comcast or Time Warner Cable or DirecTV, the government calls a “multichannel video programming distributor,” or M.V.P.D. for short.
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit  —  The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop on Internet and wireless communications.  —  The establishment of the Quantico, Va.-based unit …
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Seagate To Buy Storage Products Maker LaCie For At Least $186M  —  Seagate this morning announced plans to acquire LaCie, a Paris-based producer of consumer data storage devices, for at least $186 million.  —  Seagate said it has agreed to buy a 64.5% stake in LaCie held by Philippe Spruch, the company's chairman and CEO.
Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
Apple expected to spend $27 billion on semiconductors in 2012  —  A new analysis expects Apple to remain the the world's biggest chip buyer this year, projecting $27 billion worth of semiconductor purchases from the company in 2012.  —  Dale Ford, IHS iSuppli's head of electronics …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple, Samsung Fail to Reach Settlement in Court Ordered Talks  —  Looks like the big Apple-Samsung summit was a total rout.  Two days of court-mediated settlement talks between the warring companies ended without a truce, setting the stage for their global patent battle to head to trial in the States.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay Simplifies Circumvention of ISP Blockades  —  Within a few days, five of the largest UK Internet providers will all have to censor The Pirate Bay.  Virgin and Orange have already implemented the block and the rest must follow before the end of May.

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Axios:
Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Email: the WH press corps won't be allowed on White House grounds Sunday due to the UFC fight; only press poolers will be allowed unless UFC gives credentials

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