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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
BlackBerry Posts Promising Q4 Results After BB10 Launch: EPS Of $0.22, Revenue Of $2.7B, ~1M Z10s Shipped  —  For the past year BlackBerry has been trying to prove to the world that it's not a mobile has-been just yet, and that all came to a head earlier this year when the company finally released …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Mike Lazaridis Leaves BlackBerry  —  End of an era at BlackBerry.  —  As part of its fourth quarter earnings announcement early this morning, the company said that co-founder Mike Lazaridis will retire as vice-chairman and director on May 1.  —  The smartphone pioneer …
Sam Grobart / Businessweek:
How Samsung Became the World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker  —  I'm in a black Mercedes-Benz (DAI) van with three Samsung Electronics PR people heading toward Yongin, a city about 45 minutes south of Seoul.  Yongin is South Korea's Orlando: a nondescript, fast-growing city known for its tourist attractions …
Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:
Where in the World Are Windows Phones Outselling iPhones?  —  On Wednesday morning, Frank Shaw, the head of public relations at Microsoft, published a blog post tallying Microsoft's progress across several different product areas, including Windows Phone, its operating system for smartphones.
Matthew DeCarlo / TechSpot:
PC game sales hit $20 billion last year, no signs of slowing  —  Despite declining desktop shipments as well as an increased interest in mobile and social games, the PC gaming market is still holding strong with a growth of 8% last year according DFC analyst David Cole, who was quoted in a recent PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA) report.
More: PCGA News and VR-Zone.  Thanks:@juliofranco
Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
A Driving Force Behind Wikipedia Will Step Down  —  Sue Gardner, who oversaw a period of rapid growth and evolution at Wikipedia, said Wednesday that she would step down as executive director of the nonprofit organization that runs the free encyclopedia.  —  In an interview with The Times on Wednesday …
Brent Simmons / inessential.com:
Why Developers Shouldn't Use iCloud Syncing, Even If It Worked  —  Yesterday the Verge posted Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud ‘just work’?  —  It's not the first article on the topic — bits and pieces of this issue have come up before.  But The Verge did an excellent job putting it all together.
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
Low-Cost Messaging Apps Threaten Giants  —  On a recent Saturday, Johan Dijkland, a 23-year-old student in Emmen, Netherlands, opened a free messaging app called Line on his iPhone.  Then he tapped on a virtual sticker of a sleepy panda with a “good night” speech bubble and pressed send to a friend.
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Sony dives deep into the PS4's hardware power, controller features at GDC  —  At a presentation at the Game Developers Conference today, Sony Senior Staff Engineer Chris Norden went into greater technical detail on some of the PlayStation 4's underlying hardware, including the PS4 Eye depth sensing camera.
Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:
Researchers create fiber network that operates at 99.7% speed of light, smashes speed and latency records  —  Researchers at the University of Southampton in England have produced optical fibers that can transfer data at 99.7% of the universe's speed limit: The speed of light.
Bonnie Eslinger / Mercury News:
Facebook gets OK to build second campus in Menlo Park  —  Facebook has obtained Menlo Park's permission to build a second campus west of Bayfront Expressway, near its headquarters on the other side of the road.  —  “Congratulations,” Mayor Peter Ohtaki told Facebook officials Tuesday night …
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
US government agencies are advertising on accused pirate sites  —  USC to report that US government is helping to fund intellectual property theft  —  The US president and vice president have come out against the theft of intellectual property; dozens of congresspeople have condemned illegal file-sharing.
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
You Won't Believe How Adorable This Kitty Is!  Click for More!  —  Companies Hire ‘Ethical Hackers’ To Dupe Employees; Crutches as Props  —  Employees beware: Don't fall prey to a cat named Dr. Zaius.  —  “Check out these kitties! :  -)” read emails featuring the photo of a Turkish Angora cat …
Sam Biddle / Gizmodo:
That Internet War Apocalypse Is a Lie  —  You might've read some headlines today—in very reputable publications—saying that there's an online attack underway.  The biggest in history.  Enough to slow down the internet.  This would be exciting and scary, except it's just not true.
Wall Street Journal:
China Worries Arise in Sprint Deal  —  The U.S. government is seeking oversight of network-equipment purchases as a condition for approving Softbank Corp.'s $20 billion acquisition of U.S. phone carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., a move that appears to be aimed at keeping out Chinese suppliers …
Reuters:
Mike Dell's former lieutenant leads coup attempt  —  (Reuters) - Dave Johnson finds himself once again pitted against a former employer.  —  In leading Blackstone Group's 11th-hour bid for Dell Inc, the acquisitions expert and famously tough negotiator has seated himself across the table from ex-boss and company founder Michael Dell.

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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

Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
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