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March 28, 2013, 2:35 PM

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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 …

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Reuters:

Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers — (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.

More: TechCrunch, LAPTOP Magazine, GeekWire, CNET, Betabeat, Engadget, TechSpot, The Next Web and The Verge

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 …

More: ZDNet, The Verge, Engadget and iPhone

Andrew Nusca / ZDNet:

BlackBerry earnings: 10 key things CEO Thorsten Heins said on the call

Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:

Apple aims to win over video editors — The redesign of Final Cut Pro editing software was met with derision in 2011. Now, after seven updates to the product, Apple is launching a marketing effort for its Final Cut Pro X. — A breakthrough for Final Cut Pro came in 2003 …

More: MacRumors, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TUAW, MacNN and iClarified

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Google Starts Testing Google Shopping Express In SF, With Free Delivery From Target, Walgreens, Staples And More — Google is finally opening up its Google Shopping Express service to the public today, with the same day delivery service being made available as a test to select users …

More: Google Commerce, Mercury News, AllThingsD, Wired, Engadget, Digits, The Next Web, Reuters, 9to5Google, All, The Verge, internetretailer.com, Electronista, Geek.com and WebProNews

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Google donates patents to protect cloud software from lawsuits — Google unveiled a “patent pledge” that it hopes will shield cloud software and big data developers from the type of litigation that has engulfed the mobile phone industry. The pledge, which is like a non-aggression pact …

More: Google Open Source Blog, CNET, ZDNet, The Verge, Wired, VentureBeat, The H Open Source, TechCrunch, Inquirer, 9to5Google, The Next Web, TechSpot, Geekosystem, Mashable and InfoQ

Liam Tung / ZDNet:

Windows Phone outsells iPhone in seven markets, BlackBerry in 26 — Summary: Windows Phone has reached a milestone in seven markets - but is topping the Ukrainian charts really a big deal? — Liam Tung — Windows Phone handsets have outsold the iPhone in seven markets including India …

More: BGR, CNET and The Next Web

Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:

Where in the World Are Windows Phones Outselling iPhones?

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy S4 preorders start at AT&T on April 16th for $249.99 — AT&T has announced availability and pricing for the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Customers will be able to preorder the Galaxy S4 starting on April 16th for $249.99 with a new two-year agreement.

More: ATT Blogs, BGR, Engadget, PC Magazine, GigaOM, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET and AllThingsD

Linda Lye / ACLU:

DOJ Emails Show Feds Were Less Than “Explicit” With Judges On Cell Phone Tracking Tool — A Justice Department document obtained by the ACLU of Northern California shows that federal investigators were routinely using a sophisticated cell phone tracking tool known as a “stingray,” …

More: CNET, Ars Technica, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Guardian, Techdirt, The Verge and textually.org

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Analytics' real-time reports get events, shortcuts, comparisons, and filter by desktop/tablet/mobile — Google has updated the real-time reports in its Analytics service with four improvements. As a Google Analytics user, you can now analyze events in real-time …

More: TechCrunch

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.

More: Gamasutra, HEXUS.net Latest Content, TechHive, Engadget, VR-Zone, Mobile Magazine, Geek.com, TG Daily, ITworld.com and Softpedia News

Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:

The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone 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.

More: PandoDaily, Venture Capital Dispatch and All. Tweets: @evelynrusli

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Storify starts to monetize with VIP, a premium plan for live-blogging, custom sources and more — Storify is moving forward with plans to realize its business model. Today, the social media curator is announcing the launch of Storify VIP, its premium service designed for media organizations …

More: Featured stories and Mashable. See also Mediagazer

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, PC World, VR-Zone, Rock, Paper, Shotgun and The Tech Report. Thanks:@juliofranco

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.

More: Ars Technica, The Next Web and iMore

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 …

More: Betabeat, CNET, VatorNews, The Next Web, digitaltrends.com, AllFacebook and WebProNews

Reuters:

U.S. law to restrict government purchases of Chinese IT equipment — (Reuters) - Congress quietly tucked in a new cyber-espionage review process for U.S. government technology purchases into the funding law signed this week by President Barack Obama, reflecting growing U.S. concern over Chinese cyber attacks.

More: TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, AllThingsD, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Tech in Asia and SlashGear

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 …

More: Wikimedia blog, Business Insider, AllThingsD, WebProNews, LJ INFOdocket and SocialTimes

Tweets: @xor, @wikimediablog, @wikicommons and @jimmy_wales

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