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April 13, 2013, 10:50 AM

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Twitter Music Is Here Today, and You Can't Use It  —  Want to play with Twitter's new music app?  You can get it today — if you're really famous.  —  If not, you're going to have to wait a week.  —  Here's the deal: As we wrote yesterday, Twitter is launching its new music discovery app for iOS devices …
Josh Ong / The Next Web:
Hours in, Facebook Home suffering from poor Google Play reviews as 48% of users award it 1 star  —  Update: After reaching out to a Google spokesperson, they've told us us that only those who have installed the app are able to leave a review, proving that the reviews are from legitimate users …
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Tim Carmody / The Verge:
Surprise!  Jeff Bezos explains to Amazon investors why no profits are a good thing  —  Can a public company prosper catering only to its customers?  —  Jeff Bezos' annual letter to Amazon investors is always worth reading, a peek into the mind of arguably the most important CEO in the technology industry.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
T-Mobile Says First Day With the iPhone Was “Gangbusters”  —  After many, many days of trying to do business without an iPhone to sell, T-Mobile is pretty darn happy with its first day in the Apple business.  —  “Today has been gangbusters for T-Mobile,” Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert said in a statement to AllThingsD.
Jan Chipchase / AllThingsD:
You Lookin' at Me?  Reflections on Google Glass. … With the public beta launch of Google Glass, there has been a lot of discussion on why it will or won't fail.  The ultimate benchmark for success is high: After someone has tried Glass, can they imagine life without it?  —  It's the wrong question.
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET:
Justice Dept. to FCC: Give small carriers a chance in next auction  —  The Justice Department told the FCC in a filing Friday that as it develops rules for the upcoming incentive spectrum auction, it must make sure that smaller players, like Sprint and T-Mobile, get access to low-frequency spectrum to help keep competition alive.
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Following ban, the US House of Representatives can again listen to Spotify  —  In This Week in Asinine, good news: The House of Representatives can once again listen to Spotify.  —  As reported in Red Alert Politics, The House is back up and streaming again.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU court decision heralds multi-country European music licenses  —  (Reuters) - Europe's music royalties societies must now allow artists to sign up to a society of their choice and make multi-country licenses available to the likes of Amazon and Apple after a court backed an EU veto on national monopolies.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Hackers Point Large Botnet At WordPress Sites To Steal Admin Passwords And Gain Server Access  —  If you're running a WordPress site, now would be a good time to ensure you are using very strong passwords and to make sure your username is not “admin.” According to reports from HostGator and CloudFlare …
Mathew J. Schwartz / InformationWeek:
FAA Dismisses Android App Airplane Takeover  —  Demonstrated training software exploits don't work against the flight management systems installed in planes, say airline regulators and avionics manufacturers.  —  Start The  —  The Federal Aviation Administration has dismissed …

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