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April 18, 2013, 10:10 AM
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Stephen Philips / Twitter Blog:
Now playing: Twitter #music  —  Today, we're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music, based on Twitter.  It uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists.
Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS:
Twitter #Music App Launches for iPhone and Web: Listen and Discover Trending Music  —  You no longer have to be Ryan Seacrest, Ne-Yo or Jason Mraz to play with Twitter's new music discovery app.  After testing the app with music artists and influencers, Twitter #Music will be available starting today …
Wired:
Google Is Forbidding Users From Selling, Loaning Glass Eyewear  —  Google is barring anyone deemed worthy of a pair of its $1,500 Google Glass computer eyewear from selling or even loaning out the highly coveted gadget.  —  The company's terms of service on the limited-edition wearable …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Nokia Q1 2013 Misses With Sales Of $7.6B With $0.03 Loss Per Share; 5.6M Lumias Sold  —  Nokia has just reported is results for Q1 2013 with sales of $7.6 billion and a non-IFRS loss per share of $0.03 (and a reported EPS of $0.09) — a mixed result compared to analyst estimates …
Kevin Lo / Google Fiber:
Google Fiber—On the Silicon Prairie, the Silicon Hills, and now the Silicon Slopes  —  Today the Google Fiber team is in Provo, Utah, where Mayor John Curtis just announced that we intend to make Provo our third Google Fiber City.  —  Utah is already home to hundreds of tech companies and startups …
Daniel Rubino / wpcentral.com:
First images of Nokia's aluminum Lumia, codenamed ‘Catwalk’, have surfaced [Updated]  —  We have no way of verifying the authenticity of these two images, but it appears to be of the upcoming Nokia Lumia ‘Catwalk’, a follow up to the Lumia 920 that reportedly sports a new aluminum chassis to help reduce the size and weight.
Miyoung Kim / Reuters:
Samsung says considers Hynix chips for its mobile products  —  (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co is considering purchasing mobile memory chips from rival SK Hynix Inc for future products including its new flagship Galaxy S smartphone to be launched this month, J.K. Shin, head of Samsung's mobile business, said on Thursday.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Updates iPhone, Android Apps With A Personalized Activity Stream, Better Navigation, And Ads  —  With the ink still drying on last week's acquisition of news aggregation app Pulse, LinkedIn continues to double down on mobile, the fastest-growing consumer service among its 200 million members.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Q1 Venture Capital Spending And Number Of Deals Down, M&A Activity Drops 44 Percent And Pre-Money Valuations Plummet  —  Dow Jones Venture Source released its quarterly report on the state of venture capital, including data on number of VC deals, funds raised, M&As and IPOs in the technology sector.
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Intel outlines new strategy, investments for cloud-based networking  —  Summary: While this week's earnings report was all about Windows 8, Intel also has a new networking strategy to disclose.  —  Intel is ramping up its networking strategy with a series of new investments …
Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:
Intel Is Buying Mashery To Get Deeper Inside The Data Center  —  Intel, the chip giant, is buying Mashery, a seven-year-old company in San Francisco that specializes in linking together Web-based software and services, a company spokesperson confirmed to ReadWrite.
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Microsoft Excel: The ruiner of global economies?  —  Figuratively speaking, of course.  —  Aurich Lawson  —  An economics paper claiming that high levels of national debt led to low or negative economic growth could turn out to be deeply flawed as a result of, among other things, an incorrect formula in an Excel spreadsheet.
Steven Musil / CNET:
Bitcoin exchange BitFloor halts operations, shuts down  —  Exchange specializing in the virtual currency announces it's ceasing all trading operations and plans to return funds to its users.  —  The recent Bitcoin rollercoaster ride has come to an end for one exchange.
Karsten Strauss / Forbes:
Is This The Fastest-Growing Game Company Ever?  —  ILKKA PAANANEN says the best way to make money in mobile gaming is to stop thinking about making money.  Think about fun instead.  Fighting a mild case of flu and jet lag from a San Francisco flight back home to Helsinki …
Mark Spoonauer / LAPTOP Magazine:
Toshiba Kirabook Challenges MacBook Air with Retina-Like Display (Video)  —  The Kirabook isn't just another laptop for Toshiba; it's the first product in a new luxury brand designed to go toe-to-toe with Apple at the high end of the market.  Priced at a fairly steep $1,599 …

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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

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