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April 23, 2013, 5:30 AM
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Netflix Beats Analyst Estimates, With 29.2 Million US Subscribers And $1 Billion In Q1 Revenue  —  Netflix reported positive first-quarter numbers, including revenues of $1.02 billion during the first three months of the year.  The company also announced that it added 2 million domestic in the quarter …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Netflix Says Its “House of Cards” Strategy Worked, and Wall Street Agrees  —  Netflix's numbers are up, and they're what Wall Street wanted (for now!):  Shares are up 19 percent.  —  Revenue came in at the billion-dollar mark that analysts were looking for, and the company's U.S. streaming …
Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Fund Takes $2 Billion Stake in Microsoft  —  A hedge-fund executive disclosed that his firm owns about $2 billion in Microsoft Corp. stock, stating that the value of the software giant's businesses wasn't appreciated by other investors.  —  Jeffrey W. Ubben, founder of ValueAct Capital Management LP …
Josh Lowensohn / CNET:
Apple earnings could bring profit setback, despite record sales  —  The iPad maker is expected to report record sales Tuesday, but its profits could take a hit for the first time in a decade.  —  Apple could make history tomorrow with its biggest second-quarter sales yet …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows 8.1 set to bring back the Start button  —  Microsoft is preparing to revive the traditional Start button it killed with Windows 8.  Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that Windows 8.1 will include the return of the Start button.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Netflix Surpasses HBO in U.S. Subscribers … Netflix reported 29.17 million domestic subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, surpassing HBO for the first time.  —  Netflix, which ended 2012 with 27.15 million domestic subs, added just over 2 million subs, according to first quarter results issued Monday.
hueypriest / reddit:
Reflections on the Recent Boston Crisis  —  After some reflection we want to share our thoughts about the reddit activity during the recent crisis in Boston.  We all need to look at what happened and make sure that in the future we do everything we can to help and not hinder crisis situations.
Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:
Grooveshark CEO: 'I'm Broke'  —  When Grooveshark's co-founder and CEO Sam Tarantino talks about what happened to his music startup between 2011 and early 2012, he doesn't hold back: It was, he says, “a year of getting punched in the face 10,000 times.”  —  During that period …
Adario Strange / DVICE:
Eric Schmidt: Google Glass not coming to you until 2014  —  Every move that Google has made regarding its wearable Glass computer has been closely scrutinized, particularly the staggered, picky rollouts of the device, most recently with Glass Explorer applicants.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Google Glass code hints at spatial gestures, including two-finger browser zoom and winking to take a photo
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Google keeps losing: ITC finally tosses Motorola's complaint against Apple  —  This week begins for Google like last week ended: with another failure to convert the $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility into leverage against a major rival.  On Friday a German court denied Google's Motorola …
Mat Smith / Engadget:
Nokia granted preliminary injunction against HTC in the Netherlands over high-amplitude mics  —  Don't worry, this time it's not a patent issue.  However, it is more bad news for HTC's oft-delayed One.  Nokia has been granted an injunction by the Amsterdam district court, concerning the technology used by HTC in its current flagship.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
For your robot-building needs, $45 BeagleBone Linux PC goes on sale  —  The brand-new BeagleBone Black.  —  BeagleBoard.org  —  The market for cheap single-board computers is becoming one of the most surprisingly competitive spaces in the tech industry.  On the heels of the million-selling …
More: Engadget
Reuters:
Senate votes to move forward on bill taxing Internet sales  —  (Reuters) - A measure to empower U.S. states to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax cleared a legislative hurdle in the Senate on Monday, after earlier winning official backing from President Barack Obama.
Andrew Chen:
Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform  —  Attitudes towards the Facebook platform have changed  —  Recently, Bill Gurley of Benchmark wrote a great piece on how platform companies like Facebook, iOS, Android, eBay, and others manage the ecosystem around them.
Barb Darrow / GigaOM:
CA snaps up Layer 7 as API management arena heats up  —  The management and quality control of application programming interfaces or APIs is hot now.  That's why CA Technologies is acquiring Layer 7 in a deal announced Monday, just days after Intel announced plans to by Mashery, another API management player.
More: ZDNet and The Register
Jonathan Seff / Macworld:
iTunes Store adds ‘buy now, download later’ option for video and music  —  In March, I wrote an article about how Apple should change the way iTunes Store purchases work.  Namely, that there should be a way to buy content now, but download it later—especially in the case of large video files such as movies or TV show seasons.

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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
Internal memo: G/O Media sells The Onion to a new Chicago-based firm, Global Tetrahedron, which promises to keep The Onion's staff intact and in Chicago

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