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April 29, 2013, 10:55 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple to release OS X 10.9 with new power-user features, more from iOS later this year — OS X 10.9, which is internally codenamed “Cabernet,” will focus on various “power-user” enhancements and take core features from iOS, according to our sources. Unlike operating system updates …

More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, BGR, Business Insider, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint and App Advice. Thanks:@llsethj

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Notebook Refresh to Be Highlight of WWDC, Non-Retina MacBook Pro to Continue? — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new report forecasting that the product highlight of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which kicks off on June 10, will be the introduction of new models …

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Google Now comes to iPhone and iPad with new Search app update — Google's iOS app offensive continues — After a promo video let the cat out of the bag last month, Google is making it official: with an update to the Google Search application, Google Now is available on iOS.

David Meyer / GigaOM:

Chat apps have overtaken SMS by message volume, but how big a disaster is that for carriers? — There's a reason why mobile carriers are scared of third-party messaging apps such as WhatsApp, and here it is: people are now sending more messages over these services than they are text messages.

More: BBC, CNET, The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechEye, Guardian, DSLreports, AllThingsD, Inquirer, Telegraph, The Register, SlashGear, The Next Web, textually.org and Pocket-lint

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 announced, a low-end 7-inch tablet that makes calls — Today, Samsung is announcing a new 7-inch tablet called the Galaxy Tab 3, but to our eyes, it doesn't look much different from the current 7-inch Tab 2. It swaps the previous Tab's 1 GHz dual-core processor for a 1.2GHz chip …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Does anyone know why Google bought Motorola? — The products weren't great and the patents overvalued — so what did that $12.5 billion actually buy? — Why did Google spend $12.5 billion dollars to purchase Motorola Mobility? It's been nearly two years since the deal was announced …

More: AllThingsD and Bloomberg

New York Times:

Social Media's Effects On Markets Concern Regulators — Could the global economy hinge on 140 characters? — That is the question the financial industry and government regulators are trying to answer after a Twitter hoax on Tuesday that claimed President Obama was injured in an explosion at the White House.

More: Fortune, Hillicon Valley, Softpedia News and Marketing Pilgrim

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Square Updates Its Register iPad App With Kitchen Tickets, Ordering Features To Better Serve Restaurants — Square's point-of-sale technology and iPad-powered register, Square Register is getting a big update today targeted at better serving restaurants. New features in the release include …

More: CNET, 9to5Mac, AllThingsD, Softpedia News and WebProNews

Mat Smith / Engadget:

Samsung tells the design story behind the Galaxy S 4 (video) — In case you missed it, Samsung released a new phone over the weekend and now the company's put together a quick video describing the design notions behind its Galaxy S 4. Expect to hear the word intuitive a fair few times …

More: VentureBeat, iMore, The Verge, Business Insider, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup.com, Neowin and Sammy Hub

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Google is retiring its Meebo Bar publishing tool on June 6 to focus on Google+ and Google+ Sign-In — Google has announced that it will be retiring its Meebo Bar publishing tool on June 6 in order to divert more resources towards its Google+ Sign-In service and other plug-ins for its social network.

More: The Register, 9to5Google, Computerworld, CNET, TechCrunch, Inquirer, Google Plus Daily, SlashGear, memeburn, VatorNews, Neowin, Engadget and WebProNews. Tweets: @caseynewton

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft IllumiRoom is a coffee table projector designed for the next-generation Xbox — When Microsoft first unveiled its IllumiRoom technology at CES, it did so in an unusual way. The software giant traditionally reveals its research projects in short scrappy videos accompanied by research papers and a lot of technical jargon.

More: ExtremeTech, Geek.com, Microsoft Research, Neowin, Joystiq, SlashGear and VG247

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Opera claims ex-employee took trade secrets to Mozilla, sues him for $3.4m — Norwegian browser maker Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against a former employee and consultant, alleging that the man gave away trade secrets to rival Mozilla. Opera is claiming a whopping 20 million Norwegian Krone …

More: Ars Technica and Softpedia News

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