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April 30, 2013, 12:30 PM

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Bloomberg:
BlackBerry CEO Questions Future of Tablets  —  BlackBerry Focused on ‘Crazy Multi-Taskers’: Heins  —  BlackBerry (BBRY) Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins said he sees a limited future for tablet computers, an indication he may shelve plans to build a follow- up to the smartphone maker's ill-fated PlayBook device.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
In iOS 7, Apple wants to own your car's console with Maps and Siri integration  —  Apple plans to move aggressively into the in-car integration space later this year, according to multiple people familiar with the initiative.  Apple is working with car makers to deeply embed iOS's Maps …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Jony Ive paints a fresh, yet familiar, look for iOS 7  —  According to multiple people who have either seen or have been briefed on the upcoming iOS 7, the operating system sports a redesigned user-interface that will be attractive to new iOS users, but potentially unsettling for those who are long-accustomed to the platform...
CERN:
The World Wide Web project  —  The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.  Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary …
Adam Ewing / Bloomberg:
Nokia Invests in High-Resolution Cameras to Woo Apple Customers  —  Nokia Growth Partners, the venture- capital arm of Nokia (NOK1V) Oyj, plans to invest in California startup Pelican Imaging as the phonemaker seeks to win back customers from Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Android devices with cameras …
Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia for More Than $100 Million, as Wearable Tech Gets More Intense  —  Looking to gain even more traction in the wearable health and fitness market, Jawbone is snapping up another health product company.  —  The Bay Area-based private company has acquired BodyMedia …
Harrison Weber / The Next Web:
Fab's 3rd pivot takes on Amazon with physical stores, exclusive products, redesigns, EU expansion  —  Back in December, Fab CEO Jason Goldberg detailed his company's plans to pivot “towards a new model that [it is] not yet ready to reveal publicly.”  Now, following various predictions …
Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits:
Jack Dorsey Talks Square and Wearable Devices  —  Many technology enthusiasts have had their eye on Glass, Google's monocle that looks like something out of Star Trek.  But the Internet-connected eyewear doesn't really pique the interest of Jack Dorsey, chief executive of the mobile payment system Square and a co-founder of Twitter.
Vivek Wagle / The Airbnb Blog:
Introducing Airbnb Verified ID  —  Trust is the key to our community.  —  There is no place for anonymity in a trusted community.  That's why we're dedicated to providing our users with the best decision-making tools possible.  —  We believe that the right technology can help lay the foundation for trust in other people.
Robin Wauters / The Next Web:
ClickTale raises $17m to take its advanced Web analytics software to the masses  —  ClickTale, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of deep website analytics software, has secured $17 million in Series B funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, Goldrock Capital and Viola Credit.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Skype video calling launches for Outlook.com, available in UK today and US in ‘coming weeks’  —  When Microsoft first unveiled its Outlook.com webmail service in July, the software maker promised Skype video calling from the web.  While Outlook.com has seen a number of updates over the months …
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Twitter Is Testing Out Its Official Google Glass App In The Wild  —  It's only a matter of time before Twitter releases its own Google Glass app, as Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr dropped the hint that the company was looking into building one during this month's Glass Collective announcement.
Tony Romm / Politico:
Silicon Valley learning the D.C. art of secret money  —  Google, Microsoft, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and other digital heavyweights increasingly are borrowing a favorite technique from the world of politics: secret money.  —  These top tech executives and their companies are embracing stealth …
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen Gets Digital to Track Online TV Viewers  —  Nielsen is expected to announce Tuesday that it is testing a tool to measure online viewing of TV shows, the latest step in the company's efforts to improve how it tracks digital audiences.  —  Broadcast and cable networks, including NBC …
Mari Saito / Reuters:
SoftBank digs in on Sprint bid, rules out sweeteners  —  (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp President Masayoshi Son came out swinging on Tuesday against a counteroffer for Sprint Nextel Corp, saying rival bidder Dish Network Corp was ill-prepared to run the wireless carrier and refusing to raise his own $20.1 billion bid.
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
AMD's “heterogeneous Uniform Memory Access” coming this year in Kaveri  —  AMD wants to talk about HSA, Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA), its vision for the future of system architectures.  To that end, it held a press conference last week to discuss what it's calling “heterogeneous Uniform Memory Access” (hUMA).
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Former Groupon President and COO Solomon Joins Accel Partners  —  Accel Partners has added longtime tech exec Rob Solomon — who was most recently president and CEO of Groupon — as a venture partner.  The high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm said Solomon will focus on early stage …

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