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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple's Ive Seen Risking IOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul: Tech — Jonathan Ive, six months into an expanded role as Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s top product visionary, has embarked on a sweeping software overhaul that leaves the company at risk of falling behind on a new version of the operating system …

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple's iOS 7 Team in Deadline Crunch Mode, Adding Engineers — Apple's iOS 7 is so significant a reimagining of its mobile operating system that the company is mustering additional engineering resources to get it out the door in time for a preview at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

More: InvestorPlace, nbcnews.com, Computerworld and Ubergizmo

evleaks / PhoneArena:

HTC M4 brings One style, sensibility downmarket — HTC has a certified hit on its hands with the sleek, unibody HTC One — so it's natural that the company would want to extend its design language to lower price points. Meet the HTC M4 (remember, the One was codenamed M7) …

Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Who Has Your Back? 2013 — When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you?

Tom Bergin / Reuters:

Exclusive: Britain to quiz Google and auditor again on tax — (Reuters) - Executives from Google Inc. and its auditor Ernst & Young will be called again to a British parliament committee to testify on tax, after a Reuters investigation highlighted inconsistencies in the way Google portrays …

More: CNET, Forbes, 9to5Google, Guardian, The Register, SlashGear, The Next Web, Inquirer and Softpedia News

AllThingsD:

Apple's Tim Cook Returns to D Stage to Open 11th Annual Conference — Although we are only about a month out from our 11th D: All Things Digital conference, we still have a few big speakers to announce, not the least of which is Apple CEO Tim Cook. — Cook, who made his debut at D10 …

More: Computerworld, Mashable, TechSpot, iPhone, iCreate, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone Hacks

Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:

T-Mobile USA to Debut on New York Stock Exchange Today — T-Mobile USA, the fourth-biggest U.S. wireless company, will debut this morning on the New York Stock Exchange after completing its combination with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS), a smaller rival.

More: The Verge, BGR, FierceWireless, Engadget, CNET and Mashable

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

As T-Mobile Swallows MetroPCS, It Must Avoid Indigestion

More: T-Mobile Media Relations, GigaOM, Tech Trader Daily, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, ZDNet, IntoMobile, Electronista, The Next Web, VentureBeat, WebProNews and investor.metropcs.com

Maureen Farrell / CNNMoney.com:

Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times — Tech visionaries Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen disagree on the promise of Twitter, but both see a relatively long lifespan for the social media firm. At least in Internet years. — In a debate with Andreessen …

More: Betabeat and Salon

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Simple Task-Management Asana Debuts Organizations To Help Enterprises Streamline Productivity — Asana, the high-profile productivity startup that's trying to redesign the workplace around tasks (instead of email), is tackling the scale of its productivity app with a new announcement today.

More: The Next Web, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Computerworld, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, PandoDaily, Fortune, CITEworld and The Asana Blog

Associated Press:

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gets 2012 pay package of $36.6 million, ranking behind top lieutenant — SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer emerged as the Internet company's second highest paid executive during her first five-and-half months on the job. — Regulatory documents filed Tuesday revealed …

More: Bloomberg, CNBC and USA Today

Tim Stevens / Engadget:

Google Glass review (Explorer Edition) — Stand in a line of people in just about any major metropolitan area in the world and you'll see the same thing: slouched shoulders and down-turned faces staring glumly at smartphone screens. Some people never look away, completely immersed in whatever …

More: CNET, ABCNEWS, Guardian, Marketing Land, The Atlantic Wire, BGR, SlashGear, Quick Online Tips, bizjournals and GSMArena Blog

Jay Freeman / The Realm of the Avatar:

Exploiting a Bug in Google's Glass

More: Guardian, Business Insider, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Gotta Be Mobile and NBC Bay Area

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

U.S. Court Rules For Facebook In Its Case Against Typosquatters On 105 Domains; $2.8M In Damages — A victory for Facebook in its case against typosquatters — those who own domain names that are similar to those of a popular site, which they use to confuse people and potentially capitalize on that.

More: CNET, Businessweek, AllThingsD, AllFacebook and Softpedia News

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft readies ‘Mohoro’ Windows desktop as a service — Summary: Microsoft is believed to be building a Windows Azure-hosted desktop virtualization service that could be available on a pay-per-use basis. — In yet another example of its growing emphasis on remaking itself as a devices …

More: Business Insider and Neowin

Scott Webster / CNET:

Android 4.3 could debut at Google I/O, not Android 5.0 — Recent server logs for several blogs suggest the next build of Android may be version 4.3. — With only a few weeks to go until Google I/O kicks off, Android followers expect to see the debut of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, the platform's next-generation build.

More: AndroidOS.in, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, PhoneArena, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News and TechRadar.com

Carl Franzen / The Verge:

Rap Genius launches ‘News Genius’ to explain current events — Rap Genius, the popular site that lets users explain rap lyrics by annotating specific words and lines with their own descriptions and links to supporting facts, is looking to expand its reach to cover more current events and breaking news.

More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Betabeat and Valleywag

Dara Kerr / CNET:

LinkedIn turns online resumes into professional portfolios — Now users can upload videos, images, and other rich media to showcase their work and skills on the professional social network. — LinkedIn is letting users take their online resumes to a whole new level.

More: Official LinkedIn Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, VatorNews, AllThingsD, WebProNews and Mashable

Will Connors / Wall Street Journal:

Pentagon Expected to Embrace Apple, Samsung Devices — Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. are bringing the smartphone wars to the Pentagon. — The Department of Defense is expected in coming weeks to grant two separate, security approvals for Samsung's Galaxy smartphones …

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Done Deal! DreamWorks Paying $33 Million, and Maybe Much More, for AwesomenessTV. — There we go: That DreamWorks Animation/AwesomenessTV deal I told you about last night is now official. The people who brought you “Shrek” are paying $33 million in cash for the YouTube channel …

More: The Next Web, SlashGear, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, Deadline.com and Dreamworks Animation. See also Mediagazer

Wall Street Journal:

Yahoo Scraps Deal for French Video Site — By SAM SCHECHNER in Paris and AMIR EFRATI in San Francisco — Dailymotion was on track to be the first big acquisition for Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, after her company signed a provisional deal to buy control of the online-video website from France Télécom SA.

More: ZDNet, Reuters, The Register, Rude Baguette, VatorNews, VentureBeat and Computerworld. See also Mediagazer

Derek Khanna / Forbes:

Craigslist's Allegations Of “Copyright” Violations Thrown Out — Craiglist has been recognized for a failure to innovate and having among the internet's worst terms of service's. And instead of innovating, it has chosen to go after new market participants that have wanted to use Craigslist's data on classified postings.

More: The Verge, VentureBeat, Techdirt, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GigaOM, Freedom to Tinker, Softpedia News and Betabeat. See also Mediagazer

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Spyware used by governments poses as Firefox, and Mozilla is angry — That's not the real Firefox, either. — Nayu Kim — Mozilla has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a company that sells spyware allegedly disguised as the Firefox browser to governments.

More: The Mozilla Blog, The Citizen Lab, BBC, PC Magazine, The Register, Inquirer, Computerworld, Softpedia News, Quartz and The H Open Source

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Square hires former PayPal Vice President Alex Petrov to lead its partnerships effort — Mobile card payment service Square has added a new executive to its ranks as it looks to rapidly expand its offering. The company has hired former PayPal executive Alex Petrov to be its Vice President …

More: AllThingsD, Square, CNET, ZDNet and TechCrunch

Bloomberg:

Obama Names Former Lobbyist Wheeler U.S. FCC Chairman — President Barack Obama named Tom Wheeler, a venture capitalist and former leader of cable and wireless trade groups, to head the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, where he may focus on nurturing mobile technology.

More: The Verge, GigaOM, Venture Capital Dispatch and Ars Technica

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