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May 1, 2013, 9:05 PM

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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple's Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul — 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 the 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, which is June 10-14 in San Francisco.

More: Macworld, iMore, TechCrunch, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Redmond Pie, everythingiCafe, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin and InvestorPlace

Facebook:

Facebook Reports First Quarter 2013 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the first quarter, which ended March 31, 2013. — “We've made a lot of progress in the first few months of the year,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Q1 Earnings Beats With $1.46B In Revenue, Up 38%, But Misses With Flat EPS Of $0.12 Non-GAAP — Facebook has just posted its earnings for the quarter that ended March 31, 2013. Facebook hit $1.46B in revenue up 38% from Q1 2012, beating the street. However, earnings per shared missed estimates, staying flat at $0.12.

More: Guardian, AllThingsD, CNET, The Register, TechHive, Inside Facebook, TechCrunch, Computerworld, VentureBeat, GeekWire, GigaOM, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, internetretailer.com, WebProNews and SeekingAlpha.com

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

App Install Ads Earned Facebook “Real Revenue” And Helped 3800 Developers Drive 25M Downloads

More: CNET, TechHive and Inside Facebook

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Facebook sees 751M mobile users in Q1 2013 with $375M or 30% of ad revenue coming from mobile

More: Inside Facebook, VentureBeat, Reuters, The Next Web, The Next Web, Business Insider, Associated Press, Mashable and MobileSyrup.com

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 …

More: Engadget, Examiner, The Next Web, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, BGR, The Verge, Electronista and 9to5Mac

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Yahoo acquires 4 million user to-do app Astrid, service to continue as is for 90 days — Yahoo has acquired the to-do list app Astrid, which will continue running as is for the next 90 days. — “Over the next 90 days, Astrid will continue to work as is, and we will no longer be accepting new premium subscriptions.

More: Astrid, CNET, TechCrunch, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, VatorNews, MobileSyrup.com, SocialTimes and AllThingsD. Tweets: @yahooinc

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) …

More: Digital Media Wire, BGR, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, IntoMobile, Pocketnow, Mobile Magazine, Unwired View, VR-Zone, Inquirer, Tech Shout!, Digital Trends, BGR India and Gotta Be Mobile

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple's Share of Worldwide Tablet Shipments Falls Below 40% in 1Q 2013 — Research firm IDC today announced its preliminary estimates of worldwide tablet shipments for the first quarter of 2013, finding that Apple's share of the market continues to slide as competitors begin to gain footholds in the market …

More: IDC, iCharts, Fortune, PandoDaily, AppleInsider, CNET, VentureBeat, GeekWire, BGR, Investor's Business Daily, Tech Trader Daily, SlashGear, CITEworld, ZDNet, iClarified, The Next Web, CNET and Neowin

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface tablets in Q1, says IDC

More: asymco and Examiner

Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:

N.Y. Taxi Smartphone Hail Program Said to Be Blocked — New York livery car groups won a bid to block a pilot program that would enable people to hail and pay for a ride in one of the city's 13,000 yellow taxis using location-based smartphone applications. — The measure adopted …

More: CNET, The Verge, The Next Web, VentureBeat, NY Daily News, The Verge, iClarified, CNET and Gothamist

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: Businessweek, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, Digital Media Wire, VatorNews, Betabeat, AllFacebook, The Verge, SlashGear and CNET

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

More offline Chrome apps arrive: Chrome Web Store previews Packaged Apps — Moving forward with plans for mature offline web apps, Google announced Wednesday that it is previewing Packaged Apps in the Chrome Web Store. At this time only folks using the developer channel of Chrome OS …

More: Chromium Blog, BetaNews, Business Insider, The Next Web, The Verge, Google Operating System, Lifehacker and TechCrunch

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: ZDNet and Silicon Valley Watcher. See also Mediagazer

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: TechCrunch, Business Insider and Neowin

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Tumblr CEO says average ad campaign spend tops six figures — David Karp also says Tumblr wants to be a place for advertising agencies to “make ads that win awards,” unlike on Twitter, Facebook, and other sites. — NEW YORK—Companies now are spending, on average, “north of six figures” …

More: TechCrunch and PandoDaily

Leo Kelion / BBC:

Facebook U-turn after charities criticise decapitation videos — Charities warn that watching the video clips could cause long-lasting psychological damage — Facebook has said it will delete videos of people being decapitated which had been spread on its site.

More: Examiner and Stockhouse Inc.. Thanks:@leokelion

Miguel Helft / Fortune:

Lenovo-IBM talks over server business break down — Valuation concerns have scuttled negotiations, according to a person familiar with the talks. — FORTUNE — Negotiations between Lenovo and IBM over a multi-billion dollar deal under which Lenovo would acquire parts of IBM's server business …

More: The Register, Business Insider and ZDNet. Thanks:@mhelft

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

Yelp Cuts Losses In Q1 To $4.8M, Sees Revenue Jump 68% To $46M And Record 102M Monthly Uniques On Web, 10M Mobile — Yelp, the local online business and restaurant guide that first launched in the U.S. in 2004 and now lives in 21 countries and 12 languages, and has more than 100 million …

More: Yelp, Screenwerk, VatorNews, Search Engine Land, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily and The Next Web. Thanks:@ripemp

Christina Farr / VentureBeat:

Zynga & NewSchools team up to launch an accelerator for educational gaming startups — BURLINGAME, CA.: Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus just announced that the gaming giant is launching a learning accelerator for gaming startups. — Pincus took to the stage this afternoon …

More: The Next Web and Zynga Company Blog. Thanks:@chrissyfarr

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, VentureBeat, Mashable, Valleywag and Betabeat

Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News:

Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 up both in April 2013 according to NetMarketShare — While usage statistics are not the most thorough data sets in regards to determining a products rising or falling trend throughout the months, they provide us with the means to spot trends nevertheless.

More: Computerworld, CNET, BGR, Ars Technica, LAPTOP Magazine, Inquirer, Datamation.com, Fortune and STBlogs Alpha

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