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May 3, 2013, 8:05 PM
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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun  —  The 3D-printed gun that Cody Wilson calls the “Liberator.”  Click to enlarge.  (Credit: Michael Thad Carter for Forbes)  —  Eight months ago, Cody Wilson set out to create the world's first entirely 3D-printable handgun.  —  Now he has.
FierceWireless:
AT&T planning June launch of ‘All In One’ prepaid brand  —  AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) is planning to launch new prepaid services under the “All In One” brand June 15, according to people familiar with the matter.  The carrier will likely offer a $35 per month service for feature phones and a $50 per month service for smartphones.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google Glass Will Soon Also Let iPhone Users Access Navigation And Text Messages  —  To use text messaging and navigation on Google Glass, users currently have to pair it with an Android phone and install the Glass companion app on their phones.  This will change very soon, however …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Maybe the Low-End iPhone Is Really a Mid-End iPhone  —  What if Apple's long-rumored low-end iPhone isn't targeted at the smartphone market's lower reaches?  What if it's targeted at the middle?  —  What if it isn't low-end at all, but simply mainstream?  Not a $150 phone or even a $200 one, but a $350 one?
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple's U.S. Smartphone Usage Share Approaches 40%  —  comScore today released the results of its monthly rolling survey of U.S. mobile phone users for the January-March period, showing that Apple's smartphone market share rose 2.7 points from December to March, from 36.3% of total U.S. smartphone platform …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Square sets its sights on check-ins: ‘We can do something better’  —  Data on what you buy and where you bought it could be the holy grail of ad targeting  —  Square is using its trove of payment data to build an engine for making local recommendations, a move that could upend the conventional wisdom …
More: VentureBeat, GigaOM and Engadget.  Thanks:@max8378
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Spotify Takes a Page From the Twitter Playbook, Buys Music Discovery App Tunigo  —  Last fall, Twitter bought We Are Hunted, a “music discovery” startup that made a popular app for Spotify.  —  Apparently Spotify is paying attention: It just bought Tunigo, another music discovery startup with a popular Spotify app.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Acer announces Aspire P3, 'the world's first ultrabook convertible' (hands-on)  —  Acer's making a big Windows 8 play at its event today in New York city, announcing a handful of unique devices including the new Aspire P3.  Acer calls the P3 an “ultrabook convertible,” and that's a fairly apt description …
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Cube 3D Printer goes retail at Staples for $1,299  —  Summary: Staples will be among the first major retailers to offer a 3D printer.  To date, 3D printers have been the focus of hobbyists.  —  Staples will begin selling 3D Systems' Cube 3D printer in select stores and online for $1,299 at the end of June.
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook settles Timelines trademark suit  —  Facebook and Timelines Inc. have reached a settlement in the trademark case against the social network, according to a document Facebook filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  —  Timelines Inc. operates Timelines.com …
Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo:
Netflix: Where We Set Up Shop, Torrenting Drops  —  The Chief Content Officer of streaming giant Netflix claims the modern trend for easily streaming legal content is impacting on the more hardcore Bittorrent scene, with pirate traffic dropping in countries when Netflix switches on its servers.
Kevin Kwang / ZDNet:
S. Korea nears decision on Google antitrust case  —  Summary: Country's Fair Trade Commission is expected to be close to a decision on whether Google was stifling the market by allegedly having phonemakers preinstall only its search engine on their devices.  —  Kevin Kwang
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
U.S. Cellular to Begin Offering Apple Products Later This Year  —  As part of its quarterly earnings release today, U.S. Cellular announced that it will begin carrying Apple products later this year, although the carrier offered no additional details on its plans.
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Mozilla teams up with OTOY to bring plugin-free desktop app and HD video streaming to the browser  —  Mozilla is partnering with cloud-based 3D graphics rendering firm OTOY to develop a new codec called ORBX.js, which is capable of streaming high-definition video and Windows, Linux or Mac OS X apps to any browser that supports HTML5.

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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
PEN America cancels its 2024 literary awards ceremony, set for April 29, after months of protests over the organization's response to the war in Gaza

Adam B. Vary / Variety:
The Blair Witch Project cast requests retroactive residuals and “meaningful consultation” on future projects, after Lionsgate and Blumhouse announced a reboot

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Puck hires veteran journalist and TV commentator John Heilemann as its chief political columnist and partner, as the outlet expands its presence in Washington

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David Alexander / Reuters:
Samsung, BlackBerry devices cleared for use on U.S. defense networks

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