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May 7, 2013, 2:05 PM

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James Trew / Engadget:

Nokia Lumia 928 officially confirmed: PureView, OIS and Carl Zeiss camera goodies — So, print is the new digital. At least when it comes to Verizon's imminent — and now surely fully acknowledged — Lumia 928. The billboard spotted over the weekend enthused about the camera, but told us little else.

Alan Ohnsman / Bloomberg:

Tesla CEO Talking With Google About ‘Autopilot’ Systems — Elon Musk, the California billionaire who leads Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) (TSLA), said the electric-car maker is considering adding driverless technology to its vehicles and discussing the prospects for such systems with Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG)

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web, Betabeat, Business Insider and 9to5Google

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Karin Matussek / Bloomberg:

Apple's Customer Data-Privacy Rules Struck Down by German Court — Apple Inc. (AAPL), already facing a U.S. privacy lawsuit over its information-sharing practices, was told by a German court to change its rules for handling customer data. — A Berlin court struck down eight of 15 provisions …

More: 9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, Computerworld, iDownloadBlog.com, InvestorPlace, Electronista, iClarified and iLounge

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Microsoft extends Yahoo's U.S. search revenue guarantee — Microsoft Corp extended the revenue guarantee it provides to Yahoo Inc in the companies' underperforming search partnership, Yahoo said on Tuesday. — The U.S. revenue-per-search guarantee, which had expired on March 31 …

More: The Next Web, Search Engine Land, AllThingsD and Tech Trader Daily

Lin Yang / New York Times:

Foxconn Tries to Move Past the iPhone — TAIPEI, Taiwan — Terry Gou did almost everything that Apple could ask for. He made all those iPhones — and he made them cheap. When Apple was subsequently criticized for low wages and poor working conditions at his factories in China …

More: MacRumors, BGR, Fortune, GigaOM, The Register, Apple Bitch, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac and Softpedia News

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Viber hits 200m users, rivals Skype with video calling in new Mac and Windows desktop apps — When Viber first launched its free voice calling app for iPhone back in December 2010, I called it a rival to Skype's iOS app. — Today, we can really start referring to Viber as an overall …

More: Business Wire, Guardian, GigaOM, GigaOM, VentureBeat, PC World, Engadget, TechCrunch, iMore.com, Softpedia News, Neowin, 9to5Mac, NerdBerry, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, App Advice and iDownloadBlog.com

Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:

Google services survive if they make money, aren't social — Among many findings, breaking out socially-integrated Google products shows their life expectancy is characteristically lower. — Google seems to be an enthusiastic beginner and ender of things.

More: gwern.net, Marketing Land, BGR, Softpedia News and Web Publishing Blog. Tweets: @dannysullivan

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Google Glass Picks Up Early Signal: Keep Out — SAN FRANCISCO — Google's wearable computer, the most anticipated piece of electronic wizardry since the iPad and iPhone, will not go on sale for many months. — But the resistance is already under way. — The glasseslike device …

More: The Atlantic Wire, Business Insider, Forbes and The Awl

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Microsoft Confirms Windows Blue Update Coming; Says Windows 8 Passes 100 Million Licenses Sold — After months of rumors, Microsoft on Monday confirmed that it is readying an update to Windows 8 for later this year. — Code-named Windows Blue, the update will enable Windows to run …

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

As Windows 8 crosses the 100 million sales mark, Tami Reller breaks down Microsoft's vision for the OS

Connie Guglielmo / Forbes:

John Doerr's Plan To Reclaim The Venture Capital Throne — Flipboard recently unveiled a new version of its successful tablet magazine app as the entire staff stood around their Palo Alto, Calif. office gawking at the traffic numbers. As the needle starts moving, the room gets giddy …

More: Venture Capital Dispatch. Thanks:@bupbin

Michael Carney / PandoDaily:

After crowdfunding $10M for a dozen consumer product companies, CircleUp raises its own $7.5M Series A — Not all crowdfunding is created equal. The first generation of this peer-to-peer fundraising concept centered around incentive-based campaigns, where users of platforms like Kickstarter …

More: AllThingsD, SiliconBeat, VentureBeat, GeekWire, VatorNews, Forbes, silicontap.com, The Next Web, Union Square Ventures and TechCrunch

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Urban Compass Comes Out Of Stealth With A Hyperlocal Social Network, And A Disruptive Rental Portal That Will Serve As A Magnet — Urban Compass, a New York-based startup that last year raised an $8 million seed round while still in stealth mode, is coming out of the shadows and debuting …

More: The Verge

Kevin Allocca / YouTube Trends:

Introducing the YouTube Trends Map — Are teens in the South watching the same videos as middle-aged folks in New England? Now with the YouTube Trends Map (YouTube.com/TrendsMap), you can see today's most popular videos in major markets across the U.S. You can also see what's popular with women or men …

More: The Verge, 9to5Google, CNET, VentureBeat, VatorNews, FlowingData, The Next Web, ReelSEO Video Marketing, WebProNews, Ubergizmo, Engadget, SlashGear, Mashable and PC World

The Physics arXiv Blog:

Government Lab Reveals It Has Operated Quantum Internet For Over Two Years — A quantum internet capable of sending perfectly secure messages has been running at Los Alamos National Labs for the last two and a half years, say researchers — One of the dreams for security experts is the creation …

More: Fortune, TechHive, Laughing Squid, ExtremeTech, TechEye and Gizmodo

Austin Carr / Fast Company:

Google's Eric Schmidt On Data Privacy: The Internet Needs A Delete Button — With so much data being collected about us online, can our offline identities ever be divorced from our web personas? Today, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt offered a simple solution for kids being brought …

More: SiliconANGLE, TechPresident and ZDNet

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

RunKeeper For Pebble Arrives, Bringing Run, Walk And Bike Ride Progress Tracking To The Smart Watch — So far, the Pebble smart watch has done little besides offer up watch faces for users to tinker with, but the apps are starting to come in, and today marks the much-anticipated debut of early marquee partner RunKeeper.

More: RunKeeper, The Verge, MacRumors, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, GigaOM, Gotta Be Mobile, Fast Company, App Advice, Wired, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, Cult of Mac, Boing Boing, Xconomy, SlashGear and Android Community

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google Drive desktop app now lets you share files from PC and Mac — Sharing is getting a bit easier on Google Drive today. Google has just announced that users on a PC or Mac can now share files simply by right clicking and choosing “share” from a Google Drive submenu.

More: Google Drive, SlashGear, gHacks Technology News, iMore.com and Engadget

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Kim Dotcom Makes Another Plea For Legal Relief As U.S., UK, Canada Attorneys General Converge Down Under — Kim Dotcom and his legal team are seizing the moment of a meeting of attorneys general from the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in Auckland to bring more attention …

More: TorrentFreak, PC World, Bloomberg, Agence France Presse, New Zealand Herald and The Next Web

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Hands-on: Sony declares war on 1366×768 with new VAIO Fit laptops — You can get 1080p and decent quality for under $600, but not without drawbacks. — We don't often pay attention to entry-level product launches, but Sony's latest laptop offerings have piqued our interest.

More: Engadget, CNET, VentureBeat, Engadget, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, SlashGear, PC World and Electronista

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

YouTube for Windows Phone 8 ‘completely redesigned’ with pinning, playlist, child safety features, and more — Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has revamped YouTube for Windows Phone 8. You can get the latest version of the app now directly from the Windows Phone store.

More: The Windows Blog, WMPoweruser, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Engadget, 9to5Google, Neowin, WinBeta and My Nokia Blog

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