Apple Seeks Android Source Code Records in Samsung Suit  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL), taking its patent fight to Google Inc. (GOOG) through its infringement litigation against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), is asking a judge to force Google to turn over documents related to its Android operating system.

DOJ: We don't need warrants for e-mail, Facebook chats  —  An FBI investigation manual updated last year, obtained by the ACLU, says it's possible to warrantlessly obtain Americans' e-mail “without running afoul of” the Fourth Amendment.  —  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

Google Glass Explorer Edition now receiving XE5 software update, brings loads of new features and enhancements  —  We see it happen all the time.  A not quite commercially available Android product receives an over-the-air update before it's even released.  Guess you could add Glass …

T-Mobile Says Has Sold 500,000 iPhones, Q1 Revenue Dipped 7 Percent  —  T-Mobile released full first quarter financials late Tuesday evening, reporting a 7 percent dip in revenue from a year earlier.  —  Adjusted earnings, excluding interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of $1.2 billion …

Microsoft names Corporate Vice President Amy Hood as new Microsoft chief financial officer  —  Former CFO for the Microsoft Business Division succeeds outgoing CFO Peter Klein.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced that Amy Hood was named Microsoft chief financial officer …

Yahoo's Mayer Plans Search Revamp to Narrow Google Lead  —  Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer plans to unveil tools for Internet search, including making it easier to find information on mobile devices, stepping up efforts to nab share from Google Inc. (GOOG)

Kleiner Perkins Shifts Strategy After a Rough Decade  —  During the dot-com boom, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital investment firm, all but minted money, making prescient early investments in Netscape Communications, Amazon.com and Google and delivering astonishing returns to investors.

Groupon beats street with higher than expected Q1 revenue of $601.4 million, EPS of $0.03  —  Today Groupon reported its first quarter financial performance, including revenue of $601.4 million, and earnings per share of $0.03.  Analysts had expected revenue of $592 million, and earnings per share of $0.03.

Facebook aims to knock Cisco down a peg with open network hardware  —  Facebook's Open Compute Project to give the world an “open” top-of-rack switch.  —  Facebook already designs its own servers and racks.  Next up, Facebook and friends will design switches to compete against Cisco.  —  Facebook

Trulia Acquires Market Leader For $355M To Take Its Business Beyond Listings And Into SaaS For Real Estate Professionals  —  Online real estate company Trulia has announced it plans to acquire real estate SaaS CRM provider Market Leader for approximately $355 million.  The SEC filing is here.

San Francisco surrenders in fight over cell phone warnings  —  (Reuters) - San Francisco city leaders, after losing a key round in court against the cell phone industry, have agreed to revoke an ordinance that would have been the first in the United States to require retailers to warn consumers …

Internet in Syria has been restored after being disconnected for over 19 hours  —  Internet in Syria has been restored on Wednesday at 14:13 UTC.  The country went offline on Tuesday at around 18:45 UTC as Internet connectivity was completely cut across the nation.

Nokia video compares Lumia 928 camera against GS III and iPhone 5  —  The first footage from the PureView camera aboard Nokia's Lumia 928 is up on the phone's official landing page, showing how it compares against the iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S III at shooting video on a New York rollercoaster.

Donald Trump Launches FundAnything, a Kickstarter Clone Meant to Bring Crowdfunding to the Masses  —  Crowdfunding now has a celebrity mogul endorsement.  —  A new site called FundAnything from Learning Annex founder Bill Zanker launches today with help from loudmouth businessman Donald Trump.

The Man Behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the Quest for the New AI  —  There's a theory that human intelligence stems from a single algorithm.  —  The idea arises from experiments suggesting that the portion of your brain dedicated to processing sound from your ears could also handle sight for your eyes.

Dots, Betaworks' New Super Addictive iOS Game, Nabs 1 Million Downloads In One Week  —  Dots, a game launched just last week out of betaworks, has reached over 1 million downloads in just one week of availability.  —  According to a blog post, the app hit number 1 in eight countries …

New Google Maps Interface  —  Google is about to launch a new interface for Google Maps.  The update will remove the sidebar and will display everything on top of the full-screen map.  One of the new features lets you restrict local search results to places recommended by top reviews or your Google+ circles.

Google adds notification center to Chromium for Mac in preparation for porting Google Now to OS X  —  Over the last few months, the Chrome OS notification center was ported to Chromium and then to Chrome Canary, but the feature was limited to just Windows.  Now it looks like the first attempts …

AOL's Earnings Are Light, but Revenue and Ad Sales Are on Track  —  This looks like a pretty good performance from AOL: Tim Armstrong's Internet company came in a couple pennies light on earnings in its Q1, but hit its revenue marks.  —  As important: Its underlying numbers look pretty good.

HTC First Facebook Phone Drops to $0.99 at AT&T  —  HTC First, the only smartphone to have arrived on shelves so far with the new Facebook Home suite of applications loaded on top right from the start, has just seen a price cut.  —  At the moment, the device is available …

Hipstamatic attempts to revive mobile photographers with the launch of social app Oggl  —  With the exploding popularity of Instagram, the social photo app that now counts more than 100 million monthly active users, it could be easy to forget that you ever shared your iPhone photos any other way.