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May 12, 2013, 8:25 PM

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Ron Amadeo / Android Police:

“Google Play Games” Leaks Out In All Its Glory Ahead Of Google I/O - Hello, Cloud Game Saves [APK Teardown] — Remember how we told you Google Games was coming, and how it's going to pack multiplayer functionality, leaderboards, achievements, and stuff like that? That's happening.

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Everything We Expect Google To Announce At Its Biggest Event Of The Year Next Week — Google's biggest event of the year, the I/O developers conference, kicks off next week with a lengthy three-hour (!) keynote where the company is expected to go over a slew of new products and services that'll be rolling out in the weeks to come.

More: Electronista, InformationWeek, Pocketables and Softpedia News

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

ABC to Let App Users Live Stream Local Programming — This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live stream all the programming from ABC's local stations there …

More: The Verge. Tweets: @carlazanoni, @jeffjarvis and @brianstelter. See also Mediagazer

Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News:

Google shuts down SMS Search — Google SMS Search allowed users to search Google via text message. This worked by sending an SMS to a Google phone number that contained the search query. Google then responded to the query with information, again via SMS and free of charge to the user.

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, tech.slashdot.org and VentureBeat. Tweets: @johnpaczkowski

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Facebook Home Is Losing Steam In The Charts...Fast — Facebook Home, the app which CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted as the “next version of Facebook,” has not been an immediate hit. Its Google Play rankings have been dropping steadily after the launch buzz wore off, according to new data from top app store analytics firms.

More: CNET, TechCrunch, T3 News, Business Insider and PC Magazine

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia's next Lumia teased on TV with a metal body and big camera lens — Nokia announced its latest Lumia 928 handset on Friday, but the company has more planned for an event in London next week. On Sunday, Nokia teased part of this announcement during a commercial break on British TV.

More: Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, Engadget, My Nokia Blog, Crave, WMPoweruser, Windows Phone Central, SlashGear, My Nokia Blog, Nokia Conversations and FierceWireless

Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:

Bloomberg Execs Knew Journalists Were Tracking Clients In 2011 — An anchor made on-air comments about tracking log in information more than a year ago. A big deal internally — but handled quietly. — Executives at the financial information company Bloomberg have known about journalists using …

More: Quartz, Bloomberg Blog and Business Insider

Tweets: @rupertmurdoch and @jaysonblair7

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