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May 14, 2013, 10:45 AM

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Mat Smith / Engadget:
Nokia announces the Lumia 925: a thinner, lighter aluminum body coming June for 469 euros  —  Nokia's second announcement for May is arguably a more notable progression from the Lumia 920 than the US-only Lumia 928.  This is the Lumia 925.  It's another flagship, but this one's setting its sights on the rest of the world.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Donny Halliwell / Inside BlackBerry:
New BlackBerry Q5 Announced Today at BlackBerry Live for Select Markets  —  As the BlackBerry Live keynote news keeps flowing in I'm happy to introduce you to the youthful and fun BlackBerry Q5 smartphone, running BlackBerry 10.  With a QWERTY keyboard and a confident design …
Michael C. / Inside BlackBerry:
BlackBerry 10.1 Now Available for BlackBerry Z10  —  Onstage at the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando, Thorsten Heins, President and CEO, BlackBerry just announced that all of you BlackBerry Z10 customers are in for a treat.  An update to BlackBerry 10 software has been released with new features designed to keep you moving.
DealBook:
Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Targets Sony for a Breakup  —  Updated  —  An American hedge fund billionaire known for starting big fights has called for a breakup of the entertainment and electronic colossus Sony, according to people briefed on the matter, possibly setting off a battle …
Douglas Pearce / The Microsoft Office Blog:
Outlook.com now lets you chat with Google friends - one more reason to make the switch  —  The last three months since Outlook.com came out of preview have been filled with releases to help make you more productive and your experience more personal.  These were often based on your feedback.
Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal:
Web Browsers Are Reinvented  —  File-sharing, Apps and Voice Commands Change How Internet Is Used  —  Mobile phones, wearable devices and self-driving cars are generating buzz as the future of technology.  But the old Web browser is being reinvented too, in a trend with implications …
Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
Cyber caper: behind the scenes of the $45 million global ATM heist  —  Hackers coordinated with cells on the ground to carry out a precise, sophisticated attack  —  Defendants Elvis Rafael Rodriguez and Emir Yasser Yeje posing with approximately $40,000 with cash.  Source: US Attorney, Eastern District of New York
More: Betabeat and Wired
Myriam Joire / Engadget:
Raspberry Pi camera module comes to the UK May 14th, lands early for some (updated)  —  Remember that Raspberry Pi camera module we wrote about a few months ago?  It looks like UK-based electronics retailer CPC / Farnell will start taking orders for the shooter on May 14th.
Wall Street Journal:
ESPN, Twitter Expand Collaboration  —  ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service, part of a growing wave of tie-ups as TV networks and Twitter hunt for new advertising revenue.
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
Verizon Wireless to pay parents surprise $7 billion dividend  —  (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service provider, said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend of $7 billion in June, surprising some analysts who had not expected a big payout.
Shaunacy Ferro / Popular Science:
How Facebook Used Science To Design More Emotional Emoticons  —  With the help of a psychology professor and a Pixar illustrator, Facebook is trying to make our messages a little more emotional.  —  Surprise Matt Jones / Facebook  —  In 1872, Charles Darwin published The Expression …
More: SlashGear
Pete Norman / Sky News:
Twitter Boss Quits UK Role Post TweetDeck  —  Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has resigned as director of its UK arm  —  The American boss of Twitter has resigned as director of its UK arm, two days after the business regulator struck off its other British firm for failure to file accounts.
Reiji Murai / Reuters:
Sharp to seek Samsung edge for survival as Apple sales lose steam  —  (Reuters) - Japanese display maker Sharp Corp, a supplier to Apple Inc, will aim to boost sales to the iPhone maker's chief rival Samsung Electronics Co under a three-year rehabilitation roadmap to secure its survival.
More: The Verge
Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:
Online Sales Tax: Why E-Commerce Companies Are On Both Sides Of The Debate  —  If passed by the House, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which aims to level the playing field between online retailers and brick-and-mortar businesses, could go into effect as soon as this fall.
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Confirmed: Amazon Bought Liquavista - Color Kindle to Follow?  —  For the past four months I have been saying that Amazon was in the market to buy Samsung's screen tech company Liquavista, and today I do believe the rumors have come true.  —  New filings from the Netherlands Chamber …
Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Nintendo Wins U.S. Court Ruling Over Video-Game Systems  —  Nintendo Co. (7974), maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.
Lauren Indvik / Mashable:
Amazon Cloud Player Launches PC App  —  As part of its mission to bring its music service “everywhere,” Amazon announced the release of a dedicated Cloud Player app for desktop PCs Monday.  The release comes less than a week after Amazon announced iOS compatibility with Ford Sync-enabled vehicles.

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