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May 25, 2013, 7:05 AM

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Ron Amadeo / Android Police:
Redesigned Gmail Screenshot Leaks During Google I/O Session  —  At Google I/O there was a session called “Structure in Android App Design,” where they talked about various navigation techniques, including the new navigation drawer.  —  It's a cool talk; you'll learn a lot about the pro …
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Do these screenshots reveal a heavily revamped Gmail for mobile and Web is on the way?  —  Gmail users could be seeing the service getting a redesign soon.  Following reports by Android Police about leaked screenshots of the update during Google I/O, we're also hearing that the email service …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Yet Another Hulu Bidder!  Yahoo Is In, Too.  —  Add one more name to Hulu bidding derby: Yahoo, which just announced plans to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, has made an offer on the video Web site as well.  —  The Web giant submitted a bid for the video site this morning, according to a person familiar with process.
Claire Cain Miller / NYT Bits:
Laurene Powell Jobs and Anonymous Giving in Silicon Valley  —  In Silicon Valley, people get very rich, very fast, often when they are very young.  As a result, they are often criticized for not giving away enough of that money.  —  There are signs that is changing, as people like Mark Zuckerberg become more philanthropic.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft and Google working together on new YouTube Windows Phone app  —  Google is announcing today that it's working together with Microsoft on a new YouTube app for Windows Phone.  Following a fight with Microsoft over an unauthorized Windows Phone YouTube application, the pair appear to have resolved their differences.
Benedict Evans:
On market share  —  For the last couple of years, the standard way to look at the progress of the ‘platform war’ between Apple, Google and the now near-vanquished Nokia and RIM was ‘smartphone market share’: each platform's share of the share of the phone units sold each quarter that could be defined as ‘smart’.
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google Plans to Fund, Develop Wireless Networks in Emerging Markets  —  Google is working to connect a billion or more new people to the Internet.  The Silicon Valley company is deep in the throes of a multipronged effort to fund, build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Google no longer able to pay Android developers in Argentina, pulling apps on July 27th  —  Developers in Argentina have begun receiving letters from Google informing them that “Google Play will no longer be able to accept payments on behalf of developers registered in Argentina starting June 27, 2013.”
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Broadcasters go after Aereo by suing smaller competitor, Aereokiller  —  ABC, NBC, and Fox file a new copyright suit against a far less formidable opponent  —  The nation's largest television broadcasters filed a copyright lawsuit against FilmOn.TV and its Aereokiller service yesterday …
Anna Edney / Bloomberg:
iPhone Urinalysis Draws First FDA Inquiry of Medical Apps  —  An iPhone application that lets users check levels of blood, protein and other substances in their urine is the first target of U.S. regulators seeking boundaries in a burgeoning industry for medical diagnosis on-the-go.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Head Of Brand Design Paul Adams Joins Customer Outreach Startup Intercom  —  Paul Adams, who was previously Facebook's global head of brand design, has joined a startup called Intercom, where he will be serving as head of product design.  —  Adams told me earlier that he wasn't looking …
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