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May 28, 2013, 10:15 PM

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The Verge:
Tim Cook live at D11  —  Tim: I wouldn't call it a love fest.  Sitting in a witness chair, you don't have that feeling.  It was great to be part of the process and tell our story.  I hope it helps the reform process.  Walt: So Congress asked you tough questions, and then they started a love fest.
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Coming Up Live: Apple CEO Tim Cook Kicks Off D11  —  Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook spent a lot of time answering questions about how Apple would be different from what it was under Steve Jobs, and just how he would continue Jobs's incredible legacy.  —  Cook's appearance at D10 served …
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Tim Cook: Apple has now sold over 13M Apple TVs, half in the last year  —  Today at the All Things D conference in Palos Verdes, CA, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that there had been 13M Apple TVs sold so far, with half in the last year alone.  —  “It continues to be an area of great interest for us,” Cook said.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
U.S. Government Seizes LibertyReserve.com  —  Indictment, arrest of virtual currency founder targets alleged “financial hub of the cybercrime world.”  —  U.S. federal law enforcement agencies on Tuesday announced the closure and seizure of Liberty Reserve, an online, virtual currency …
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Verizon Galaxy S4 Is First Phone to Work on Next Network  —  Verizon Wireless's newest phone, Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s Galaxy S4, is the first device that will be able to take advantage of the carrier's next network upgrade, which will more than double Internet speeds.
Lisa Rapaport / Bloomberg:
Global Tablet Shipments to Outpace PCs by 2015, IDC Says  —  Global tablet shipments will outpace the entire personal-computer market by 2015, fueled by rising demand for lower-priced and smaller alternatives to Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad, market researcher IDC said.
Kevin Lim / Reuters:
Singapore to regulate Yahoo, other online news sites  —  (Reuters) - Websites that regularly report on Singapore including Yahoo News will have to get a license from June 1, putting them on par with newspapers and television news outlets, in a move seen by some as a bid to rein in free-wheeling Internet news.
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Intel Makes Its First Acquisition Since Brian Krzanich Became CEO  —  Intel's new CEO, Brian Krzanich, has been on the job only 12 days and already the company has made an acquisition.  —  Intel confirmed today that it had bought the satellite navigation chip business unit of ST-Ericsson …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU to seek more Google concessions in competition probe  —  (Reuters) - EU regulators are likely to press Google Inc for more concessions to end a three-year investigation into complaints it squeezed out Web rivals, the EU antitrust chief said.  —  EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia …

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