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May 29, 2013, 12:10 PM
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Apple's Tim Cook: The Full D11 Interview (Video)  —  There was a lot to talk about as Apple CEO Tim Cook made his second appearance on the D: All Things Digital stage.  —  Cook declined many, many opportunities to talk about new products.  —  But he did give his view on taxes …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Apple Has More Game-Changing Tech in the Works, Says CEO Tim Cook  —  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.
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Tim Cook teases ‘profound’ opportunity in wearable technology, but says Google Glass won't have broad appeal
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Facebook Acquisition Talks With Waze Fall Apart  —  After months of negotiations, Facebook is no longer in talks to acquire Waze, the Israel-based social mapping and navigation startup, according to sources familiar with the matter.  —  The two companies had been in discussion for a potential acquisition …
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
WWDC Expectations  —  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is only a couple of weeks away and everyone is wondering what the company will unveil during the keynote address.  As much as we all have long wish lists for what we would like to see, I think it's important to balance …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
256GB Surface Pro appears in Japan complete with Office 2013 and new Touch Covers  —  While Surface Pro is making its way to additional markets this month, a new variant has arrived in Japan.  Microsoft previously launched a region-specific Surface Pro in China, complete with a full copy of Office 2013 …
Ryan Tate / Wired:
Marissa Mayer Is Bringing Back the Internet Portal.  Here's Why  —  Since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo last year, there's been a lot of talk about how the famously detail-oriented ex-Googler will “refocus” the company.  But it's becoming increasingly clear that Mayer is broadening …
Barb Darrow / GigaOM:
Amazon spreads net wider by federating Facebook and Google (and AWS) identities  —  Good news for developers who use Amazon Web Services and want to make those apps available to millions of Facebook and Google users: Amazon Web Services Identity Access Management (IAM) can now “federate” Google and Facebook user identities.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Gmail wages war on inbox clutter with new design  —  Three years after Priority Inbox, Google tries another approach at managing email overload  —  Google begins rolling out a redesigned Gmail today with an eye on removing inbox clutter, separating bulk emails from the main feed with new tabs …
Stefan Constantinescu / Android Beat:
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini to rock a Snapdragon 400, 1080p front facing camera  —  My good friend Lars from the German website All About Samsung has quite a scoop on his hands.  One of his sources has somehow managed to score a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, and of course the first he did was install AnTuTu …
Jack Clark / The Register:
Microsoft loads botnet-crushing data into Azure  —  C-TIP gives ISPs near-realtime access to MARS data  —  Microsoft is plugging its security intelligence systems into Azure so that service providers and local authorities can get near-realtime information on botnets and malware detected by Redmond.
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Sony's Bread and Butter?  It's Not Electronics  —  TOKYO — Sony is best known as a consumer electronics company, making PlayStation game consoles and televisions.  And it loses money on almost every gadget it sells.  —  Sony has made money making Hollywood movies and selling music.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Live: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at D11  —  The good news for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard side project now has more than a billion users, and is on track to do more than $6 billion in revenue this year.  —  The bad news for Facebook: It's not Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard side project anymore.
More: Engadget and The Verge
CNBC:
Nasdaq Pays $10 Million to Settle SEC Charges Over Facebook IPO  —  Nasdaq has agreed to pay a $10 million penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged securities laws violations resulting from its “poor systems and decision-making” during the Facebook IPO.

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