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May 2, 2014, 7:45 PM

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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Apple Acquires Power Efficient LED Tech Company LuxVue — Apple has acquired LuxVue Technology, a stealthy company that had been working on micro-LED, screen technologies, we've heard from sources close to the transaction. The company had raised $43 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, iD Ventures America and others.

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John Paczkowski / Re/code:

Apple won't introduce wearables or a new Apple TV at this year's WWDC — Code/red: No New Apple TV at WWDC — // HAPPENING TODAY — More NewFronts! Today's expected highlight: Vice and its frontman, Shane Smith. — German chancellor and NSA surveillance target Angela Merkel is meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.

More: VatorNews, eWeek, Wearable World News, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Macworld, SlashGear, MacRumors, iMore, BGR, Business Insider, App Advice, MacNN, TechNewsWorld, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog and Guardian. Tweets: @markgurman

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Milestone: Bill Gates no longer Microsoft's largest shareholder, as shares dip below Ballmer's stake — For the first time in Microsoft's history, Bill Gates is no longer the company's largest individual shareholder, as of this afternoon. A stock sale by Gates made public a few minutes ago reduced …

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Windows Phone Central

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Promotes VP Of Product Chris Cox To Chief Product Officer, But No Organizational Change — Chris Cox helped invent News Feed and devised Facebook's “Social By Design” strategy, so now the company is recognizing his critical contributions by promoting the VP Of Product to Chief Product Officer.

More: Wall Street Journal, Inside Facebook and AllFacebook

Reuters:

Comcast nears deal to stream EA games to TVs via its X1 platform — Exclusive - Comcast nears deal to stream EA games to TVs: sources — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp may soon allow customers using its cloud-connected X1 cable box system to buy games from Electronic Arts Inc through their televisions …

More: Re/code, PC World, Engadget, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, The Verge, TechSpot, SlashGear, Polygon, gameinformer.com and Joystiq

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Google Buys Rangespan To Add Big Data Inventory Management To Google Shopping — Google has made another move to build out its e-commerce business, and specifically its retail portal Google Shopping. It has acquired Rangespan, a London-based provider of back office services for online retailers …

More: Search Engine Land, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, BBC, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Re/code, SlashGear and WebProNews. Tweets: @ingridlunden

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Joe Belfiore says File Manager coming to WP 8.1 this month, hints Cortana coming to PCs, promises Skype and Facebook app updates — Windows Phone 8.1 to get File Manager ‘by the end of May,’ Cortana gets feedback site and hint of PC version — Joe Belfiore, the corporate vice president …

More: InfoWorld, ZDNet, WinBeta, TechnoBuffalo, GeekWire, CITEworld, Engadget, Wpxbox, Neowin and Windows Phone Central

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Snapchat acquired AddLive several months ago to power its new video chat — Snapchat made a secret acquisition to power its new video chat — AddLive brings video streaming expertise to the ephemeral app startup — To help build and power its new cross-platform video chat service …

More: Business Insider, Mashable, SocialTimes, Softpedia News, NEWS.com.au and Android Authority

Electronic Frontier Foundation:

EFF releases Privacy Badger browser extension that blocks third-party trackers for Chrome and Firefox — Help EFF Test Privacy Badger, Our New Tool to Stop Creepy Online Tracking — EFF is launching a new extension for Firefox and Chrome called Privacy Badger.

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Tweets: @funnymonkey, @yugdom and @cyberlyra

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

Kickstarter fraud: Washington files first consumer protection lawsuit involving crowdfunding — If you raise money via Kickstarter and don't deliver products you promised backers, the government will come after you. In what is the first consumer protection lawsuit involving crowdfunding …

More: Gamasutra, Ars Technica, Office of Attorney …, Polygon, Computerworld, Consumerist, Crowdfund Insider and gameinformer.com

Caroline Moss / Business Insider:

High school teacher says new Snapchat update disrupted her class, had to take all phones away, students were in “near panic” — High-school teacher: In 16 Years Of Teaching, Nothing Has Disrupted My Classroom More Than Snapchat's New Update — Yesterday, Snapchat released a huge update, its biggest in months.

More: PandoDaily, The Verge, Valleywag, New York Magazine, WebProNews and SiliconBeat

Tweets: @bravesearth, @qthrul, @dannysullivan, @marcsettle, @mdudas, @lndsygblr, @josephcohen and @markgurman

New York Times:

White House report on Big Data calls for limits on online data collection by tech companies — Call for Limits on Web Data of Customers — WASHINGTON — The White House, hoping to move the national debate over privacy beyond the National Security Agency's surveillance activities …

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