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May 12, 2014, 4:16 AM

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Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:
FCC chair updates proposed broadband rules after criticism, seeks comment on reclassification  —  Agency Won't Let Firms Segregate Web Traffic Into Fast, Slow Lanes  —  The head of the Federal Communications Commission is revising proposed rules for regulating broadband Internet …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
By trading just 0.013% of its equity, Quora gets access to YC's network, while YC gets more late-stage experience and credibility  —  Q: Why Did Quora Join Y Combinator?  A: It Was Almost Free  —  Quora has plenty to learn from Y Combinator but it's not giving up the traditional 7% equity share to join the accelerator.
Reuters:
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi to release first tablet: sources  —  (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi will soon release its first tablet, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, expanding the fast-growing company's product lineup in a potential challenge to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Andreessen-inspired Tweetstorms™ are inconsiderate, and maybe abusive, to Twitter followers  —  Why Twitter's Newest Tweetstorm™ Trend Must Be Stopped  —  Twitter's sanity depends on it.  —  Warzel/BuzzFeed  —  Here's a thing you probably haven't noticed unless …
Brooke Crothers / CNET:
Microsoft will also announce a new Intel-based Surface on May 20  —  Microsoft and Intel moving ahead with Surface tablet  —  Chip giant won't be left out in the cold at the upcoming Microsoft Surface event.  —  Microsoft Surface Pro  —  While a smaller version of the Surface tablet …
Drake Bennett / Businessweek:
Lenovo Targets Mobile as Tech Empire Grows on Castoff Businesses  —  Earlier this year, Lenovo went shopping.  The Chinese maker of computers and smartphones said in late January that it was buying Motorola, the iconic mobile phone brand, from Google (GOOG) for $2.9 billion …
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Mozilla Is Moving Ahead With Sponsored Tiles On Firefox's New-Tab Page  —  Despite what you may have read, Mozilla isn't canning its plans to sell sponsored tiles on its new-tab page.  —  A few days ago, Mozilla's Vice President of Firefox Jonathan Nightingale wrote a brief blog post defending …

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