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Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Google's Android chief Sundar Pichai on Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Android's future, his past, I/O, and more — Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile — At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Pichai will preview the next release of Android at I/O; introduce Android TV and Android Wear — Google will reportedly show a new version of Android tomorrow — Get ready to take a first look at the next version of Android tomorrow. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek …

More: Wall Street Journal, TIME, Android Police, Geek.com, Ubergizmo, xda-developers, Redmond Pie, Electronista, MobileBurn.com, IntoMobile, Neowin, Engadget, Tech Times, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Android Beat, The Next Web, Phandroid and Ausdroid

Oculus VR:

Oculus to acquire Carbon Design, gaining the product engineering team known for the Xbox 360 controller — Oculus Agrees to Acquire Carbon Design Team — We're thrilled to announce that we've agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, one of the premier industrial design and product engineering teams …

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Gigaom, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, GeekWire, Electronista, TechSpot, ZDNet, Business Insider, The Verge, Neowin, Ars Technica, GamesIndustry International, Re/code and Polygon. Tweets: @bhsharp

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Google refreshes Glass hardware with 2GB RAM and a bigger battery; current owners won't get upgraded — Google refreshes Glass hardware, but current owners won't get upgraded — Small tweaks suggest that a true consumer product is still a ways off — Google's plan to sell its Glass headset …

More: Google Glass, Glass Almanac, AnandTech, CNET, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Connectedly, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Marketing Land, Android Police, The Next Web and Greenbot

JR Raphael / Computerworld:

Google offering $150 credits to make up for Chromebook data debacle — Some good news for owners of Google's LTE Chromebook Pixel: Following my report that data plans for the device were being disconnected prematurely, Google is stepping up to make things right.

More: PC World, Android Central, Digital Trends, PC Magazine, Phandroid, 9to5Google, The Verge, SlashGear, Pocketables, Droid Life, Ars Technica, Engadget, Gigaom, Daring Fireball, Electronista, blog.chron.com, TechSpot and Pulse 2.0. Tweets: @dcseifert

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Google Makes Its Nest At The Center Of The Smart Home — “Okay Google, turn down the heat.” — Using Google Now, a homeowner will soon be able to talk to a Nest Learning Thermostat and complain about the heat. And that's just the beginning. — Google is turning the Nest Learning Thermostat into the hub of smart homes.

More: The Verge. Tweets: @benedictevans

Matt Rogers / Nest:

Nest Developer Program opens to the public; integration with LIFX, Mercedes, Whirlpool, Jawbone, IFTTT, and more already enabled

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Hackers release Nest Thermostat jailbreak tool that requires physical access

More: GTV Hacker, BetaNews and SlashGear. Tweets: @gtvhacker

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

App Store Policy Of Rejecting Apps With Rewarded Video, Social Sharing Gets Rolled Back...With A Few Caveats — A recent policy change floated by Apple caused a flurry of discussion - and concern - among mobile app developers. According to several public forum postings and other industry sources …

More: iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, Touch Arcade, App Advice, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac and MacNN

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Twitter tests ‘retweet with comment’ that shows referenced tweet as a card below your comment — Twitter Is Experimenting With A New Way To Retweet — The best thing about Twitter is that it forces users to embrace brevity thanks to its 140-character updates.

More: Mashable, TechnoBuffalo, PandoDaily, Engadget, Electronista, Business Insider, Ubergizmo and ABC News. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Michael Arrington drops defamation suit against Jenn Allen after she retracts rape accusations — Jenn Allen Retracts Michael Arrington Rape Accusations — TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has reached a settlement agreement with Jenn Allen. He's posted a copy of the agreement …

More: Uncrunched, Business Insider, and Valleywag

Tweets: @jyarow and @dangillmor

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Optical Image Stabilization May Be Differentiating Factor for 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 — Rumors have suggested Apple's next-generation iPhone may include camera improvements in the form of optical image stabilization with modules produced by sensor company InvenSense, but according to a new prediction …

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Barron's Online and Yahoo Tech. Tweets: @macrumors

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Twilio partners with Google to release a Chromebook communications package — Cloud telephony firm Twilio today announced Twilio CX for Chromebooks, a new partnership with Google that bundles its WebRTC-powered client, 7,500 voice minutes, a Plantronics headset and a Chromebook together …

More: CITEworld, VentureBeat, Twilio Cloud Communications …, Gigaom, ZDNet and TechCrunch

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Cyanogen expands team in push for open-source Android, hires former HTC, MediaTek and Amazon executives — Cyanogen Expands Team in Push for Open Android — Cyanogen has quietly expanded its executive ranks to transform its open source Android project into a serious player in the phone business.

More: cyngn.com, Android and Me, Droid Life, Android Police, Android Central, Android Authority, Pocketnow and AndroidHeadlines.com

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft's Top Lawyer Slams Secret Surveillance Court — The U.S.'s secret surveillance court is unaccountable to the public and not “inclined to promote justice,” Microsoft's top lawyer said Wednesday. — General counsel Brad Smith said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court …

More: CNET, PC World, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechCrunch and BGR. Tweets: @csoghoian

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Snapchat Snags Facebook's Mike Randall As Monetization VP — Facebook may be stealing Snapchat's features, but Snapchat is stealing Facebook's employees, including a new one who could help it begin to make money. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has just signed the Global Director …

More: Business Insider

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones — Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool …

More: Securelist / Blog, The Citizen Lab, PC World, The Verge, Ars Technica, The Register, Techdirt, Engadget, SlashGear, Digital Trends, SC Magazine, Help Net Security, Security Watch and BetaNews

Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin:

First gen Nokia X devices won't be updated to Platform 2.0 — The first generation Nokia X smartphones which were released in February, will not be getting updated to the Nokia X software featured on the Nokia X2. — In a detailed post about the Nokia X2 smartphone user experience …

More: Conversations, DailyTech and The Next Digit

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Firechat Enables Cross-Platform, Off-The-Grid Chat Between iOS And Android — Open Garden's Firechat was one of the first — if not the first — application to make use of Apple's new multi-peer mesh networking capabilities. This enabled its users to anonymously chat with each other …

More: The Next Web, App Advice, Gigaom, GadgeTell, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, BBC, Guardian, VentureBeat and TechHive

John Biggs / TechCrunch:

Lenovo patent application describes Google Glass-like device for recording audio and video — Lenovo Just Patented Their Own Version Of Google Glass — As we all know, merely patenting something doesn't mean it will ever land in stores. However, Lenovo has just filed a basic patent for an …

More: SlashGear and Engadget

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Oculus seeks partners to help make hardware, emulating Android's expansion model — Facebook's Oculus, Emulating Android, Seeks Partners — Oculus VR Inc. has a plan for making virtual reality mainstream: Replicate Google Inc. (GOOGL)'s success with Android.

More: The Register, VentureBeat, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, CNET and SlashGear. Thanks:@sarahfrier

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy Tab S review: slim design, long battery life, stunning screen — It'd be silly of me to talk about tablets in the past tense — we still write stories about them daily and clearly, we review them, too. But of the ones we've seen lately, most have been low-end; mid-range at best.

More: DisplayMate, SamMobile, Gizmodo, CNET, LAPTOP Mag, DisplayBlog, 9to5Google and Inquirer

Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

Samsung's Latest Tablet Boasts Sleek Hardware, Confusing Software

More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, IntoMobile, AnandTech, SlashGear, Business Insider and TechCrunch

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