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March 20, 2015, 1:05 PM

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple to launch new Apple TV set top box at WWDC with A8 chip, increased storage, enabling App Store, Siri, and HomeKit integration  —  New Apple TV Set Top Will Debut This Summer With App Store, Siri  —  Apple intends to show the device off at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in June
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
FTC Report: Google Purposely Demoted Competing Shopping Sites  —  Details from an FTC investigation into Google on anti-trust accusations have emerged, suggesting the search giant specifically worked to keep competitors out of its top results.  —  Google deliberately blacklisted competing shopping sites …
Wall Street Journal:
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Tinder brings on former eBay exec Chris Payne to replace co-founder Sean Rad as CEO  —  Tinder Swipes Right on Its New CEO: Former eBay Exec Chris Payne  —  Popular mobile dating app Tinder has hired high-profile tech exec Chris Payne as its new CEO, finally replacing current CEO and co-founder Sean Rad …
More: TechCrunch and Business InsiderTweets: @chrispa
Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business:
HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang takes over CEO role from Peter Chou who will head HTC Future Development Lab  —  HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang Takes Over CEO Role From Peter Chou  —  (Bloomberg) — HTC Corp. Chairwoman Cher Wang took the role of chief executive officer, replacing Peter Chou after three years …
Adam Fraser / Conversations:
Microsoft launches Lumia 430 Dual SIM smartphone, its cheapest Lumia to date with 4-inch display, 2MP camera, 8GB upgradable storage, 1.2GHz processor  —  Hello, Lumia 430 Dual SIM  —  Making it even easier to own your first Windows Phone, today Microsoft is proud to announce the Lumia 430 Dual SIM.
Charlie / GreatFire.org:
GreatFire experiencing severe DDoS attacks, with 2.6B requests/hour, 2,500 times normal levels, affecting all mirror sites  —  We are under attack  —  We are under attack and we need help.  Likely in response to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), we've experienced …
Jen Kovnats Harrington / Google Geo Developers Blog:
Google's Places API for Android and iOS lets app developers use place names instead of coordinates  —  Hello Places API for Android and iOS!  —  People don't think of their location in terms of coordinates on a map.  They want context on what shops or restaurants they're at, and what's around them.
Monica Ho / xAd Website:
Mobile advertising tech startup, xAd, adds top executives from Twitter, Google, Facebook to its team  —  xAd expands global team to offer strategic guidance on the value of location  —  New talent joins xAd from top technology and advertising companies: Facebook, Google, Posterscope, and Twitter
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Data visualisation company Quid raises $39M Series D led by Liberty Interactive Corporation  —  Quid Raises $39M More To Visualize Complex Ideas  —  Quid just announced that it has raised $39 million Series D.  —  Quid describes itself as “the artificial intelligence company …

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