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April 1, 2015, 9:45 PM

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple wants TV networks to handle infrastructure and costs of streaming for its video service — Apple Asks TV Programmers to Supply Their Own Streams for Apple's TV Service — Apple wants the TV guys to provide their shows for its proposed streaming video service.

More: The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, MacNN, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog and iLounge. See also Mediagazer

Barack Obama / Medium:

Obama signs Executive Order authorizing targeted sanctions against perpetrators of cyberattacks, with threats from overseas a primary focus — A New Tool Against Cyber Threats — It's one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age—the very technologies that empower us to do great …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Newest App Riff Lets Friends Add Clips To Collaborative Videos — You could start the next Harlem Shake-style crowdsourced video phenomenon with Facebook's new app Riff, out today worldwide in 15 languages on iOS and Android. — Shoot a video of up to 20 seconds in Riff …

Wall Street Journal:

European Commission seeks permission to publish confidentially filed antitrust complaints from shopping, local, and travel firms against Google — EU Lays Groundwork for Antitrust Charges Against Google — Regulator seeks permission to publish complaints against Internet giant in long-running probe

More: Reuters, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Fortune and Android Central

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Sling TV will offer HBO for $15/month by April 12 as part of Dish and Turner distribution deal — Sling TV's Service For Cord Cutters Will Offer HBO Starting This Month — Sling TV, Dish's new over-the-top service designed for cord cutters, announced today that it will become …

More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, DSLreports, Deadline, Ars Technica, Quartz, BGR, Pocket-lint, Bloomberg Business, Android Central, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, GeekWire, The Next Web, FierceCable, Reuters, Business Insider and TechHive. See also Mediagazer

Wall Street Journal:

GoDaddy opened and closed at $26.15 per share, almost 31% above IPO price, raising $460M; closing price values firm at nearly $4B — GoDaddy's IPO Shares Surge in NYSE Debut — Web-hosting firm—known for its ads with Danica Patrick—seeks image makeover

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Apple + IBM add 8 new enterprise iOS apps, first for industrial products & healthcare industries — Apple CEO Tim Cook with IBM CEO Ginni Rometty — Through its MobileFirst for iOS initiative, Apple and IBM have added 8 new enterprise apps for designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad.

More: App Advice, TechCrunch, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, iMore and MacDailyNews

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

Joint statement from 39 tech leaders calls for state laws to protect “everyone including LGBT people and people of faith” — Tech Leaders Call For States To Pass LGBT Protections, Ban Denial Of Services — Joint statement from 39 tech leaders comes in the midst of a national debate over religious liberty measures.

More: Human Rights Campaign Blog, The Huffington Post, The Verge, WRAL Tech Wire, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Mashable, The Hill, GeekWire and New York Times

Amanda Connolly / The Next Web:

Roundup of April Fools' Day gags by tech companies — Roundup: The best (and worst!) April Fools' Day pranks in the tech world ever — April Fools' Day might be dying a slow death in reality, but on the Web, it's being taken to a whole new level every year.

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Acer is launching an all-in-one Chromebase desktop with a touchscreen this summer — While Google's Chromebooks are finding a measure of success in certain markets, Chrome OS hasn't exactly found much traction in other form factors, like the Mac mini-esque Chromebox or all-in-one Chromebase.

More: Engadget, SlashGear, Android Central, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, Ubergizmo, BetaNews, ITworld.com and Ink, Bits, & Pixels

Sydney Ember / New York Times:

Rubicon Project acquires Canadian ad intent marketing firm Chango for $122M in stock and cash — In Advertising Technology Deal, Rubicon Buys Chango — The advertising company Rubicon Project said on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy the Canadian start-up Chango for about $122 million …

More: ExchangeWire.com, Business Insider and VentureBeat. See also Mediagazer

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Twitter tests displaying promoted tweets on user profile pages — Twitter Is Now Placing Ads Within User Profiles — Your Twitter profile may soon include a new decoration: Advertising. — Twitter is bringing promoted tweets, the app's signature ad unit, to people's profile pages as part of a new test.

More: Marketing Land, PCMag Australia Feed, WebProNews, SlashGear, Mashable, Marketing Land, The Next Web, InvestorPlace and Gizmodo. Tweets: @digiphile

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