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April 22, 2015, 12:35 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
Google to unveil new US wireless service this week allowing customers to pay only for data used monthly, running on Sprint and T-Mobile networks  —  Google Set to Unveil Wireless Service  —  New service to allow customer to pay only for data they use each month
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Selfie app Shots raises $8.5M, led by Chinese VC firm WI Harper, adds more social features  —  Selfie App Shots Moves Beyond Bieber With $8.5 Million in Funding  —  Shots, a mobile app for sharing selfies, owes much of its early popularity to Justin Bieber.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Sources: Apple gives Watch Edition with unique 18k gold link band to fashion icons like Beyonce, Karl Lagerfeld, and Anna Wintour  —  Put A Gold Band On It  —  Nothing separates the “haves” and the 1% like a prohibitively expensive consumer product.  Whether it's a Hermes Birkin Bag or a McLaren P1 GTR …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
TechCrunch:
Sources: Cloud HR startup Zenefits looking to raise $300M to $500M at a valuation north of $3B  —  Cloud HR Startup Zenefits Is Looking To Raise A Giant New Round Of Funding  —  Fast-moving HR and benefits startup Zenefits is looking to accelerate adoption even further.
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Ellen Huet / Forbes:
Gurbaksh Chahal And Gravity4 Hit With Gender Discrimination, Illegal Surveillance Lawsuit  —  Gurbaksh Chahal, the 32-year-old embattled and often self-aggrandizing CEO who was convicted of domestic violence last year and fired from his ad-tech company RadiumOne, hoped that his new startup …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Executive Departures, ‘Drip’ Layoffs, Search Costs and Ad Slumping: Welcome to Post-Alibaba Yahoo  —  Is today the day when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer finally has to face the music as Yahoo releases its first-quarter earnings results, which Wall Street is expecting to be less than stellar?  —  Probably not!
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