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April 26, 2015, 1:50 PM

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Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
Xiaomi expects revenue from mobile services, such as games and a payments app, to more than triple this year to nearly $1B  —  Xiaomi Sees $1 Billion in Mobile Services Revenue This Year  —  Chinese company wants to make smartphone games and mobile finance an increasing part of its business
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Jussi Rosendahl / Reuters:
Nokia says it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets  —  Nokia denies return to phone manufacturing  —  (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia denied reports in Chinese media that it planned to return to manufacturing phones.  —  “Nokia notes recent news reports claiming …
Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed:
How Uber customizes its approach for overseas: auto-rickshaws in India, Lamborghinis in Singapore, designated driver service in Colombia  —  This Is How Uber Hopes To Take Over The World  —  The ride-hail giant is expanding globally — and it's doing so by replicating the hyperlocal approach …
New York Times:
AWS revenue confirms Amazon's cloud computing dominance as Microsoft and Google give chase  —  With Amazon Atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase  —  Amazon unveiled the financial performance of its powerful growth engine for the first time on Thursday, and the numbers sure looked pretty …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Nike and Under Armour pour money into health tracking to develop connections with customers, recommend products based on exercise data, reach new markets  —  Why Nike and Under Armour are spending wildly to watch your every step  —  Runners leave the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday.
Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Lack of women in the estimated 96% male Bitcoin community is a major hurdle to widespread adoption  —  Why Bitcoin's male domination will be its downfall  —  Nathaniel Popper's new book, Digital Gold, is as close as you can get to being the definitive account of the history of Bitcoin.
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Business:
Visual Supply Co, maker of photo editing and sharing mobile app VSCO Cam, raises $30M Series B  —  Fancy Photo App Startup VSCO Raises $30 Million More  —  The application has more than 20 million monthly active users  —  The most popular brand-related hashtags on Instagram don't belong just to Nike …
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