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May 20, 2015, 9:50 AM
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Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Google to unveil new photo service, independent of Google+, at I/O later this month  —  Google Is Close to Unveiling New Web Photo Service  —  Google Inc. is set to reveal an online picture sharing and storage service that will no longer be part of the Google+ social network, people familiar with the plans said.
Jana Messerschmidt / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter and Google partner to bring more tweets into Google search results, rolling out on mobile in the US today and desktop soon  —  A new way to discover Tweets  —  We're excited to team up with Google to bring Twitter's unique, real-time content to Google's search results.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Tweets get more prominent placement in Google results after Google-Twitter deal; Twitter doesn't earn directly off display but will gain new traffic
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Logjam crypto vulnerability affects tens of thousands of web and mail servers, browsers being updated with fix  —  HTTPS-crippling attack threatens tens of thousands of Web and mail servers  —  Diffie-Hellman downgrade weakness allows attackers to intercept encrypted data.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Adblock Plus launches Adblock Browser: Firefox for Android with built-in ad blocking  —  Adblock Plus today launched Adblock Browser for Android.  Currently in beta, the company's first browser was created by taking the open source Firefox for Android and including Adblock Plus out-of-the-box.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft looks to be building a new light-weight email app called Flow  —  Summary:Microsoft appears to be building an app for fast, light-weight, real-time conversations called Flow, which is likely to debut on iPhone, according to leaked information.  —  Microsoft seems to be developing …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook: Apple Watch in stores ‘by June’, in talks for Apple Pay in China  —  During his trip last week across China, Apple CEO Tim Cook held a meeting at Apple's China headquarters with several employees in attendance, according to sources with knowledge of the briefing.
Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo:
You Can Now Use ‘Netflix for Torrents’ Popcorn Time in Your Browser  —  It's over a year since Popcorn Time burst on to the scene, allowing you to stream torrents rather than download them.  It's had its ups and downs—but now you can use it in your browser.
TechCrunch:
Sources: Spanish mobile marketplace Wallapop is raising $100M from Accel, Fidelity Growth Partners, and others  —  Wallapop Is Poised To Disrupt Classifieds, As Accel, Insight, Fidelity Pack Its War Chest  —  Back in November rumors surfaced in the Spanish-speaking press that little known Wallapop …
Thanks:@riptari
Grant Gross / PCWorld:
Six Chinese residents charged with stealing phone technology from two US companies, Avago Technologies and Skyworks Solutions  —  Six China residents charged with stealing US mobile phone technology  —  Six residents of China face economic espionage and theft of trade secret charges …
More: SiliconBeat and Reuters
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
WordPress parent Automattic acquires WooCommerce, maker of a popular e-commerce WordPress plugin, sources say for more than $30M  —  WordPress Parent Automattic Buys WooCommerce, a Shopping Tool for Web Publishers  —  Last year Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, raised $160 million.
Chris Brook / Threatpost:
St. Louis Federal Reserve confirms DNS hijack of affiliated sites in April, including FRED, its economic database, plus archival and geographic databases  —  St. Louis Federal Reserve Falls Victim To DNS Hijack  —  The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank confirmed this week that it fell victim to a DNS hijack last month.
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Oculus announces Rift event for June 11; invite image teases new hardware design  —  Oculus Sends Out Invites For Special Rift Event June 11  —  Oculus is inviting press to a special event on June 11 in San Francisco.  The company provided the image above along with the invite …
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Facebook expands free Messenger video calling to almost every country  —  Facebook has rolled out video calling on its Messenger app to more countries around the world, following the introduction of the feature in 18 countries last month.  —  “We're happy to share we've now rolled …
Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:
Meteor, a startup that provides tools for developing mobile and web apps using Javascript, raises $20M led by Matrix Partners  —  Meteor Raises $20M To Build The One JavaScript Stack To Rule Them All  —  The competitive landscape for app development tool providers keeps getting tighter …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Topher Conway Becomes Co-Managing Partner Of SV Angel As David Lee Steps Down  —  Big changes are afoot at one of the premier angel investing firms, as David Lee is stepping down from SV Angel after multiple years as managing partner at the firm.  With his departure, Topher Conway will be moving …
More: Re/code and Forbes.  Tweets: @davidlee
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google releases Tone, an experimental Chrome extension for sharing links with nearby computers using only sound  —  Google Tone is a Chrome extension for sharing URLs with nearby computers using sound  —  Google has launched a new experimental Chrome extension that lets you transmit the URL …

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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo discussed a joint all-cash offer for Paramount, which is still in an exclusive negotiation window with Skydance

David Ingram / NBC News:
Hyundai says it is pausing ads on X, after one ad appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi content; the ad appeared on a user profile that had 55K+ followers

Sara Fischer / Axios:
CalMatters, a nonprofit focused on CA politics and policy, acquires tech news nonprofit The Markup; CalMatters has ~$12.5M in funding and The Markup has $5M

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Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
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