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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails  —  Google has reversed one of its April Fools' Day pranks after it caused a number Gmail users to unwittingly insert GIFs into business emails and other important communications.
Natt Garun / The Next Web:
The best and worst tech April Fools' 2016 jokes (so far)  —  It's often said that you can't blindly believe things on the Internet, but today in particular, TRUST.  NO ONE.  —  Except our definitive list of things that are confirmed April Fools' jokes from the tech industry this year.
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
As Apple turns 40, a look at the notes Regis McKenna took as he formulated an advertising and PR plan for Apple II  —  Regis McKenna's 1976 Notebook And The Invention Of Apple Computer, Inc.  —  On Apple's 40th birthday, an exclusive look at the notes its original media strategist took as he formulated an advertising and PR plan.
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Slack raised $200M round at a valuation of $3.8B, now has 2.7M daily active users, of which 800K are paid  —  Slack just raised another $200 million round, and it's now worth $3.8 billion  —  Slack just confirmed that it's raised $200 million at a $3.8 billion valuation, confirming what Business Insider had previously reported.
Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Dell's SecureWorks seeking to launch IPO this month, begin roadshow the week of April 11  —  Dell's SecureWorks Aims to Launch IPO in April  —  Offering would mark the first tech company this year to debut in the U.S.  —  A cybersecurity firm owned by Dell Inc. is seeking to end the technology IPO drought.
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
Investment robo-advisor Betterment raises $100M Series E led by Sweden's Kinnevik at $700M valuation  —  “Robo-advisor” Betterment raises $100 million  —  Betterment, a digital investment startup based in New York, has raised $100 million in a Series E round venture funding led by Kinnevik, a Swedish investment firm.
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
Xiaomi hopes products that aren't smartphones, TVs, or routers, including a newly announced high-end smart rice cooker, will reach $1.5B in sales this year  —  Xiaomi Goes Against the Grain With New Smartphone-Controlled Rice Cooker  —  Xiaomi Corp. anticipates the jokes about its ever-broadening range …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy TabPro S review: sleek and portable, good display and keyboard, but 4GB of RAM is not enough, battery not as good as advertised  —  Samsung Galaxy TabPro S review  —  You can't help but hear about tablets that are designed to replace your laptop.
Ina Fried / Re/code:
StubHub experiment will let Final Four and San Francisco Giants ticket buyers preview seats in VR  —  StubHub Will Use Virtual Reality to Let You Preview Your Seat  —  Like many companies, eBay is convinced virtual reality is the next big thing.  But also like a lot of companies …

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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Financial Times:
An interview with UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer on blocking RedBird IMI's Telegraph takeover bid, plans to cap foreign state ownership at 5%, and more

More News

Roger Cheng / CNET:
BlackBerry Q4 misses expectations with 600K phones sold, $238M loss on revenue of $464M
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: FBI worked with Israel's Cellebrite to crack the iPhone in the San Bernardino shooting case

Earlier Picks

Adam Conner-Simons / MIT News:
MIT paper presents tech that lets a single Wi-Fi access point locate users to within decimeters, allowing room occupancy detection, Wi-Fi geofencing
iFixit:
iFixit teardown finds iPhone SE and iPhone 5S screens are interchangeable, but SE battery connector differs from 5s
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Reddit deletes surveillance ‘warrant canary’ in transparency report
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