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May 3, 2012, 2:25 PM

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Mat Smith / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy S III preview: hands-on with the next Android superphone (video) — You remember that Galaxy S II? A phone so good they launched it, well, a whole load of times. But after seeing phablet cousins and LTE variants, the true handset sequel is finally here.

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, Engadget and Pocket-lint

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy S III announced: 4.8-inch 720p display, eye tracking, available later this month — Capping months of rumors and speculation, Samsung has announced its Galaxy S III smartphone at an event in London today. Major specs include a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display at 720p resolution …

More: Reuters, BGR, Ars Technica, Bits, Android and Me, Android and Me and The Next Web. Tweets: @dannysullivan

The Digital Skeptic / @blumsday:

Here's a link to the live stream of Samsung Galaxy III unveiling event. http://link.brightcove.com/... #SGS3

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Phil Libin and the Refusal to Pivot: Evernote Now Valued at $1 Billion — Today 30-million-user strong Evernote announced it had received $70 million in Series D funding from Meritech Capital, CBC Capital, T. Rowe Price Associates, Harbor Pacific Capital, Allen & Company at a valuation of Dr. Evil proportions: One billion dollars.

More: CNET and Market Wire

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Evernote Raises $70M At A $1B Valuation To Prep For An IPO, And The Next 100 Years — It's official. To transition from a startup into a late-stage company that aims to be around for 100 years, Evernote today confirms it's raised a $70 million Series D round of funding at a $1 billion valuation.

More: ReadWriteWeb, Evernote Blogcast, VatorNews, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Pulse2 Technology …, Appolicious Advisor, PhoneArena and Mobile Entertainment

Tweets: @om, @ryanlawler, @alexia and @mathewi

Kunur Patel / AdAge:

Zynga's New Ad Pitch for Draw Something: ‘Draw This Brand’ — NHL Among First to Buy Paid Terms in Hugely Popular Social game — Zynga's latest big-ticket acquisition has already figured out how to draw in users, but now Draw Something has an ad model that brings brands into the picture.

More: TechCrunch, Betabeat, Tecca, The Next Web, Simply Zesty, memeburn, WebProNews, The Verge and VG247. Thanks:@kunur

Tero Kuittinen / Forbes:

Is the OMGPOP Acquisition Haunting Zynga?

More: CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, BGR, www.pocketgamer.biz, The Atlantic Wire, New York Times, Pocket-lint, Know Your Mobile and Betabeat

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft schedules Windows Phone developer summit for June — Summary: Microsoft is inviting Windows Phone developers to a developer conference in late June. Could both the Tango and Apollo operating systems be on the agenda? — Microsoft has begun sending “Save the Date” …

More: AllThingsD and Windows Phone Thoughts.com

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Windows Phone web Marketplace launches in 22 new countries

More: Softpedia News, The Next Web, PhoneArena, Softpedia News, Techie Buzz, Engadget, Neowin, WMPoweruser and The Windows Blog

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Judge: An IP-Address Doesn't Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate) — Mass-BitTorrent lawsuits have been dragging on for more than two years in the US, involving more than a quarter million alleged downloaders. — The copyright holders who start these cases generally provide nothing more than an IP-address as evidence.

More: Gizmodo, Fight Copyright Trolls, Betabeat, WebProNews and Boing Boing

Forbes:

The Midas List — 2012's Top Tech Investors — 1 Jim Breyer Accel Partners Facebook — 2 Marc Andreessen Andreessen Horowitz Skype — 3 Reid Hoffman Greylock Partners LinkedIn — 4 David Sze Greylock Partners Facebook — 5 Peter Fenton Benchmark Capital Twitter — 6 Josh Kopelman …

More: GeekWire, Pulse2 Technology …, The Next Web, Forbes, Forbes and Social Markets

Tweets: @om, @danprimack, @danprimack, @peterpham, @cdixon, @birsic, @fredwilson, @danprimack, @joelmoxley, @cdixon, @joshelman and @martinvars

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Boku Signs Up Final U.S. Wireless Operator for Carrier Billing — It has taken three-and-a-half years, but Boku has finally signed up all four major U.S. carriers for its mobile payments service. — Today, the San Francisco company says that Sprint is coming on board to join the three …

More: Internet2Go, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Android Phone Fans and The Next Web

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Apple Is Beating Android In The U.S., Despite Reports To The Contrary — Apple appears to have taken control of 50% of the smartphone market in the first quarter of 2012, despite a report to the contrary by NPD this morning. — NPD put out a press release saying Android …

More: parislemon, WebProNews, GigaOM, TechCrunch, NPD Group, SlashGear, I4U News, Macgasm and Daring Fireball

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Microsoft Hires 14 Yahoo Researchers to Kick-Start New NYC Research Lab — Over the weekend, I reported that Duncan Watts, the well-known social network researcher, had left Yahoo to join Microsoft. Turns out he's not the only one. — Microsoft snatched up not only Watts …

More: TechFlash, TechNet Blogs, CNET, The Verge, Microsoft Research, Technology Review, Microsoft Corporation, PC World, Betabeat, Softpedia News, GeekWire, TechNet Blogs, Bits, The Next Web and Pulse2 Technology …

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

YouTube Commits $200M to Promote Premium “Channels” — Jay-Z Gives Surprise Performance, And, Yes, It's Already on YouTube — There was Jay-Z, Flo Rida and the Neon Trees; Julia Stiles, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen and Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Adweek, The Next Web, WebProNews, AllThingsD and Business Insider

Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:

AT&T Chief Says Blocked Deal Will Cost Consumers — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The government's decision to block AT&T Inc.'s takeover of Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA unit will result in higher prices to consumers, AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Randall Stephenson contended during a public interview Wednesday.

More: PhoneArena, IntoMobile and SlashGear

Don Jeffrey / Bloomberg:

Google Argues for Dismissal of Authors' Book-Scan Lawsuit — Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an organization representing authors over the search engine company's project to digitally scan millions of books, saying the group can't represent the copyright holders.

More: Associated Press and Wall Street Journal

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits — Among the major vendors, Samsung captured 26%, HTC took 1%, and the rest lost money — FORTUNE — Asymco's Horace Dediu on Thursday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everyone but Apple (AAPL) and Samsung is not good.

More: MacRumors, PC Magazine, TUAW, asymco and The Next Web

New York Times:

Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles — Target, signaling its growing irritation with its rival Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it would stop selling the online retailer's Kindle e-readers. — Target, with almost 1,800 stores, is one of the bigger carriers …

More: The Tech Trade, Mobile, Forbes, USA Today, Jacket Copy and Associated Press

Ryan Kim / GigaOM:

EBay puts down roots in NYC with data-focused tech center — EBay plans on making it in New York and it's bought a 35,000 square foot space to ensure that it happens. The commerce and payments company is announcing that it has purchased an entire floor in the Flat Iron district …

More: PC Magazine

Reuters:

Settlement with HP isn't going to happen: Oracle — (Reuters) - An Oracle Corp attorney ruled out a settlement with Hewlett-Packard Co in a bitter lawsuit over the Itanium microprocessor, a day after the judge refused to resolve the case for either side before trial.

More: eWeek, AllThingsD, The Register and TechEye

Stephen Lawson / Computerworld:

Judge again orders Apple, Samsung to streamline claims in iPad patent case — The companies' lawyers have until Monday to simplify the case enough for a scheduled July 30 trial — Apple and Samsung Electronics have until Monday to further boil down the number of claims to be considered …

More: TUAW, PC Magazine, Engadget, AppleInsider, CNET and Phone Scoop

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

It's TechStars' Demo Day in Boston: Meet the 13 new startups — Today, 13 startups will present to a room filled with investors, industry analysts and media at TechStars Demo Day in Boston. In case you haven't heard of TechStars, it is an elite mentorship-driven start-up accelerator …

Joel Schectman / The CIO Report:

Skype Knew of Security Flaw Since November 2010, Researchers say — Skype was told a year and a half ago about a security flaw that allows for the location tracking of customers, but left it unfixed, the security researchers who first discovered the vulnerability told CIO Journal.

More: ZDNet, TechWeekEurope UK, Naked Security, The Verge, Inquirer, eWeek, The CIO Report, Wired and Digits

Ryan Mac / Mobile:

Reid Hoffman And Peter Thiel In Conversation: The Biggest Misses — This is the final post of a five-part series from a conversation between Founders Fund cofounder Peter Thiel and LinkedIn cofounder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman. One new video has been posted each day leading …

More: SocialTimes and Forbes

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Next-Generation Publishing Platform Hyperink Wants To Transform Blogs Into Books — YC company Hyperink, a next-generation digital book publishing platform, is debuting a new service which helps bloggers create short books from their existing content. — As we've reported in the past …

More: Good E-Reader, Fast Company, The New Persuaders, VatorNews, BetaKit and PandoDaily

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