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June 4, 2012, 12:25 AM

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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Nintendo Wii U Gamepad officially unveiled — Today during a streaming video conference, Nintendo detailed the final version of the Wii U controller, which it is calling the Wii U Gamepad. Nintendo has made some notable tweaks and revisions to the prototype version detailed last year at E3 …

More: Games blog, Ars Technica, PC World, CNET, msnbc.com, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Engadget, Digits, Mashable! and Pulse2 Technology …

Ross Miller / The Verge:

Nintendo shows off new Wii U online gaming, mobile web app, and ‘Mii Wara Wara’ social components

More: ABCNEWS, digitaltrends.com, AllThingsD, Kotaku, Reuters, VentureBeat and SlashGear. Tweets: @stevestreza

Joe Pollicino / Engadget:

Nintendo teases Wii U Pro Controller, black Wii U hardware (update: video)

More: VentureBeat, SlashGear and The Verge. Tweets: @theromit

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Patent Peace: Yahoo and Facebook in Advanced Negotiations to Settle Fractious Infringement Lawsuits — Top execs at Yahoo and Facebook have been hammering out the outlines of a deal over the last several days to end their contentious patent infringement litigation, according to multiple sources close to the situation.

More: CNET, The New Persuaders, Pulse2 Technology …, The Verge and VentureBeat

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But The TV Business May Be Starting To Collapse — In the first decade of the commercial Internet—the 1990s and early 2000s—there were frequent murmurings that newspapers were screwed. — The digital audience didn't read newspapers, people pointed out. They visited web sites.

Tweets: @mohamed and @uhsome

Zach Honig / Engadget:

Acer unveils 11.6-inch Iconia W700, 10.1-inch W510 Windows 8 tablets — And the flood of Windows tablets begins! With only four months or so to go before Microsoft finalizes the OS, we had a feeling Computex 2012 would bring lots of Win8 devices, and it looks like we won't be disappointed.

More: CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, The Verge, Liliputing and PhoneArena

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

The Apple Television Is Coming, And This Is Why It's Going To Be Revolutionary — Apple analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has a big report on Apple's plans for the TV industry. — He says it's a question of “when” Apple releases its television, not “if” now.

More: Pulse2 Technology …, Examiner, WebProNews, CNET, Softpedia News, Variety, Investor's Business Daily, TG Daily and Forbes

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Exclusive: Instapaper for Android launches (hands-on) — While there are several places where Instapaper for Android falls short, there are a few places where Android really lets Marco Arment's concept spread its wings. While Arment has done his best on iOS to incorporate sharing articles …

Tweets: @greyham

Brian Anthony Hernandez / Mashable!:

Foursquare App Getting a Face-Lift This Week [PICS] — Location-based service Foursquare will get a major revision in the coming days, donning a personalized Maps tool and other discovery features. — The new elements look as though they'll supplement the app's Explore tab …

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Business Insider, Business Insider and The Next Web. Tweets: @foursquare

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy S III to hit five US carriers in June, staring at $199 on contract — Samsung has just announced that AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular will all get the Galaxy S III in June, though “Exact pricing and retail availability will be announced by each of the five carriers …

More: Engadget and Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal:

Facebook Explores Access for Younger Kids — Facebook Inc. is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the social-networking site under parental supervision, a step that could help the company tap a new pool of users for revenue but also inflame privacy concerns.

More: Digits and Digits. Tweets: @pkedrosky, @howardlindzon and @dkberman

Samuel Iglesias / Tea for iPhone:

“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.” What Would a Siri API Look Like? — It has been widely rumored that Siri will be supporting 3rd party apps. Right now most heavy users of Siri have become accustomed to the multitude of apologies and I-don't-knows that accompany out-there queries. Examples:

Tweets: @juliobarros and @dalmaer

David Pierce / The Verge:

Any.do task manager launches for iOS and Chrome, now syncs across platforms (hands-on) — Any.do is one of the most popular and acclaimed to-do list apps for Android, and today the company behind it is bringing the same app and experience to the iPhone and the Chrome browser.

More: TechCrunch, GigaOM and Android Phone Fans

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

How Do Top Android Developers QA Test Their Apps? — A couple weeks ago I ran this post showing how one Hong Kong developer, Animoca, tests its Android games. The company, which has had more than 70 million downloads, tests every one of their apps on about 400 different devices.

More: Guardian, Phones Review and Neowin. Thanks:@eldon

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