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Fortune:

YouTube to launch music streaming service, take on Spotify — Exclusive: Google is planning to roll out a music streaming service to capitalize on the power of YouTube. FORTUNE — YouTube, the world's largest digital repository of streaming media, will launch a subscription music service later this year.

Alex Pham / Billboard:

Warner Music Inks Deal With Google for Music Subscription Services — Warner Music Group has struck a licensing deal with Google for two music services the technology giant is launching later this summer, according to executives familiar with the agreement.

More: CNET and 9to5Google

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

iPhone 5S planned for August, next iPads may debut as soon as April — iMore has learned that Apple is planning the release of the iPhone 5S for this summer, currently for August. Next generation iPads, presumably the iPad 5 and potentially the iPad mini 2, may also debut as soon as this April.

BBC:

Valve readies prototype Steam Box video game console — Gabe Newell is being given Bafta's highest accolade at the 2013 awards — Valve expects to offer prototypes of its upcoming video games console for testing within four months time. — The firm's chief executive Gabe Newell revealed …

More: GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Joystiq, VG247, Neowin and Polygon

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's head of Xbox doesn't see Valve as a competitor, happy with curated apps

More: GeekWire, Polygon, VG247 and Neowin

CNET:

The new $99 Roku 3: Overhauled interface, faster chip, and private listening mode (hands-on) — CNET Editors' Take — Roku is turning up the heat in the battle of the living room streaming boxes, announcing today its newest flagship model, the Roku 3 ($99).

More: GigaOM, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, TechHive, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, The Official Roku Blog, Dan Rayburn and multichannel.com/rss. See also Mediagazer

Mark Hachman / ReadWrite:

Roku 3: There's A Great Video Search Engine In That Box

More: Engadget, The Verge and Business Insider

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Launches $1099 21.5-Inch iMac With 3.3 GHz Dual-Core i3 Processor for Educational Institutions — Apple appears to have quietly introduced an updated version of its low-end 21.5-inch iMac for educational institutions, taking advantage of a cheaper dual-core Intel Core i3 processor …

More: Engadget, CNET, The Verge, Ars Technica, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and Redmond Pie

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Why the Galaxy S4 won't be shedding its plastic roots — Samsung will likely stick to a design aesthetic that has worked in the past, despite its rivals opting to use metal and other premium-feeling materials. — As great an all-around smartphone as the Galaxy S III is …

More: Business Insider, IntoMobile, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, Pocketnow and blog.chron.com

Mathew J. Schwartz / InformationWeek:

Evernote: We're Adding Two-Factor Authentication — After data breach and wide password reset, Evernote accelerates plans to offer additional security to users. Evernote, after suffering a data breach that caused the company to reset passwords for all of its 50 million users …

More: digitaltrends.com, Pocket-lint, The Next Web and Engadget

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Tumblr to Introduce Mobile Advertising to Help Achieve Profit — Tumblr Inc., the six-year-old blog network that months ago began letting advertisers pay for prominent placement, expects to make its first annual profit this year after extending the feature to smartphones.

More: digitaltrends.com, AllThingsD, Business Insider, The Verge, Marketing Pilgrim, Betabeat, VentureBeat, CNET, Los Angeles Times and Mobile Marketing Watch. Thanks:@sarahfrier. See also Mediagazer

Reuters:

Venture capital kingpin Kleiner Perkins acknowledges weak results — (Reuters) - Blue-chip venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers expressed frustration with poor fund performance and promised to do better at gatherings for investors last month, according to people familiar with the discussions.

More: GeekWire. Thanks:@gerryshih

Gerry Shih / Reuters:

Google services should not require real names: Vint Cerf — (Reuters) - In the face of increasing government-led crackdowns on social media, Google Inc (GOOG.O) should not force Internet users to reveal their real names for some services, including its Google+ social network, said Vint Cerf …

More: The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, PC Magazine and 9to5Google

Melanie Lee / Reuters:

Google controls too much of China's smartphone sector: ministry — (Reuters) - Google Inc has too much control over China's smartphone industry via its Android mobile operating system and has discriminated against some local firms, the technology ministry said in a white paper.

More: PC Magazine, digitaltrends.com, AppleInsider, CNET, The Verge, Geek.com, Datamation.com, Web 2.0 Asia Blog, Tech Trader Daily, SiliconANGLE, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Neowin, Engadget, Quartz, memeburn, BGR, FOSS Patents and dailywireless.org

Cade Metz / Wired:

Return of the Borg: How Twitter Rebuilt Google's Secret Weapon — John Wilkes says that joining Google was like swallowing the red pill in The Matrix. — Four years ago, Wilkes knew Google only from the outside. He was among the millions whose daily lives so deeply depend on things like Google Search and Gmail and Google Maps.

Tweets: @qthrul

Seth Fiegerman / Mashable!:

Jerry Yang's Next Act: Startup Investor and Mentor — Jerry Yang shares at least one thing in common with Marissa Mayer besides briefly holding the title of Yahoo CEO: Both Yang and Mayer are keeping a close eye on startups in the mobile space. But while Mayer is searching for mobile startups …

Thanks:@sfiegerman

Bloomberg:

Verizon Is Said to Seek to Resolve Vodafone Relationship — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is working to resolve its relationship with Vodafone Group Plc this year, having weighed options that range from ending its wireless venture with its European ally to a full merger of the two phone companies …

More: VentureBeat, CNET, BGR, The Consumerist, FierceWireless, Engadget, The Next Web, Ars Technica and The Verge

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Google Is Building A Same-Day Amazon Prime Competitor, “Google Shopping Express” — Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime competitor called “Google Shopping Express.” According to one source the service will be $10 or $15 cheaper than Amazon Prime, so $69 or $64 a year …

More: ReadWrite, CNET, Wired, Computerworld, VatorNews, PC Magazine, The Technology Chronicles, Marketing Land, digitaltrends.com, DailyTech, 9to5Google, WebProNews, Ars Technica and GeekWire. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Google Shares How Often The FBI Sends National Security Letters For User Information — How do you talk about requests for user information that legally, you can't talk about. In the case of National Security Letters that Google receives from the US Federal Bureau Of Investigation …

More: The Official Google Blog, Digits, Gizmodo, Wired, Engadget, The Register, BetaNews, The Next Web, Forbes, Hillicon Valley and WebProNews. Tweets: @kashhill

Pew Research Center:

Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion — The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys. This is the conclusion of a year-long Pew Research Center study that compared …

More: ReadWrite, SocialTimes, Mashable! and Quartz

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:

Pandora Gains Access to $14 Billion Radio Ad-Sales Market — Pandora Media Inc. (P), the music- streaming service, will compete directly with radio stations for the first time on the industry's biggest advertising services, gaining better access to the $14 billion annual ad-sales market.

More: Billboard and Pandora. See also Mediagazer

Eric Engleman / Bloomberg:

Google Exception in Obama's Cyber Order Questioned as Unwise Gap — Telecommunications companies want President Barack Obama's administration to rethink a decision that may exempt Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Gmail, Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone software and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows from an executive order on cybersecurity.

More: The Verge. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

With a new Atom chip, Intel's smartphone BFF is ZTE — After years of trying to crack the mobile market there are still relatively few smartphones with the “Intel Inside” branding. Last year was a bit of a breakthrough, however, as Intel silicon powered the Motorola Razr i handset.

More: Business Wire, The Register, Geek.com, digitaltrends.com and TechEye

Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:

Picasa Web Albums Redirects to Google+ Photos — After replacing Picasa Web with Google+ Photos in the navigation bar and redirecting individual albums to the Google+ interface, now Google redirects picasaweb.google.com to the albums section of Google+ Photos.

More: CNET, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch and Gizmodo

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Chrome Beta For Android Gets Support For Experimental Data Compression On Google's Servers, Reduces Data Usage By 50% — Google just announced that it has released a new feature for the Chrome Beta for Android that could speed up web browsing and save bandwidth for mobile Chrome users.

More: Chromium Blog, The Next Web, Google Chrome Blog, The Verge, PhoneArena and IntoMobile

Tim Carmody / The Verge:

ABC Unified: Disney's new advertising platform could finally put TV anywhere you want it — Nielsen's new standards for cross-platform ads will affect which shows stay on the air and the platforms where they're available — Traditionally, TV networks gauge the number and demographic makeup …

More: Deadline.com and Mobile Magazine

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