Existing iPhone 5 handsets cannot have AWS support enabled, but Apple is shipping the new A1428 carrier-unlocked on April 12th  —  Starting April 12th, Apple retail shops as well as Apple's online store will begin selling the new and gently tweaked A1428 model of the iPhone 5.

New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared  —  One of the best ways of following topics that are interesting to you is Flipboard, a popular app for Apple and Android mobile devices that automatically turns social-network posts and news from online publications, into beautiful, magazine-like pages you “flip” through by swiping.

Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud ‘just work?’  —  Frustrations mount as developers deal with Apple's inability to manage another cloud service  —  iCloud, perhaps more than any Apple software product, is meant to “just work.”  When Apple introduced iCloud, it made clear its hopes …

At Y Combinator, Social is Out, Revenue is In  —  Y Combinator, the best-known “incubator” of technology startups in Silicon Valley, is showing further proof that the social-networking craze has died down and more founders are tackling “boring” problems that generate cash.

Wal-Mart steps up its online game with help from stores  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is ramping up plans to combine its physical stores with online technology, testing the use of lockers to hold goods ordered on the Internet until shoppers pick them up, as the world's largest retailer tries …

HTC ‘Tiara’ and Samsung Ativ S Windows Phones arriving at Sprint this summer  —  Sprint is bringing two Windows Phone 8 devices to its network this summer, from HTC and Sammsung.  After committing to Windows Phone earlier this year, The Verge understands that Sprint will carry the Samsung Ativ S and an unannounced HTC “Tiara” handset.

Intel Said Nearing Media Company Deals for Pay-TV Service  —  Intel Corp. (INTC) is making progress in talks with Time Warner Inc. (TWX), NBC Universal and Viacom Inc. (VIAB) to obtain TV shows and films for a first-of-its kind online multichannel pay-TV service, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

Store Combats Showrooming With $5 ‘Just Looking’ Fee  —  While some bricks-and-mortar chains are trying to curb showrooming — using a retailer to check out an item in person before buying it online — with price-matching or store-exclusive brands, one business has come up with a possible solution …

Facebook Starts Selling Retargeted News Feed Ads Via FBX  —  A year ago, in the run-up to its IPO Facebook told the ad world it had a new plan: “Sponsored stories” — ads that looked like “real” content, that would show up on users' screens based on the way they and they their friends behaved on Facebook.

Here's Why Marissa Mayer Is About To Spend ~$200 Million On A YouTube Wannabe  —  Last week, Amir Efrati and Sam Shechner of the WSJ reported that Yahoo is close to acquiring a controlling stake in the YouTube-of-Europe, Dailymotion, at a valuation somewhere around $300 million.

Hashtags considered #harmful  —  The noble hashtag is cursed by a problem Yogi Berra could appreciate: Too many people use it, so no one goes there.  —  Presumably, most Twitter users use hashtags intending to add their tweet to a river of similar information and to expose their own thoughts to a wider, interested audience.

Glympse brings its location sharing to BMW and MINI vehicles, joining Audible, Rhapsody and TuneIn  —  Mobile technology service Glympse has partnered with automobile manufacturers BMW and MINI, both part of the BMW Group, to help provide in-car location sharing.

With new Sparc systems, Oracle begins shift to single chip architecture  —  Oracle is expected to gradually converge its two Unix server families onto its own Sparc processor design  —  Oracle has announced a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors and in the process has begun …

Judge recommends Ceglia case vs Facebook be dismissed  —  (Reuters) - A federal magistrate judge has recommended the dismissal of a civil lawsuit in which Paul Ceglia, a former wood pellet salesman, claimed a huge ownership stake in Facebook Inc.  —  U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio in Buffalo …

What Does $30 Million Buy You? … The ink is dry on Yahoo Inc.'s Summly deal, but what has Yahoo actually got for its money?  —  While there has been no official confirmation of the price, several sources familiar with the matter said it was $30 million.  —  What Yahoo hasn't bought is the team.