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April 8, 2013, 1:45 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft planning Xbox event for May — Microsoft had originally been planning to unveil its next-generation Xbox details at an event in April, but The Verge has learned that the company has pushed this back to May. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott revealed recently that Microsoft is planning …

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:

HTC Posts Record-Low Profit After Latest Smartphone Delayed — HTC Corp. (2498), Taiwan's largest smartphone maker, posted its lowest quarterly profit on record after the delay of a new flagship phone caused revenue to miss the company's target. — First-quarter net income plunged 98 percent …

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

HTC March Revenue Rises, But Still Down 50% Compared To 2012 — As usual around this time, smartphone and tablet maker HTC released its monthly consolidated revenue numbers for the month before. At first look, they don't look too bad, but don't be fooled.

More: HTC, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, VentureBeat, Digits, BGR and AndroidGuys

Yusuf Mehdi / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Mediaroom and Our TV Journey — The following is a post from Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Marketing, Strategy and Business for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. — Today, Microsoft and Ericsson announced a definitive agreement for Ericsson to acquire Mediaroom …

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson to focus 100% on Xbox — Telecom equipment maker Ericsson has agreed to acquire Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV business, which makes software that allows operators to deliver television over the Internet, the company announced this morning (via Reuters).

More: GeekWire, Inquirer, Computerworld, Associated Press, CNET, Engadget, ZDNet, Light Reading, Bloomberg, SlashGear and Edge Online. Tweets: @carnage4life

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

U.S. Patent Office Withdraws Primary Objections to Apple's ‘iPad Mini’ Trademark Application — Last week, we noted that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had issued an initial office action denying Apple's application for a trademark on the term “iPad mini”.

More: CNET, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, InvestorPlace, 9to5Mac, TUAW, memeburn, iDownloadBlog.com, Electronista, App Advice, US - DLD, iClarified, iLounge and Softpedia News

Daniel Terdiman / CNET:

Liquid Robotics launches autonomous sea-faring data center — The new Wave Glider SV3 is essentially a fully autonomous floating server rack, a system its maker fashions as the Amazon Web Services of the open ocean. — After previously setting a Guinness world record for the longest distance traveled …

More: NYT Bits, Engadget, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, NBC Bay Area and Wired

Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:

Response — There have been some extremely serious and criminal allegations against me over the last week. All of the allegations are completely untrue, and I've hired a law firm to represent me in the legal actions against the offending parties. — I know this isn't, for now, much information.

More: Business Insider, Betabeat, TechCrunch, Gawker, memeburn and WebProNews

Tweets: @loic, @danprimack, @scobleizer and @robinwauters

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Facebook Home beta apps leak, can be installed on Nexus 4 and 7 (update) — MoDaCo has just leaked a pre-release version of Facebook Home. Set for launch on April 12th, Facebook's new launcher will initially only be compatible with five handsets, but MoDaCo says this pre-release version works …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Chat Multi-Tasking Is Facebook Home's One Game Changer That Could Rattle Apple And Google

More: Business Insider, TechCrunch and Forbes

Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:

Silicon Valley's Mouthwatering Tax Break — Debate Emerges Over Whether Daily Fringe-Benefit Meals Are Taxable; Issue Is Now on IRS's Radar — Google has more than 120 corporate cafes world-wide serving over 50,000 meals a day. Above, a cafeteria at Google's Venice Beach campus.

More: The Verge, SiliconBeat, Ars Technica and bizjournals

Tweets: @dkberman and @peaceandchoi

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

How a banner ad for H&R Block appeared on apple.com—without Apple's OK — The ghost of Steve Jobs will not be pleased to see this. — Zack Henkel — Robert Silvie returned to his parents' home for a Mardi Gras visit this year and immediately noticed something strange …

More: CNET and Marketing Land. Tweets: @nicsuzor and @rpy

Sam Byford / The Verge:

WikiLeaks' ‘Kissinger Cables’ is largest release ever with over 1.7 million diplomatic records — WikiLeaks has returned with its largest ever release of formerly confidential information. The “Kissinger Cables” include over 1.7 million diplomatic records from 1973 to 1976 …

More: NEWS.com.au, BBC, CNET, TechEye, The Register, Forbes, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Boing Boing, Salon, The Next Web and memeburn. Tweets: @marshallk. See also Mediagazer

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