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Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:
Google Glass tech specs: 5MP/720P camera, 802.11b/g Wifi 16GB storage (12GB usable), full day battery  —  Along with today's Glass API release, Google now officially announced specs for the Glass Explorer editions.  Notable is the camera which will take 5 Megapixel images or 720P video.
Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
MyGlass App Goes Live In The Play Store, Google Launches Glass Setup Page  —  It looks like Google is gearing up for the Glass Explorer program, launching the MyGlass companion app and a new Glass setup page, both accessible to the general public.  —  The companion app relies on Google's now-signature …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Trader admits fraud in $1 billion Apple stock scheme  —  (Reuters) - A former Rochdale Securities trader whose unauthorized purchase of about $1 billion of Apple Inc stock caused the demise of the financial services company pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud and conspiracy.
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Comcast confirms: Yes, we're encrypting basic cable now  —  Comcast customers, get ready for yet another TV transition: The cable provider has started to alert its customers in some markets that it is about to encrypt their basic cable signals, forcing them to order a digital adapter …
Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
Netflix plans its move from Microsoft Silverlight to HTML5 video  —  Last month Google announced that Netflix was now available on ARM-based Samsung Chromebooks thanks to the use of HTML5 video — and now the streaming service has outlined its larger plans to eventually move to the format for all computers.
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Meet Xiaomi, the Biggest Smartphone Company You've Never Heard Of  —  Xiaomi may not be the biggest smartphone company in China, but it's probably the fastest-growing.  And if you haven't yet heard of it, you will soon.  Xiaomi sold 7.19 million handsets in 2012, and expects to sell double that number this year.
Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Gracenote co-founder on ‘iPod day’ and better music through data  —  It was April 2000 when the team at Gracenote got a call from Apple that would change its business forever.  Apple wouldn't give Gracenote any specifics, but it did offer up some prescient advice: “You need to buy more servers.”
Jennifer Warnick / Microsoft:
How Microsoft Quietly Built the City of the Future  —  A small, covert team of engineers at Microsoft cast aside suggestions that the company spend US$60 million to turn its 500-acre headquarters into a smart campus to achieve energy savings and other efficiency gains.
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Massive BitTorrent and Cyberlocker Domain Crackdown Underway (Updated)  —  The action is being billed as “A Monster from Rome” and when you look at the scale and implications that's hard to contest.  —  The Public Prosecutor of Rome, Italy, has targeted a total of 27 file-sharing related sites …
Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:
Adobe Lightroom 5 beta: hands-on with Smart Previews, radial gradients, and easy straightening  —  A landmark photo app adds the greatest feature of all — hard drive space  —  In the seven years since Adobe launched Lightroom, it's established a devout fanbase of professional and amateur photographers alike.
Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:
Online poker industry still reeling two years after federal ‘Black Friday’ crackdown  —  The Justice Department shut down the three most popular sites two years ago today.  So what's in the cards for online poker?  —  Chris Moneymaker, the first person to become a poker world champion after rising up through playing online poker.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
YouTube adds support for live streaming on iOS with latest update  —  When Coachella streamed its concerts on YouTube this weekend, iOS users may have been disappointed to discover that the YouTube app didn't support live broadcasts.  Now, Google is adding live event streaming to iOS, albeit a little late.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
SoftBank Says Still Hopes to Complete Sprint Deal By July  —  Japan's SoftBank said Tuesday that it still expects to complete its deal by July to acquire a controlling interest in Sprint Nextel.  —  SoftBank's statement comes despite a rival $25.5 billion bid for Sprint coming from Dish Network.
Jay Alabaster / PC World:
Sony ISP launches world's fastest home Internet, 2Gbps  —  A Sony-backed ISP in Japan has launched a 2Gbps Internet service, which it said is the world's fastest for home use.  —  So-net Entertainment began offering its “Nuro” fiber-based service on Monday to homes, apartments …
David Carr / New York Times:
More Cracks in Television's Business Model  —  For the longest time in the media business, the concept of the bundle has been foundational.  Ads go with editorial content in print, commercials go with programming on television and the channels you desire are paired with ones you did not in your cable package.
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland is leaving the company; she joined Skydance as an adviser and became Paramount's direct-to-consumer chief last year

Deadline:
Disney initiates a third round of layoffs under Josh D'Amaro, sources say impacting a couple hundred staff, largely in HR and tech, smaller than prior rounds

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