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April 20, 2013, 10:35 AM

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Jay Rossite / The Yahoo! Yodel:
Sharpening our focus - to bring you new Yahoo! products  —  Like we announced last month, we want to bring you experiences that inspire and entertain you every day.  That means taking a hard look at all of our products to make sure they are still central to your daily habits.
Andrew Huang / bunnie's blog:
The $12 Gongkai Phone  —  How cheap can you make a phone?  —  Recently, I paid $12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI.  Simple, but functional; nothing compared to a smartphone …
More: Gizmodo, SlashGear and ForbesTweets: @scottjenson
TechCrunch:
Another Win For Flat Design As Facebook Gives Its F Logo & Other Icons A Flatter, Cleaner Look  —  Facebook has given its main “f” logo icon a makeover, flattening the design by removing the pale blue bar along the bottom, which gave the icon a reflective sheen/slight 3D effect …
Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider:
A Hyped Startup Called Fab Is Pivoting To Become The 'World's Alternative To Amazon And Wal-Mart'  —  E-commerce design site Fab is gearing up to make its second big pivot, and further “reinvent and reimagine shopping.”  —  Fab co-founders Jason Goldberg and Bradford Shellhammer made a risky decision back in 2011.
More: PandoDaily and Betabeat
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Y Combinator's Paul Graham Takes His First Ever Board Seat With Healthcare Crowdfunding Non-Profit Watsi  —  Y Combinator founder Paul Graham is a father figure to countless startups he's helped accelerate, but had never taken a board of directors seat until now.
More: The Next WebTweets: @paulgThanks:@alexia
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Bing Questions Study That Claimed It Delivers 5x More Malware Than Google, Says It Blocks 94% Of Clicks To Malicious Sites  —  Last week, a study by German antivirus testing company AV-Test claimed that Microsoft's Bing delivered “five times as many websites containing malware as Google.”
Shara Tibken / CNET:
AMD nabs Apple graphics chip designer  —  The PC and server chipmaker will soon announce Raja Koduri is joining AMD's team to work on graphics chip design, CNET has exclusively learned.  —  Advanced Micro Devices will soon announce it has hired a former Apple graphics chip designer to bolster …

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