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April 28, 2013, 1:10 AM

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Robert Scoble / Google+:
My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price  —  This week I gave five speeches while wearing it.  I passed through airports four times (two more in a couple of hours).  I let hundreds of people try my Google Glass.  I have barely taken it off since getting it other than to sleep.
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Google Glass Has Already Been Hacked By Jailbreakers  —  With a name like Glass, it was just asking to be cracked.  —  Just days after its release to developers, Google 's Glass headset has already been hacked to give users full control of its Android operating system, according to Jay Freeman …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Brian Crecente / Polygon:
The next Xbox rethinks DRM, Achievements and Xbox Live friends, our sources say  —  The next Xbox, set to be unveiled during a May 21 event on Microsoft's Redmond-based Xbox campus, will bring with it not just new hardware, but a slew of tweaks to the social aspects of Microsoft's console.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
The new Xbox: what do we know about Microsoft's next console?  —  An ‘Xbox 720’ rumor roundup  —  Microsoft's next-generation console has been the subject of intense rumor and speculation for what feels like years now.  Gamers have been pouring over leaks, rumors, accidental Twitter updates, and a whole lot more.
Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:
Consumers' shift to older iPhones raises concerns on Wall Street  —  So many consumers are opting to buy older iPhone models that some analysts wonder whether Apple has lost its ability to create new versions that dazzle.  —  A customer takes a look at the Apple iPhone 5 at the Apple Store in San Francisco.
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David Meyer / GigaOM:
Wikipedia is now drawing facts from the Wikidata repository, and so can you  —  Wikidata, a centralized structured data repository for facts and Wikimedia's first big new project in the last 7 years, is now feeding the foundation's main project, Wikipedia.  —  The Wikidata project …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
LivingSocial Hacked — More Than 50 Million Customer Names, Emails, Birthdates and Encrypted Passwords Accessed  —  LivingSocial, the daily deals site owned in part by Amazon, has suffered a massive cyber-attack on its computer systems, which an email — just sent to employees and obtained …
Nicole Perlroth / NYT Bits:
Researchers Call Out Twitter Celebrities With Suspicious Followings  —  Security researchers recently shed a bright light on the multimillion-dollar underground market for fake Twitter followers.  Now, they are highlighting what they believe to be some of the market's high-profile clientele.
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
SV Angel Says Health Informatics Is One Of Its New “Megatrends”  —  SV Angel, one of the Valley's best-known early-stage firms, says it's starting to look heavily at health startups that take a “software-first approach” towards human biology, medical research and patient care.

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