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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple's Ive Seen Risking IOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul: Tech  —  Jonathan Ive, six months into an expanded role as Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s top product visionary, has embarked on a sweeping software overhaul that leaves the company at risk of falling behind on a new version of the operating system …
evleaks / PhoneArena:
HTC M4 brings One style, sensibility downmarket  —  HTC has a certified hit on its hands with the sleek, unibody HTC One — so it's natural that the company would want to extend its design language to lower price points.  Meet the HTC M4 (remember, the One was codenamed M7) …
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Google Glass review (Explorer Edition)  —  Stand in a line of people in just about any major metropolitan area in the world and you'll see the same thing: slouched shoulders and down-turned faces staring glumly at smartphone screens.  Some people never look away, completely immersed in whatever …
Jay Freeman / The Realm of the Avatar:
Exploiting a Bug in Google's Glass  —  A few days ago, I posted to Twitter a picture I took of a Google Glass unit running software that I had modified.  I did this while in the Bay Area after picking it up from Google's headquarters in Mountain View.  I was unable to provide many more details …
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Who Has Your Back?  2013  —  When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook.  But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information?  Do they stand with you?
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
T-Mobile USA to Debut on New York Stock Exchange Today  —  T-Mobile USA, the fourth-biggest U.S. wireless company, will debut this morning on the New York Stock Exchange after completing its combination with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS), a smaller rival.
AllThingsD:
Apple's Tim Cook Returns to D Stage to Open 11th Annual Conference  —  Although we are only about a month out from our 11th D: All Things Digital conference, we still have a few big speakers to announce, not the least of which is Apple CEO Tim Cook.  —  Cook, who made his debut at D10 …
Steven Musil / CNET:
Google releases schedule for 2013 I/O conference  —  Annual developers conference will feature more than 120 sessions on Android and Chrome, as well as a single three-hour keynote event.  —  Google has published the schedule for its 2013 Google I/O conference, which features more than 120 sessions …
Stephen Kenwright / Branded3:
The antisocial network: Path texts my entire phonebook at 6am  —  Last night I went to bed blissfully unaware of the catastrophic faux pas I made earlier in the day - I signed up to Path, the social network/private messaging service.  —  For anybody who hasn't used it before …
Ki Mae Heussner / GigaOM:
Coursera makes first foray into K-12 education with online courses for teachers  —  Coursera, one of the driving forces behind the MOOC (massive open online course) movement reshaping higher education, is bringing its disruption to K-12 schools.  But its target audience isn't the students; it's the teachers.
Brian Fung / The Atlantic Online:
Retwact: A Tool for Fixing Twitter's Misinformation Problem  —  Can an enterprising developer striking out on his own solve one of the social network's biggest flaws?  —  Even worse than the pornbots and trolls, one of Twitter's enduring drawbacks is that there's no reliable way to issue corrections with the service.
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
Enigma Makes Unearthing And Sifting Through Public Data A Breeze  —  There's a sea of interesting public data out there just waiting to be tapped into, but there's a problem — most people have no earthly idea how to access it.  And even if they're able to make some headway …
Nancy Gohring / CITEworld:
With acquisition, Jive now embraces email  —  Jive has been talking a lot about the death of email.  But until email dies, the company apparently intends to embrace it.  —  During its earnings report this week, Jive revealed that it has made two acquisitions, including one of a company called StreamOnce.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google Makes It Easier To Turn Its Chromebooks Into Public Internet Kiosks  —  Google always said that its Chromebooks were “for sharing,” but even though they always had a guest mode, they weren't necessarily set up to be used as public Internet kiosks.  Today, Google is changing …
Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits:
What to Expect from Facebook's Earnings  —  Facebook Inc. reports first-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday.  So what are the key elements to watch for?  Here's a primer:  —  Mobile Advertising:  —  As Facebook adapts to a landscape where more users are accessing …

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