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James Trew / Engadget:

Nokia Lumia 928 officially confirmed: PureView, OIS and Carl Zeiss camera goodies — So, print is the new digital. At least when it comes to Verizon's imminent — and now surely fully acknowledged — Lumia 928. The billboard spotted over the weekend enthused about the camera, but told us little else.

Ritsuko Ando / Reuters:

Nokia investors tell CEO their patience running thin — (Reuters) - Nokia investors told Chief Executive Stephen Elop on Tuesday that they were running out of patience with his flagging attempts to catch up with market leaders Apple and Samsung in smartphones.

More: PhoneArena, BGR, Pocketnow, Light Reading, TechCrunch, ZDNet and SlashGear

Alan Ohnsman / Bloomberg:

Tesla CEO Talking With Google About ‘Autopilot’ Systems — Elon Musk, the California billionaire who leads Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) (TSLA), said the electric-car maker is considering adding driverless technology to its vehicles and discussing the prospects for such systems with Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG)

More: Examiner, GigaOM, The Next Web, ExtremeTech, BGR, Motherboard, Betabeat, Business Insider, CNET, The Verge, 9to5Google, VentureBeat and Engadget

Tweets: @elonmusk and @hunterwalk

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Microsoft extends Yahoo's U.S. search revenue guarantee — Microsoft Corp extended the revenue guarantee it provides to Yahoo Inc in the companies' underperforming search partnership, Yahoo said on Tuesday. — The U.S. revenue-per-search guarantee, which had expired on March 31 …

More: Search Engine Land, CNET, VatorNews, The Next Web, Search Engine Watch, ZDNet, Marketing Land, GeekWire, Electronista, AllThingsD, Tech Trader Daily and WebProNews

Karin Matussek / Bloomberg:

Apple's Customer Data-Privacy Rules Struck Down by German Court — Apple Inc. (AAPL), already facing a U.S. privacy lawsuit over its information-sharing practices, was told by a German court to change its rules for handling customer data. — A Berlin court struck down eight of 15 provisions …

More: AllThingsD, PC Magazine, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, InvestorPlace and Electronista

Declan McCullagh / CNET:

White House picks Twitter lawyer as chief privacy officer — Nicole Wong, a respected Silicon Valley attorney with over a decade of experience in copyright and privacy law, is joining the Obama administration. — President Obama has picked Nicole Wong, currently Twitter's legal director …

More: NYT Bits, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, GigaOM, Mobile Marketing Watch, ReadWrite, SlashGear and AllTwitter

Kevin Allocca / YouTube Trends:

Introducing the YouTube Trends Map — Are teens in the South watching the same videos as middle-aged folks in New England? Now with the YouTube Trends Map (youtube.com/trendsmap), you can see today's most popular videos in major markets across the U.S. You can also see what's popular with women or men …

More: The Verge, Digital Trends, Wired, PC Magazine, Betabeat, 9to5Google, CNET, VentureBeat, Macgasm, ReelSEO Video Marketing, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, The Next Web, Engadget, Mashable and Electronista

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Google Glass Picks Up Early Signal: Keep Out — SAN FRANCISCO — Google's wearable computer, the most anticipated piece of electronic wizardry since the iPad and iPhone, will not go on sale for many months. — But the resistance is already under way. — The glasseslike device …

More: VentureBeat, Computerworld, Business Insider, Motherboard, The Atlantic Wire, Tnooz, The Awl and Forbes

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Internet traffic from Syria vanishes in the midst of ongoing conflict — Google, Renesys, and others point to an internet blackout in Syria, the latest blow in an ongoing conflict. Analytics group Renesys confirmed about an hour ago that internet had apparently gone dark …

More: Umbrella Security Labs, InfoWorld, CNET, AllThingsD, BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Next Web, Ars Technica, PC Magazine, Yahoo! News and Guardian

Tweets: @renesys, @google and @google

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Microsoft reveals Windows Blue will be released to developers in June, distributed via Windows Store — Today at the Wired Business Conference Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1, codenamed Blue, will reach developers by the end of June. The company also stated that the upgrade will be available …

More: The Windows Blog, The Verge, ZDNet, The Verge, PC World, TechCrunch, Engadget, Business Insider, Geek.com, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, The Next Web and Neowin

Dan Primack / Fortune:

CrunchFund's future — With nearly 100 portfolio companies and just two remaining partners, what is the future of Michael Arrington's venture capital effort? — FORTUNE — It has been 20 months since TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington launched CrunchFund, a venture capital firm …

More: Business Insider

Lin Yang / New York Times:

Foxconn Tries to Move Past the iPhone — TAIPEI, Taiwan — Terry Gou did almost everything that Apple could ask for. He made all those iPhones — and he made them cheap. When Apple was subsequently criticized for low wages and poor working conditions at his factories in China …

More: MacRumors, SiliconBeat, Fortune, AppleInsider, GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, The Register, BGR and Apple Bitch

Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:

Nest acquires MyEnergy (formerly Earth Aid), moves deeper into utility data — Smart thermostat maker Nest has acquired energy data startup MyEnergy, formerly called Earth Aid. Nest didn't disclose terms of the deal, but said in a release on Tuesday that the acquisition would help Nest further …

More: VentureBeat, CNET, Engadget, The Next Web and The Droid Guy

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Viber hits 200m users, rivals Skype with video calling in new Mac and Windows desktop apps — When Viber first launched its free voice calling app for iPhone back in December 2010, I called it a rival to Skype's iOS app. — Today, we can really start referring to Viber as an overall …

Sarah E. Needleman / Venture Capital Dispatch:

Coinbase Nabs $5M in Biggest Funding for Bitcoin Startup — Eleven-month-old startup Coinbase announced Tuesday the largest funding round to date for a Bitcoin startup, a $5 million investment led by Union Square Ventures. … In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal …

More: Wall Street Journal

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Social Startup Viddy Recapitalizes, Shuffles Board — Viddy, the social video app for mobile devices, is overhauling its capitalization table, returning a large amount of money to investors in the company's most recent round of funding. — Viddy will return $18 million of the $30 million raised …

Michael Carney / PandoDaily:

After crowdfunding $10M for a dozen consumer product companies, CircleUp raises its own $7.5M Series A — Not all crowdfunding is created equal. The first generation of this peer-to-peer fundraising concept centered around incentive-based campaigns, where users of platforms like Kickstarter …

More: AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Venture Capital Dispatch, Forbes, silicontap.com, VatorNews, The Next Web, SiliconBeat, Union Square Ventures and TechCrunch

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

OpenStreetMap To Give Google Maps A Run For Its Money By Launching Its New ‘iD’ Editor — Google has become the king of maps because of the technology that it has developed over the past eight years. One competitor, OpenStreetMap, has developed its own tools and built a community …

More: The Next Web. Thanks:@drew

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

RunKeeper For Pebble Arrives, Bringing Run, Walk And Bike Ride Progress Tracking To The Smart Watch — So far, the Pebble smart watch has done little besides offer up watch faces for users to tinker with, but the apps are starting to come in, and today marks the much-anticipated debut of early marquee partner RunKeeper.

More: RunKeeper, The Verge, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, Boing Boing, Xconomy, The Next Web, GigaOM, Fast Company, MacRumors, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, Android Community and Wired

Connie Guglielmo / Forbes:

John Doerr's Plan To Reclaim The Venture Capital Throne — Flipboard recently unveiled a new version of its successful tablet magazine app as the entire staff stood around their Palo Alto, Calif. office gawking at the traffic numbers. As the needle starts moving, the room gets giddy …

More: Venture Capital Dispatch. Thanks:@bupbin

Douwe Miedema / Reuters:

Regulator mulls setting rules for digital currency Bitcoin — (Reuters) - The top U.S. derivatives regulator is considering whether the Bitcoin virtual currency should be subject to its rules, a top official at the agency said. — Bart Chilton, one of five commissioners …

More: Mashable

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Urban Compass Comes Out Of Stealth With A Hyperlocal Social Network, And A Disruptive Rental Portal That Will Serve As A Magnet — Urban Compass, a New York-based startup that last year raised an $8 million seed round while still in stealth mode, is coming out of the shadows and debuting …

More: The Verge, Business Insider, Betabeat and Laughing Squid

Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:

Google services survive if they make money, aren't social — Among many findings, breaking out socially-integrated Google products shows their life expectancy is characteristically lower. — Google seems to be an enthusiastic beginner and ender of things.

More: gwern.net, Digital Trends, BGR, Marketing Land and Softpedia News. Tweets: @dannysullivan

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