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May 8, 2013, 2:45 PM

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Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
Apple Seeks Android Source Code Records in Samsung Suit  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL), taking its patent fight to Google Inc. (GOOG) through its infringement litigation against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), is asking a judge to force Google to turn over documents related to its Android operating system.
Chris Chavez / Android Phone Fans:
Google Glass Explorer Edition now receiving XE5 software update, brings loads of new features and enhancements  —  We see it happen all the time.  A not quite commercially available Android product receives an over-the-air update before it's even released.  Guess you could add Glass …
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
DOJ: We don't need warrants for e-mail, Facebook chats  —  An FBI investigation manual updated last year, obtained by the ACLU, says it's possible to warrantlessly obtain Americans' e-mail “without running afoul of” the Fourth Amendment.  —  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama May Back F.B.I. Plan to Wiretap Web Users  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
T-Mobile Says Has Sold 500,000 iPhones, Q1 Revenue Dipped 7 Percent  —  T-Mobile released full first quarter financials late Tuesday evening, reporting a 7 percent dip in revenue from a year earlier.  —  Adjusted earnings, excluding interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of $1.2 billion …
Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
Yahoo's Mayer Plans Search Revamp to Narrow Google Lead  —  Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer plans to unveil tools for Internet search, including making it easier to find information on mobile devices, stepping up efforts to nab share from Google Inc. (GOOG)
Randall Smith / DealBook:
Kleiner Perkins Shifts Strategy After a Rough Decade  —  During the dot-com boom, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital investment firm, all but minted money, making prescient early investments in Netscape Communications, Amazon.com and Google and delivering astonishing returns to investors.
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Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
New Google Maps Interface  —  Google is about to launch a new interface for Google Maps.  The update will remove the sidebar and will display everything on top of the full-screen map.  One of the new features lets you restrict local search results to places recommended by top reviews or your Google+ circles.
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Internet in Syria has been restored after being disconnected for over 19 hours  —  Internet in Syria has been restored on Wednesday at 14:13 UTC.  The country went offline on Tuesday at around 18:45 UTC as Internet connectivity was completely cut across the nation.
Ronnie Cohen / Reuters:
San Francisco surrenders in fight over cell phone warnings  —  (Reuters) - San Francisco city leaders, after losing a key round in court against the cell phone industry, have agreed to revoke an ordinance that would have been the first in the United States to require retailers to warn consumers …
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Dots, Betaworks' New Super Addictive iOS Game, Nabs 1 Million Downloads In One Week  —  Dots, a game launched just last week out of betaworks, has reached over 1 million downloads in just one week of availability.  —  According to a blog post, the app hit number 1 in eight countries …
Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:
Nokia video compares Lumia 928 camera against GS III and iPhone 5  —  The first footage from the PureView camera aboard Nokia's Lumia 928 is up on the phone's official landing page, showing how it compares against the iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S III at shooting video on a New York rollercoaster.
Daniela Hernandez / Wired:
The Man Behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the Quest for the New AI  —  There's a theory that human intelligence stems from a single algorithm.  —  The idea arises from experiments suggesting that the portion of your brain dedicated to processing sound from your ears could also handle sight for your eyes.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
AOL's Earnings Are Light, but Revenue and Ad Sales Are on Track  —  This looks like a pretty good performance from AOL: Tim Armstrong's Internet company came in a couple pennies light on earnings in its Q1, but hit its revenue marks.  —  As important: Its underlying numbers look pretty good.
AllThingsD:
Yahoo's Mayer Has Met with Hulu Execs in a Preliminary Look-See at Premium Video Unit  —  According to numerous sources close to the situation, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently met with top execs at Hulu, the premium video service whose big media company owners have been considering selling it for some months.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Path Inks Partnership With Sprint To Be Featured App On Three New Devices  —  Path hasn't had a particularly smooth road in terms of PR lately, but today brings some good news from the social networking app.  —  Path will announce today that its app will be built in for one-touch downloading …
Jay Greene / CNET:
Unlike Adobe, Microsoft won't abandon packaged software  —  Microsoft's Office will continue to sell as both packaged software and subscription service.  The company also updated its Office Web Apps to work with Android.  —  A day after Adobe killed its Creative Suite software …

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