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May 20, 2013, 6:35 PM

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Marissa Mayer / Yahoo!:

Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !! — I'm delighted to announce that we've reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! — We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO.

David Karp / Tumblr Staff:

News! — Everyone, I'm elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo. — Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We're not turning purple. Our headquarters isn't moving. Our team isn't changing. Our roadmap isn't changing.

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

The One-Person Product — In 2006, I moved to New York and started working for David Karp doing web development for various media companies. That fall, in a brief gap before starting a new client, David said that we were going to make a prototype of an idea he'd had for a while.

More: Digits, Daring Fireball, Tech Trader Daily and PC Magazine. Tweets: @pkafka

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

WordPress' Mullenweg Claims 72,000 Blog Posts Imported From Tumblr in Just One Hour on Sunday

More: Forbes, VatorNews, PandoDaily, PC World, TechHive, eWeek, NYT Bits, The Register, Computerworld, Guardian, Digital Trends, Betabeat, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, Gizmodo, Technosailor.com, BBC, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo and BGR. Tweets: @anildash. See also Mediagazer

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Turnaround: Marissa Mayer's first 300 days as Yahoo's CEO

More: LAPTOP Magazine and Tech Trader Daily

Lauren Indvik / Mashable:

Yahoo May Bring Ads to Tumblr Blogs — With Permission

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Jim Edwards / Business Insider:

Tumblr's Ad Sales Pitch Deck Says Brands Will Now Be ‘Front And Center’

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Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Done deal: Yahoo acquires Tumblr for “approximately $1.1 billion”, promises “not to screw it up”

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Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

Marissa Mayer Just Explained Yahoo's $1.1 Billion Tumblr Buy In Detail - Here's What We Learned

More: AllThingsD, GigaOM, Gizmodo, Forbes and WebProNews

Amir Efrati / Digits:

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Tumblr: We Bought Growth

Markus Spiering / Flickr Blog:

A better, brighter Flickr — In the beginning, Flickr innovated the way people share and discover photos. Today, we are shifting the photo-sharing landscape again. We're releasing a Flickr that's more spectacular, much bigger, and one you can take anywhere. — Biggr. A free terabyte of space

More: MacRumors, VentureBeat, Engadget, New York Times, PC Magazine, PetaPixel and Valleywag

Tweets: @caseynewton and @ow

Thanks:@saurabhsahni

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Flickr Gets A Huge Revamp With Hi-Res Image-Filled UI, New Android App, And 1TB Of Free Storage — The new Flickr is live. — Smack-dab in the middle of Yahoo-Tumblr aqcuisition day, Yahoo is holding a major press event here in NYC. But announcements coming out of this event aren't related …

More: The Verge, Marketing Land, The Verge, Business Insider, Gizmodo, The Next Web and TechnoBuffalo

Tweets: @mhelft and @stevenlevy

Jackie Reses / Yahoo!:

Yahoo! Takes Over Times Square — I am so pleased to share that our New York City-based Yahoo! team will soon move into an incredible, four-story space just around the corner from Times Square. It's thrilling for us - and really an important sign of the new direction of Yahoo! …

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Yahoo!, The Next Web, CNET, Betabeat, TechCrunch, The Verge and Mashable

Nikhyl Singhal / Google+:

Hangouts, phone calls and Google Voice — Thanks for all of your feedback on last week's Hangouts launch. I wanted to quickly talk about 1) making/receiving phone calls in Gmail, and 2) Google Voice support more generally. 1) Today's version of Hangouts doesn't yet support outbound calls …

More: Digital Trends, GigaOM, Examiner, TechHive, CNET, PC Magazine, Pocketables, Los Angeles Times, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android and Me, Gotta Be Mobile, AndroidHeadlines.com and SlashGear

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Google Hangouts upgrade removes ability to host Google Voice calls on your computer

More: Inside Mobile Apps and The Verge

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

AT&T says ‘any’ mobile video chat app will work on its network by the end of 2013 — When Google Hangouts first launched, we noted that AT&T Android customers couldn't use its video chat capabilitieson a cellular network. A statement from AT&T implied that video chat could be used on downloaded apps …

More: CNET, GigaOM, Ars Technica, BGR, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile, Ubergizmo, iClarified and Pocketnow

Horace Dediu / asymco:

Apple retail revenues per visitor reach new record — In the US, on a sales per square foot basis, Apple retail continues to perform twice as well as Tiffany & Co., the second best retailer, and three times as well as lululemon athletica, the third best retailer.

More: NYT Bits, PC Magazine, iMore, BGR, HotHardware.com News, MacRumors, CNET, MacNN, TUAW, 9to5Mac, ValueWalk and App Advice

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, U.S. officials say — Chinese hackers who breached Google's servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years' worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials.

More: The Verge and Securosis Highlights

New York Times:

Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets — WASHINGTON — Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed …

More: Examiner, Ubergizmo, Mashable and Corporate Intelligence

Jordan Golson / MacRumors:

Apple Releases Statement Ahead of Tim Cook's Senate Appearance on Tax Policy — Apple today released a statement [PDF] ahead of Apple CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and head of tax operations Phillip A. Bullock's appearances in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation tomorrow.

More: Carl Levin, Fortune, The Verge, CNNMoney.com, The Verge, Business Insider, Macworld, Associated Press, Guardian, GigaOM, Reuters, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, 9to5Mac, CNET and AllThingsD

Tony Romm / Politico:

Senate investigators: Apple avoided $44 billion in taxes

More: MacRumors

GSMArena.com:

See the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active for the first time — The Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active has been in our rumor mill for quite some time. The latest leaked shots reveal that the Active will be a tougher dust and water resistant version of the Galaxy S4 flagship.

More: SamMobile, Ars Technica, CNET, Ubergizmo, BGR, Electronista, Engadget, AndroidGuys, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, Phones Review and Sammy Hub

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Square Cash Will Let You Send Money To Your Friends By Email — Square's not just for businesses apparently, as an invite-only page for a product called “Square Cash” has popped up. Not many details are known about it, but we've reached out to the company for comment.

More: AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Engadget, CNET, The Verge, SlashGear, iClarified and WebProNews. Thanks:@ryanlawler

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