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May 28, 2013, 10:55 PM

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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Apple Has More Game-Changing Tech in the Works, Says CEO Tim Cook  —  Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook spent a lot of time answering questions about how Apple would be different from what it was under Steve Jobs, and just how he would continue Jobs's incredible legacy.
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Tim Cook: Apple has now sold over 13M Apple TVs, half in the last year  —  Today at the All Things D conference in Palos Verdes, CA, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that there had been 13M Apple TVs sold so far, with half in the last year alone.  —  “It continues to be an area of great interest for us,” Cook said.
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Verizon Galaxy S4 Is First Phone to Work on Next Network  —  Verizon Wireless's newest phone, Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s Galaxy S4, is the first device that will be able to take advantage of the carrier's next network upgrade, which will more than double Internet speeds.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
U.S. Government Seizes LibertyReserve.com  —  Indictment, arrest of virtual currency founder targets alleged “financial hub of the cybercrime world.”  —  U.S. federal law enforcement agencies on Tuesday announced the closure and seizure of Liberty Reserve, an online, virtual currency …
Lisa Rapaport / Bloomberg:
Global Tablet Shipments to Outpace PCs by 2015, IDC Says  —  Global tablet shipments will outpace the entire personal-computer market by 2015, fueled by rising demand for lower-priced and smaller alternatives to Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad, market researcher IDC said.
Ian Sherr / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Settles iPhone Water Damage Lawsuit for $53 Million  —  Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class-action suit associated with warranties for iPhones and iPods, according to lawyers representing plaintiffs in the litigation.  —  In documents filed with the United States District Court …
Kevin Lim / Reuters:
Singapore to regulate Yahoo, other online news sites  —  (Reuters) - Websites that regularly report on Singapore including Yahoo News will have to get a license from June 1, putting them on par with newspapers and television news outlets, in a move seen by some as a bid to rein in free-wheeling Internet news.
Dara Kerr / CNET:
Twitter triumphs in spam lawsuit settlement  —  In its fight to deter spammers, the social network gets tool provider TweetAdder to agree to a strict settlement regarding Twitter's terms of service.  —  Twitter has won a battle in its war against spam.  —  The microblogging service settled …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Intel Makes Its First Acquisition Since Brian Krzanich Became CEO  —  Intel's new CEO, Brian Krzanich, has been on the job only 12 days and already the company has made an acquisition.  —  Intel confirmed today that it had bought the satellite navigation chip business unit of ST-Ericsson …

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