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March 14, 2014, 7:25 PM

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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:

Leaked photos allegedly show Amazon's bluetooth gaming controller — Amazon Streamer To Feature Bluetooth Gaming Controller — By way of an overseas regulatory agency, similar to our very own FCC, we continue to hone in on the elusive Amazon media streamer.

More: The Verge, CNET, Mashable, PC World, Gigaom, Forbes, Ubergizmo, The News Ledge, Kotaku, Phandroid, WebProNews, 9to5Google, TechSpot, Geek.com, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, GeekWire, VG247, SlashGear, Android Central, AndroidGuys, Droid Life, Gotta Be Mobile, Gamasutra, BGR, TechCrunch, Joystiq, MobileSyrup.com, Develop Feed, Electronista and destructoid

Tweets: @davezatz and @wjrothman

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

iOS 8: Apple considers simpler Notifications Center, inter-app communication, auto-deletion of Messages threads, removal of Game Center, CarPlay over WiFi — iOS 8: Apple considers Notification Center + Messages tweaks, removing Game Center app — Besides adding new Maps, Healthbook …

Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:

Bill Gates on technology, surveillance, the future of the planet and God — Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview — The richest man in the world explains how to save the planet — At 58, Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world, with a fortune that now exceeds $76 billion, but he may also be the most optimistic.

Wall Street Journal:

Asustek dual-OS mobile device plans shelved, due to opposition from Microsoft and Google — Plans for mobile devices running operating systems from both Microsoft and Google have apparently hit a wall, falling victim to opposition from the software suppliers.

Wall Street Journal:

GoDaddy Prepares for IPO — Company to Interview Underwriters in Coming Weeks — GoDaddy Group Inc., the Internet company that helps individuals and businesses create websites, is preparing for an initial public share offering, said people familiar with the matter.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MarketWatch and TheDomains.com

Tweets: @mims and @pkedrosky

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Mozilla scraps Firefox's Windows Metro version, cites less than 1K active daily users for beta — Mozilla scraps Metro version of Firefox, citing low interest — After more than two years of work, Mozilla has scrapped its effort to build a Metro-specific version of Firefox for Windows 8 …

More: Mozilla Future Releases, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, SlashGear and gHacks Technology News

Jim Edwards / Business Insider:

Google Is Winding Down Wildfire, The Social Media Platform It Bought For $350 Million — In 2012, Google made a huge splash when it bought Wildfire, a social media marketing company that helps advertisers manage their pages on Facebook, for $350 million. The acquisition came after a flurry …

More: Wildfire Social Media …, Pulse 2.0, Marketing Land, WebProNews and Forrester Blogs

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Secret New “Business Manager” Could Compete With Developer Partners For Marketing Dollars — TechCrunch has discovered a big, unannounced marketing tool from Facebook called Business Manager that lets teams at enterprises and agencies manage multiple ad campaigns and Pages in one interface.

More: AllFacebook and Marketing Land. Thanks:@joshconstine

Carlos Barria / Reuters:

Sina Weibo files for $500 million U.S. IPO — A man holds an iPhone as he visits Sina's Weibo microblogging site in Shanghai May 29, 2012. — (Reuters) - Twitter-like messaging service Weibo Corp filed on Friday to raise $500 million via a U.S. initial public offering …

More: Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, Quartz and Wall Street Journal. See also Mediagazer

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Anonymous Social App Secret Confirms $8.6 Million In New Funding — Secret, the anonymous social sharing app popular among the Silicon Valley and tech industry crowd, officially announced today it has raised $8.6 million in outside investment. The round included participation from Garry Tan …

More: Medium, ParisLemon, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Re/code, VentureBeat, The Technology Chronicles, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom and Valleywag

Tweets: @ryanlawler and @500startups

Bloomberg:

Alibaba Said to Plan to File for U.S. IPO as Soon as April — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing to file for an initial public offering in the U.S. as soon as April, according to people with knowledge of the matter. — China's largest e-commerce company is working …

More: Tech Trader Daily, VentureBeat, New York Times and Business Insider

Aaron Pressman / Yahoo! Finance:

Popcorn Time app shuts down amid threats of video piracy — Popcorn Time, we hardly knew ya. Just a few days after the new app arrived on the scene with its incredibly easy to use interface giving users acces to the entire Internet storehouse of illegally uploaded movies and TV shows, it has shut down.

More: Medium, Gizmodo, Business Insider and TIME. Thanks:@ampressman

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Garrett Camp's Expa Raises $50M To Build New Startups — Expa, a self-described “startup studio” created by StumbleUpon and Uber founder Garrett Camp, is announcing that it has raised $50 million in funding from some big names, including Virgin founder Richard Branson and HP CEO Meg Whitman.

More: Expa, tech.co and VentureBreak

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple launches new featured App Store section dedicated to taking selfies — Apple has added a new section to the iOS App Store today promoting apps used to share selfies (via MacStories' Federico Viticci). Among the apps included are classics like Snapchat and the Justin Bieber-backed Shots …

Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:

US Commerce Department prepares to give up oversight of ICANN — U.S. Plans to Give Up Oversight of Web Domain Manager — Move Seen in Response to International Concern About Country's Control Over Internet Structure — The U.S. government is preparing to relinquish oversight of a key body …

More: Washington Post, What's New at NTIA, CNET, PC World, Techdirt, New York Times, Gizmodo, ZDNet, The Verge, TheHill, NPR, TheDomains.com and NationalJournal.com

Nathaniel Mott / PandoDaily:

Uber and Lyft expand insurance coverage after controversy — Uber and Lyft have announced increased insurance coverage for their drivers that will reportedly cover incidents that occur whenever their respective apps are open, not just when drivers have passengers in their cars.

More: Uber Blog, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Re/code, GeekWire, San Francisco Chronicle, Ars Technica, Mashable, Gigaom, The Verge, Forbes, VatorNews, New York Times, The Next Web and SlashGear

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

General Colin Powell Joins Salesforce Board Of Directors, As CRM Giant Zeros In On Public Sector — Salesforce today announced an interesting development in its leadership ranks: General Colin Powell is joining its board of directors. He brings the total number of members of the board up to 11.

More: VentureBeat, The Technology Chronicles, Thomson IR, PE Hub Blog, Re/code and ZDNet

Matt Krantz / USA Today:

Castlight Health up 149% on first day of trading, raises $178M — Castlight Health IPO soars 149% in debut — Castlight Health, a provider of cloud-based software that enables companies to gain control over their health care costs, listed its IPO on the NYSE on Friday.

More: VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Castlight Health, PE Hub Blog, Re/code, Fortune and PE Hub Blog

Juan Carlos Torres / Android Community:

Google Play Store update lets you require a password for every purchase — Google has just started rolling out an update to the Play Store app on Android that, among other things, now offers more fine-grained control when making purchases. This change could very well be related to the class action suit that the company is now facing.

More: Android Police, BGR, TechnoBuffalo, MobileSyrup.com, Electronista, Engadget, PC Magazine, Pocketnow, Droid Life, Gotta Be Mobile and AndroidGuys

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Nokia's Refocus camera app is now available to all Lumia owners on WP8 — You'd be forgiven for thinking that Nokia's “shoot now, focus later” photography app, Refocus, required PureView hardware to run, because until now it's only been available on PureView-branded phones.

More: Nokia Conversations, VentureBeat, PC World, Gigaom, BetaNews, techshout.com, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, Pocketnow, UnleashThePhones and WMPoweruser

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