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Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Apple lays out its new case against Samsung, says 50 patents could have been at stake — Apple provided an overarching vision of its legal attack against Samsung today, a case it's filed to win $2 billion in damages, and get Samsung's products removed from store shelves.

More: PC World, Associated Press, Reuters, 9to5Mac, InfoWorld, Pocketnow, Bloomberg, SlashGear, CNET, Phandroid and CNET

Tweets: @daiwaka, @tim and @tim

Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider:

Apple Is Suing Samsung For $2 Billion Over These 5 iPhone Features — Apple is back in U.S. court with Samsung this week, suing the Korean software maker for $2 billion. — The last time the two companies met in the U.S. was in 2012. Apple won a $1 billion judgment Samsung is currently appealing.

More: 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, Redmond Pie and BGR

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Samsung: Apple's Patent Claims Are “Gross Exaggeration”

More: Re/code, Mercury News, AppleInsider, The Verge, 9to5Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @tim

Harry McCracken / TIME:

How Gmail Happened: The Inside Story of Its Launch 10 Years Ago Today … It All Began With Search … Gmail's creator, Paul Buchheit, at his desk at Google in 1999 — Courtesy Paul Buchheit … What Does Google Email Look Like? … Going Public

More: Wired, BGR, Marketing Land, Slate, Mashable, The Verge, Business Insider, Phandroid, Pocketables, Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur

Tweets: @chrisgeidner, @alistairmbarr, @hunterwalk and @mat

Thanks:@mariedomingo

Reiji Murai / Reuters:

Sources: Production of 4.7" iPhone 6 screen to begin in May, 5.5" starting months later — New iPhone 6 screens to enter production as early as May: sources — (Reuters) - Apple Inc suppliers will begin mass producing displays as early as May for the next iPhone, expected to be launched this autumn …

Simon Khalaf / The Flurry Blog:

Average US consumer spends 2 hours and 42 minutes per day on mobile devices, 86% of time spent in apps, 14% on web — Apps Solidify Leadership Six Years into the Mobile Revolution — Last year, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the mobile revolution, Flurry issed its five-year report on the mobile industry.

More: TechSpot, The Next Web, The Surge, Poynter, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Internet2Go, VatorNews, PadGadget, App Advice, AppleInsider, Marketing Land, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Re/code, Digiday and Business Insider

Matt Brian / Engadget:

Google to focus on portrait shots and effects with improved camera app — We know that Google has been looking to bring more advanced photo features to Android for a while, but it may soon be ready to show off what it's been working on. Sources aware of Google's plans have confirmed to us …

More: TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, Pocketables, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile, TechCrunch, The Droid Guy, Pocketnow, Droid Life, Phandroid, Mashable and Android Central. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Mark Bergen / AdAge:

Apple opens iAd Workbench to everyone with an Apple ID, launches video ads — Build Your Own iAd: Apple Throws Open Door to Platform — As It Takes On Google, Company Expands Access to Workbench — Ad Age Digital Conference 2014 — Apple is making its advertising ecosystem more accessible.

More: MacRumors, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacNN, iMore and App Advice

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Mozilla CEO: Gay-marriage firestorm could hurt Firefox cause (Q&A) — Brendan Eich's 2008 donation to an anti-gay-marriage cause now dogs his new CEO job. In his first interview about it, he resists calls to resign or recant, but argues inclusiveness makes Mozilla's world-spanning community possible.

More: Re/code, SiliconBeat and The Verge

Tweets: @binarybits, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton and @stshank

Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:

NSA performed warrantless searches on Americans' calls and emails - Clapper — US intelligence chiefs have confirmed that the National Security Agency has used a “back door” in surveillance law to perform warrantless searches on Americans' communications. — The NSA's collection programs …

More: The Hill, emptywheel, RT, Washington Post, The Voice of Russia, News, Threatpost and NationalJournal.com

Tweets: @ggreenwald and @guardianus

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Intel upgrades MinnowBoard developer computer, cuts price to $99 — Pre-production prototype of the MinnowBoard Max. The final version may look slightly different and will include a heatsink on the CPU. — MinnowBoard.org — Intel and CircuitCo have unveiled their second-generation MinnowBoard …

More: Liliputing, Intel Newsroom, Geeky Gadgets, HotHardware.com News, HEXUS.net Latest Content, Geek.com, SlashGear and [H]ardOCP News/Article Feed

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

iWork for iCloud gains new design & sharing options, Mac/iOS updates later today — Apple is making some notable improvements to its iWork suite of productivity applications today across its platforms. First, the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps found on iCloud.com have been updated with some enhancements …

More: MacRumors, GeekWire, Engadget, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, iMore, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog and TodaysiPhone.com

Andy Greenberg / Forbes:

Alleged Silk Road Creator's Lawyer Denies Bitcoin Is ‘Monetary Instrument,’ Moves To Drop All Charges — The trial of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator of the Silk Road Bitcoin-based black market for drugs, hasn't yet begun, but it's already raising hairy legal questions. First on the docket: Is Bitcoin even money?

More: Gizmodo, Wired, The Register, Business Insider, newsBTC, CoinDesk, The Verge and SC Magazine

Tweets: @mmasnick, @kashhill and @binarybits

Mat Smith / Engadget:

April Fools' 2014 roundup: selfie-taking drones, smartgloves and more — For the last 24 hours (and likely the next 12), excitable company execs have been barraging our inbox, YouTube and your social media networks with their best shenanigans. Love it or loathe it (and you're probably starting …

More: YouTube, Samsung Tomorrow, The Twitter Blog, SwiftKey, The Official Google Blog, Fortune, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, MacRumors, Search Engine Land, 500 Startups, Official LinkedIn Blog, Spout Blog, reddit, TechCrunch, The Next Web, iMore, The Verge, Nest, TechNet Blogs, Digital Trends, Google Chrome Blog, TechCrunch, The Airbnb Blog, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Lifehacker, Android Central, 9to5Google, Android and Me, social media, Business Insider, Softpedia News, TechnoBuffalo, Geek.com, Wearable World News, Lastest ITProPortal news, AppleInsider, The Next Web, ABC News, CNET, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, IntoMobile, FierceWireless, ZDNet, SocialTimes, SamMobile, Digital Trends, The Register, GSMArena Blog, Android Beat, Android Authority, WMPoweruser, Pocket-lint, Phones Review, Ars Technica, Laughing Squid, TUAW, Joystiq and Android Central

Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

LinkedIn names HiringSolved as the recruiting competitor it has sued for scraping profiles — LinkedIn names company that used bots to steal profiles for competing Recruiter service — In January, LinkedIn filed a lawsuit that accused unnamed “John Does” of creating fake profiles in order to …

More: Yahoo Tech and Business Insider. Tweets: @shon. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

BBM updated with stickers, support for sending larger files, and photo sharing in multi-person chats — As expected, BlackBerry today released a new version of BBM, adding stickers, support for sending larger files, and photo sharing in multi-person chats. If you don't see it yet …

More: Inside BlackBerry, Electronista, BlackBerry Press Room, Phandroid, The Droid Guy, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup.com, TechCrunch, BerryReview, Softpedia News and BBin

Brendan Sasso / NationalJournal:

Netflix's Net-Neutrality Plea Gets Rejected by the FCC — The Federal Communications Commission has no plans to expand its net-neutrality rules to ensure that services like Netflix can connect to Internet providers' networks for free. But the agency is eyeing other avenues …

More: The Verge, DSLreports, PandoDaily, Gigaom, DailyTech, VentureBeat and Electronista. See also Mediagazer

Amy Schatz / Re/code:

Supreme Court Skeptical During Software Patent Arguments — Supreme Court justices jumped into the debate about how software patents are enforced Monday, but their questioning suggested a desire to avoid any massive changes to how courts should examine infringement cases.

More: Reuters, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, InfoWorld, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and EE Times

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Hack of Boxee.tv exposes password data, messages for 158,000 users — A screenshot of the Boxee.tv forums post leading to an 800 megabyte file of leaked user data, including cryptographically hashed passwords. — riskbasedsecurity.com — Hackers posted names, e-mail addresses …

More: Risk Based Security. Tweets: @troyhunt

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