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Facebook:

Facebook cleans up News Feed spam by cracking down on Like-baiting, repeated content, and spammy links — News Feed FYI: Cleaning Up News Feed Spam — The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time so they don't miss the stories that are important and relevant to them.

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

Facebook says no to like-bait and viral content — but what if that's what users really want?

More: Gigaom. Tweets: @gigaom

Eric Markowitz / Vocativ:

Behind the Scenes: The Crazy 72 Hours Leading Up to the Heartbleed Discovery — Today Heartbleed is a household name—every person who uses the web is terrified of the security glitch. But David Chartier knew about it almost a week ago, before just about anyone else on the planet.

More: Gigaom, SiliconANGLE, Los Angeles Times, Federal Computer Week and Techdirt

Tweets: @mattdpearce, @ericmarkowitz and @markmc_

Sean Michael Kerner / eWeek:

Heartbleed SSL Flaw Angst Aggravated by Broken Disclosure Process — The Heartbleed encryption vulnerability is perhaps the most serious Internet security flaw in recent memory, affecting hundreds of millions of people. The Heartbleed flaw is found within OpenSSL, an open-source cryptographic library used …

More: Meldium, Ars Technica, Crowdfund Insider and Baseline. Thanks:@techjournalist

Ellen Messmer / Network World:

Heartbleed Bug hits at heart of many Cisco, Juniper products — Cisco, Juniper say to expect security advisory updates related to Heartbleed — Network World - The Heartbleed Bug, a flaw in OpenSSL that would let attackers eavesdrop on Web, e-mail and some VPN communications …

More: Cisco Security Advisory, New York Times, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Bloomberg, Juniper Networks, Gizmodo, The Register, Softpedia News, Geeky Gadgets, Mashable, Ars Technica, The Switch and Bloomberg. Tweets: @nikcub

Mike Isaac / Re/code:

Apple Says iOS, OSX and “Key Web Services” Not Affected by Heartbleed Security Flaw — Apple said Thursday that its mobile, desktop and Web services weren't affected by a major flaw in a set of security software used by hundreds of thousands of websites. — The flaw, codenamed “Heartbleed” …

More: The Verge, The Register, Cult of Mac, BGR, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, I4U News, Electronista, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider and TechnoBuffalo

Michael Ducker / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter.com brings interactive real-time notifications for replies, retweets, favorites, and DMs — Stay connected with notifications on twitter.com — When it comes to your interactions on Twitter, it should be easy for you to stay connected to what's relevant.

More: SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Inquirer, AllTwitter, Softpedia News, Geeky Gadgets, Pulse 2.0, Digital Trends, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Lifehacker, TechCrunch, BetaNews, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Gigaom, Marketing Land, Mashable, Gizmodo and Business 2 Community

Tweets: @dansinker, @sahilk, @twitter and @stevekovach

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Microsoft and Sony invest in Intellectual Ventures' latest acquisition fund, Apple and Intel decline — Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer — (Reuters) - Patent buyer Intellectual Ventures has persuaded Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund …

More: Gigaom, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, CNET and Electronista

Samsung Tomorrow:

Samsung Brings Galaxy S5 and New Gear Devices to Global Market — Summary: — ·The new Galaxy S5 and the Samsung Gear devices - Samsung Gear 2, Samsung Gear 2 Neo, and Samsung Gear Fit - are ready to hit the market in 125 countries in Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America, and most of Asia.

More: BetaNews, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, BGR, Telegraph, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, TechEye, Electronista, The Next Web, The Verge, Geeky Gadgets, Mashable, SamMobile and Tech in Asia. Tweets: @greyham

Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:

Google selling Glass to anyone in the US on April 15 for a limited time — Even if you don't have a Google Glass Explorer invitation, you can soon get your hands on Google's wearable computer. On Thursday, the company announced a limited promotion on April 15 that opens the doors to anyone …

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

Reddit Starts Listing Trending Subreddits To Get More Users Into Its Smaller Communities — Subreddits are, perhaps, reddit's biggest strength. Introduced in 2008, they're a huge part of the reason why the site rose to popularity, and why that popularity has yet to taper off.

More: Softpedia News and The Next Web

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft OS chief Myerson on the future of ‘One Windows’ — Summary: The head of Microsoft's unified operating system group, Terry Myerson, shares more details on Microsoft's one Windows vision in a Q&A with ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley. — Microsoft's Executive Vice President of operating systems, Terry Myerson, has a lot on his plate.

More: Neowin, Softpedia News and Business Insider. Tweets: @shiraovide

Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat:

LinkedIn now shows you jobs open at your own company — Your next dream job could be at your current company. — It sounds counterintuitive, but LinkedIn aims to make employees more aware of new opportunities within their companies. It's rolling out a feature it calls Internal Job Recommendations …

More: Talent Blog, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and ZDNet

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Bitcoin Falls Below The $400 Mark, Down More Than 60% From Its All-Time High — Bitcoin reached another milestone today, with the cryptocurrency falling below the $400 per-coin mark. Bitcoin sold for over $1,100 inside of the last 52 weeks. — The price correction was driven by news from China, as it often has been.

More: CoinDesk. Tweets: @thestalwart

Donna Tam / CNET:

Amazon app store grows to 200,000 apps — CEO Jeff Bezos says the store has nearly tripled in size in the past year. But it still trails Apple and Google. — Amazon's app store now has 200,000 apps, CEO Jeff Bezos announced Thursday in a letter to investors.

More: Thomson IR, Geeky Gadgets and The Register

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Jeff Bezos' annual shareholder letter: testing 7th generation drones, up to $5K quitting bonus, Fresh expansion plans

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, GeekWire and VatorNews. Tweets: @fmanjoo

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Adding Condoleezza Rice To Dropbox's Board Seems Incredibly Tone Deaf Following NSA Concerns — Dropbox is probably the most well-known of the cloud storage providers out there, and it's angling for an IPO. As such, it recently made some changes in its management, including a bit of news …

More: Daring Fireball, SlashGear and MacNN

Tweets: @danprimack, @mat, @edbott, @dancow, @trevortimm, @arrington, @glynmoody and @thetechblock

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Petition Demanding Removal Of Condoleezza Rice From Dropbox Board Pops Up Online, On Twitter

More: Wired, Drop Condoleezza Rice …, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, The Wire, InfoWorld, PSFK, Business Insider, Vocativ, UPI, Boing Boing, SiliconBeat and bit-tech.net

Tweets: @ajkeen and @stevestreza

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Chrome beta for Android makes it easy to send web video to Chromecast — You no longer have to engage in some hidden setting gymnastics just to send web videos from Chrome for Android to your Chromecast. Google has rolled out a Chrome 35 beta that lets you deliver “some” clips from the browser to a Chromecast-equipped TV.

More: Google Chrome Releases, SlashGear, Liliputing, Phandroid and Android Central

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

The Hunt Raises $10M From Khosla For Crowdsourced Shopping — The Hunt, a website designed to help shoppers find specific items to buy online, has raised $10 million from Khosla Ventures and Javelin Ventures. This brings The Hunt's total funding to $15.5 million.

More: Re/code, Fashionista and silicontap.com

Tweets: @alex_gurevich and @bling0

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

Amazon Acquires Digital Comic Book Store Comixology — Amazon has just announced that they will acquire comiXology, a service that offers digital versions of comics from Marvel, DC, and many others. — If you've never used it, it's probably easiest to think of comiXology as a sort of iTunes/Kindle Store for comic books.

More: comiXology Unbound, Engadget, The Verge, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, MobileSyrup.com, GeekWire, Reuters, iMore, BetaNews, Electronista and The Next Web. Tweets: @werner. See also Mediagazer

Rachel King / ZDNet:

FTC calls out Facebook, Whatsapp over privacy ahead of merger — Summary: Facebook might have its work cut out for it as it presses ahead with a multi-billion deal to buy the popular messaging service. — Never mind the implications and vociferous debate over the Comcast-Time Warner merger.

More: Federal Trade Commission, ReadWrite, Engadget, The Register, The Guardian, Gigaom, Inside Facebook, Re/code, TechCrunch, The Technology Chronicles, The Switch and Electronista

Mike Isaac / Re/code:

FTC Clears Facebook's WhatsApp Acquisition in the U.S.

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