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April 16, 2014, 1:50 PM

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Reuters:
Samsung plans to launch Tizen smartphones in Q2 and an Android Wear smartwatch later this year  —  Samsung executive says Galaxy S5 to outsell S4, sees second quarter rollout for Tizen phone  —  (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's new Galaxy S5 smartphone should outsell its predecessor …
Wall Street Journal:
Mt. Gox gives up plan to rebuild under bankruptcy protection, files for liquidation  —  Mt. Gox Files for Liquidation  —  Defunct Bitcoin Exchange Gives Up On Plan to Rebuild  —  Defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has given up its plan to rebuild under bankruptcy protection and has asked …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Carriers Back Anti-Theft Measures for Smartphones  —  With several states and municipalities considering various mandatory “kill-switch” laws for mobile devices, the wireless industry announced a voluntary commitment to include new anti-theft technology on phones starting next year.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Photo-Sharing App Frontback Comes To Android  —  Frontback just released the Android version of its popular photo-sharing app.  Previously, the app was only available on iOS.  But even with just the iPhone app, the app was downloaded one million times over the past eight months.
Liam Tung / ZDNet:
Google says ‘all Glass spots claimed’ after one day sale, as KitKat rolls out  —  Summary: Google reckons its Glass Explorer club has reached capacity after the company opened it up to the public for one day only, but it's staying mum on numbers.  —  Liam Tung
Cadie Thompson / CNBC:
Google expected to post big revenue, but watch out for margins  —  While Google is widely expected to post an impressive quarter when it reports earnings after the bell on Wednesday, investors will want to keep a close eye on the company's operating margins.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Play Still Tops iOS App Store Downloads, And Now Narrowing Revenue Gap, Too  —  Android's position as the most dominant smartphone platform worldwide is also having an impact on mobile app download growth, and now, increasing revenue.  Google's app marketplace, Google Play …
James Trew / Engadget:
Samsung Gear 2 review: much improved, but that doesn't mean you should buy it  —  2013 was the year of the smartwatch.  In promise, anyway — maybe not delivery.  Of the many, many different, colorful and unusual timepieces that would populate our blogroll, it was perhaps Samsung's Galaxy Gear that made the most headlines.
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo's Q1 Earnings as Meh as Expected, But China's Alibaba Doing Great!  —  Yahoo pretty much came in on target in the first quarter with what Wall Street had been expecting, earning 38 cents a share on $1.087 billion in revenue.  Minus traffic acquisition costs, that meant a pretty weak one percent increase in revenue.

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