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April 17, 2014, 4:25 AM

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Marissa Mayer's Secret Plan to Get Apple to Dump Google and Default to Yahoo Mobile Search — Wall Street gave Yahoo stock a big boost today — largely due to the stellar quarterly performance of China's Alibaba, in which the Silicon Valley Internet giant has a big stake.

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Why Yahoo's Not Going To Steal The Search Default For iPhone Away From Google — Apparently Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to be the default search for Apple's Safari browser on iPhone and iPad and has been preparing to make a solid pitch. Well, we all want things we can't have …

More: Good E-Reader and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @jyarow

Google:

Google Inc. Announces First Quarter 2014 Results — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. — “We completed another great quarter. Google's revenue was $15.4 billion, up 19% year on year”, said Larry Page, CEO of Google.

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Google Says Buying Nest Bogged Down First-Quarter Earnings — It turns out buying a company for $3.2 billion can suck the wind out of even a $15.4-billion-in-revenue quarter. The Nest acquisition took a toll on Google expenses, explained Google CFO Patrick Pichette on the company's first-quarter earnings call today.

More: MediaNama, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney.com, CNET, Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Google Misses in Q1 With Revenue Of $15.42B, EPS Of $6.27 As Its Cost-Per-Click Fell 9% — Following the bell, Google reported its first quarter financial performance, including revenue of $12.20 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs (ex-TAC), $15.42 billion including those costs, and earnings per share of $6.27.

More: Mercury News, Reuters, The Register, internetretailer.com, Electronista, Wall Street Journal, AdExchanger, VentureBeat and WebProNews

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple is planning to integrate song-identification into iOS 8, in partnership with Shazam — Apple Said to Prepare Song-ID Feature for IPhone Software — Apple Inc. (AAPL) wants to help you name that tune. — The company is planning to unveil a song-discovery feature in an update …

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, PhoneArena, MacNN, iMore, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, everythingiCafe, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Next Web, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog and SlashGear. Tweets: @sarahfrier

Carlos Hernández / Google Research Blog:

How the Lens Blur mode in Google's new Camera app simulates shallow depth of field — Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app — One of the biggest advantages of SLR cameras over camera phones is the ability to achieve shallow depth of field effects (also known as bokeh).

More: BetaNews, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, Phandroid, Pocketnow, Geek.com, Lifehacker, The Next Web and dailywireless.org. Tweets: @ghoseb

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google:

Google's new Android Camera app arrives on Google Play Store

More: Android Police, Android Police, Research at Google, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge, Android - Google+, Electronista, Gotta Be Mobile, Droid Life, TechCrunch, Gigaom and MobileSyrup.com

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Q&A with Zuckerberg about Facebook unbundling, anonymity, acquisitions, and innovation — Can Facebook Innovate? A Conversation With Mark Zuckerberg — For my column this week about Facebook's new approach to creating social apps, I spent some time talking to Mark E. Zuckerberg, the company's co-founder and chief executive.

More: Valleywag, Om Malik, Quartz, Gigaom, AllFacebook, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, DailyTech, Lost Remote, NBC Bay Area, Dice News and Mashable

Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine and @joshconstine

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Facebook's future: more single-purpose apps that may not bear the Facebook brand

More: Business Insider and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @mikeisaac and @martinsfp

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Google's ‘Project Tango’ Smartphone Uses Apple's PrimeSense Technology — Earlier this year, Google unveiled “Project Tango,” an experimental smartphone that incorporates 3D sensors to allow users to map indoor and outdoor environments. — Reports suggested that the smartphone's 3D capabilities …

More: iPhone Hacks

iFixit:

Google Project Tango smartphone prototype teardown

More: Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, PC Magazine, PhoneArena, BGR, Inquirer, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, SlashGear and VentureBeat. Tweets: @ifixit

Vinay Shet / Google Online Security Blog:

Google's latest street number recognition algorithm can solve 99% of its own reCAPTCHA puzzles — Street View and reCAPTCHA technology just got smarter — Have you ever wondered how Google Maps knows the exact location of your neighborhood coffee shop? Or of the hotel you're staying at next month?

More: The Atlantic Online, TechCrunch, The Verge, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Gigaom, SlashGear and BetaNews

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

LG G3 launching this summer with 2560 x 1440 screen resolution, golden hue — LG will launch golden G3 with crazy resolution this summer — 2560 x 1440 pixels in your front pocket — A third of the way into 2014, we already have new flagship phones from almost all the big Android handset makers …

More: DailyTech, Gizchina.com, LAPTOP Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Phandroid, Digital Trends and Android Central

The Korea Heald:

LG to design mobile processors manufactured by TSMC, may use own chip in upcoming G3 phone

More: PhoneArena, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, Liliputing, Phones Review and Android Central

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Spotify Starts Shutting Down Its Massive P2P Network — When Spotify launched its first beta in the fall of 2008, we branded it “an alternative to music piracy.” — With the option to stream millions of tracks supported by an occasional ad, or free of ads for a small subscription fee …

More: Engadget, SlashGear and Gigaom

Tom Dotan / The Information:

Last-minute cancellation of flagship original series raises questions in Hollywood about Hulu's stability — Hollywood Questions Hulu as Video Landscape Shifts — When the owners of the online video site Hulu pulled the company off the auction block for the second time last summer …

More: BGR. Tweets: @amir and @pkafka. See also Mediagazer

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

IBM's Q1 revenue disappoints, hardware whacked again — Summary: IBM is a work in progress for sure as only the software division delivered any growth. Hardware remains a problem for Big Blue. — IBM's first quarter results highlighted how the company is still at the beginning point …

More: IBM, eWeek, Re/code, The Register, PC World, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily and Business Insider

Amy Schatz / Re/code:

AT&T Threatens Boycott if TV Airwaves Auction Rules Aren't Changed — At least one of the largest wireless carriers in the U.S. is unhappy about the Federal Communications Commission's new proposed rules for an upcoming auction of TV airwaves, which would reserve some licenses for smaller companies.

More: Reuters, TheHill, PC Magazine, Bloomberg, CNET, Ars Technica, FierceWireless and TechCrunch. Tweets: @zpower

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Online Dating Site Zoosk Files For $100M IPO, With $178M In Revenues And A $2.6M Net Loss In 2013 — Online dating site Zoosk just filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC, announcing its plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. The company, which has offers …

More: U.S. Securities …, Forbes, The Technology Chronicles, silicontap.com, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Re/code, PandoDaily, Wall Street Journal and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @amir

Reuters:

Weibo valued at $3.46 billion after bottom-end IPO pricing — (Reuters) - China's Weibo Corp will be valued at a lower-than-expected $3.46 billion when it goes public on the Nasdaq on Thursday, amidst concerns about the microblogging service's slowing user growth and the country's highly censored media environment.

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal and New York Times

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google+ Pages with 1,000+ followers can now create +Post ads, promote Hangouts on Air and automatic posts — Google today expanded its test of +Post ads, a new type of monetization for its social network that lets brands turn Google+ content into display ads.

More: Marketing Land, Inside AdWords, Marketing Pilgrim, 9to5Google, Android Community and WebProNews

Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom:

Time Warner Cable bets big on easy and secure Wi-Fi, rolling out Hotspot 2.0 networkwide — Time Warner Cable has turned on the Hotspot 2. capabilities across its public Wi-Fi network, letting customers with newer smartphones or tablets connect to its 33,000-node wireless network without entering passwords …

Tweets: @gigaom. Thanks:@kfitchard

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Campaign Monitor, a decade-old Australian email marketing startup, raises $250M from Insight — Australia's Campaign Monitor Raises $250 Million from Insight … A 10-year-old “startup” in Australia is joining the rarefied strata of buzzy young companies like Uber and Dropbox.

More: Campaign Monitor Blog and Business Insider Australia. Tweets: @davegreiner and @danprimack

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