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April 17, 2014, 3:35 PM

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Kelton Lynn / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter launches mobile app install ads, integrates MoPub ad-buying — A new way to promote mobile apps to 1 billion devices, both on and off-Twitter — We are excited to announce new ways for marketers and developers to drive app installs and app engagements using our new mobile app promotion suite …

Vindu Goel / New York Times:

Twitter Goes After a Facebook Cash Cow — Sometimes the rivalry between Twitter and Facebook is like a children's game of copycat. Facebook copied Twitter's hashtags and trending topics. Twitter copied Facebook's profile page design and automatic display of images in the feed.

Tweets: @betajames and @sacca

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

Dropbox acquires two more startups: collaborative document tool Hackpad and photo sync app Loom — As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month — Once a simple way to move stuff around between devices and people, Dropbox now wants to be a platform …

More: Hackpad, Gigaom, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and VentureBeat

Tweets: @bluechoochoo, @dmac1 and @jessicamckellar

Jan Senderek / Loom:

Dropbox acquires Loom, will shut it down and migrate users to Carousel by May 16 — Loom is joining Dropbox — We have some exciting news that we wanted to share with you. Loom is now officially part of Dropbox, and we couldn't be happier to join forces!

More: The Next Web, ReadWrite, The Verge, Macworld, ZDNet, SlashGear, MacStories, App Advice and Electronista. Tweets: @spencerchen

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Launches “Nearby Friends” With Opt-In Real-Time Location Sharing To Help You Meet Up — Today Facebook begins rolling out a new opt-in feature called Nearby Friends. It lets friends see approximately how far away you are from them, and you can share your exact, on-going location with them for a limited time.

More: Facebook, Re/code, New York Times, Inside Facebook, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, GeekWire, The Technology Chronicles, Forbes, 9to5Google, AllFacebook, 9to5Mac, Engadget, TechHive, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, TheHill, Gizmodo, Business Insider, The Next Web, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews and CNET

Tweets: @joannastern, @joshconstine, @markgurman, @caseynewton, @richdemuro, @richdemuro, @mwdangallagher, @tim and @tim

Thanks:@anthonyha

Alex Hern / Guardian:

Tor may be forced to cut back capacity after Heartbleed bug — The secure service may have to remove vulnerable servers affected by the bug, the network's co-founder warns — Tor, the secure networking service, may have to close down an eighth of its capacity as a result of the Heartbleed flaw.

More: Engadget, PC World, BetaNews, Threatpost, The Register, Help Net Security and Inquirer. Tweets: @briankrebs

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Confirmed: Nasty Heartbleed bug exposes OpenVPN private keys, too

More: ReadWrite, PC World, Computerworld, Softpedia News and Washington Post

Tweets: @virusbtn and @markloman

Chris Velazco / Engadget:

GoogolPlex intercepts Siri commands, lets it control third-party apps like Spotify and Google Maps — College kids gave Siri new powers and now you can too — We already know Apple is working on improving Siri, but gosh dangit, the folks in Cupertino just aren't moving as fast as some would like.

More: Gizmodo, BGR, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, TechSpot and 9to5Mac

The Sonos Blog:

Sonos software update lets it connect completely wirelessly, $50 Bridge unit no longer needed — Our Vision for Rock-Solid Wireless, Evolved — From the archives: drawing of the original Sonos architecture, 2003. — We created the Sonos Wireless HiFi System to provide music lovers …

More: Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Verge, TechSpot, Electronista, CNET, SlashGear and Engadget

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 …

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

RunKeeper's new Breeze app tracks every step you take — RunKeeper is one of the most popular run-tracking apps for the iPhone, and today it's launching a new app called Breeze to take count of how much you're walking around too. The app works only on the iPhone 5S and is based around …

More: AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iMore, MacNN, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Laughing Squid, iDownloadBlog.com, Beyond the Miles, TUAW, Xconomy and SlashGear

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Grams, a Tor-accessible search engine for contraband, aims to be the Google of Dark Web — New ‘Google’ for the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy — The dark web just got a little less dark with the launch of a new search engine that lets you easily find illicit drugs and other contraband online.

More: Gizmodo and The Verge

Wall Street Journal:

Drop in Tech Stocks Hits Startup Funding — Venture Capital, IPO Investors Get Cautious About Silicon Valley — Tech stocks have taken a pounding over the past month, putting pressure on the ecosystem for financing startups and taking them public. — The market's recent downturn …

Tweets: @wsjgraphics

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Aereo Launches ProtectMyAntenna.org To Explain Its Position Vs. Broadcasters — Aereo is about to present its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but first it wants to present its case to you. Today, the startup launched ProtectMyAntenna.org, a website designed to inform its users about Aereo's tech …

More: Digital Trends, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Re/code, PandoDaily, TheHill, The Verge, Softpedia News, Business Insider, VentureBreak, blog.chron.com, Lost Remote and CNET. See also Mediagazer

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

LG releases open source Connect SDK, wants every TV to behave like Chromecast — Mobile app developers just got a bit of a break when it comes to bringing their content to the TV screen, courtesy of LG: The consumer electronics maker released an open source Connect SDK Thursday …

More: 9to5Mac, The Verge and MobileBurn.com

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Samsung And Amazon Team Up For Custom Galaxy Kindle E-Book App — So much for trashing the Kindle. Today Samsung is announcing a new app, Kindle for Samsung, created in partnership with Amazon, that will let Galaxy device users using Android 4.0 and up, starting with the Galaxy S5 …

More: Samsung Tomorrow, Electronista, Computerworld, BetaNews, Engadget, Re/code, GeekWire, PC Magazine, Pocketnow, Android Community, Gigaom, BGR, Gizmodo, Computerworld, SlashGear, MobileBurn.com, ZDNet, The Next Web and Gotta Be Mobile

Christopher Mims / Quartz:

Amazon and Google are in an epic battle to dominate the cloud—and Amazon may already have won — In technology, it's sometimes good to let a pioneer figure out the pitfalls of a new market. Apple's iPod transformed music listening after countless lesser MP3 players failed to make a real dent.

Tweets: @mcwellons

Russ Garland / Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Venture Capital Investment Highest Since 2001 — Venture capital investment continued to trend upwards in the first quarter of 2014 with $10.74 billion raised by U.S. based companies, up 18% from the fourth quarter of last year and the most raised since the first three months of 2001.

More: TechCrunch and VatorNews. Tweets: @djventurewire and @alexdc

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Eye-Fi Cloud backs up every photo, no matter what you use to take it — The SD card maker branches out into cloud storage — Seamlessly backing up your photos and making them easily shareable seems to be the dream for cloud storage services. Dropbox and Google have put a lot of effort …

More: Computerworld, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Electronista, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Engadget and The Next Web

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

More: Business Insider, Quartz and Good E-Reader

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Lending Club Raises $115 Million, Acquires Springstone Financial for $140 Million — Lending Club, the online market that connects borrowers looking for loans with individuals with the money to fund them, has acquired Springstone Financial for about $140 million in cash and stock, the company said this morning.

More: The Technology Chronicles and TechCrunch

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Acquisitions Power Flickr's New Object Recognition Search, Editing And Video Capture — Today, Yahoo launches new Flickr app for Android (and iOS coming soon.) They include the ability to shoot video in the apps, or upload it directly. There is also better search …

More: Flickr Blog, The Verge, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Engadget, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, VentureBreak, Yahoo Tech and Lifehacker

Tweets: @verge and @faris

Matt Buedel / Journal Star:

Twitter account impersonating Peoria, Illinois mayor leads to police raid, arrests — Fake Peoria mayor Twitter account prompts real raid of West Bluff house — Police searched a West Bluff house Tuesday and seized phones and computers in an effort to unmask the author of a parody Twitter account …

Tweets: @jonathanwpeters and @sarahgfink

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