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Zach Epstein / BGR:

Amazon's phone requires tilt gestures to navigate apps and menus, can capture notes with OCR — EXCLUSIVE — BGR reveals everything you could possibly want to know about Amazon's smartphone! — An exclusive in-depth look at the unique software that will power Amazon's upcoming smartphones

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Google Agreed to Pay Some of Samsung's Costs, Assume Some Liability in Latest Apple Case — A Google lawyer testified on Tuesday that the software maker, pursuant to its contractual obligations, agreed to take over defense of some of the claims in Apple's current patent lawsuit …

More: The Verge, Mercury News, PC World, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacDailyNews and Android Central

Walt Mossberg / Re/code:

Apple is like a movie studio: blockbuster franchise products followed by sequels — Why Apple Is Like a Movie Studio — Steve Jobs has been dead for about two and a half years now, and it's hard not to notice that the regular parade of game-changing Apple products for which he was famous seems to have disappeared with him.

More: The Register, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Mac, LIVEdigitally and BGR

Tweets: @monkbent, @johnpaczkowski and @bajarin

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple Opens OS X Beta Testing To All Users With New Seed Program — Evernote CEO Details His Company's Plans For A Wearable Future — Before today, you needed a developer account to help test Apple's upcoming software releases before they hit the general user population.

More: The Loop, The Register, LAPTOP Magazine, Macworld, GeekWire, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, iMore, The Next Web, Redmond Pie, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, Lifehacker and Gizmodo

David Bellona / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter makes new web profiles available to all users — Your new web profile is here — Today, the new web profile experience is rolling out to all users around the world. — Get the new profile now. If you need some creative inspiration for your new header image, select one of the custom headers from our library.

More: TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Engadget, The Next Web, AllTwitter, Daily Dot, Pulse 2.0, Laughing Squid, Re/code, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, WebProNews, VentureBreak, Gizmodo and SlashGear

Liz Gannes / Re/code:

As WhatsApp Hits 500 Million Users, CEO Jan Koum Preaches Focus — While waiting to hear whether European regulators will clear its $19 billion acquisition by Facebook, the mobile messaging app maker WhatsApp hit a big milestone yesterday: It has 500 million active monthly users.

More: WhatsApp Blog, TIME, The Verge, The Next Web, Business Insider, USA Today, Mashable, Android Police, bgr.in, WebProNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo and MobileSyrup.com

Tweets: @benedictevans, @jennydeluxe and @teroterotero

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Weebly raises $35M from Tencent and Sequoia Capital at a valuation of $455M — Weebly Valued at $455 Million Amid Website-Building Boom — Weebly has been valued at $455 million in a new round of funding from investors eager to cash in on a recent boom in website-creation services.

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @paulg and @stevenlevy

Re/code:

The Supreme Court Loves the Cloud. It's Not Sure About Aereo. — All of those arguments about Aereo's case and its impact on the future of cloud computing? — It turns out the Supreme Court was listening. — As attorneys for the Web TV service and the TV networks who are suing it argued …

More: TechCrunch, New York Times, SiliconBeat, CNNMoney.com, Gigaom, Computerworld, The Wrap, TechHive, Reuters, Deadline.com, Guardian, ZDNet, CNET, NationalJournal.com and Electronista

Tweets: @adrjeffries and @acedtect

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David Pierce / The Verge:

Lytro's new Illum light-field camera targets professional photographers, costs $1599 — Lytro changed photography. Now can it get anyone to care? — An exclusive look at the company's new Illum camera — “Okay, can I take it out of the box now?” — Lytro product director Colvin Pitts wants …

More: Engadget, TIME, Wired, Re/code, CNET, The Next Web, Fortune, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Electronista, TechSpot, Mashable, Computerworld, Imaging Insider, Wall Street Journal, blogs.ft.com, Softpedia News, GeekWire, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, USA Today, PC Pro, Co.Design, Laughing Squid and Gizmodo

Tweets: @mattbuchanan, @jasonrosenthal and @joshuatopolsky

Dan DeSilva / 9to5Mac:

Apple Stores launch in-store iPad trade-in program on Earth Day — In its continued full-court Earth Day press, Apple is expanding its Reuse & Recycling program to help responsibly recycle more devices and get current generation devices into the hands of more customers.

More: 9to5Mac, Telegraph, MacRumors, BGR, PadGadget, iPhone in Canada Blog and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @jordankahn. Thanks:@apollozac

Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:

AT&T creates $500M joint venture for a Netflix-style TV service — AT&T, the nation's second largest broadband provider and wireless company, is getting into the streaming business with a $500 million joint venture created to acquire, invest in and launch a Netflix-style video streaming service.

More: AT&T, Variety, TechCrunch, Re/code, CNET, VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget, Plagiarism Today, socalTECH.com, Bloomberg, Mashable, dailywireless.org, BGR, Electronista and Ars Technica. Tweets: @bfeld. See also Mediagazer

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's new, new Windows cadence: Once a year is not enough — Summary: What comes after Windows 8.1 Update? Sources say a second update is on its way, and that Microsoft's unified OS group is picking up the delivery pace. — Just a year ago, Microsoft officials were crowing about Windows' much improved delivery cadence.

More: Computerworld, Digital Trends, PC Pro, LiveSide.net, Neowin, BetaNews, Windows Phone Central, WinBeta, Gotta Be Mobile and InfoWorld

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Cisco, Netgear router patch for backdoor vulnerability merely hides it, does not fix it — Easter egg: DSL router patch merely hides backdoor instead of closing it — Just what you wanted for Easter: a re-gifted backdoor from Christmas. — First, DSL router owners got an unwelcome Christmas present.

More: DSLreports, Geek.com, PC World, TechEye and Electronista. Tweets: @fkarlitschek

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Durov, Out For Good From VK.com, Plans A Mobile Social Network Outside Russia — In the drawn-out game of will-he, won't-he, Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte.com, Russia's top social network with over 100 million users, is now out for good from the company with an unceremonial dismissal conveyed via a newswire report.

More: The Moscow Times, The Register, Ars Technica, Bloomberg View, BBC, The Daily Caller, TechPresident, Softpedia News and Daily Dot. Tweets: @vpkivimaki

Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed:

CEO Of “Russian Facebook” Says He Was Fired And That The Social Network Is Now In The Hands Of Putin Allies

More: The Verge, Business Insider and Lastest ITProPortal news

Cassandra Khaw / The Verge:

LG's G Watch is always-on and water resistant — LG revealed more information about the upcoming G Watch on its new website. The smartwatch will come in two colors: stealth black and champagne gold. On top of having what is being described as an always-on screen, the G Watch will purportedly be both water and dust resistant.

More: Electronista, BGR, Engadget, The Next Web, CNET, Gearburn, PC World, Inquirer, TechCrunch, Redmond Pie, Lastest ITProPortal news, Ars Technica, IntoMobile, MobileBurn.com, Digital Trends, Mashable and KitGuru

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google To Offer Targeted Mobile App Install Ads In Search And YouTube; Expands App Deep Linking To AdWords — Google is announcing today its plans to offer targeted app install ads on mobile search and YouTube, following moves made by other tech industry companies, including Facebook and more recently Yahoo and Twitter.

More: Inside AdWords, Inside AdWords, Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, The Next Web, Phandroid, Marketing Pilgrim, Forbes, VentureBeat, Search Engine Watch, 9to5Google and Mashable

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Exclusive: YouTube Product Head Shishir Mehrotra Likely to Depart — Moving to Advisory Role — Shishir Mehrotra, YouTube's head of product and a longtime Google exec, is likely to depart the company, and has moved to an advisory role at the premium online video powerhouse.

Tweets: @hunterwalk

Bloomberg:

Dish plans late-summer debut for internet TV package at $20-$30/month aimed at 18-34 age group — Dish Said to Target Summer Debut for Internet-TV Service — Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is targeting a summer debut for its Internet-TV service in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.

Mark Hearn / 9to5Google:

Nest Thermostat now available from Google Play — Yesterday, Google's newly acquired thermostat system made an appearance on a Play Store support page. This led many to believe that the search giant would soon offer its smart climate controller at its online marketplace, alongside its other in-house products.

More: TechCrunch, Android Police, PC Magazine, Droid Life, Ars Technica, BGR, The Verge and Android Central

BBC:

Reddit removes r/Technology from high-exposure “default subreddits” list after censorship row — Reddit downgrades technology community after censorship — Technology is no longer listed at the top of new Reddit members' screens — Social news site Reddit has downgraded the status of its …

More: PC Magazine, Hit & Run, Daily Dot, memeburn and Wall Street Journal

Jason Snell / Macworld:

Apple releases Heartbleed fix for AirPort Base Stations — Apple on Tuesday patched a bug in its most recent AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models related to the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability discovered earlier this month. — The update, AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.7.3 …

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore and iPhone Hacks

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