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April 23, 2014, 12:30 AM

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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: Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, Engadget, The Verge, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Mercury News, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Authority, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, MacRumors and Android Central

Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

At trial, Samsung accuses Apple of infringing two patents with iOS FaceTime and Photos apps — Samsung hopes to make FaceTime a headache for Apple — After weeks of playing defense against five Apple patents, Samsung this week went after Apple with two of its own patents …

More: CNET, Mercury News, Telegraph, Guardian, Re/code, SlashGear, New York Times and Computerworld. Tweets: @josh

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

More: Forbes, CITEworld, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, Pocketnow, LAPTOP Magazine, PhoneRPT.com, Electronista, Liliputing, Los Angeles Times, The Droid Guy, ZDNet, bgr.in, TechSpot, Phones Review, Neowin, Engadget, Gigaom, Android and Me, Android Community, Gizmodo, 9to5Google and TechCrunch. Tweets: @jbenton

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: TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gigaom Research, The Register and 9to5Mac

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @johnpaczkowski

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple Opens OS X Beta Testing To All Users With New Seed Program — Before today, you needed a developer account to help test Apple's upcoming software releases before they hit the general user population. You didn't need to actually develop anything, but it would still cost you $99 per year to partake …

More: The Loop, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Ars Technica, BetaNews, TUAW, Gotta Be Mobile, The Register, GeekWire, Mashable, LAPTOP Magazine, Lifehacker, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, MacRumors, Engadget, VentureBeat and iMore. Tweets: @parislemon

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, CNNMoney.com, SiliconBeat, Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, Reuters, Computerworld, Guardian, CNET, NationalJournal.com, Electronista and ZDNet

Tweets: @adrjeffries and @acedtect

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Justices Skeptical of Aereo's Business

More: New York Times, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Forbes, Deadline.com, Variety, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, TheHill, Associated Press and The Register. Tweets: @erickschonfeld. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: Digital Trends, SlashGear and Engadget

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.

Tweets: @paulg and @stevenlevy

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 Next Web, Business Insider, USA Today, Mashable, Android Police, bgr.in, WebProNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, Ubergizmo and The Verge

Tweets: @benedictevans, @teroterotero and @jennydeluxe

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

OpenSSL code beyond repair, claims creator of “LibreSSL” fork — OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has created a fork of OpenSSL, the widely used open source cryptographic software library that contained the notorious Heartbleed security vulnerability. — OpenSSL has suffered from a lack …

More: ZDNet, ZDNet, IT PRO, PC Pro and Help Net Security

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, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, WebProNews, Pulse 2.0, VentureBreak, Marketing Land, Daily Dot, AllTwitter, Laughing Squid, TechCrunch, Mashable, SlashGear, Engadget and Wall Street Journal

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

Kyle Russell / Business Insider:

Artemis partners with Dish Network to trial its pCell wireless tech in SF later this year — Dish Network Is Partnering With This Startup To Make Cellphone Internet 1,000 Times Faster Than 4G — In today's world, there's one area of technology that can almost never be fast enough …

Thanks:@kylebrussell

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: Official Apple Support, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, AppleInsider, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, iMore, The Mac Security Blog and MacRumors

Iain Thomson / The Register:

AOL Mail locks down email servers to deal with spam tsunami — Security problems like it's 1995 — If you've been getting a lot of spam from AOL emails recently it's not because you've fallen into a time rift and it's the nineties all over again - the company has confirmed that it has been under an intensive spoofing attack.

More: AOL Postmaster Blog, Associated Press and TechCrunch

Matt Burns / TechCrunch:

Aol Mail Hacked With Spoofed Accounts Sending Spam

More: AOL Help, Threatpost, TechSpot and SC Magazine. Thanks:@brianalvey

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends:

Exclusive: Leaked LG G3 screens show fresh UI, confirm ‘concierge’ service, and more — A new, modern UI for LG's upcoming G3 has been revealed in three new screenshots, obtained by Digital Trends from a trusted industry source. The screens show flatter and brighter icons …

More: GSMArena.com, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, The Droid Guy, Gizchina.com, Unwired View, IntoMobile, Pocketnow, Android Beat, Ubergizmo, Phandroid, Android Beat and BGR. Thanks:@andyboxall

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

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

Eric T. Schneiderman / New York Times:

New York Attorney General: Airbnb and Uber should cooperate with regulators, like Yelp — Taming the Digital Wild West — THE Internet has grown up. It is no longer just about providing information but about fundamental changes in the way we go about our daily lives.

Tweets: @tim, @gaberivera, @agschneiderman, @agschneiderman and @micahlasher

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

After Cyberbullying Scandal, Anonymous Social App Yik Yak Raises $1.5 Million — Anonymous social networking apps are having a moment. Following the notable funding rounds for apps like Secret ($8.6 million) and Whisper ($21 million!), newcomer Yik Yak is today announcing a small amount of outside investment, too.

More: SocialTimes

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:

YouTube channel comes to Roku models launched after July 2011 for US, UK, Canada, Ireland — Roku FINALLY Releases A YouTube Channel For Most Of Its Streaming Boxes — After what has been seriously way too long, Roku has just launched an official YouTube channel for most of its lil' streaming boxes.

More: BetaNews, The Official Roku Blog, Engadget, Tom's Guide and SlashGear

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