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April 23, 2014, 12:10 PM

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Richard Lai / Engadget:

Meet the One, OnePlus' $299 Nexus killer — Rarely do we see a tech startup spending five months actively hyping up an unborn product; and when we do, most of them end up being vaporware. Luckily, that's not the case with OnePlus. Today, the Shenzhen-based company has finally unveiled …

More: OnePlus.net, Gigaom, ZDNet, LAPTOP Magazine, TechHive, The Next Web, TechCrunch, The Verge, BetaNews, Android Beat, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News, Inquirer, SlashGear, AnandTech, Technology Personalized, CNET, BGR and IntoMobile

Tweets: @jyarbrough, @oneplus, @m4tt and @oneplus

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

iOS 7.1 code indicates Apple working on Siri for Apple TV — Code found within the iOS 7.1 SDK suggests that Siri is headed to the Apple TV in future. Pierre Blazquez first found the reference on Friday. 9to5Mac has since confirmed that the code does exist in both iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1′s files.

More: MacRumors, iMore, Business Insider, BGR, Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo, App Advice and Electronista. Tweets: @bp_unicorn. Thanks:@jordankahn

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 …

Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

At trial, Samsung accuses Apple of infringing two patents with iOS FaceTime and Photos apps

More: 9to5Mac. Tweets: @josh

Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:

Amazon adds HBO shows to Prime Instant Video; HBO Go coming to Fire TV at some point — Amazon now has streaming rights to a number of HBO series and will make them available through Prime Instant Video starting May 21, the company said Wednesday. — In addition, Amazon said that it will add HBO …

Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Glass marketing head addresses criticism from Scoble, others: backlash is a sign of disruption — Does Google Glass Have An Optics Problem? And Does Google Care? — It's hard to judge the success of a product launch before the product is even really out in the market.

More: Forbes, Robert Scoble, ZDNet, 9to5Google, WebProNews, Business Insider and Gawker

Tweets: @kashhill, @davewiner and @jeffbercovici

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

Pure Storage Raises $225 Million at a $3 Billion Valuation — Pure Storage, the company shaking up the enterprise storage market with a data storage array based solely on flash memory, has raised $225 million in a late-stage round of venture capital funding at pre-money valuation of more than $3 billion.

More: The Register, Forbes, Data Center Knowledge, SiliconANGLE, Gigaom, VentureBeat, ZDNet, PE Hub Blog and Wall Street Journal

Tweets: @eghosao and @nick_dyer_

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Xiaomi simplifies its Web domain to Mi.com to appeal to an international audience — Popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has ambitious plans to expand beyond Asia, and as part of its efforts to do so, it has simplified its website domain to Mi.com.

More: TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, Business Insider, Business Insider Australia, TechCrunch, MobileBurn.com, TheDomains.com, Wired.co.uk, TheDomains.com, Softpedia News, Gizchina.com, IntoMobile and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @whatthebit

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

David Einhorn warns of “second tech bubble in 15 years”, shorts undisclosed tech stocks — David Einhorn Just Cried Bubble And Let Slip The Shorts Of War — David Einhorn, a hedge fund manager worth north of a billion dollars, isn't bullish on technology stocks.

More: Valleywag, Bloomberg, Trends, Dealbreaker, Gawker, Reuters and Union Square Ventures

Tweets: @pmarca, @howardlindzon, @bfeld, @cnbc, @thestalwart, @evelynrusli and @pmarca

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

New CrunchBase has card-based redesign, social logins for faster edits without approvals — Meet The New CrunchBase — Since it was first launched in 2007, CrunchBase has been an invaluable source of information about major companies, startups, investors and executives in the tech ecosystem.

More: Info @ CrunchBase. Tweets: @emollick, @mikebutcher and @caseynewton

Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal:

Stipple Shuts Down; VC Backers Included Floodgate, Kleiner Perkins — Image-tagging advertising startup Stipple Inc. has called it quits, shutting its doors less than 18 months after raising capital at a valuation just south of $25 million. — Backed by investors including Floodgate …

Tweets: @startupljackson

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:

Google Maps ‘Time Machine’ Lets You Stroll the Streets of the Past — Ever wish you could travel back in time? A new feature on Google Maps Street View, rolling out world-wide today, lets users zip through imagery dating back to Street View's beginning in 2007.

More: Google LatLong, Re/code, TechCrunch, The Verge, PC Magazine, Engadget, 9to5Google, AndroidGuys, Softpedia News, Pulse 2.0, SlashGear and Slate

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

NIST Finally Removes NSA-Compromised Crypto Algorithm From Random Number Generator Recommendations — Back in December, it was revealed that the NSA had given RSA $10 million to push weakened crypto. Specifically, RSA took $10 million to make Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator …

More: nist.gov, csrc.nist.gov, ZDNet, Help Net Security, Softpedia News, Threatpost, The Register, ZDNet, SC Magazine, BankInfoSecurity and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @matthew_d_green

Kevin Gray / Reuters:

Music video hub Vevo monthly viewership up nearly 50 percent to 6 billion — (Reuters) - Vevo, the online music video hub that is a joint venture of two of the world's biggest music labels, has seen a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of music videos streamed each month from its platform …

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

VMware delivers strong Q1 — Summary: VMware had a busy first quarter after it completed the acquisition of AirWatch, which gave the company a mobile strategy. The company also launched virtual storage software. — VMware delivered strong first quarter results that were in line with expectations.

More: Marketwired, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, eWeek, TechRadar.com, Reuters, Motley Fool, ServerWatch.com, MSN Money, Tech Trader Daily and The Register. Tweets: @cchines

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Delivery Hero Gobbles Another $85M To Fuel A Price War With Just-Eat — On the heels of online food delivery company Just-Eat's successful IPO in London earlier this month, its big, still-private rival Delivery Hero has raised another mammoth round of funding: a Series F of $85 million …

More: Street Fight

Todd Spangler / Variety:

AOL Launches Free Streaming Movies in Pact with Miramax — AOL is now playing in the movie biz. — The Internet media company inked a deal with Miramax to deliver a selection of its full-length films to U.S. users, available to watch for free (with ads) across a range of devices.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:

PSA: Sprint Is Planning To Make All Its Devices From February 11, 2015 Onward Domestically Unlockable — The US mobile market is weird in that almost all the phones floating around here are locked to one carrier or another. You can usually request an unlock code from the carrier …

More: 9to5Google, DSLreports, Engadget, Electronista, Gizmodo, PandoDaily, MacRumors, App Advice, iMore, Pocketables and Liliputing

Anthony Boadle / Reuters:

Brazilian Congress passes Internet bill of rights — (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate unanimously approved groundbreaking legislation on Tuesday that guarantees equal access to the Internet and protects the privacy of Brazilian users in the wake of U.S. spying revelations.

More: ZDNet, ABC News, PC World, SecurityWeek, TechEye and The Wire

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

WSJ Poised to Hire Quartz's Mims as Tech Columnist, After Manjoo Departure to Times — The Wall Street Journal is close to hiring Quartz tech and science editor Christopher Mims as its newest tech columnist, said several sources. If completed, Mims will replace its last new tech columnist Farhad Manjoo …

Tweets: @ryanlawler

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: VentureBeat, iPhone, Digital Trends, SlashGear, DSLreports and Engadget. See also Mediagazer

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Justices Skeptical of Aereo's Business — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled on Tuesday that it was struggling with two conflicting impulses in considering a request from television broadcasters to shut down Aereo, an Internet start-up they say threatens the economic viability of their businesses.

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

Re/code:

The Supreme Court Loves the Cloud. It's Not Sure About Aereo.

More: Fortune, Washington Post, ZDNet, CNNMoney.com, Network World, Quartz, The Wrap, Gotta Be Mobile, ZDNet, Salon, Plagiarism Today, Business Insider, TheStreet.com, Wall Street Journal, dailywireless.org and Reuters. Tweets: @adrjeffries. See also Mediagazer

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