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April 29, 2014, 2:55 PM

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Dom Esposito / 9to5Mac:

Apple's MacBook Air lineup updated with new Haswell processors, now starts at $899 — In line with our recent reporting, Apple has updated its Macbook Air lineup. The refresh features Intel's Haswell processor and is now $100 less than the previous model.

More: Apple, BetaNews, The Verge, MacRumors, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Computerworld, CNET, I4U News, Re/code, Inquirer, Ars Technica, Geek Beat, Softpedia News, Gigaom, Gotta Be Mobile, Gizmodo, iPhone, The Next Web, TUAW, AppleInsider, Geek.com, Geeky Gadgets, MacDailyNews, ZDNet, The Register, PandoDaily, MacStories, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Engadget. Tweets: @llsethj

Natt Garun / The Next Web:

Acer teases Liquid Leap, a wearable smart band launching alongside the 5-inch Liquid Jade smartphone this summer — Acer announces Liquid Leap, its first wearable smart band — Acer today announced its latest product line which includes the Liquid Leap, a smart band that can track fitness activities and pair with smartphones.

More: Engadget, PC World, LAPTOP Magazine, TechRadar.com, WearablesArena, Electronista, Ubergizmo, Phandroid and SlashGear

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Acer bundles ‘build-your-own-cloud’ with new tablets, phones, wearables — Summary: Acer CEO called its new product lineup a “critical moment” in its turnaround effort, after years of decline. Cloud, smartphones, tablets and laptops. And a wearable for good measure. — Zack Whittaker

More: Engadget, CNET, Engadget, Ars Technica, LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, BetaNews, Gigaom and 9to5Google

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Firefox 29 Launches With Major Redesign, Firefox Account Integration — Mozilla is launching its most important release of Firefox in a very long time today. After almost two years of working on its Australis redesign, the company is now finally ready to bring it to its stable release channel.

More: The Mozilla Blog, CNET, DO NOT LICK, eWeek, PC Magazine, Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Google, Inquirer, The Mozilla Blog, Engadget, PC Pro, LAPTOP Magazine, Softpedia News, Mashable, Android Central, The Next Web and Lifehacker

Strategy Analytics:

Samsung & Apple Slip as Global Smartphone Shipments Reach 285 Million Units in Q1 2014 — According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) research service, global smartphone shipments grew +33% annually to reach 285 million units in the first quarter of 2014.

More: AppleInsider, Telegraph, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Marketing Land, BGR, 9to5Google, iMore, 9to5Mac, CNET News, PR Newswire, Global Nerdy, Gigaom, Digital Trends, TechCrunch and The Next Web

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

RadiumOne's New CEO's Memo on Chahal Firing: “We Cannot Know for Certain What Gurbaksh Will Do” — Here's a memo that new RadiumOne CEO Bill Lonergan sent out late last night to the employees of the advertising tech company in the wake of the firing of Gurbaksh Chahal, its founder and CEO.

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Shara Tibken / CNET News:

Apple v. Samsung jury will mull 53 pages of instructions to prepare verdict — Closing arguments in the patent-infringement case will take place Tuesday, and then the eight-person jury will start deliberating. — Apple and Samsung are battling over patents in a San Jose, Calif., courtroom.

More: ABC News, PC World and Associated Press

Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Apple blasts Samsung over originality, bravery in closing trial arguments

More: CNET News

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Google plans Android “Silver” program to replace Nexus, pushes OEMs to make devices that closely adhere to Google specifications — Android Silver Program Reportedly Designed To Give Google More Control Over Its Mobile Destiny — Google does indeed have a so-called “Silver” …

More: The Information, The Verge, PandoDaily, iMore, Business Insider, BGR, 9to5Google, AndroidGuys, Phandroid, Android and Me, SlashGear, The Droid Guy and App Advice

Ina Fried / Re/code:

With Microsoft Deal Done, Nokia Names Rajeev Suri CEO, $6.9 Billion in Buybacks, Dividends and Debt Cuts — Nokia late Monday said it was naming former networking unit head Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive. — With the sale of its flagship device business to Microsoft …

More: Nokia, Bloomberg, Gigaom, Computerworld, ZDNet, WinBeta, Geeky Gadgets, MediaNama and BBC. Tweets: @inafried

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Nokia's Devices Unit Lost $452M In Q1 Before The Microsoft Hand-Off

More: AppleInsider, Nokia, Engadget, CNET News, WindowsITPro, Geeky Gadgets, ZDNet and The Verge

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

MIT students raise $500,000 to give every undergraduate on campus $100 worth of Bitcoin — Two MIT students have successfully raised more than half a million dollars in order to give all 4,528 undergraduate students on campus $100 worth of the cryptocurrency to use as they see fit.

More: MIT Bitcoin Club, The Tech, PC World, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Guardian, The Verge, Network World and Daily Dot

Office Blogs:

Office for iPad now includes printing — Last month, we launched Office for iPad® with the robust capabilities and familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office, plus a fantastic touch experience built for iPad. Millions of people downloaded Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad and thousands sent us feature requests.

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Square Now Lets Merchants Collect Payments Offline And In Advance For Order Pickup — Square has long talked about adding more features to its point of sale system to make it more attractive for large and small merchants to use, and for their customers as well.

More: Square, Inc., The Technology Chronicles, Re/code, ZDNet, Gigaom, Mashable, Fortune, iMore, The Next Web and ReadWrite

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Sprint announces Spotify partnership and HTC One Harman Kardon edition — Sprint today announced a special edition of the HTC One smartphone that includes special audio technologies tuned for better music playback. The HTC One M8 Harman Kardon edition uses two technologies to restore …

More: Android Central, TechCrunch, Sprint, Engadget, Gigaom, Computerworld, Tech Trader Daily, Fortune, LAPTOP Magazine, 9to5Mac, ABC News, TechHive, Re/code, 9to5Google, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Next Web and ZDNet. See also Mediagazer

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Tidemark rolls out ‘Playbooks’ dashboards, raises $32 million — Summary: The new funding will be used to expand sales and marketing for Tidemark, an enterprise performance management company. Tidemark also partnered with New Relic. — Tidemark on Tuesday said it is rolling out a new interface …

More: BetaNews, VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog, TechCrunch and Gigaom

Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:

Sources say Amazon eyeing ARM architecture to design its own server chips — Amazon joins other web giants trying to design its own chips — As demand for its cloud computing services continues to grow, sources say Amazon is trying to design its own server chips.

More: ZDNet, theWHIR.com, GeekWire and SlashGear

Tweets: @shiraovide, @benbajarin, @mcraddock and @tomkrazit

Ina Fried / Re/code:

FreedomPop to Sell First Apple Devices, Offering iPhone 5 With Its Free and Low-Cost Plans — Upstart mobile carrier FreedomPop is announcing this week its first support for the iPhone, offering a variety of free and low-cost plans in conjunction with Apple phones that work on Sprint's network.

More: 9to5Mac, BGR, ZDNet, CNET News, TUAW, Softpedia News, Electronista, TechSpot, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, App Advice, iMore, Geeky Gadgets, Gigaom and Engadget

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Glam rebrands as ‘Mode Media,’ dives into streaming video business — Glam Media is giving itself a major makeover. — Today the company announced that it is changing its name to Mode Media to better reflect its extended focus on a wider variety of topic-based publications, including Foodie …

More: Adweek, Forbes, VBProfiles and Reuters. See also Mediagazer

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Sprint's bleeding continues: Loss narrows as more customers defect — Sprint said it brought LTE to 41 more cities, and its Sprint Spark enhanced network to another six cities, as it manages its painful network upgrade process. — Lynn La/CNET — Sprint's painful transition continues.

More: Sprint, eWeek, GeekWire, CNET News, BGR, Reuters, IntoMobile, Electronista, iMore, Bloomberg, Engadget and Android and Me

Bloomberg:

Vevo Owners Said Close to Hiring Goldman to Explore Sale — Vevo LLC's four owners are close to hiring Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to explore sale options for the music video-hosting service, according to three people familiar with the matter. — The sale of a majority stake is being considered among …

More: VentureBeat. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer

Fortune:

Disney tried to buy Buzzfeed but talks broke down over price; Buzzfeed sought more than $1B — Disney tried to buy BuzzFeed — The merger conversations happened several months ago, but fell apart over price. — FORTUNE - The Walt Disney Co. was in talks to acquire online content …

More: Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Tweets: @thestalwart, @kaylatausche and @cnbcnow. See also Mediagazer

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

White House details interagency decision-making process on zero-day vulnerability disclosures — White House Details Thinking on Cybersecurity Flaws — WASHINGTON — In a rare insight into the government's thinking on the use of cyberweapons, the White House on Monday published a series …

More: White House.gov Blog, The Verge, Daily Dot, CNET, Washington Post, Inquirer and Softpedia News

Tweets: @eastdakota, @csoghoian and @evacide

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Amazon's new Wearable Technology hub showcases the latest smartwatches, activity trackers, and more — Amazon is dedicating part of its store to the ever-growing number of wearable devices on the market. The online hub, simply called Wearable Technology, covers smartwatches …

More: Amazon.com, CNET, BetaNews, GeekWire, VentureBeat, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Gigaom, Neowin, Softpedia News and WearablesArena

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

API and Analytics Co. Apigee Closes $60 Million Round As Public Offering Looms — Looking ahead to a potential public offering in the next year the application program interface and analytics services company Apigee has raised an additional $60 million in late stage financing.

More: VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal and Forbes

Steven Musil / CNET News:

Samsung posts $8.2B profit; second straight quarterly drop — South Korean electronics giant posts an operating profit of $8.2 billion for the first quarter, a 3.3 percent decline from the year-ago period. — Samsung's Galaxy S4. — Samsung — Samsung reported its second consecutive quarter …

More: Samsung Tomorrow, CNBC, Inquirer, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, TechSpot, 9to5Google, AppleInsider, Reuters, Forbes, BGR, The Droid Guy, Android Beat, The Verge, PC World, Android Central, SamMobile and Gigaom Research

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