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May 8, 2014, 9:40 AM

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Miyoung Kim / Reuters:

Samsung's head of mobile design resigns amid lukewarm Galaxy S5 reception — Samsung Electronics replaces mobile design head — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest handset maker, has replaced the head of its mobile design team amid criticism of the latest Galaxy S smartphone.

More: Engadget, VentureBeat, PC Magazine, BGR, Associated Press, Inquirer, Digital Trends, SamMobile, I4U News, Phandroid, Android Central, PhoneArena, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Verge, MobileSyrup.com, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, Geeky Gadgets, Pocketnow, The Register, Android Beat, Neowin, SlashGear and The Next Web. Tweets: @fmanjoo

William Alden / New York Times:

Science Inc. buys Delicious from YouTube co-founders' Avos Systems for an undisclosed sum — YouTube Founders to Sell Delicious, a Social Bookmarking Site — The social bookmarking service Delicious has changed hands twice over the last decade, while failing to attract a mainstream audience.

More: The Next Web

Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:

Coalition uniting Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, eBay, others voice support for net neutrality in letter to FCC — Amazon, Netflix and tech giants defend net neutrality in letter to FCC — In a rare public stand for the internet retailer, Amazon has come …

More: FCC.gov, The Verge, InfoWorld, WinBeta, SocialTimes, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Engadget, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile, BetaNews, GeekWire, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, iMore, NationalJournal.com and New York Times. Tweets: @ronwyden. See also Mediagazer

Bloomberg:

Nintendo Plans to Sell New Consoles for Emerging Markets in 2015 — Nintendo Co. (7974), the Japanese video-game company struggling to win over consumers with its latest generation of consoles, plans to expand in emerging markets with new gaming devices starting next year.

More: Telegraph, Reuters, Guardian, The Verge, The Next Web, VG247, SlashGear, Kotaku, destructoid, Engadget, Joystiq, CNET News, Gamasutra and Polygon

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Yahoo News Digest arrives on Android and launches an international edition — Four months after bringing its unconventional news app to iOS, Yahoo News Digest arrives on Android today along with international editions that bring a global perspective to currents.

More: Yahoo, Engadget, The Next Web, TechHive, The Next Web, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and Android Central. See also Mediagazer

Timothy Hay / Wall Street Journal:

Google Ventures Leads $130M Round For Big Data Medical Software Company Flatiron Health — Google Ventures has made its largest medical software investment yet, providing the bulk of a $130 million financing for Flatiron Health Inc., which aggregates cancer-patient data from a wide variety …

More: Business Insider, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, PE Hub Blog, The Register, VentureBeat and silicontap.com. Tweets: @joshk. Thanks:@mkakav

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple publishes new legal process guidelines for law enforcement information requests — Earlier this month Apple announced its decision to notify customers of law enforcement requests for user information. Today the company also published a new set of guidelines for law enforcement officials regarding …

More: Computerworld, AppleInsider, iMore, ZDNet, CNET News, opptrends, iPhone Hacks, ifoAppleStore, MacNN, App Advice and MacRumors

Clare O'Connor / Forbes:

Jeff Bezos quietly attacks the $7.2 trillion B2B wholesale market with AmazonSupply — Amazon's Wholesale Slaughter: Jeff Bezos' $8 Trillion B2B Bet — In recent months global Internet retail behemoth Amazon.com has green-lit six new original TV shows, announced an online streaming deal …

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @forbes and @tonythomas

John Paczkowski / Re/code:

Apple's worldwide communications VP Katie Cotton retiring after nearly two decades at the company — Code/red: Apple PR Impresario Katie Cotton to Retire — Katie Cotton, Communications VP Who Helped Shape Apple's Story, Retiring — Big news out of Apple today.

New York Times:

The Unlikely Ascent of Jack Ma, Alibaba's Founder — HONG KONG — The first time Jack Ma used the Internet, in 1995, he searched for “beer” and “China” but found no results. Intrigued, he created a basic web page for a Chinese translation service with a friend.

More: Bloomberg, Washington Post, Business Insider, TechSpot and TechCrunch

Tweets: @kenroth, @jennydeluxe, @chinafile and @ravmattu

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Hipstamatic takes on Vine with Cinamatic, a new iOS app for shooting square-format videos — Vine ushered in a new era of quick, sharable videos shot and edited with a mobile device. Instagram followed suit last summer and today, Hipstamatic is joining the fray with a new iOS app called Cinamatic.

More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac and Ubergizmo

David Pogue / Yahoo:

Adobe Voice, a free iPad app that lets you make ‘explainer’ videos — Adobe Voice: A Happy App for Making Explainer Videos — You know Adobe, right? — This is the company that makes extremely complex software for professionals. This is the company whose flagship product, Photoshop, has over 500 menu commands.

More: Engadget, The Next Web, iMore, PC World, TUAW, AppleTell, Mashable, Geeky Gadgets, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac and MacRumors. Tweets: @pogue

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Taser equips London's cops with on-body cameras — Camera cops are coming to Camden — In the world's biggest pilot scheme of its kind, London's Metropolitan Police is today deploying 500 wearable cameras as part of its officers' emergency response kit. Provided by Taser …

More: Gizmodo, Engadget, The Next Web and Ars Technica

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Layer Raises $14.5M From Homebrew, Jerry Yang To Be The Communications Platform For Mobile And Web Apps — Communications platform for mobile and web apps and Disrupt SF 2013 winner Layer has raised $14.5 million in Series A funding from Homebrew, AME Cloud Ventures (Jerry Yang's investment vehicle) …

Shara Tibken / CNET News:

Apple v. Samsung patent trial recap: How it all turned out (FAQ) — The tech companies battled in a San Jose, Calif., court over patents. CNET breaks down what happened during the monthlong trial.

More: Washington Post and Gigaom. Tweets: @sharatibken

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Marissa Mayer Explains Why Yahoo Is Undervalued — On stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer pushed against the narrative that Yahoo is worth nothing. The company has a market capitalization in the tens of billions, but it's been pointed out that if you add …

More: VentureBeat, TechSpot, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Associated Press, Forbes, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily and Re/code

Tweets: @delrey and @dmac1

Brian Cohen / Medium:

Western Union granted patent for “exchanging alternative currencies”; 2009 filing didn't cite Bitcoin — AltCoin Alert: Western Union Obtains Alternative Currency Exchange System Patent from USPTO — Alternative value exchange systems and methods — Alternative value exchange systems and methods

More: Techdirt

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Supply chained: Apple's sapphire production will be hard to copy — Apple opened the door to machined-aluminum electronics, will it do the same for sapphire glass? — Though abundant in nature and everyday items like soda cans, aluminum didn't figure prominently in modern electronics until just a few years ago.

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors and MacDailyNews. Thanks:@srikardr

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Japanese chat giant Line reports revenues of $143M this quarter, up 223% vs. last year — Chat app Line's increasing revenues show Twitter how it could develop DMs — Mobile messaging service Line is continuing to grow its revenues at an impressive rate, after the company revealed …

More: LINE Corporation. Tweets: @serkantoto

Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:

Whisper CEO Crashes and Burns Over Questions About Gwyneth Paltrow — Michael Arrington is a man who would prefer to keep the things people whisper about him out of the public eye. So the blogging-capitalist, whose “conflicts of interests” run longer than his resume (literally) …

More: Business Insider, Medium and TechCrunch

Tweets: @michaelheywire, @arrington, @akovacs and @nitashatiku

Molly Wood / New York Times:

Snapchat's recent update lets you save chats, which may not match some users' expectations — With Update, Snapchats Get a Little Less Private — Snapchat just released a major update that's been getting a lot of attention. But one less publicized aspect of this update is that Snapchat …

More: BGR. Tweets: @kashhill, @mollywood, @pdxmobile and @kristenvbrown

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

SAP Fires Cloud Chief Shawn Price and Realigns Company — SAP has fired the head of its cloud business unit Shawn Price, sources familiar with the move tell Re/code, in what appears to be a significant strategic realignment of the German business software giant.

More: SiliconANGLE, Business Cloud News, Forbes and Business Insider

Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:

USA Freedom Act unanimously clears House Judiciary Committee — Surveillance reform bill designed to prevent collection of US phone data in bulk and is first to proceed onto the House floor — Six months after it was written to restrain the National Security Agency's sweeping domestic surveillance …

Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:

On average, Americans get 189 cable TV channels and only watch 17 — In a blog post on Tuesday, Nielsen reported that on average, US homes receive 189.1 TV channels, but viewers only watch 17.5 of those channels. — The news will appear in Nielsen's forthcoming “Advertising & Audiences Report …

More: Nielsen, Digital Trends, Washington Post, DSLreports and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @qthrul

Matthew Lynley / BuzzFeed:

Pinterest designer Jason Wilson on how the company built Guided Search — How Pinterest Developed Its New Search Engine — Jason Wilson, Pinterest's lead designer, tells BuzzFeed in an interview how the social network's visual search engine was born. — SAN FRANCISCO — As a student …

Thanks:@mattlynley

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