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May 12, 2014, 4:40 AM

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Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:

FCC chair updates proposed broadband rules after criticism, seeks comment on reclassification — Agency Won't Let Firms Segregate Web Traffic Into Fast, Slow Lanes — The head of the Federal Communications Commission is revising proposed rules for regulating broadband Internet …

More: VatorNews, Gizmodo, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, m.us.wsj.com, CNET and Gotta Be Mobile

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David Carr / New York Times:

An internet fast lane could provoke a SOPA-like backlash from Silicon Valley — Warnings Along F.C.C.'s Fast Lane — The next time the loudmouth in the next cubicle interrupts you with yet another recap of his weekend, just start talking about “net neutrality.”

More: Benzinga and Android Authority. Tweets: @hunterwalk and @stevesi. See also Mediagazer

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Andreessen-inspired Tweetstorms™ are inconsiderate, and maybe abusive, to Twitter followers — Why Twitter's Newest Tweetstorm™ Trend Must Be Stopped — Twitter's sanity depends on it. — Warzel/BuzzFeed — Here's a thing you probably haven't noticed unless …

More: Robert Scoble. Tweets: @joshconstine, @tcarmody, @jaredbkeller, @cdixon, @anildash, @caseynewton, @fmanjoo, @mattlynley, @buzzfeedandrew, @katienotopoulos, @cwarzel, @mattlynley and @moesch

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

By trading just 0.013% of its equity, Quora gets access to YC's network, while YC gets more late-stage experience and credibility — Q: Why Did Quora Join Y Combinator? A: It Was Almost Free — Quora has plenty to learn from Y Combinator but it's not giving up the traditional 7% equity share to join the accelerator.

More: Wall Street Journal. Thanks:@joshconstine

Reuters:

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi to release first tablet: sources — (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi will soon release its first tablet, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, expanding the fast-growing company's product lineup in a potential challenge to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc.

More: Electronista and Gizchina.com. Tweets: @benbajarin

Kyle VanHemert / Wired:

Threes: how iterative design and a slow, steady grind produced a masterpiece mobile game — Design Is Why 2048 Sucks, and Threes Is a Masterpiece — It's hard to overstate just how good Threes really is. Touch Arcade's review deemed it a “perfect mobile game.”

Tweets: @carnage4life, @teddydief, @ashervo, @ashervo and @a_greenberg

Brooke Crothers / CNET:

Microsoft will also announce a new Intel-based Surface on May 20 — Microsoft and Intel moving ahead with Surface tablet — Chip giant won't be left out in the cold at the upcoming Microsoft Surface event. — Microsoft Surface Pro — While a smaller version of the Surface tablet …

More: Neowin, Gotta Be Mobile, WinBeta and LiveSino

Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:

LG announces 3 new G Pads: The 7, 8 and 10-inch to be added this month — In case an 8.3-inch display wasn't your size, LG has three more sizes of G Pad to choose from as of today. The new models come in three sizes and will likely come with similar specs to LG's highly-touted 8.3-inch model.

More: LG Newsroom, BetaNews, The Next Web, Android and Me, Ubergizmo, Engadget, SlashGear and CNET

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Mozilla Is Moving Ahead With Sponsored Tiles On Firefox's New-Tab Page — Despite what you may have read, Mozilla isn't canning its plans to sell sponsored tiles on its new-tab page. — A few days ago, Mozilla's Vice President of Firefox Jonathan Nightingale wrote a brief blog post defending …

More: Gizmodo, The Register, memeburn, AdExchanger, BBC, The Next Web and Neowin. Tweets: @msdev

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick talks competition, regulation, and self-driving cars — Lunch with the FT: Travis Kalanick — Is the chief executive of controversial driver-hailing app Uber a ‘trust-buster’ or an arch capitalist — An Uber car normally arrives in five minutes but I've already …

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @jonswaine, @davidgura, @rohan__silva, @shak and @ft

Drake Bennett / Businessweek:

Lenovo Targets Mobile as Tech Empire Grows on Castoff Businesses — Earlier this year, Lenovo went shopping. The Chinese maker of computers and smartphones said in late January that it was buying Motorola, the iconic mobile phone brand, from Google (GOOG) for $2.9 billion …

Tweets: @jpaskin

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