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May 11, 2014, 11:40 PM

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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: Washington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget and CNET

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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: @stevesi. See also Mediagazer

Russell Holly / Geek.com:

Google testing complete redesign, new features for web Gmail similar to leaked test on Android — Google is testing new web-based Gmail features — Google's products are constantly tested behind the scenes for potential new features, and since Gmail is just about as high as you can get on that list …

More: Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, SlashGear, Electronista, PC Magazine, TechHive, Digital Trends, Neowin, Business Insider, The Next Web, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Android Central, Phandroid and Softpedia News

Tweets: @caseynewton and @roddrury

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.”

More: ParisLemon. Tweets: @carnage4life, @teddydief, @ashervo, @ashervo and @a_greenberg

Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:

The history of Beats Electronics: from inception to Apple — Before Apple makes its Beats acquisition truly official, join us for a trip down context lane. — Sure, every tech pundit with Internet access has weighed in on why the $3.2 billion deal is good or bad for Apple …

Thanks:@harrisonweber

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Apple buying Beats could radically transform the digital music business

More: TechCrunch, CB Insights, The Verge, Business Insider, Neowin, Re/code, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Doc Searls WeblogDoc …. Tweets: @ulihegge. See also Mediagazer

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 and Quora. Thanks:@joshconstine

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: 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, The Next Web, CNET, Engadget, SlashGear, Android and Me and Ubergizmo

Wall Street Journal:

Samsung Plans to Launch Tizen Smartphone in Russia, India — Company Aiming to Compete More Directly With Google and Apple — Samsung Electronics Co. is preparing to launch a new smartphone in Russia and India based on its homegrown operating system Tizen, people familiar with the matter say …

More: The Register, Engadget, Ubergizmo, CNET and Reuters. Tweets: @jchengwsj

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

Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:

Interview with Adam Stiles, the developer who created the first tabbed web browser in 1998 — Meet The Man Who Invented The Browser Tab — Adam Stiles recalls “the first tab” and how he came to create the atomic unit of internet navigation. — In the summer of 1997 …

Tweets: @cmdrtaco

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