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May 12, 2014, 10:30 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 …

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Jeff Sommer / New York Times:

Tim Wu, who developed the concept of net neutrality, says it should be protected by regulation — Defending the Open Internet — The future of the Internet — which means the future of communications, culture, free speech and innovation — is up for grabs.

More: Wall Street Journal and Josh Blackman's Blog

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.”

Tweets: @aoscott, @carr2n, @hunterwalk and @stevesi. See also Mediagazer

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Square Finally Gives Up on Square Wallet and Bets on New Order-Ahead App — The grand Square Wallet experiment is over. As of today, Square has pulled the app from the Apple and Google app stores. At the same time, it is introducing Square Order: an app that lets shoppers pay and place pick …

More: VentureBeat, CNET, The Verge, Gizmodo, App Advice, The Next Web and Wired. Thanks:@delrey

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

With New Food App Square Order, Square Wants A Bigger Bite Of The Restaurant Industry — Square, by many accounts, is hungrily in search of new revenue streams to feed its expanding ambitions in e-commerce, and today we are getting another glimpse of where that strategy is taking it.

More: iMore and Engadget

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Visual Studio goes cross platform with Cordova integration from Microsoft — Android and iOS development in Microsoft's IDE now has first party support. — At its TechEd conference today, Microsoft announced the next step in its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy with a preview of Apache Cordova support in Visual Studio.

More: ZDNet, The Next Web and TechCrunch

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.

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 and Bloggers Blog. Tweets: @mathewi, @dannysullivan, @tcarmody, @jaredbkeller, @joshconstine, @cdixon, @anildash, @caseynewton, @fmanjoo, @mattlynley, @davewiner, @buzzfeedandrew, @katienotopoulos, @cwarzel, @mattlynley and @moesch

Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:

Al Franken discusses his opposition to Comcast-Time Warner deal and support for net neutrality — Al Franken's crusade to stop Comcast and save media — The US senator says his past as a comedian and writer gives him plenty of reasons to mistrust big media companies.

Emily Price / Engadget:

Parrot unveils Bebop drone, coming in Q4 with a 1080p/14MP camera and Oculus support — We take flight with Parrot's new Oculus-friendly Bebop drone — Parrot still hasn't released that MiniDrone we saw at CES, but its already got something new up it's sleeve: BeBop.

More: Gizmodo, Gigaom, The Verge, VentureBeat, Mobile Magazine, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TechHive and Connectedly

Danny Crichton / TechCrunch:

Alibaba Is Not A Threat To US Internet Companies — Everybody loves superlatives, and it is definitely Superlatives Week for the tech press. Alibaba's IPO will represent “surely one of tech's largest ever” Kara Swisher of Re/code intoned. Heather Somerville and Brandon Bailey …

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