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May 17, 2014, 7:30 PM

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AT&T Set To Announce DirecTV Acquisition Sunday — “The deal is done.” — AT&T is on track to announce its acquisition of the satellite company DirectTV this Sunday, before markets open Monday and sooner than many observers anticipated, a source familiar with DirecTV's plans told BuzzFeed.

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Don't Diss Cheap Smartphones. They're About to Change Everything — We see a lot of phones here at WIRED. Right now, for example, we've got the HTC One M8, Samsung Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z2, Nokia Lumia Icon, iPhone 5s and all sorts of other flagship devices.

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Dan Levine / Reuters:

Apple, Google settle Motorola Mobility patent litigation without cross-licensing, will cooperate on patent reform — Apple, Google agree to settle smartphone patent litigation — (Reuters) - Apple and Google's Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to dismiss high profile U.S. patent litigation …

Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:

The Slow Evolution of Apple's Online Store — Steve Jobs glanced at the sheet of paper with Apple's future on it and promptly flicked it away onto the table. Then he uttered one of his trademark criticisms to Eddy Cue, the manager who had handed it to him. — “This sucks,” Jobs said.

Tweets: @david_perell, @jillkrasny, @sfiegerman, @markgurman and @timwilsononline. Thanks:@sfiegerman

Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:

Google's self-driving cars rely on highly-detailed pre-loaded digital street maps — The Trick That Makes Google's Self-Driving Cars Work — Google is engaging in unprecedented, massive, ongoing data collection to transform intractable problems into solvable chores.

More: VentureBeat and Business Insider. Tweets: @michael_saylor, @fdestin and @jasonrobertc

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

The Myths & Realities Of How Of The EU's New “Right To Be Forgotten” In Google Works — Depending on what you read, a “Right To Be Forgotten” court ruling in the European Union this week means that now anyone can ask for anything to be removed from Google, which will soon collapse under an overwhelming number of requests.

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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

LifeLock Wallet pulled from app stores and all user data deleted amid security concerns [Update] — Identity theft security firm LifeLock has pulled its popular Wallet app from availability and taken the unusual step of deleting all data stored by current users after it deemed the app non-compliant with security standards.

More: LifeLock UnLocked, Electronista and Gizmodo

Eric Sylvers / Wall Street Journal:

Italy investigating Google, Apple, Amazon, and Gameloft over whether in-app purchases mislead — Italy Investigates Internet Companies' Mobile App Practices — Regulator Is Examining Whether Google, Apple and Amazon Mislead People into Making Purchases — MILAN— Google Inc. …

More: Forbes, MacRumors, 9to5Google, Reuters, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, iMore, Android Authority, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider

Dan Frommer / SplatF:

Why I'm joining Quartz as its new tech editor — Why I'm Joining Quartz, In One Handy Chart — Starting this Friday, I'll be the new Tech Editor for Quartz, an excellent, newish business news site from Atlantic Media. — Why? Here's the quick version:

More: Quartz and The New York Observer. Tweets: @emilypasser, @cenedella, @tedr and @fromedome

Rene Ritchie / iMore:

Heathrow says Terminal 5 signage and branding haven't changed, Samsung being ‘tongue-in-cheek’ — Yesterday Samsung announced that they'd be kicking off a “revolutionary” campaign that would involve them “taking over signage, wayfinding, website, and every digital screen” …

More: Neowin, IntoMobile, Android Central, Ars Technica, Re/code, TechnoBuffalo, DailyTech, 9to5Google and Gizmodo

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Lulu, The App That Lets Women Anonymously Rate Men, Will Now Let Guys Check Their Scores — Lulu, a girls-only app that lets women rate men anonymously, is launching a product for guys. — Cofounded by Alexandra Chong in 2011, Lulu lets women discuss a guy's sense of humor, appearance …

More: Complex, New York Magazine and VentureBeat. Tweets: @nero

Michelle Maisto / eWeek:

Galaxy Tab 4 Education Is Samsung's First Tablet for Schools — Elementary schools often don't have an IT staff, if even more than an IT administrator, and so Samsung has introduced its first tablet dedicated to K-12 education environments, with plans to make it compatible (via an upcoming upgrade) with Samsung School.

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