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May 18, 2014, 10:10 AM

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Mat Honan / Wired:

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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Moto E review: a solid smartphone for $129, with storage size and camera the biggest drawbacks — Review: Motorola's $129 Moto E is good and cheap (but mostly good) — Motorola's $129 Moto E isn't the cheapest phone there is, but it might be the nicest cheap phone there is.

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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.

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Daily Dot:

Major ISPs and other net neutrality opponents outspend proponents 3:1 in lobbying efforts — These companies spend the most money to kill net neutrality — With the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to move forward with a controversial proposal that threatens net neutrality …

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Gabe Friedman / Currency:

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Kevin Roose / New York Magazine:

Pinterest's “Promoted Pins” demand a premium as marketers seek to target highly engaged women — Pinterest Is Sneaking Up on Twitter, Facebook, and Google — So why doesn't it get any respect? — As social networks go, Pinterest doesn't get a whole lot of respect.

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Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:

Google looks to prescription eyewear market, partners with LA-area optometrists to demo Glass — Google Glass goes after prescription eyewear market — Google Glass has an image problem. — Since its debut two years ago, the perception of the wraparound eye-level device has devolved …

Thanks:@sal19

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: @gsterling, @michael_saylor, @fdestin and @jasonrobertc

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 …

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, SecurityWeek, Graham Cluley, Electronista and Gizmodo. Tweets: @pogowasright

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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Tweets: @martinsfp, @nytimesbits, @samgsama and @cherryhintonblu

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