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May 23, 2014, 4:50 PM
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Amazon escalates battle with Hachette, refuses coming book orders, lists some as unavailable  —  Amazon Escalates Its Battle Against Hachette  —  Amazon, under fire in much of the literary community for energetically discouraging customers from buying books from the publisher Hachette, has abruptly escalated the battle.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google Close To Snapping Up Satellite Startup Skybox Imaging For $1B+, Say Sources  —  Google made a play for the skies in April when it swept in and acquired Titan Aerospace amid reports that the drone maker was being pursued by Facebook.  But Google's interest in hardware companies …
Wall Street Journal:
Samsung plans summer launch for standalone smartwatch that can work as a phone, take photos  —  Samsung Plans to Introduce a Stand-Alone Smartwatch  —  Electronics Maker's Watch Will Make Calls Without Being Tethered to a Smartphone; Expected in Summer Months
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
Source: 70% chance Apple's Beats deal is happening, it's a Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine acquihire  —  Apple's Beats Deal Is Happening, And It's A Dre Acquihire  —  A well-placed source has confirmed rumors that Apple's acquisition of Beats “is happening” but was close to falling apart multiple times.
Wall Street Journal:
Google's Project Tango developing 7-inch tablet that can capture 3D images of objects  —  Google Developing Tablet With Advanced Vision Capabilities  —  Tech Company Plans To Produce About 4,000 Prototype Tablets Beginning Next Month  —  Google Inc. is developing a new …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
YouTube is building a mobile app for creators, a feature to let fans donate funds, and crowdsourced subtitles  —  YouTube today announced a new initiative called Creator Preview, a video series in which the Google-owned company shares what features it is working on for creators.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
After Supreme Court's ruling against CAFC rules, Newegg can seek legal fees from patent troll  —  Newegg Given The Go Ahead To Pursue ‘Douche Bag’ Patent Troll For Fees  —  A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court smacked down the Federal Circuit (CAFC) for its made up rules that made it almost impossible …
More: Newegg Unscrambled.  Tweets: @glynmoody
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Microsoft announces Windows 8.1 with Bing to help partners sell lower-cost devices, will debut at Computex  —  Microsoft today confirmed the rumors of a new edition of its latest operating system by unveiling Windows 8.1 with Bing.  The company says the main purpose is to allow its hardware partners …
David Chartier / Agile Blog:
1Password 4 for Android arrives on June 10th, free until August 1st  —  1Password 4 for Android is coming  —  We've been busy.  Not just busy—busy.  A while ago we decided that we could rebuild 1Password Reader for Android.  We have the technology.  We have the capability to build …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
South African E-Commerce Giant Takealot Raises $100M From Tiger Global  —  Takealot, a South African e-commerce site, has raised a whopping $100 million from Tiger Global Management.  —  The company is still relatively young, launching in 2011, post the acquisition of an existing e-commerce …

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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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Lance Whitney / CNET:
eBay faces investigations by 3 US states into data breach, UK data watchdog considers probe
Robert Mackey / New York Times:
Twitter Agrees to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Tweets in Pakistan
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
California's AG publishes privacy guidelines, urges websites to disclose “do not track” compliance

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Microsoft wins right to disclose FBI's demand for info about Office 365 customer
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