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May 27, 2014, 3:10 PM

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

LG Officially Outs Its Leaky G3 Smartphone: Bigger Hardware, Flatter Software — LG has officially outed its new flagship smartphone, the G3, at events taking place in London, New York and San Francisco. — TechCrunch was in attendance at the London event, taking place in a rainy Battersea Park far from any working 3G.

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET News, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, BGR, PC World, Engadget, IntoMobile, AnandTech and Droid Life

LG:

LG announces the G3, its new flagship smartphone with a 5.5" 2560 x 1440 display that launches May 28 in South Korea, later in other countries — WITH NEW G3, LG AIMS TO REDEFINE CONCEPT OF SMART AND SIMPLE — LG Electronics (LG) today introduced to the world its eagerly anticipated G3 smartphone …

More: ZDNet, LAPTOP Magazine, Gigaom, Xperia Blog, High-Def Digest and Droid Life. Tweets: @harrymccracken

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple to live stream ‘exciting’ WWDC keynote for everyone to watch — Apple has updated its website to announce that it will be live streaming next week's WWDC Keynote address for all to watch. As per usual, the event will be available on Macs running Safari 4 or later …

More: TechCrunch, ReadWrite, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Next Web, iMore, The Verge, Macworld, Technology Personalized, App Advice, VentureBreak, MacStories, iPhone Hacks, Touch Arcade, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacNN, MobileSyrup.com and Computerworld

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter and Omnicom Strike $230 Million Mobile Ad Deal — Omnicom Media Group announced a mobile-focused deal with Twitter on Tuesday, worth $230 million over the next two years. — The deal will integrate Omnicom's programmatic ad buying unit Accuen with Twitter's ad exchange MoPub …

More: Marketing Land, Business Insider, SiliconBeat, internetretailer.com, Re/code and WebProNews

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Google considered acquiring connected camera maker Dropcam through its Nest division, in a push into home security — Google Eyes Home Security, Dropcam — Google's Nest division is plotting a move into the home-security market and has considered acquiring connected camera-maker Dropcam …

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Hackers remotely lock some Apple devices in Australia using Find My iPhone, demand ransom — Australian Mac and iOS users find devices remotely locked, held for ransom (and how to keep yours safe) — The Sydney Morning Herald reports that several Australian Mac, iPhone …

Bloomberg:

China Said to Push Banks to Remove IBM Servers for Security — The Chinese government is pushing domestic banks to remove high-end servers made by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and replace them with a local brand, according to people familiar with the matter …

More: Guardian, New York Times, Xinhua News Agency, eWeek, CNET News, Engadget, Computerworld, Inquirer, Reuters, Ars Technica, Inquirer, The Register, BBC, Business Insider, theWHIR.com, Ubergizmo and Gigaom

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Facebook reduces volume of auto-posted stories form third-party apps in News Feed — Facebook gives up on automatically posting everything you do online — Mark Zuckerberg's quantified self dream is over — for now — Last week, Facebook made a small but very important change to Instagram.

More: Facebook, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and The Next Web. Tweets: @joshconstine

Reuters:

Foxconn to buy $390 million stake in Taiwan telecom operator in 4G push — (Reuters) - Apple Inc supplier Foxconn Technology Group will buy a stake in Taiwanese mobile telecoms operator Asia Pacific Telecom for T$11.6 billion ($390 million) in a deal that would expand its presence in Taiwan's fledgling 4G telecoms market.

More: CNET News, ZDNet, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, dailywireless.org, TechEye and Electronista

eMarketer Newsroom:

Forecast: Twitter could reach 400M users in 2018, 40.1% in Asia-Pacific, 19% in North America — Emerging Markets Drive Twitter User Growth Worldwide — More than 40% of Twitter users worldwide will be in Asia-Pacific by 2018 — Twitter's user base will increase 24.4% in 2014 …

More: Gigaom, Businessweek, TechCrunch, New York Times, Fortune, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Bloomberg, AllTwitter, The Next Web, Forbes and Bloomberg. See also Mediagazer

Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:

Intuit dishes $360 million to acquire mobile bill pay firm Check — Summary: The Palo Alto, California-based company is best known for its mobile app that automates and consolidates the bill pay process for both consumers and small businesses. — Financial services giant Intuit …

More: Wall Street Journal, PC World, Gigaom, The Technology Chronicles, Washington Post, silicontap.com, Reuters, TheStreet.com, TechCrunch, PE Hub Blog and App Advice

Adam Auriemma / Wall Street Journal:

Zappos creates social media network “Zappos Insiders” to evaluate potential hires — Zappos Zaps Its Job Postings — Online Shoe Retailer Creates Social-Media Network to Evaluate Potential Hires — A few months ago, online shoe retailer Zappos did away with job titles for its 1,500 employees.

More: GeekWire, The Verge, LinkedIn Pulse and Washington Post. Tweets: @practicallyrad

Michael Jackson / CoinDesk:

Bitcoin and Regulation: Lessons from the Early Days of Skype — Michael Jackson, former COO of Skype and current venture capital investor at Mangrove Capital Partners, explores how bitcoin companies can learn from the early struggles Skype had with regulators across the globe.

Tweets: @shak and @coindesk

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