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Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Google's Android chief Sundar Pichai on Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Android's future, his past, I/O, and more — Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile — At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Pichai will preview the next release of Android at I/O; introduce Android TV and Android Wear — Google will reportedly show a new version of Android tomorrow — Get ready to take a first look at the next version of Android tomorrow. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek …

Oculus VR:

Oculus to acquire Carbon Design, gaining the product engineering team known for the Xbox 360 controller — Oculus Agrees to Acquire Carbon Design Team — We're thrilled to announce that we've agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, one of the premier industrial design and product engineering teams …

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Google refreshes Glass hardware with 2GB RAM and a bigger battery; current owners won't get upgraded — Google refreshes Glass hardware, but current owners won't get upgraded — Small tweaks suggest that a true consumer product is still a ways off — Google's plan to sell its Glass headset …

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Optical Image Stabilization May Be Differentiating Factor for 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 [Updated] — Rumors have suggested Apple's next-generation iPhone may include camera improvements in the form of optical image stabilization with modules produced by sensor company InvenSense …

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, G 4 Games, SlashGear, Phones Review, Softpedia News, Electronista, Pocketnow and Barron's Online. Tweets: @macrumors

Donna Tam / CNET:

New FAA guidelines don't ban Amazon drones, only apply to hobbyists flying model aircraft — Amazon: Don't worry, our drones are still preparing for takeoff — The Federal Aviation Administration this week released guidelines that explain when hobbyists can fly drones legally.

More: faa.gov, TechCrunch, TechEye, Mashable and SlashGear

Tweets: @drpizza, @nickstatt and @thedextriarchy

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JR Raphael / Computerworld:

Google offering $150 credits to make up for Chromebook data debacle — Some good news for owners of Google's LTE Chromebook Pixel: Following my report that data plans for the device were being disconnected prematurely, Google is stepping up to make things right.

More: PC World, Droid Life, Phandroid, PC Magazine, Engadget, The Verge, Pocketables, 9to5Google, Gigaom, Android Central, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, SlashGear, Daring Fireball and Electronista. Tweets: @dcseifert

Derrick Harris / Gigaom:

Aerospike raises $20M, open sources its in-memory NoSQL database — NoSQL database startup Aerospike has raised a $20 million series C round of venture capital and is open sourcing its in-memory key-value store. NEA led the round, which also included Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Alsop Louie Partners and Regis McKenna.

More: VentureBeat, InfoQ, AdExchanger, FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Pulse 2.0 and Gartner

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

App Store Policy Of Rejecting Apps With Rewarded Video, Social Sharing Gets Rolled Back...With A Few Caveats — A recent policy change floated by Apple caused a flurry of discussion - and concern - among mobile app developers. According to several public forum postings and other industry sources …

More: Ubergizmo, Localytics, iMore, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Touch Arcade, App Advice, MacRumors and MacNN

Matt Brian / Engadget:

EU confirms up to 55% cut in data roaming rates from July 1 — Europe's next roaming charge cut comes into force on July 1st — From July, anyone travelling in any of the EU member countries with their smartphone will enjoy a few less numbers on their bill.

More: EU Press Room, CNET, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Softpedia News, Inquirer, Electronista, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tech.eu and PC World

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Yahoo's Mayer Says She Apologized for Lateness to Cannes Dinner — Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer said she apologized and did “feel really badly” for being late to a dinner with advertisers last week in Cannes, France, in her first public comments since facing criticism over the incident.

Tweets: @karaswisher

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Twitter tests ‘retweet with comment’ that shows referenced tweet as a card below your comment — Twitter Is Experimenting With A New Way To Retweet — The best thing about Twitter is that it forces users to embrace brevity thanks to its 140-character updates.

More: Mashable, TechnoBuffalo, Electronista, ABC News, PandoDaily, Engadget, Business Insider and Ubergizmo

Tweets: @jonrussell and @dannysullivan

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Michael Arrington drops defamation suit against Jenn Allen after she retracts rape accusations — Jenn Allen Retracts Michael Arrington Rape Accusations — TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has reached a settlement agreement with Jenn Allen. He's posted a copy of the agreement …

More: Uncrunched, Business Insider, and Valleywag

Tweets: @jyarow and @dangillmor

Michael Safi / Guardian:

Australian spy agencies in line for new digital surveillance powers — Coalition also planning a mandatory data collection regime in which telcos store customers' metadata — Australian spy agencies will be granted new digital surveillance powers under a bill being prepared by the Abbott government …

More: SlashGear. Tweets: @lauraannaparker, @glynmoody and @youranoncentral

Shreyas Gandhe / Neowin:

First gen Nokia X devices won't be updated to Platform 2.0 — The first generation Nokia X smartphones which were released in February, will not be getting updated to the Nokia X software featured on the Nokia X2. — In a detailed post about the Nokia X2 smartphone user experience …

More: Conversations, Android Central and DailyTech

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Cyanogen expands team in push for open-source Android, hires former HTC, MediaTek and Amazon executives — Cyanogen Expands Team in Push for Open Android — Cyanogen has quietly expanded its executive ranks to transform its open source Android project into a serious player in the phone business.

More: cyngn.com, Android and Me, Droid Life, Android Central, Android Authority, AndroidHeadlines.com, Pocketnow and Android Police

Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft's Top Lawyer Slams Secret Surveillance Court — The U.S.'s secret surveillance court is unaccountable to the public and not “inclined to promote justice,” Microsoft's top lawyer said Wednesday. — General counsel Brad Smith said the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court …

More: ZDNet, CNET, Tech Times, Computerworld, VentureBeat, BGR, TechCrunch and Engadget. Tweets: @csoghoian

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Twilio partners with Google to release a Chromebook communications package — Cloud telephony firm Twilio today announced Twilio CX for Chromebooks, a new partnership with Google that bundles its WebRTC-powered client, 7,500 voice minutes, a Plantronics headset and a Chromebook together …

More: Twilio Cloud Communications …, ZDNet, Gigaom, CITEworld, VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Helpshift raises $10M to help mobile game companies (and others) deal with the customer-service hordes — Helpshift has raised $10 million in venture capital funding to finance its expansion as the help desk for mobile app publishers. The company helps mobile game publishers like Supercell deal …

More: TechCrunch, MediaNama, Digital Media Wire, Tech in Asia, punetech.com, vbprofiles.com, Trakin' the india …, silicontap.com, NextBigWhat, FinSMEs and PE Hub Blog

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Attackers poison legitimate apps to infect sensitive industrial control systems — Corporate spies have found an effective way to plant their malware on the networks of energy companies and other industrial heavyweights—by hacking the websites of software companies and waiting for the targets …

More: F-Secure Antivirus …, Infosecurity, PC World, Help Net Security, SecurityWeek and Softpedia News

Tweets: @mikko and @mikko

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Firechat Enables Cross-Platform, Off-The-Grid Chat Between iOS And Android — Open Garden's Firechat was one of the first — if not the first — application to make use of Apple's new multi-peer mesh networking capabilities. This enabled its users to anonymously chat with each other …

More: BBC, The Next Web, App Advice, Bloomberg, Gigaom, GadgeTell, Gizmodo, Guardian, VentureBeat and TechHive

John Biggs / TechCrunch:

Lenovo patent application describes Google Glass-like device for recording audio and video — Lenovo Just Patented Their Own Version Of Google Glass — As we all know, merely patenting something doesn't mean it will ever land in stores. However, Lenovo has just filed a basic patent for an …

More: Engadget and SlashGear

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