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April 6, 2015, 11:00 AM

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
New Apple TV Will Not Support 4K Video Streaming  —  And you probably won't care.  —  BuzzFeed Illustration  —  When Apple's next-generation Apple TV finally arrives at market later this year, it will bring a groaning board of new features to the company's dusty set-top box — as BuzzFeed News first reported.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sling TV apologizes for choppy streams during March Madness, but it's unclear what went wrong  —  Sling TV Says It Dropped the Ball During March Madness.  When Will Web TV Be Ready for Primetime?  —  Yesterday was a big test for Sling TV: How would the Web TV service do when lots …
Ad Age:
TV Networks Put Subscriber Caps on Skinny Bundles and Streaming Video Services  —  2 Million Max Can Sign Up for Sling, Executive Says … Four International News Publishers Team Up for Programmatic Offering  —  Thinking about joining the ranks of cable cord-cutters and signing up for Sling TV?
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Preparing for its MVNO, Google in talks over a deal that lets Americans use the service abroad with no roaming fees on Hutchison Whampoa's networks  —  Google in talks with mobile operators for cheap overseas calls  —  It is understood that Google aims to create a global network that will cost …
Bonnie Cha / Re/code:
Roku Adds Voice Search, My Feed for Upcoming Movies  —  Starting today, Roku users will have new ways to search and discover content on their set-top boxes.  —  That's because the Silicon Valley-based company updated its line of media streaming devices and mobile apps to support voice search.
Kanika Sikka / Reuters:
Plaintiffs withdraw antitrust case against Google over Android app bundling  —  Consumers withdraw U.S. lawsuit against Google over Android app limits  —  (Reuters) - Plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit against Google Inc (GOOGL.O) on Friday withdrew their case accusing the search engine company …
Alex Barinka / Bloomberg Business:
Etsy will need 90% shareholder approval to retain its community-benefiting B-Corporation status after its IPO, once certification ends  —  Etsy's IPO Is a Direct Challenge to Wall Street's Beliefs  —  Will investors embrace a company that says it cares about more than the bottom line?
Leena Rao / Fortune:
ZenPayroll raises $60 million from Google Capital, others  —  For the founders of ZenPayroll, a Silicon Valley startup that aims to automate the payroll process for businesses, it all started with family.  Joshua Reeves, Edward Kim, and Tomer London each had close family members who managed people's paychecks.
Samantha Olson / Newsweek:
EchoPixel's medical visualization software transforms 2D MRI and CT scan images into interactive 3D holograms; has US FDA's approval  —  Bringing Virtual Anatomy to the Operating Room  —  Medicine has come a long way from its “let's-just-open-it-up-and-take-a- look” past.

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