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April 6, 2015, 11:25 PM

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Wall Street Journal:

Andy Rubin's hardware incubator Playground Global raises $48M from Google, HP, Foxconn, others, and will provide support in exchange for equity, not capital — Android Creator Andy Rubin Launching Playground Global — Firm to provide support, advice to tech startups making devices

More: Fortune, 9to5Google, Android Authority, CNET, Business Insider, PandoDaily and VentureBeat. Tweets: @hunterwalk

Jeff Brody / Redpoint Ventures:

Andy Rubin joins Redpoint as a venture partner — Andy Rubin Joins Redpoint — Most people know Andy Rubin as the creator of Android. I know Andy as a twenty-something engineer at WebTV who had built a sleeping loft above his cubicle so he didn't have to leave the office. 20 years …

More: Phandroid, TechCrunch, Droid Life and PE Hub Blog

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Tim Cook: Apple employees will get 50% off Apple Watch, 1000+ apps submitted — Apple CEO Tim Cook today sent out a memo to all employees ahead of the Apple Watch's retail try-on kickoff this Friday. Cook thanks employees who have worked on the Apple Watch by saying, “congratulations …

More: Financial Times, MacRumors, GeekWire, ZDNet, CNET, App Advice, International Business Times, BuzzFeed, Ubergizmo, Electronista, TrustedReviews, Redmond Pie, Pocketnow, BGR, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@apollozac

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Apple Acquired Search Startup Ottocat To Power The ‘Explore’ Tab In The App Store — Apple has slowly been making changes to improve how people search and navigate the App Store. Part of the way it does that is via small acquisitions — some of which stay under the radar for years.

More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iMore and iDownloadBlog.com

Cat Zakrzewski / TechCrunch:

In Snowden interview, John Oliver makes surveillance debate relatable by avoiding civil liberty hypotheticals, focusing on NSA's ease of access to “dick pics” — John Oliver Just Changed The Surveillance Reform Debate — Remember Edward Snowden?

Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:

After Kleiner trial, Ellen Pao talks about workplace sexism, changing hiring practices at Reddit, more — Ellen Pao Says Gender Issues Won't ‘Go Away’ After Kleiner Trial — In first interview since losing sexism case, Pao says too many 'women feel like there's no way to win'

More: Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! News, CNET, Mashable, Salon, Business Insider, SiliconBeat, New York Magazine, Tech Times, bizjournals, The Verge, CNET, Fortune, Politico and Re/code

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple Maps now includes hotel reviews from TripAdvisor and Booking.com, indicating the end of Yelp exclusivity — Apple Maps Now Includes Hotel Reviews From TripAdvisor and Booking.com — Since the release of Apple's in-house Maps app as part of iOS 6 back in 2012, Yelp …

NY Daily News:

EXCLUSIVE: Judge says Brooklyn woman can use Facebook to serve divorce papers — A Brooklyn woman scored a judge's approval to legally change her relationship status to “single” via Facebook. — In a landmark ruling, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper is allowing …

More: CNET, Engadget, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, Business Insider, The Verge, Slate, GeekWire, Tech Times, Laughing Squid, ANIMAL, Slashdot, Cult of Mac, SiliconBeat, Gizmodo, Consumerist, InvestorPlace, Ars Technica, SlashGear and NPR

Tweets: @cwarzel, @philipcalvert and @mikeisaac

Owen Williams / The Next Web:

Twitter now lets you add a comment of up to 115 characters when you retweet on iOS and web, coming to Android soon — Twitter is finally fixing the quote tweet button — Twitter is finally fixing one of the worst things about its services: the “quote tweet” button.

More: Twitter Help Center, 9to5Mac, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, 9to5Google and iDownloadBlog.com

Tweets: @gaberivera, @ryansholin, @fake_api, @tomwarren and @anildash

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Hulu launches GIF search engine for its TV shows, powered by Tumblr and shareable on Twitter, Pinterest or via email — Hulu Launches Its Own GIF Search Engine — Streaming video service Hulu is today launching its own tool for fans of GIFs, with the debut of its own GIF search engine powered by Tumblr.

More: Reuters, SlashGear, Tech Times, The Next Web and Engadget. See also Mediagazer

Jan Willem Aldershoff / Myce.com:

Update for Windows 7 and 8.1 silently installs Windows 10 downloader — Microsoft has released an optional update that “enables additional capabilities for Windows Update notifications when new updates are available to the user”. We discovered the update is actually a downloader for Windows 10 …

More: WinBeta, Neowin, Windows Central, InfoWorld and SlashGear

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Snapchat Replaces “Best Friends” With Friend Emojis, Adds Low-Light Camera — It was always weird that Snapchat exposed who you snapped with most in the “Best Friends” list, so today the app is ditching that for a new private way to see who you're closest to.

More: The Next Web, The Verge, PC Magazine, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, Engadget, Phandroid, TechnoBuffalo and SlashGear. Tweets: @hugeinc

Brad Linder / Liliputing:

Intel Compute Stick now available for pre-order: Linux version starts at $110, Windows at $150 — Intel Compute Stick mini PC now available for pre-order — The Intel Compute Stick is a tiny computer with an HDMI connector on one end. Plug the device into the HDMI port on your TV or monitor …

More: Gizmodo, Engadget, CNET, eWeek, ITworld.com, The Next Web, The Tech Report, SlashGear, Digital Trends and Neowin

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