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April 15, 2015, 3:46 AM

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Mark Bergen / Re/code:

Memo: Google responds to EU's imminent antitrust charges, says it expects EU to open investigation into Android on Wednesday — Here Is Google's Internal Response to the Imminent EU Charges (Memo) — On Wednesday, the European Union is expected to drop the hammer on Google …

Financial Times:

Sources: EU's competition commissioner to announce that formal charges will be filed against Google, alleging traffic was diverted from rivals — Europe to accuse Google of illegally abusing its dominance — Alex Barker and Christian Oliver in Brussels and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Paris

More: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, eWeek, Reuters, Forbes, The Hill, Washington Post, Ubergizmo, Reuters, The Verge, Bloomberg Business and CNET

Tweets: @johnbattelle, @zackwhittaker and @zackwhittaker

Wall Street Journal:

Apple buys Israeli camera technology company LinX for about $20M — Apple Buys Israeli Camera-Technology Company LinX — Companies had been discussing acquisition price of about $20 million — Apple Inc. has acquired Israeli camera-technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd.

More: MacRumors, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Fone Arena, Business Insider, Electronista, SlashGear, The Next Web and VentureBeat. Tweets: @tim

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Nokia Agrees to Buy Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 Billion — Nokia said late Tuesday that it plans to buy rival network gear maker Alcatel-Lucent for 15.6 billion euros ($16.6 billion) in stock. — The deal has been approved by both companies' boards but still requires regulatory and other approvals.

More: Nokia, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Verge and Bloomberg Business

Tweets: @inafried, @inafried and @disc1979

Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com:

Microsoft's long list of apps for iOS highlight company's commitment to the platform — Microsoft + iPhone — Just a few years ago, there was a sharp divide between fans of Microsoft and fans of the iPhone. But in this “mobile first, cloud first” world, it's now possible …

More: Daring Fireball

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

IHS report: Verizon 64GB Galaxy S6 Edge costs about $290 to build, more than Apple's iPhones, and $34 more than Galaxy S5 — Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge Is More Expensive to Build Than Apple's iPhones — Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6 Edge, is the most costly yet to build and assemble …

More: Engadget, CNET, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, SlashGear, Droid Life, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup.com, ZDNet, Pocketnow, eWeek, iDownloadBlog.com, Phandroid, AndroidGuys and Load the Game

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Play's New Program “Designed For Families” Will Highlight Pre-Approved, Kid-Safe Apps — Google today announced a new developer program called “Designed For Families” which will allow app publishers to opt into an additional review in order have their apps labeled as being “family-friendly.”

Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal:

Shopify files for US and Canadian IPOs, hopes to raise about $100M, valuing firm at more than $1B — Canadian Software Company Shopify Files for U.S.-Canada IPO — Ottawa company raised $100 million from private investors in Dec. 2013 — Canadian software company Shopify Inc. filed …

More: Shopify's Ecommerce Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, MarketWatch, 24/7 Wall St., Bloomberg Business, Reuters, Financial Post and Forbes

Bruce V. Bigelow / Xconomy:

VC Funding Slows as Big Funds Crowd into Late-Stage Venture Deals — Following a December surge, when U.S. venture firms invested $7.2 billion in 342 deals nationwide, VC activity reset at a lower pace during the first quarter of 2015, according to data being released today by CB Insights.

More: CB Insights, GeekWire, Yahoo! Finance, PandoDaily, Los Angeles Times, Xconomy, Business Insider and VatorNews

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Surface 3 review: great build quality, good battery life, poor CPU and storage performance; useful accessories are paid extras — Surface 3 review: Smaller, slower, cheaper... better? — Switching to an x86 processor has made the Surface so much better. — To understand the Surface 3, you must first understand the Surface Pro 3.

More: The Verge, The Next Web and CNET

Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle:

Over 20K now drive for Uber in the San Francisco Bay Area, more than double from a year ago, company says — Uber among region's biggest employers, but company begs to differ — More Bay Area residents drive for Uber than bag groceries at Safeway. In fact, the biggest Bay Area employers are Kaiser …

More: Uber Blog

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Chinese streaming video service Letv announces its Le Superphone smartphone is headed for the US, in a profoundly unconvincing pitch — After comparing Apple to Hitler, Chinese company reveals Le Superphone — Two weeks ago, to build buzz for the Android smartphone it announced today, Chinese tech company Letv turned to Hitler.

More: Engadget, Forbes, Wired, SiliconBeat, Reuters, TechNode, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, Los Angeles Times, PC Magazine, AndroidGuys, AndroidHeadlines.com, MarketWatch, Gizmag Emerging …, Digital Trends, South China Morning Post, CKGSB Knowledge, Hollywood Reporter and AndroidHeadlines.com

Will Oremus / Slate:

A look at Twitter's homepage redesign, arriving in a few days, which caters to logged out visitors by organizing top tweets by category — Twitter for the Masses — For non-tweeters, the social network can feel clubby and confusing. Can its new home page change that? — Twitter.com is a barren wasteland.

More: SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @chrismessina and @howardlindzon

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Skype For Business Begins Rolling Out Publicly Today — Microsoft's “Skype for Business,” which is designed to replace the company's older enterprise communication tool Lync, is rolling out publicly today as part of the Office 2013 April update, the company announced this morning.

More: Office Blogs, The Register, Tech Times, eWeek, ValueWalk, InvestorPlace, WindowsITPro, Thurrott.com, InformationWeek, No Jitter, theWHIR.com, WinBeta, BetaNews, The Next Web, Windows Central and VentureBeat

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft's Delve, a Flipboard-like app for Office 365 business users, comes to iOS and Android — Microsoft delivers iOS, Android versions of Delve — Summary:Microsoft has rolled out native mobile app versions of Delve, its search and presentation technology, for iOS and Android …

More: Office Blogs, CIO.com, InformationWeek, WindowsITPro, WinBeta and Android Police

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

San Francisco Supervisor, Mayor Proposes Tighter Regulations On Short-Term Rentals, Airbnb — San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell and Mayor Ed Lee are backing a new set of tighter regulations on short-term rentals and their biggest hosting platforms like Airbnb.

More: Office of the Mayor, Engadget and San Francisco Chronicle

Roger Fingas / AppleInsider:

Apple bans selfie sticks, monopods from WWDC 2015 — In an update to the rules for Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple is banning 2015 attendees from using selfie sticks or any other kind of photo monopod within the bounds of either Moscone West or Yerba Buena Gardens.

More: iDownloadBlog.com, The Daily Dot, NEWS.com.au, eWeek, Ubergizmo, Neowin, App Advice, The Register, CNNMoney, CNBC, iClarified, Mashable, Yahoo Tech, The Verge, Cult of Mac, CNET, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat and WebProNews

Apple:

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference Kicks Off June 8 at San Francisco's Moscone West

Wall Street Journal:

Google wants advertisers to hand over customer info like email addresses to improve search ad targeting with service similar to Facebook's Custom Audiences — Google May Offer New Way to Target Ads — Google in Talks to Let Advertisers Reach Existing Customers

More: 9to5Google and NextBigWhat

Jenna Wortham / New York Times:

How the founder of The Shade Room created a lucrative ad-supported celebrity news publication on Instagram — Instagram's TMZ — The first time I heard about The Shade Room, I thought it was a reality show, or maybe a nightclub. It turned out to be neither, although I was close in spirit …

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