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April 19, 2015, 5:45 PM

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Mark Hachman / PCWorld:
Comcast to bring two-gigabit Internet service to Bay Area, boost existing tiers  —  Comcast said Friday that it will bring its 2-gigabit symmetrical Gigabit Pro service to San Francisco Bay Area consumers in May, sidestepping Google and its own fiber plans.  The company also said it will boost …
Jon Southurst / CoinDesk:
Report: most or all of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins stolen between early 2011 and May 2013, long before the exchange collapsed in February 2014  —  Most Mt Gox Bitcoins Were Gone by May 2013, Report Claims  —  Mt Gox's missing bitcoins were stolen from the exchange over a period of time beginning in 2011 …
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Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
Hands-on with Mini Augmented Vision, BMW's augmented reality glasses prototype for Mini cars  —  Mini Augmented Vision is a cool concept trying to solve Google Glass failings  —  Hands-on: BMW and Qualcomm make a convincing case cars are the best place to start AR.
Mandi Woodruff / Yahoo! Finance:
Funds left in Google Wallet Balance will now be FDIC insured  —  YAHOO FINANCE EXCLUSIVE: Google Wallet just got a lot safer  —  Google (GOOGL) is making a big change to its mobile payment service, Google Wallet, Yahoo Finance has learned.  Funds that are left in Google Wallet will now be FDIC-insured …
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
WhatsApp hits 800M monthly active users, stays on pace to reach 1B users by year's end  —  WhatsApp Hits 800 Million Users — 1 Billion by Year-End?  —  “What I'd say around messaging is we're pretty early in that cycle,” Zuckerberg said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Wink smart home hubs knocked out by security certificate (update)  —  Now for the downside of a house loaded up with “smart” devices to allow remote control and monitoring: turning your home into a computer means computer-like problems.  Today's example comes from the Wink Hub …

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