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April 21, 2015, 1:55 AM

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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
FAQ: Google's mobile friendly algorithm update, coming April 21st, explained  —  Tomorrow Is Mobilegeddon - Are You Ready For The Google Mobile Friendly Update?  —  Google's mobile friendly update is planned to start rolling out tomorrow, the day has been coined “Mobilegeddon” by the community …
Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg Business:
Elon Musk had a deal to sell Tesla to Google in 2013 for about $6B and another $5B in capital for factory expansions  —  Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013  —  On the verge of bankruptcy, the company sought a savior in Larry Page  —  This story is excerpted and adapted …
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google now allows you to download your saved search history  —  Export Google Search History  —  I've mentioned last year that Google tested a download feature for search history.  It looks like this feature is available for everyone.  Just go to Google Web History, click the gear button and select “Download”.
Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters:
IBM's sales decline for 12th quarter but revenue in line with estimates at $19.6B  —  IBM sales fall for 12th quarter, currency weighs  —  (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp reported a 12 percent fall in first-quarter revenue as the technology company continues …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Sources: Nokia plans a return to the consumer phone market in 2016, has a virtual reality project and more in the works  —  Nokia Plots 2016 Return to Phone Market  —  Four years ago, Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO at the time, described Nokia as a man at the edge of a burning platform.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Federal appeals court rejects Paul Ceglia's requests to revive lawsuit that claimed he owned half of Facebook and to block criminal case against him  —  Fugitive fails to revive Facebook lawsuit, block criminal case  —  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday rejected …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft updates OneDrive app to support Apple Watch, lets you view albums, delete photos, and find photos through tags  —  Microsoft backs Apple Watch early with OneDrive update  —  Microsoft was quick to support Google's Android Wear smartwatches last year, and it's ready to do the same for the Apple Watch.

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