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April 22, 2015, 9:00 AM

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Wall Street Journal:
Google to unveil new US wireless service this week that allows customers to pay only for data used monthly, will run on Sprint and T-Mobile networks  —  Google Set to Unveil Wireless Service  —  New service to allow customer to pay only for data they use each month
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Sources: Apple gives Watch Edition with unique 18k gold link band to fashion icons like Beyonce, Karl Lagerfeld, and Anna Wintour  —  Put A Gold Band On It  —  Nothing separates the “haves” and the 1% like a prohibitively expensive consumer product.  Whether it's a Hermes Birkin Bag or a McLaren P1 GTR …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple offers developers a chance to buy Apple Watch Sport with a Blue Sport Band with a guaranteed April 28 shipment date  —  Apple Offers Developers a Chance to Buy Apple Watch Sport With Guaranteed April 28 Delivery Date  —  Apple today began sending out emails to iOS developers …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Facebook:
Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more status updates from friends in lieu of liked stories, says post reach and referral traffic to publishers could decline  —  News Feed FYI: Balancing Content from Friends and Pages  —  The goal of News Feed is to show you the content that matters to you.
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Executive Departures, ‘Drip’ Layoffs, Search Costs and Ad Slumping: Welcome to Post-Alibaba Yahoo  —  Is today the day when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer finally has to face the music as Yahoo releases its first-quarter earnings results, which Wall Street is expecting to be less than stellar?  —  Probably not!
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Ellen Huet / Forbes:
Gurbaksh Chahal And Gravity4 Hit With Gender Discrimination, Illegal Surveillance Lawsuit  —  Gurbaksh Chahal, the 32-year-old embattled and often self-aggrandizing CEO who was convicted of domestic violence last year and fired from his ad-tech company RadiumOne, hoped that his new startup …
Asif S. / SamMobile:
Rooting Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will disable Samsung Pay  —  Thinking of rooting your Galaxy S6 or S6 edge?  Don't, or you'll lose this important feature  —  Samsung just released two great smartphones earlier this month, the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge, which have been selling like hot cakes.
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook and Google find the greatest challenges to Internet expansion are a lack of relevant content and awareness  —  Tech Companies Struggle to Get World on Internet  —  Google and Facebook are scrambling to reach billions of people still without Web access, but the Internet's expansion is actually slowing
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Blair Hanley Frank / GeekWire:
Court filing made public today shows Zillow has accused Realtor.com operator Move of scraping listing data  —  Zillow accuses Move of scraping its listing data — after Move accused Zillow doing the same … In a filing made public today, Zillow accused Realtor.com operator Move …
TechCrunch:
Sources: Cloud HR startup Zenefits looking to raise $300M to $500M at a valuation north of $3B  —  Cloud HR Startup Zenefits Is Looking To Raise A Giant New Round Of Funding  —  Fast-moving HR and benefits startup Zenefits is looking to accelerate adoption even further.
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