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April 22, 2015, 12:05 PM

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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:
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Selfie app Shots raises $8.5M, led by Chinese VC firm WI Harper, adds more social features  —  Selfie App Shots Moves Beyond Bieber With $8.5 Million in Funding  —  Shots, a mobile app for sharing selfies, owes much of its early popularity to Justin Bieber.
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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Wall Street Journal:
Comcast's role with Disney and 21st Century Fox partners in the aborted Hulu sale in 2013 raises questions for regulators  —  Comcast Role in Aborted Hulu Sale Raises Questions for Regulators  —  Comcast told partners it would help make Hulu the streaming video platform for the cable TV industry
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 …
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.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Intel Compute Stick review: its small size, energy efficiency, and low price of $149, comes at the expense of barely acceptable performance and few ports  —  Intel's Compute Stick: A full PC that's tiny in size (and performance)  —  Mini-review: Atom-powered mini PC is a good streaming stick but a slow desktop.
More: Gizmodo, CNET and AnandTech
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!
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