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May 7, 2015, 4:20 AM

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Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals:
Mountain View city council allocates LinkedIn 1.4M of 2.2M square feet in North Bayshore, threatening Google's campus expansion plans  —  In stinging defeat for Google, LinkedIn scores lion's share of real estate capacity in Mountain View's North Bayshore  —  LinkedIn Corp. came away …
Carolina Milanesi / Kantar Worldpanel:
Kantar: phablets made up 21% of US smartphone sales in Q1, up from 6% a year ago, driven by iPhone 6 Plus sales  —  US phablet market soars  —  Phablets claimed 21% of all US smartphone sales in Q1 2015 - nearly quadrupling their 6% share from the first quarter of 2014 …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cody Wilson, inventor of the 3D printable gun, files countersuit against US State Department claiming the blueprints are protected free speech  —  3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech  —  This week marks the two-year anniversary since Cody Wilson …
Asif Shaik / SamMobile:
Some Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge units have Sony IMX240 camera sensors, others have Samsung's own ISOCELL sensors  —  Here's the difference between Samsung and Sony camera sensors on the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge  —  Yesterday, there was a report stating that Samsung is shipping some units …
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com:
Sources: Microsoft to add TV recording functionality to Xbox One, probably this year  —  Confirmed: Media Center is Dead  —  You may have seen recent rumors that Microsoft has killed off Windows Media Center, the ten-foot digital media interface that it first developed for a special version of Windows over 10 years.
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Google posts I/O 2015 schedule: Android M, voice access, ATAP wearables, multi-screen Chromecast games, more  —  Digging into the Google I/O 2015 schedule: Android M, voice access, and more  —  Google just released the I/O 2015 schedule, and there is a lot of info inside.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
PayIvy is an open web marketplace for stolen account credentials and license keys using PayPal to carry out transactions  —  PayIvy Sells Your Online Accounts Via PayPal  —  Normally, if one wishes to buy stolen account credentials for paid online services like Netflix, Hulu, XBox Live or Spotify …
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Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Apple retail boss Ron Johnson launches Enjoy e-commerce site, with personal delivery and in-home setup service at no cost  —  Former Apple Retail Boss Ron Johnson Unwraps New Web Startup ‘Enjoy’  —  Ron Johnson, the former Apple retail chief who was ousted as J.C. Penney's boss two years ago …
Roland Moore-Colyer / V3.co.uk:
SAP reveals HANA Cloud Platform for IoT and bolsters Intel and Siemens partnerships  —  ORLANDO: SAP is moving deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT) arena by revealing HANA Cloud Platform for the IoT, and broadening its partnerships with Intel and Siemens.
Ryan Mac / Forbes:
A profile of Frank Wang Tao, founder of the world's biggest drone company DJI, who is worth $4.5B  —  Bow To Your Billionaire Drone Overlord: Frank Wang's Quest To Put DJI Robots Into The Sky  —  Frank Wang Tao has never been arrested.  He pays his taxes on time.  And he rarely drinks.
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