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May 13, 2015, 5:40 PM

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Michael Reckhow / Facebook Media:
Facebook launches Instant Articles on iPhone, with interactive features like videos and maps, names NYT, BuzzFeed, Guardian, and six other partners  —  Introducing Instant Articles  —  As more people get their news on mobile devices, we want to make the experience faster and richer on Facebook.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Facebook's Instant Articles can provide 100% of the ad revenue and analytics data to publishers, add up to a good deal, at least for now  —  Facebook Starts Publishing the New York Times, BuzzFeed and More With Its ‘Instant Articles’ Program  —  Hey Web publishers!  Facebook is coming in peace.
Tony Prophet / Blogging Windows:
Microsoft introduces Windows 10 Editions: Home, Mobile, Pro, Enterprise, Education, Mobile Enterprise, and IoT Core  —  Introducing Windows 10 Editions  —  Windows 10 is coming this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages.  Today, we are excited to share more details on the Windows 10 Editions.
Allyson Gale / Official Android Blog:
Google Fit now estimates distance and calories burned, provides widget and Android Wear watch face  —  Google Fit: Make every step count  —  When you set fitness goals it's important that you have the tools in place to check in on your progress.  So to help you keep track of how far you've come …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
“Venom” vulnerability in Xen, KVM, and QEMU virtual machine platforms lets attackers break out of VM environment, affects cloud providers everywhere  —  Extremely serious virtual machine bug threatens cloud providers everywhere  —  “Venom” allows attackers to break out of guest OS, escape into host.
Curt Woodward / BetaBoston:
Apple, A123 settling their lawsuit over poached battery engineers  —  Apple and advanced battery maker A123 Systems say they have nearly settled a federal lawsuit accusing Apple of poaching A123's scientists and engineers to build a competing battery business.
Crispin Cowan / Microsoft Edge Dev Blog:
Microsoft Edge will not support VML, VB Script, Toolbars, BHOs, or ActiveX to improve security  —  Microsoft Edge: Building a safer browser  —  With Microsoft Edge, we want to fundamentally improve security over existing browsers and enable users to confidently experience the web from Windows.
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Cisco slightly beats Q3 estimates with non-GAAP earnings of $0.54/share on $12.1B in revenue  —  Cisco tops Q3 earnings, revenue expectations  —  Summary:Cisco's CFO attributed the better-than-expected results to a “good balance again across our portfolio,” highlighting earnings per share grew faster than revenue.
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Sources: Samsung paid around $250M for mobile payments technology company LoopPay  —  Samsung Paid Around $250 Million for LoopPay, Its Apple Pay Competitor  —  What's the price of competing with Apple, Google and PayPal in mobile payments?  For Samsung, about $250 million.

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