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Samsung Galaxy S 4 to reach 10 million sales by next week, Note III to have 5.9-inch OLED displayview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – Earlier this week, when the Samsung Galaxy S 4 broke a record by selling 4 million units in just 5 days, the company predicted the 10-million mark to be surpassed by the end of the month. That figure is still still on track, with Samsung co-CEO JK Shin stating “We are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week. (IT news)

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The Future Of Mobile-Social Could Spell The End For Social Networksview story

http://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Keith Teare is the founder of just.me and a partner at Archimedes Labs. He is also the co-founder of TechCrunch. (IT news)

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Hell No, Tumblr Users Won't Go To Yahoo!view story

http://techcrunch.com – We’ve all by now heard about how Yahoo is trying to get some “cool” with a supposed $1 billion purchase of hip blogging platform Tumblr, but it may be a moot point if Tumblr’s users fail to stick around post-sale. Microsoft and Facebook may be trying to make a move ahead of Yahoo, Tumblr may be inching ever closer to running out of cash, and (despite that) may not be afraid (IT news)

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What Games Are: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Xbox?view story

http://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer, creator of leading game design blog What Games Are and creative director of Jawfish Games. You can follow him on Twitter here. One of the memories that sticks with me most about the launch of the Xbox 360 was a silly analogy about inhaling. (IT news)

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HTC employee hints at an HTC One with stock Androidview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – At the I/O, Google announced that a version of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 running stock Android will be for sale later this summer. Could a “Google experience” HTC One with stock Android follow? Leigh Momii, a Developer Evangelist at HTC posted a tweet possibly suggesting exactly that, stating “So you can pay $649 for a piece of plastic running stock or… You can wait.” Tr (IT news)

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Google Hangouts “easter eggs” revealed, include ponies and dinosaursview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – Google Hangouts has a lot of cool features, including over 800 emoji characters to use. Apparently there are also six hidden “easter eggs,” including ponies, dinosaurs, and the ability to change the background of the chat window. Google employee Moritz Toxdorff posted the above image on his Google+ account, which explains how to use them. (IT news)

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Backed Or Whacked: Reading And Writing Through Crowdfundingview story

http://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. Each column looks at crowdfunded products that have either met or missed their funding goals. (IT news)

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Confronting The Reality Of US Broadband Performanceview story

http://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Richard Bennett is a Senior Fellow with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and co-author of ITIF’s 2013 report, “The Whole Picture: Where America’s Broadband Networks Really Stand.” Follow him on Twitter @iPolicy. We’ve all heard the story: America’s broadband networks are second-rate. (IT news)

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Mark Suster Talks Founder CEOs, The Acqui-Hire Frenzy, And Much More [TCTV]view story

http://techcrunch.com – Mark Suster of Los Angeles’ GRP Partners is known for his unique insights on the tech and digital media worlds, having famously had success on “both sides of the table” as a repeat entrepreneur turned investor over nearly two decades in the industry. (IT news)

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David Karp's Dilemmaview story

http://techcrunch.com – As the Tumblr/Yahoo deal continues to be negotiated by press, and the world gears up for whatever is being announced Monday morning, Tumblr founder David Karp is probably having a very interesting weekend. (IT news)

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Finnish MeeGo Startup Jolla Reveals First Phone: 4.5″ Display, Customisable Shells, $513 Price-Tag, Shipping At Year's Endview story

http://techcrunch.com – Jolla, the Finnish MeeGo startup comprised of ex-Nokians building their own mobile hardware and Sailfish OS, has finally taken the wraps off its first handset, revealing what the hardware will look like on its website. (IT news)

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Firefox 23 Aurora Official Linux Binaries Available for Downloadview story

http://news.softpedia.com – Mozilla has officially announced that the second release in the Firefox 23.x branch is now available for download on the Linux platform. The Linux binaries for Mozilla Firefox 23.0 Alpha 2 have been made available and you can download it now, without having to install anything. The new Firefox 23 Alpha 2 (Aurora) features mixed content blocking, consolidated search default preferences, better ab (IT news)