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Today's Top Stories // May 8, 2013

Google Maps Said To Be Getting A Facelift That Could Appear At Google I/O

Google's bound to pull back the curtain on some goodies at its annual I/O conference next week (though it's being characteristically quiet about the whole... read more

Bang With Friends Goes Mobile, Launches On iPhone And Android

You know, it's been a pretty good few days for the (still mostly undercover) dudes behind Bang With Friends, the app that aims to help you do exactly what its... read more

Nokia Teases Lumia 928 In Low Light Camera Test, Pits It Against Galaxy S3 & iPhone 5

Nokia is teasing the Lumia 928 -- a phone it has not officially announced yet, despite all the leaks, rumours and, er, magazine ads -- in a camera comparison... read more

Meet Codoon, Jawbone UP's Chinese Knock-Off

Codoon is one of the first wearable tech gadgets produced by a Chinese company. It's also an almost exact copy of the Jawbone UP. Sina Tech reports Chinese... read more

New Database Reveals Adjacent Hospitals Charging $200,000 Difference For Same Procedure

A new federal database of hospital prices shows a massive disparity in medical costs. "Average inpatient charges for services a hospital may provide in... read more

Trulia Acquires Market Leader For $355M To Take Its Business Beyond Listings And Into SaaS For Real Estate Professionals

Online real estate company Trulia has announced it plans to acquire real estate SaaS CRM provider Market Leader for approximately $355 million. The pair said... read more

iOS 7 Mobile Traffic Spikes On Both iPhone And iPad Ahead Of Apple's WWDC, According To Onswipe

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is only around a month away, and while we're already expecting to see iOS 7 at least previewed at the event, now... read more

LinkedIn, On The Lookout For More Stickiness, Adds Channels With Curated Content On LinkedIn Today

LinkedIn, now at 225 million users, continues to introduce more features to its site to keep people returning to it and staying there for longer. Today it's the... read more

HealthTap Raises $24M Series B Led By Khosla Ventures For Its Doctor Q&A Platform

HealthTap, the doctor Q&A site and mobile app, has closed a $24 million series B round of funding -- capital it says it will use to acquire "top talent",... read more

T-Mobile's Q1 2013 Shows 500K iPhone 5 Sales In One Month, Signs The 'Un-Carrier' Plan Is Working

T-Mobile USA has reported its first quarter earnings for 2013, and this marks the first reporting period ever that the newly rebranded "Un-Carrier" has included... read more

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