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Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:
Google sets up European venture capital arm with initial $100 million fund and four general partners  —  The beans have been spilled, courtesy of the FT: Google is creating a $100 million fund to invest in European startups.  —  The Internet behemoth's newest VC arm will have five general partners …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Aereo Lays Out New Survival Strategy in Letter to Judge  —  The company attempts to pay statutory license fees as a cable operator.  The broadcasters respond that the new defense to copyright infringement is “astonishing.”  —  The Supreme Court has handed down its big decision on the legality of Aereo …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Leaked Documents Show How Yelp Thinks It's Getting Screwed By Google  —  Documents leaked to TechCrunch from inside Yelp allege that Google is manipulating its search results to favor Google+ content over Yelp content.  The materials accuse Google of blatantly highlighting its own products …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Forget “OK Glass,” MindRDR Is A Google Glass App You Control With Your Thoughts  —  Google Glass has made a name for itself (somewhat infamously) as head-mounted hardware that you can control with your voice and a sliding finger.  Now, a team based out of interactive studio This Place in London …
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
How The EU Censors Google & Search Engines Just Like China  —  When it comes to censorship, the European Union generally isn't one of the political entities that immediately comes to mind.  But it should, especially since its new Right To Be Forgotten mandate has the political union acting …
Liz Gannes / Re/code:
Google, Canon, Dropbox and Others Pool Patents to Ward Off Trolls  —  A coalition of technology companies large and small has created a sort of arms-control treaty to prevent future abuses of their intellectual property.  —  Among Google, Canon, SAP, Newegg, Dropbox and Asana, there are nearly 300,000 patent assets on the line.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell Shown in High-Quality Photos and Video  —  Over the past six weeks, we've seen a few photos and even a video of what has been claimed to be the actual rear shell of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, showing a nearly all-metal design with separate bands presumably to accommodate the antennas at the top and bottom.
Washington Post:
Passenger claims he was “kidnapped” by an Uber driver and taken on a “high-speed” chase  —  Man visiting D.C. says Uber driver took him on wild ride … Well, the tweet pretty much says it all.  —  On Tuesday, Ryan Simonetti, CEO of New York-based Convene, had an Uber ride he won't soon forget.
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Scytl snags another $20M to put secure elections on the Web  —  Scytl is trying to modernize elections by killing the ballot box and moving the voting process online.  SAP Ventures, a European based firm, just handed the startup another $20 million to help the company expand.
Don Reisinger / CNET:
Samsung is only firm buying subsidiary's mobile-display tech  —  Samsung Display's AMOLED technology is often found in parent company Samsung's products, but according to the CEO, Samsung's rivals aren't interested.  —  Samsung's Galaxy S5  —  Andrew Hoyle/CNET
More: Ubergizmo, SamMobile and PhoneArena.  Tweets: @whatthebit
Sebastian Anthony / ExtremeTech:
10Gbps over a copper telephone line: A new world record set by Bell Labs  —  The telecommunications masters at Bell Labs have managed to deliver a world record connection speed of 10Gbps (10,000Mbps) over copper wires.  Dubbed XG.fast, the new technology could be used to massively extend …
Matina Stevis / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Secures EU Trademark for Store Layouts  —  Court Ruling Extends Apple's Trademark beyond U.S.  —  BRUSSELS— Apple Inc. has a secured a court ruling allowing the company to register the layout of its retail stores in the European Union as a trade mark, an extension of its intellectual property …
Patricia Laya / Bloomberg:
Carlos Slim to break up telecom giant América Móvil in Mexico amid regulatory crackdown  —  Carlos Slim to Dismantle Mexican Empire  —  Billionaire Carlos Slim is bowing to imminent antitrust legislation by planning a breakup of America Movil SAB (AMXL)'s phone operations …
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Dish tells FCC to block Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal  —  Satellite broadcaster Dish Network wants the government to block Comcast Corp.'s proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable.  In meetings with top Federal Communications Commission officials earlier this week, Dish said a combination …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft brings video editing to Windows Phone 8.1 with Video Tuner  —  Windows Phone has always been missing good video editing tools, and Microsoft thinks it now has the answer.  Available today, Video Tuner is the latest in a series of additional apps developed by the Nokia part of Microsoft.
Tricia Duryee / GeekWire:
The honeymoon is over: Expedia and Groupon no longer co-branding travel deals  —  Groupon and Expedia are scaling back a 3-year-old partnership that focused on selling heavily discounted travel deals together.  A Groupon spokesman confirmed today that the daily deals company and the online travel agency …
Richard Nieva / CNET:
Google Glass creator: Glass not only answer to life after smartphones  —  Babak Parviz, a Google X director who led development of the product, talks about the beginnings of Glass, and where he hopes it will go.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It seems like everyone's got an opinion on Google Glass …

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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Laura Kukkonen / Columbia Journalism Review:
After a reporter for Aamulehti, Finland's second-largest daily, acknowledged in his autobiography that he fabricated stories, the paper removes 551 articles

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