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Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month — Amazon is testing an ebook and audiobook subscription service called “Kindle Unlimited” that offers “unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month.”
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Apple agrees conditionally to a $450M settlement in e-book price-fixing case; $400M could go to consumers — Apple agrees to conditional $450 million e-books antitrust accord — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve U.S. state and consumer claims … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
In IBM and Apple's wake, what will team Android do? — Summary: The biggest challenge for team Android is that Google and Samsung, two partners with enterprise ambitions, will have to herd cats to reach corporations to counter Apple and IBM. — Google, Samsung and team Android may have to form …
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Time Warner rejected $80B takeover bid by Murdoch's 21st Century Fox last month, no longer in discussions — Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner — Twenty-First Century Fox, the media empire run by Rupert Murdoch, made an $80 billion takeover bid in recent weeks …
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Airbnb unveils its new identity, launches redesigned mobile app and website — Airbnb unveiled a complete brand and product redesign today at an exclusive event for top hosts and guests. — Airbnb calls its new logo a “multi-state moving identity,” and a “3D modular symbol” that's …
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Thanks:@harrisonweber| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
FBI warns driverless cars could be used as ‘lethal weapons’ — Internal report sees benefits for road safety, but warns that autonomy will create greater potential for criminal ‘multitasking’ — The FBI believes that the driverless car is a “game changing” vehicle could revolutionise high …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Netflix to FCC: reclassify Comcast and Verizon so they can't choke the internet — Netflix came out swinging in its submission to the FCC over proposed internet “fast lanes,” arguing Wednesday that this would be a bad idea and that the agency should instead focus on forcing broadband providers … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Visa Launches Checkout, Another Play for Digital Payments — Visa wants you to know it gets that the future is about more than just plastic. — The company on Tuesday took the wraps off Visa Checkout, its latest effort to make itself relevant in a world of digital payments.
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eBay's Q2 earnings beat estimates despite analyst fears over security breach — Summary: However, eBay followed up with softer sales and earnings guidance ranges for the current quarter. — A major cyber attack on eBay back in May was widely expected by analysts to play … | Jason Snell / Macworld: |
Review: Overcast, Marco Arment's new podcast app with Smart Speed and Voice Boost features — Review: Overcast is a winning podcast app — AT A GLANCE — On Wednesday, Marco Arment released the podcast-playing app Overcast, his anticipated major return to the iOS App Store after selling …
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| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
Google Search Integrates Bitcoin Price Calculator — Internet search giant Google has updated its search engine to automatically display bitcoin prices when users enter certain queries. — The news comes roughly one month after Google Finance partnered with Coinbase to launch … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Starts Selling Its Aerial Imagery To Maps For Business Users — Google Maps for Business is a service for enterprises and government organizations that need to visualize their assets on a map. Today, the company has announced that customers can now purchase Google's aerial imagery directly …
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Kara Swisher Is Silicon Valley's Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist. How Does That Work? — The combination of access and toughness has made her a preeminent arbiter of status. — The technology journalist Kara Swisher likes to call herself Sherlock Homo, but on a spring evening in Austin … | David Pierce / The Verge: |
Jawbone's new Up app makes healthy eating a whole lot easier — Jawbone finally gets food tracking right — Jawbone's Up bracelet has become perhaps the industry's most versatile fitness tracker, thanks to powerful sleep and activity monitoring. For its next act, Jawbone is turning …
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BlackBerry Assistant officially introduced as part of BlackBerry 10.3, Siri et al likely not worried — Canadian handset maker BlackBerry has officially introduced its virtual assistant for the BlackBerry 10.3 OS, and it's called simply ‘BlackBerry Assistant’.
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| Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag: |
Female Yahoo Exec Accused of Sexual Harassment Files for Defamation — Maria Zhang, the Yahoo engineering executive sued for sexual harassment by one of her female employees, is striking back. Zhang, who helps lead Yahoo's crucial mobile efforts, filed a cross-complaint (embedded below) against her accuser, Nan Shi.
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
One in five ex-Nokia workers in Finland could be axed as Microsoft prepares layoffs — Summary: Speculation mounts in Finland about heavy cuts for Microsoft's Nokia employees. — The job cuts Microsoft is expected to announce this week could fall hard on Nokia's home country …
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Senate passes bill to allow ‘unlocking’ cell phones — The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would allow consumers to “unlock” their cell phone in order to switch providers once their contract is up. — Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced S. 517, the Unlocking Consumer Choice …
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Google plans to spend several hundred million dollars marketing Android One phones in India — Google Plans India Ad Blitz in Smartphone Bid — Google is planning a major spending effort on marketing its new Android One phones in India, in an ambitious play into a challenging but potentially huge market for smartphones.
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Microsoft to Surpass Yahoo in Global Digital Ad Market Share This Year — Google, Facebook continue on as the market's leaders — Yahoo's push to maintain its position as a top global ad seller will take another hit in 2014, according to new projections from eMarketer.
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