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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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| 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 … | Reuters: |
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 … | 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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| 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| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Samsung In Talks To Scoop Up SmartThings For Around $200 Million — Google has Nest, Apple has HomeKit and Samsung has...SmartThings, we're hearing. The deal was completed for around $200 million dollars, though it might have been less according to one source. — (Update: The deal is not done yet, says another.)| Benjamin Wallace / New York Magazine: |
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 …
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| 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.| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
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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| eMarketer: |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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| Ramsey Cox / The Hill: |
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 …
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Sean Parker Provides Bulk of Funding To Pro-Parking, Pro-Car Ballot Initiative in SF — The tech industry's political orientation around transit is decidedly incoherent. — On the one hand, you have this investment relationship between Uber and self-driving car maker Google … | Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Pond5, a stock video marketplace, raises $61 million from Accel, Stripes — Unless you're in the business of video production, you likely haven't heard of Pond5. The company's new $61 million Series A round of venture funding, led by Accel Partners with participation from Stripes Group, will likely change that.| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
iPhone 5s was bestselling smartphone in May at 7M units, beating 5M for 2-month-old Galaxy S5 — Samsung battles on two fronts as Apple readies iPhone 6 — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is losing smartphone ground not only to cheaper Chinese rivals but also at the high end …
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| Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal: |
Sprint and T-Mobile planning joint venture to spend $10B at 2015 spectrum auction — Sprint, T-Mobile Look to Raise $10 Billion for Spectrum Auction — Planned Joint Venture Would Bid on Airwaves Held by TV Broadcasters — Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. are working on a plan …
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| Aimee Riordan / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft announces 175-megawatt wind farm deal, broadens renewable energy commitment — Microsoft will purchase 175 megawatts of wind energy from the Pilot Hill Wind Project in Illinois, about 60 miles south of Chicago, as part of a 20-year agreement announced Tuesday.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast loves the FCC's net neutrality rules, wants limits on “fast lanes” — There are a lot of good things for Comcast in the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality proposal, and Comcast is smart enough to recognize it. — Today, Comcast Executive VP David Cohen announced that … Sponsor Posts
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