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EU's three gripes with Android: What you need to know — Summary:Did you know there are really two main versions of Android? The one Google controls is under fire for potential antitrust practices. Here's why. — After five years of investigation, the European Commission (EC) …
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
What's Next for Google and the EU? It Could Be a Quick Settlement. — Google's antitrust standoff with the European Union, a tumultuous legal tug-of-war begun in February 2010, reached a climax this morning with the EU laying the foundation for a formal complaint against Google for abusing its market position.
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Technological shifts may over time weaken the rationale for EU's antitrust case against Google, like they did for the case against Microsoft — Case Against Google May Be Undercut by Rapid Changes in Technology — The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators … | EU Press Room: |
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| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
L.A. school district ditches iPad curriculum, seeks refund from Apple — The Los Angeles Unified School District has canceled further plans to use expensive curriculum that was part of a $1.3-billion effort to provide iPads to every student, teacher and campus administrator.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Jawbone announces $199 Up4 fitness band with NFC for AmEx payments and mid-range $100 Up2 band — Jawbone's Up4 fitness tracker doubles as your American Express — We're still waiting for Jawbone's long-delayed Up3 to start shipping next week, but that's not stopping it from debuting two new health bands today.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Research launches handwriting input keyboard in Play Store, rendering text and emojis, supports 82 languages — Google Launches Handwriting Input For Text And Emoji On Android — Google Research today launched its latest project: Google Handwriting Input.| Kathleen Chaykowski / Forbes: |
Snapchat tries to poach Uber employees using a geolocation filter that appears near Uber's HQ showing an url for its jobs page — Snapchat Sneakily Uses Its Own App To Poach Uber Engineers — Uber Technologies and Snapchat are among the world's most valuable startups and have raised billions of dollars between them.
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MacBook teardown: terraced battery fully glued to body, CPU/RAM/flash storage soldered to logic board, 1/10 repairability score — Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide
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Tweets: @dangillmor and @jeffnew
| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Netflix stock up over 10% after beating estimates for new subscribers: 2.3M in US, and 2.6M non-US; Q1 revenue of $1.57B — Netflix Adds 4.9M New Members In Q1, Sending Shares Up More Than 10% — Following the bell today, Netflix reported its first quarter financial performance …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook tests “sidebar status” feature in mobile apps, similar to AIM's away message — Facebook brings back the away message in a new mobile experiment — In the late 1990s and early 2000s, before Facebook created the world's first billion-person social network, many of us stayed in touch through instant messaging.
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Google Maps loophole lets man add verified listing for “Edward's Snow Den” inside White House — How A Long-Standing Google Maps Loophole Let This Man Put Edward Snowden In The White House — Does the name Bryan Seely ring a bell? He's the guy last year who managed …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
KGI estimates over 2.3M Apple Watch pre-orders, 85% Sport, less than 1% Edition. Run rate pegged at 2-3M/month — KGI estimates over 2.3M Apple Watch pre-orders, 85% Sport, — In a new report from KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo, the very analyst with an impressive track record estimates …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Business Insider, iMore, The Verge, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, iClarified, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac and Pocketnow
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Acorns, the app that automatically invests your spare change, raises $23 million — Opening and managing an investment account can be intimidating for a lot of people, but what if a simple smartphone app could take care of it all for you? — Acorns, a eight-month old smartphone app built …
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Chinese Drone Maker DJI in Talks to Raise Funding at Valuation of $10 Billion — DJI expects revenue to top $1 billion this year — Chinese consumer drone maker DJI is in talks to raise funding at a valuation as high as $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Etsy prices IPO at $16 per share, giving the company a valuation of approximately $1.8B — Etsy makes it official, prices IPO at $16 per share — Summary:The company once known as “Indieco, Inc.” has stressed its business strategy is rooted in community and customer service since launching in 2005.
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| Sriram Sharma / India - The Huffington Post: |
Indian companies Cleartrip, NDTV, and Newshunt pulling out of Internet.org, citing commitment to net neutrality — Blow To Internet.org As Indian Internet Companies Begin To Withdraw — A day after Flipkart exited from the Airtel Zero platform, Cleartrip, NDTV, Newshunt and the Times Group announced … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Virginia e-voting systems relied on weak hard-coded passwords, trivial Wi-Fi security, unpatched OS — Meet the e-voting machine so easy to hack, it will take your breath away — Virginia decertifies device that used weak passwords and wasn't updated in 10 years.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Ola, Uber's rival in India, closes $400M Series E led by DST Global as it looks to expand its network to over 200 cities — Ola, Uber's Big Rival In India, Raises $400M To Grow To 200 Cities This Year — Ola, the largest rival to Uber in India, has announced that it has raised …
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