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May 27, 2015, 2:00 AM

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Vox Media acquires Re/code in all-stock deal, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to stay at Re/code after merger  —  Vox Media Acquiring ReCode  —  ReCode, the news website led by the veteran journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, is being acquired by Vox Media, a deal that reflects …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Re/code's reviews team of Katie Boehret, Bonnie Cha, and Lauren Goode to join Verge staff, Mossberg to write reviews, columns for both sites  —  The Verge and Recode are joining forces  —  I'm excited to announce that The Verge's parent company Vox Media is acquiring Recode …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iOS 9 to support Force Touch with haptic feedback for iPhone 6S, feature new keyboard, Apple Pay for Canada, iMessage read receipts on contact-by-contact basis  —  iOS 9 supports ‘iPhone 6S’ Force Touch, may enhance iMessage, Keyboard & Apple Pay  —  Some of iOS 9's more important planned …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iOS 9 Maps Transit navigation to include San Francisco, New York City, Toronto, London, Paris, and Berlin, in addition to China, at launch  —  iOS 9 Transit Maps to launch in a handful of cities in North America, Europe & China  —  While Apple plans to debut its own mass transit directions service …
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
IRS says hackers gained access to tax returns, other info of more than 100K taxpayers by targeting “Get Transcript” service and using SSNs, birth dates, more  —  APNewsBreak: IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Thieves used an online service provided …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat's Evan Spiegel on eliminating push-to-view for videos, approaching 100M daily active users, being about “entertainment”, more  —  Snapchat's Evan Spiegel Takes the Stage at Code Conference (Liveblog)  — Snapchat considering changing or eliminating push-to-view feature.
Joe Belfiore / Blogging Windows:
Microsoft's bringing Cortana to iPhone and Android, announces Phone Companion app for Windows 10, which helps automatically sync your smartphone with your PC  —  Your Windows 10 PC will love all the devices you own  —  Whether it's a 3-year-old printer or projecting to your brand new TV with Miracast …
Roozbeh Pournader / Google Open Source Blog:
Google open sources its signature Roboto font, the default used in Android and Chrome  —  Roboto: Google's signature font is now open source  —  The Roboto family of fonts, and the toolchain used in creating it, are now an open source project.  Roboto is Google's signature font, created by Google designer Christian Robertson.
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Mandriva, developer of Mandriva Linux for PCs, shuts down after 17 years  —  A Linux company that spent 17 years competing with Windows is officially over  —  In a “sad” event for people who love Linux, French tech company Mandriva is being liquidated, according to a notice posted by the company.
TechCrunch:
CrunchBase: 18% of startups with funding had a female founder in 2014, up from 9.5% in 2009  —  Female Founders On An Upward Trend, According To CrunchBase  —  Editor's note: Gené Teare heads up the venture program and content for CrunchBase.  Ned Desmond is the COO of TechCrunch and CrunchBase.
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