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May 31, 2015, 5:10 PM

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Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Pressure from Wall Street to increase profit margins driving consolidation in semiconductor industry  —  Behind the Wave of Semiconductor Deals: Margin Pressures  —  Investors seeking fatter profit have driven the latest wave of consolidation  —  Chip makers are facing many pressures pushing them to combine.
Ed Bott / ZDNet:
Online reseller Newegg leaks Windows 10 OEM pricing and on-sale date: Home package is $109.99, Pro package is $149.99, and release date is August 31  —  Online reseller leaks OEM prices and on-sale dates for Windows 10  —  Summary:A major software reseller in the U,S …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Debuts A $99 Kindle Bundle For Kids Including An E-Reader, Cover And Warranty  —  Amazon wants parents to buy Kindles for their children and is today launching a discounted “Kindle for Kids Bundle” to encourage them to do so.  This new package includes the combination of a Kindle e-reader …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Behind Android M: Google focuses on the core user experience with Now on Tap and many small refinements  —  Android M: small refinements with a huge impact  —  Last year, Google introduced an elegant, sophisticated operating system with an all-new design that was compatible with everything from phones to watches to cars to TVs.
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
Level 3 now blocking traffic to servers believed to be controlled by criminals, encouraging other carriers to adopt its more aggressive stance  —  Level 3 Tries to Waylay Hackers  —  Internet carrier takes to blocking traffic to servers believed controlled by criminal gangs
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Glose Brings Its Social Ebook Reader To Android, Adds Free Excerpts  —  Glose is a brand new take on ebook reading for phones and tablets.  Yet, until today, one thing was crucially missing — Android support.  Today, the company is launching its app on Android phones and tablets.
William Alden / BuzzFeed:
Leaked presentation details plans for the $100M hardware startup fund that Formation 8 is raising  —  Inside Formation 8's Secret Strategy To Invest In Hardware  —  The venture capital firm Formation 8 wants to raise $100 million to invest in hardware makers.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Android Pay's debut means Google Wallet will live on as a P2P payments app  —  If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else.  Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring …

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