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June 8, 2015, 7:45 AM

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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Sony Music CEO confirms launch of Apple's music streaming service tomorrow  —  Sony Music CEO Doug Morris said in an interview on stage today that Apple will announce its new music streaming service tomorrow at its World Wide Developers Conference.  —  While observers have long-expected …
Clive Thompson / New York Times:
Swiss watchmakers Montblanc, Ateliers deMonaco, and H. Moser adopt very different strategies to compete with the Apple Watch  —  Can the Swiss Watchmaker Survive the Digital Age?  —  Masters of one of the world's most revered forms of analog craftsmanship take on the smartwatch.
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Advanced mobile infrastructure, population density and consumer habits give Seoul some advantages over Silicon Valley as an environment for mobile innovation  —  What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Seoul  —  South Korean companies are building software for smartphones that's chaotic …
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Why more than a dozen big banks and tech firms are investigating blockchain technology  —  Why financial firms are investigating bitcoin tech  —  The technology behind bitcoin could be even more important than the cryptocurrency itself.  —  The technological innovation behind bitcoin …
Dina Bass / Bloomberg Business:
India's booming tech sector fuelled by easier access to capital prompts more Indian engineers to return home to work in startups after graduating in US  —  America's Unwanted Ivy Leaguers Are Flocking to India  —  Tech boom lures Indian engineers back home  —  Kunal Bahl's American dream was coming together in late 2007.
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Inside Uber's battle with regulators in Paris, where its UberPOP service operates in the face of an effective ban  —  Uber's French Resistance  —  In cities from New York to New Delhi, the car service Uber has faced threats and bans from regulators but usually comes out on top.  Has it met its match in Paris?
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Tom Maxwell / 9to5Google:
Slack for Android updated with much faster navigation, emoji support, more  —  Slack, the workplace communication service that has taken the corporate communications space by storm, has released what is says is a “better, faster, and all around Android-ier” Slack app for Android, rewritten from the ground up.
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