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Paul Ford / Bloomberg Business:
Code: what it is, how it's evolved, and why it matters for all businesses  —  What Is Code?  —  You are an educated, successful person capable of abstract thought.  A VP doing an SVP's job.  Your office, appointed with decent furniture and a healthy amount of natural light filtered through vertical blinds …
EU Press Room:
Antitrust: Commission opens formal investigation into Amazon's e-book distribution arrangements  —  The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into certain business practices by Amazon in the distribution of electronic books ("e-books").
Aga Guzik / Skype Blogs:
Skype to retire modern Windows touch app on July 7, to retain single desktop app for keyboard, mouse, and touch  —  A More Efficient Skype Experience for Your PC  —  At Skype we want to help you do more together with the people you care about by delivering the best possible experiences to the devices you use.
Kellex / Droid Life:
Sources: New Nest Cam is a slimmed down version of Dropcam; new app has updated UI, slide-down menu, button-heavy interface  —  This is the Nest Cam and the New Nest App for Android  —  You know that story from earlier today that suggested Nest may unveil a new wireless camera at next week's event?
Nate Swanner / The Next Web:
Apple Music will stream at 256kbps, below the ‘industry standard’ 320kbps  —  Arriving June 30, Apple Music is going to try and curate tracks with a human touch.  It won't stream them at the highest possible bitrate, though.  —  Apple has confirmed Apple Music's streaming bitrate is 256kbps.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
In his speech on privacy practices, Tim Cook failed to fairly explore the benefits of free, ad-supported services  —  What Apple's Tim Cook Overlooked in His Defense of Privacy  —  Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, delivered a speech last week that raised some eyebrows in the technology industry.
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Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Matt Murphy Moves to Menlo Ventures From Kleiner  —  Venture capitalist Matt Murphy, who left Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers earlier this year, has found a new investing home.  —  Murphy will join Menlo Ventures as managing director, the Menlo Park, Calif., firm said on Thursday.
Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
Early look at Hangouts 4.0 for Android: cleaner UI, new status option, still no tablet layout  —  An Exclusive Early Look At Hangouts 4.0  —  Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel.  He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Google creates and funds Sidewalk Labs, a startup developing and incubating tech to improve urban life, headed by former deputy mayor of NYC Daniel L. Doctoroff  —  Sidewalk Labs, a Start-Up Created by Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living  —  Google's ambitions and investments …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Reddit bans ‘Fat People Hate’ and other subreddits under new harassment rules  —  In the wake of a new anti-harassment policy, Reddit is banning a handful of its worst communities.  “Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content …

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From Mediagazer

Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Experts say FCC chair Brendan Carr's threats to broadcasters violate the First Amendment and are an abuse of the FCC's power

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Doc: journalists covering the Pentagon will be required to pledge not to gather confidential or unauthorized info, and their passes will be revoked if they do

Dan Raby / CBS News:
Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after being in the US for 20+ years; he was arrested while covering a Georgia rally in June

More News

Wall Street Journal:
Critics say that startups' use of vague, unconventional, and non-GAAP financial terms inflate their valuations
James Vincent / The Verge:
Marriott to offer guests access to their Netflix accounts at all properties by the end of 2016

Earlier Picks

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google on iOS and Android can now use geolocation to answer “When does this restaurant open?” or “How long is this river?”
Chris Welch / The Verge:
iOS 9 extends Continuity to cellular connections; T-Mobile first to offer feature
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
iOS 9 code hints 1080p, 240fps, flash coming to iPhone FaceTime cameras
Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Jawbone sues Fitbit over patent infringement, its second suit against Fitbit in two weeks
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Challenges Pinterest With News Feed Buy Button For Shopify Merchants
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