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June 11, 2015, 2:00 PM

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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 …

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Dan Primack / Fortune:

2015 could be the slowest year for VC-backed tech IPOs since financial crisis; only seven VC-backed tech companies have gone public this year — Something is rotting under Silicon Valley — I spent a good chunk of last week in Silicon Valley, speaking to venture capitalists who mostly wanted …

Tweets: @jessicalessin and @counternotions

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.

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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").

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Oculus Unveils Consumer Rift Headset With Wireless Xbox One Controller — This is no developer kit. Oculus today gave the world the first look at its consumer virtual reality headset. It ships with a small, table-top camera on a stand that watches LED markers to track your head movement.

More: Engadget, The Verge, CNET, VentureBeat, ZDNet, TechCrunch, The Verge, SlashGear and VG247

Tweets: @devindra and @devindra

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Oculus and Microsoft partner, will bring Xbox One games to the Oculus Rift, playable with existing Xbox controllers

More: VentureBeat and TechCrunch

Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters:

iPhone maker Foxconn in talks to build first Apple plant in India — Foxconn Technology is in talks to manufacture Apple's iPhone in India, government officials said, in a move that could lower prices in the world's No.3 smartphone market where the U.S. firm trails Samsung Electronics and local players.

More: ZDNet, MacRumors, iMore, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, Technology Personalized and iPhone in Canada Blog

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?

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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.

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Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Kevin Rose's Watchville merging with wristwatch enthusiast site HODINKEE; combined company raising $3.6M from True Ventures as Rose becomes NYC-based CEO — Kevin Rose Moves On From Silicon Valley to Watches — For some start-up founders, once you get the bug to create your own companies, it is hard to stop.

More: The Next Web, HODINKEE, Business Insider, Medium and Summer Tomato

Tweets: @edzitron and @ow

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.

More: PCWorld, Ausdroid, Phandroid, AndroidGuys, Pocketnow, PhoneDog.com, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, Google Plus Daily, 9to5Google, Droid Life, The Verge and Lifehacker

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.

More: SiliconBeat, New York Times, Bothsides of the Table, TechCrunch and PE Hub Blog

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.

More: Bloomberg View and Praxtime. Tweets: @davegirouard

Mark Brown / Pocket Gamer:

Apple's Xcode 7 allows anyone to build and test apps on iOS devices, no $99/year developer license required — Apple's new Xcode lets anyone sideload apps and emulators onto their iOS device — Freedom! — Review — Videos — Tips — The new version of Xcode …

More: bouk.co, BGR, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, OS X Daily, Touch Arcade, SiliconANGLE, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, AfterDawn.com and Cult of Mac

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 …

More: Larry Page, Business Insider, Fortune, Ars Technica, Politico, VentureBeat, The Verge, Capital New York, SiliconBeat, CIO.com, WebProNews, USA Today, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Engadget, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider and Forbes. Tweets: @amir

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