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June 11, 2015, 10:45 AM
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Paul Ford / Bloomberg Business:
Code: what is it, 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").
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 …
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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.
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?
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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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Jawbone sues Fitbit over patent infringement, its second suit against Fitbit in two weeks  —  Jawbone Hits Fitbit With Second Lawsuit in Two Weeks  —  Fitness trackers from Jawbone and Fitbit are made to count heartbeats.  They may soon be put to use counting lawsuits between the two rivals.
Eli Blumenthal / USA Today:
Removed job listing suggests Amazon planning daily video show to drive product sales  —  Amazon job listing suggests company could soon launch live video shows  —  NEW YORK— Could Amazon be looking to expand into daily, live video shows?  That appears to be the case, according to a job listing from the Internet retailer.
Xiaoyun Zhang / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter simplifies blocking multiple accounts by letting users share and import block lists  —  Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer  —  Today we're making it possible to share block lists on twitter.com.  This new, advanced feature makes blocking multiple accounts easy, fast and community driven.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
R. Bruce Dold, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune, where he became editor-in-chief and publisher, is dead at 70

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
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

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
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Ian Sherr / CNET:
Video game console maker Ouya in talks to be acquired by Razer
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
iOS 9 lets app developers make ad blockers for Safari
Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:
Payroll giant ADP sues Zenefits for defamation after it cut off clients' access to the startup's service over security concerns
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