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Amid Paris protests, police seize Uber vehicles on sight, and the French Interior minister targets local managers in effort to shut down Uber nationwide — French government files legal complaint against UberPOP — French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Friday …
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| Reto Meier / Android Developers Blog: |
Google to drop support for Android Developer Tools in Eclipse IDE to focus on developing Android Studio — An update on Eclipse Android Developer Tools — Posted by Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android — Over the past few years, our team has focused on improving the development experience …
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Intuit lays off 399 people, about 5% of the company's staff — Intuit Lays Off 399 Employees In Company Realignment — Intuit has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has laid off 399 people, or just under 5 percent of the company's roughly 8,000 employees, in a re-alignment of the company.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Samsung will stop disabling Windows Update on its hardware, to issue a patch in a few days — Samsung will patch its software to stop disabling Windows Update ‘within a few days’ — On Tuesday night, news broke that Samsung's SW Update software was disabling Windows Update on at least some computers.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
AppleCare+ for mobile devices now covers batteries retaining less than 80% capacity, up from 50% — AppleCare+ for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple Watch Now Covers Batteries That Retain Less Than 80% of Original Capacity — Apple has updated the terms of its AppleCare+ Protection Plan for iPhone …
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ZDNet, CNET, BetaNews, AppleInsider, PC Magazine, The Straits Times, ITworld.com, TechCrunch, InvestorPlace, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, iMore, BGR and iLounge. Thanks:@rsgnl
| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Twitter VP of Corporate Development and Strategy Rishi Garg is leaving the company — Twitter's VP of Corporate Development is leaving — Rishi Garg, Twitter's Vice President of Corporate Development, is leaving the company after joining in May 2014. — Even though he wasn't at Twitter … | Tom's Guide: |
In 6 of 9 real-world tests and benchmarks, Samsung Galaxy S6 outperforms LG G4 and iPhone 6 — The Samsung Galaxy S6 Is The World's Fastest Smartphone — A fast phone shouldn't just score well in benchmarks. It should deliver swift, everyday performance, too, whether it's opening a large file …
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Android Authority, Ubergizmo and SamMobile
| Teresa Rivas / Tech Trader Daily: |
EBay Board Approves PayPal Spinoff; Stock Distribution Set For July 17 — Shares of eBay (EBAY) are up 0.3% in after hours trading just minutes after the company said that its board of directors approved the completion of the PayPal spinoff. — According to the press release …
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Fred Wilson is sick and tired of operating plans focused just on growth instead of reaching sustainable profitability — Profits vs Growth — One of the things I've always struggled with as an investor in high growth tech companies is the tension between getting profitable vs growing more quickly.
Tweets: @fredwilson, @jessicalessin, @fredwilson, @pkafka, @startupljackson, @rafat, @mdudas and @semil
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Meerkat launches new embeddable web player today, partners with Discovery to implement the player for Shark Week — Meerkat Outs An Embeddable Player, Hooks Discovery Channel's Shark Week — Livestreaming app Meerkat has launched an embeddable player so that content being broadcast … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Benchmarks show iPhone performance drops by about 40% when iOS 9's Low Power mode is activated — Benchmarks Show iPhone Performance Difference When iOS 9's Low Power Mode is Activated — With iOS 9, Apple introduced a Low Power mode, designed to extend battery life when an iPhone's power is running low.| Pasha Nahass / Inside AdWords: |
Google reduces accidental clicks on in-app interstitial and mobile image ads by redefining clickable areas, cites a 15% average conversion rate improvement — Better click quality on display ads improves the user and advertiser experience — Even as smartphone and tablet screen sizes get bigger …
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The Next Web, 9to5Google and Search Engine Watch
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