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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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Android Police, 9to5Google, SlashGear, The Next Web, Android Central, VentureBeat and Droid Life
| 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.| Dominique Vidalon / Reuters: |
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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BBC, New York Times, The Local, France 24, SlashGear, NPR, Guardian, International Business Times, TIME, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, ABC News, Engadget and Wired. Tweets: @davegirouard
| David Michaels / Bloomberg Business: |
SEC allows startups raising up to $50M to tweet about stock or debt offering to gauge interest among potential investors — SEC Approves Tweeting by Startups to Test Investor Interest — Trying to figure out how many investors might want to fund your small business? Go ahead and tweet about it.
Tweets: @startupljackson and @peterpham
| 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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Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, Windows Central, The Verge, Engadget and The Tech Report
| 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
| 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, AppleInsider, BetaNews, ITworld.com, InvestorPlace, TechnoBuffalo, PC Magazine, The Next Web, TechCrunch, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, iPhone Hacks, iMore, Ubergizmo and iLounge. Thanks:@rsgnl
| 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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Re/code, Fortune, CNET and VentureBeat
| Bloomberg Business: |
Uber launches UberBOAT ferry service in Istanbul with rides starting at 50 liras, about $19 — Uber Crosses Continents With Istanbul Water-Taxi Service — Ships pass along the Bosphorus strait past the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge between the continents of Europe, top, and Asia in Istanbul.
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Ars Technica
| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Instacart lets some retailers collect personal data on customers if the user opts in, starting with Whole Foods — Instacart is asking its customers to do something new — Grocery delivery service Instacart recently premiered a new feature asking users to share their personal data and shopping histories with retailers.| Laura Colby / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: News Corp's education division, Amplify, is winding down sales of its tablets — News Corp. Is Winding Down School Tablet Sales — News Corp. is winding down sales of custom-made tablet computers after few schools bought the devices, once central to the company's goal …
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