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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Music will be available on Sonos speakers by end of the year — Update: Apple has confirmed in a statement to Buzzfeed that Apple is working with Sonos to get Apple Music available on the connected speaker system by the end of the year. Original story below.| Serenity Caldwell / iMore: |
Apple Music FAQ: features included with paid subscription, what happens to iTunes Match and Radio, migrating from Beats Music, and more — Apple Music FAQ: Everything you need to know — Apple Music is coming June 30. We've got the beats and the deets.
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FISTFULAYEN, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Apple, The Verge, TechCrunch, Macworld, Digital Trends, CNET, BetaNews, BetaNews, Gotta Be Mobile, ValueWalk, CNET, iPhone Hacks, TechnoBuffalo, Re/code, Engadget, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, Cult of Mac and iMore. Tweets: @fromedome
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a new Snapchat-style photo uploader for iOS with text overlays and swipeable filters — Facebook's Snapchatty New Photo Uploader Lets You Overlay Text And More — Face it. Your photos aren't all that interesting. But Facebook's going to help you jazz them up with its shiny …
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Apple has started early production of new iPhone models with Force Touch, volume manufacturing scheduled to ramp up as soon as next month — Apple Suppliers Start Making iPhones With Force Touch — Apple Inc. has started early production of new iPhone models with a feature called Force Touch …
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USA Today, BGR, International Business Times, Telegraph, Computerworld, ValueWalk, KitGuru, SiliconANGLE, The Overspill, NEWS.com.au, SlashGear, The Register, App Advice, Forbes, PhoneDog.com, Gizmodo, Opptrends, Engadget, Phones Review, Redmond Pie, Business Insider, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Fone Arena, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, iMore, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, VentureBeat and MobileSyrup.com
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Google skews search results in anticompetitive behavior says new study by Yelp and leading academic Tim Wu — Google's search practices come under scrutiny from leading academic Wu — Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, argues in a paper that Google …
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| Rick Carew / Wall Street Journal: |
Didi Kuaidi's $1.5B round already oversubscribed; in addition to 3M daily taxi rides, now has 3M daily private car requests compared to 1M UberChina rides/day — Chinese Ride-Hailing App Didi Kuaidi May Raise Fundraising Target — With offering oversubscribed, CEO says in letter to investors …
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Reuters, TechCrunch, GeekTime, SiliconANGLE, e27, Financial Times and Bloomberg Business. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Josh Horwitz / Quartz: |
| Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: |
Supreme Court Denies Google Appeal on Oracle Suit — Oracle had alleged Google's Android OS infringed copyrights on its Java platform — WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday denied a Google Inc. appeal that sought to stop a billion-dollar Oracle Corp. lawsuit by seeking limits on software copyright protections.
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| Rachael King / Wall Street Journal: |
Automakers tackle the huge security challenges of vehicle-to-vehicle communication — Automakers Tackle the Massive Security Challenges of Connected Vehicles — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is accelerating its efforts to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communications …
Tweets: @mckeay
| James Surowiecki / MIT Technology Review: |
Google Fiber has pushed ISPs to improve broadband speeds in many markets, a result the FCC's National Broadband Plan failed to achieve — Broadband Speeds Are Improving in Many Places. Too Bad It Took Google to Make It Happen. — It's too often said that some event “changed everything” in technology.
Tweets: @techreview
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook's “add a link” feature is available now on iOS, lets users view and share articles without leaving the app — Facebook Makes It Easier to Share Links Without Ever Leaving Facebook — Facebook added an app update on Thursday that allows people to post and share links …
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Facebook Code, Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable, ITworld.com, Fone Arena, SocialTimes, MobileSyrup.com and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
While most crowdfunded hardware products ship months late due to logistics and manufacturing challenges, the instances of outright fraud are rare — Between Kickstarter's frauds and phenoms live long-delayed projects — Despite its complications, crowdsourcing enables diverse creators, outperforms VC funding.| Pew Internet: |
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