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July 8, 2015, 9:35 AM

Top News

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:
Project Fi Review: Google Masters Wi-Fi Calling, but Needs Better Phones  —  Can the search giant change the wireless business like it's changed high-speed Internet?  —  For millions of us, Google is the backbone of our digital lives.  So it's a little incongruous that to get to its many services …
Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Facebook Announces Fifth Data Center, Located In Fort Worth, Texas  —  Facebook just took the wraps off its fifth data center, with this one landing in Fort Worth, Texas.  Like most things at Facebook, the center already has its own Facebook Page.  —  The Fort Worth location joins …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Court rejects Intellectual Ventures appeal in Capital One case, citing ‘unpatentable abstract ideas’ … The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled against Intellectual Ventures in a dispute with Capital One Financial, finding that two of the company's patents were based on …
Stowe Boyd / Gigaom Research:
Gigaom Research is relaunching under new owner Knowingly; existing subscriptions to be extended four months  —  Rebooting Gigaom Research  —  On March 9 2015, Gigaom ceased operations because of the insolvency of Giga Omni, the corporation behind the scenes.
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Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Facebook tests floating videos, so you can scroll and watch at the same time  —  A new button that's quietly appeared on Facebook for some today allows video to be popped out from the newsfeed so you can keep watching as you scroll.  —  Once pressed, the video continues playing and floats …

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