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July 13, 2015, 10:30 PM

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Graham Cluley / HOTforSecurity:

Facebook's security chief Alex Stamos says it's time for Adobe to announce the end-of-life date for Flash — Facebook's security chief calls for Adobe Flash to be killed off — Poor old Adobe Flash. Hardly anybody seems to love it. — And this isn't a new phenomenon.

Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:

State-Owned Chinese Chip Maker Tsinghua Unigroup Makes $23 Billion Bid for Micron — If Micron accepts, deal would be biggest Chinese takeover of a U.S. company — BEIJING—China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. has submitted a bid to buy out U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. for $23 billion …

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Comcast's Gigabit Pro 2Gbps internet will cost $300/month, up to $1000 in installation and activation fees; early promo rate of $159 a month on 2 year contract — Comcast's 2Gbps internet costs $300 per month with huge install fees — Comcast's faster-than-Google Fiber internet was always …

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Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Snapchat adjusts its design to bring more visibility to “Discover” section for news and ads — Snapchat Redesign Puts Spotlight on ‘Discover’ News Portal — Snapchat on Monday changed the layout of its app to bring more visibility to its “Discover” section for news articles and ads.

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Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Former Reddit CEO says Alexis Ohanian responsible for firing that touched off Reddit revolt, noting a “stunning lack of leadership” in letting Pao take the heat — Details Emerge About Victoria Taylor's Dismissal at Reddit — Over the last week, the circumstances surrounding …

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David Streitfeld / New York Times:

Accusing Amazon of Antitrust Violations, Authors and Booksellers Demand Inquiry — Amazon views itself as an innovator that brings enlightenment and entertainment to the masses. Many of the traditional guardians of the literary community, however, think the retailer is a monopolist and a bully …

More: bookweb.org, Engadget, The Digital Reader, GeekWire and Good E-Reader

New York Times:

Uber, other suitors no longer bidding for Here; Nokia continues talks with BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz consortium, wants at least $4B for its mapping service — Uber Out of the Running for Here, Nokia's Digital Mapping Service — Uber has made no secret of its global ambitions.

More: Engadget and SlashGear

Harry McCracken / Fast Company:

Microsoft unveils GigJam, a Cortana driven, cross-platform, realtime and asynchronous business collaboration app — Microsoft's New GigJam Collaboration App Deconstructs Tasks Into “Molecules Of Work” — Got a project? GigJam lets you share information on the fly—and hide what's private—on computers, tablets, and phones.

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Hadley Malcolm / USA Today:

Walmart launches rival sale to Amazon's Prime Day — WalMart (WMT) is taking on Amazon (AMZN) for the discount retailing crown. Walmart will launch a rival sale Wednesday to Amazon's recently announced Prime Day, including more than 2,000 online exclusive “rollbacks,” Walmart's word for discounts.

More: Walmart Blog, Engadget, International Business Times, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Fortune, Business Insider, Fortune, TWICE, Consumerist, TIME and Business Insider

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Hillary Clinton Says On-Demand Economy Raises Hard Questions About Workplace Protections — “This on-demand, or so-called ‘gig economy’, is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation. But it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look …

More: Fusion, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Fortune and ReadWrite. Thanks:@joshconstine

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft plans multi-million Windows 10 ad and marketing campaign, fan-focused launch — Microsoft plans a fan-focused Windows 10 launch kick-off — Microsoft's multi-million-dollar Windows 10 ad and marketing campaign will be focused on ‘upgrading the world’ to the coming operating system release.

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Microsoft launches Cortana Analytics Suite with Power BI, Azure Machine Learning, and more in a monthly subscription — Microsoft today announced Cortana Analytics Suite, a new package of data storage, information management, machine learning, and business intelligence software in a single convenient monthly subscription.

More: Microsoft Azure Blog, Business Insider, Business Matters, BetaNews, Neowin, TechNet Blogs, FierceCIO News, PCWorld, SiliconANGLE, InfoWorld, WinBeta, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Windows Central, The Fire Hose and SuperSite for Windows

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