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July 12, 2013, 2:30 PM

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21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company to Maintain Ownership Positions in Hulu — 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company today jointly announced that they will maintain their respective ownership positions in Hulu and together provide a cash infusion …

More: Betabeat, ReadWrite, TheStreet.com, CNET, ZDNet, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily, Gizmodo, Fortune, Variety and Mashable

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Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Hulu's owners say they won't be selling, provide $750 million for future growth — Streaming video site Hulu won't be sold after all. 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company announced today that they will be keeping their existing shares in Hulu and contributing a combined $750 million to help grow the site.

More: GigaOM and Bloomberg. See also Mediagazer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft details new Windows Phone 8 update, but real fixes won't come until 2014 — Microsoft published details of its upcoming Windows Phone 8 update on Thursday, revealing the minor changes that are due to roll out shortly. Known as General Distribution Release 2 (GDR2) …

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

BlackBerry A10 (Aristo) Exclusively Revealed — We already detailed the BlackBerry A10 and BlackBerry 9720 yesterday in an exclusive report, but this time we now are able to share exclusive images of BlackBerry's flagship handset for 2013, the BlackBerry A10.

More: Crave, CNET, Phones Review, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, IntoMobile, techshout.com, Electronista, Unwired View, T3 News, Gizmodo, Yahoo! News, CrackBerry.com, SlashGear, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo, Softpedia News, Pocketnow and TechSpot

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Unannounced Motorola Moto X likely spotted in the hands of Google's Eric Schmidt — During the winter, Sun Valley is known for its skiing. This time of the year, however, it's quickly becoming a tech hotspot as some of the industry's top execs gather together at the annual Allen and Co media conference.

More: Business Insider, The Verge, TechHive, ZDNet, BGR, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, SlashGear, Geek.com, MobileSyrup.com and Softpedia News

Tweets: @rachelabramsdv, @garyhe and @wimbet

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

eBay Exact launches on iOS, lets you buy 3D-printed products from MakerBot, Sculpteo, and Hot Pop Factory — eBay has announced a new iOS app called eBay Exact that lets you buy customizable 3D-printed merchandise on the go. You can download the new addition now directly from Apple's App Store.

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget, eBay Inc and iDownloadBlog.com

Julie Bort / Business Insider:

Chairman Eric Schmidt: Google's Relationship With Apple Has Improved — On Thursday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt revealed a surprising thing: Google's relationship with Apple has improved after many meetings, he said. — He praised Apple alongside Google saying, “These are two proud, well-run, different companies.”

More: Reuters, Tech Deals, 9to5Google, MacRumors, PadGadget, AppleInsider, iLounge, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, TechEye, Electronista, BGR, iPhone, PhoneArena and iClarified

Tweets: @jonerlichman and @jessicalessin

AppleInsider:

Rumor: Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon — Apple may move beyond designing silicon and actually build its own mobile chips, rather than relying entirely on third-party suppliers like Samsung or TSMC, a new rumor claims. — Apple's alleged buy-in to an unnamed chip fabrication plant …

More: SemiAccurate, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, InvestorPlace, PhoneArena, App Advice and Electronista

Bloomberg:

Icahn Adds Perk to Dell Offer in Latest Buyout Challenge — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is offering shareholders a chance to own a bigger stake in Dell Inc. (DELL), seeking to force Michael Dell to sweeten his $24.4 billion buyout offer for the personal-computer maker.

More: PR Newswire, The Register, ZDNet, AllThingsD, Reuters, Forbes and Quartz

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Following Amazon And Netflix, Rakuten Is Expanding Its Wuaki Video Service Across Europe; First Stop UK — E-commerce giant Rakuten, often called the Amazon of Japan, is taking another step in a bid to square up to is rival: today it is officially launching a beta of its Wuaki video streaming service …

More: Engadget, Inquirer, VatorNews and Pocket-lint. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Lyft Sells Legacy Zimride Assets To Enterprise Holdings As It Focuses On Local Ride Sharing — Lyft is announcing this morning that it has sold off its legacy ride-matching business Zimride to rental car giant Enterprise Holdings. The sale will allow Lyft to focus on its fast-growing …

More: AllThingsD, The Next Web and PC Magazine. Thanks:@ingridlunden

Microsoft:

Statement from Microsoft About Response to Government Demands for Customer Data — In response to an article in the Guardian on July 11, Microsoft issued the following statement:

More: PC Magazine, BBC, Inquirer, Network World, GigaOM, The Next Web, The Raw Story, GeekWire and CNET

Don Reisinger / CNET:

Twitter surrenders anti-Semitic tweet info to French authorities — The company had previously tried to hold on to the tweets, but eventually decided to hand them over to authorities. — Twitter has finally released data on anti-Semitic tweets to French authorities.

More: Agence France Presse, AllThingsD, GigaOM, The Verge, Guardian, BBC and Softpedia News. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Google Will Shut Down Alfred, The Local Recommendations App, July 19 — Looks like Latitude wasn't the only Google product that got shut down yesterday in the wake of a new version of Google Maps. Alfred, the local recommendations app that Google picked up through its acquisition …

More: VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Engadget, Electronista, CNET, FierceMobileContent News and Softpedia News

The Coinbase Blog:

Instant Bitcoin Purchases at Coinbase — You know what's really satisfying? Being able to buy Bitcoin without a lot of hassle. That's what Coinbase has always let you do. But you know what's really awesome? Being able to buy Bitcoin instantly, on-demand, any time you want …

More: GigaOM, VentureBeat, Y Combinator Posthaven, A VC, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Softpedia News and PandoDaily

David Meyer / GigaOM:

AT&T and Verizon lose bid to maintain secrecy of French interconnection deals — AT&T and Verizon have failed in their attempt to block the French telecoms regulator from examining their secret interconnection agreements - deals that may be key to the erosion of net neutrality.

More: CNET, Engadget and arcep.fr

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