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Apple has asked over a dozen artists for exclusive deals to promote Beats Music, which relaunches this summer at $9.99/month with family plan for $14.99 — Apple's New Beats Music Thinks Taylor Swift Will Make You Pay — Apple Inc. has asked Florence and the Machine and more than a dozen …
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Four-person Google X team led by ex-Apple battery expert has been developing existing lithium-ion and newer solid-state thin film battery tech since 2012 — Google Gets Into Battery Arms Race — Research team working on projects to improve lithium-ion and solid-state batteries
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Digital Trends, Android and Me, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, Pocketnow, The Verge, PhoneDog.com, Droid Life, BGR and 9to5Google
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Social intelligence service DataSift says its Twitter firehose access expires August, bemoans impact on its customers and their customers, touts Facebook access — Twitter Ends its Partnership with DataSift - Firehose Access Expires on August 13, 2015 — For several months now …
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Nokia considers sale of HERE maps business, worth about $2.1B, to focus on networks division — Nokia Weighs Sale of Maps Business to Focus on Networks — Nokia Oyj is exploring the sale of its maps business as the Finnish equipment maker focuses on boosting growth at its wireless-network unit …
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| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Mike Kerns, senior vice president of the Yahoo homepage, has resigned — One of the first execs Marissa Mayer really trusted at Yahoo just quit the company — Mike Kerns, the Yahoo senior vice president in charge of Yahoo's homepage and other destinations, just quit the company, a source close to Kerns just told us.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
SendGrid Account Breach Was Used to Attack Coinbase, a Bitcoin Exchange — SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers targeted SendGrid, a mass email service used by 180,000 companies including Uber, Pinterest, Spotify and Foursquare, to infiltrate Coinbase, one of the most popular Bitcoin exchanges.
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| Rebecca Jeschke / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
USPTO ruling invalidates key claims in infamous Personal Audio patent after EFF petition, curtailing the ability of patent trolls to threaten podcasters — EFF Busts Podcasting Patent, Invalidating Key Claims at Patent Office — Ruling from USPTO Invalidates All Claims Used to Threaten Podcasters
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon will stream movies and TV shows in vivid HDR later this year — Already delivering 4K movies and TV shows to its customers with Prime Instant Video, Amazon is now setting its sights on what's next: HDR video playback. The company has announced that it will begin streaming content … | Lucian Armasu / Tom's Hardware Guide: |
BQ Aquaris E4.5, First Commercially Available Ubuntu Phone, Lands In Europe For 170 Euro — The first Ubuntu phone is finally here. The Aquaris E4.5, previously only an Android 4.4 phone, now also has a “Ubuntu Edition.” The phone is available only in the European Union from BQ's website right now for 170 euro ($180).
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Spotify nearing deal to raise $400M in round valuing the music-streaming service at $8.4B — Spotify Nears Deal to Raise $400 Million at $8.4 Billion Valuation — Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Wealth Fund Have Invested — Spotify AB has headed back to the funding well for a seventh time …
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New York Times, International Business Times, Seeking Alpha and Business Insider. Tweets: @scottmaustin
| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
Google cuts price for the Project Tango developer kit, its 3D mapping tablet, in half to $512 for some invitees, says it's opening up sales more broadly — Google Slashes Project Tango Price In Half For Some Invitees (Down To $512), Broader Sales May Be Coming Soon
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TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, InfoWorld, 9to5Google, SlashGear and PhoneDog.com
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Symantec exploring a sale of its Veritas data-storage and recovery business, could fetch more than $8B — Symantec Exploring a Sale of Its Veritas Business — The data-storage and recovery business could fetch more than $8 billion in a sale — Symantec Corp. is exploring a sale …
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Reuters and Seeking Alpha
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Critical Reviews From Google Maps — There's troubling news in Japan today, after Google was told to delete two critical customer reviews from its Google Maps service. — The Chiba District Court today issued a preliminary injunction forcing …
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