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April 14, 2015, 8:00 PM
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: EU's competition commissioner to announce that formal charges will be filed against Google, alleging traffic was diverted from rivals — Europe to accuse Google of illegally abusing its dominance — Alex Barker and Christian Oliver in Brussels and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Paris
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See also Mediagazer| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Memo: Google responds to EU's imminent antitrust charges, says it expects EU to open investigation into Android on Wednesday — Here Is Google's Internal Response to the Imminent E.U. Charges (Memo) — On Wednesday, the European Union is expected to drop the hammer on Google …
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TechCrunch, eWeek, Washington Post, The Next Web, Fortune, 9to5Google, Financial Times and BGR. Tweets: @tomgara
| Apple: |
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference Kicks Off June 8 at San Francisco's Moscone West — Developers Can Apply for Tickets Now & Millions Worldwide Can Watch Sessions Streamed Live — Apple® today announced that it will hold its 26th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …
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| Roger Fingas / AppleInsider: |
Apple bans selfie sticks, monopods from WWDC 2015 — In an update to the rules for Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple is banning 2015 attendees from using selfie sticks or any other kind of photo monopod within the bounds of either Moscone West or Yerba Buena Gardens.| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple buys Israeli camera technology company LinX for about $20M — Apple Buys Israeli Camera-Technology Company LinX — Companies had been discussing acquisition price of about $20 million — Apple Inc. has acquired Israeli camera-technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play's New Program “Designed For Families” Will Highlight Pre-Approved, Kid-Safe Apps — Google today announced a new developer program called “Designed For Families” which will allow app publishers to opt into an additional review in order have their apps labeled as being “family-friendly.”| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
IHS report: Verizon 64GB Galaxy S6 Edge costs about $290 to build, more than Apple's iPhones, and $34 more than Galaxy S5 — Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge Is More Expensive to Build Than Apple's iPhones — Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6 Edge, is the most costly yet to build and assemble … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Skype For Business Begins Rolling Out Publicly Today — Microsoft's “Skype for Business,” which is designed to replace the company's older enterprise communication tool Lync, is rolling out publicly today as part of the Office 2013 April update, the company announced this morning.| Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
Shopify files for US and Canadian IPOs, hopes to raise about $100M, valuing firm at more than $1B — Canadian Software Company Shopify Files for U.S.-Canada IPO — Ottawa company raised $100 million from private investors in Dec. 2013 — Canadian software company Shopify Inc. filed …
| Will Oremus / Slate: |
A look at Twitter's homepage redesign, arriving in a few days, which caters to logged out visitors by organizing top tweets by category — Twitter for the Masses — For non-tweeters, the social network can feel clubby and confusing. Can its new home page change that? — Twitter.com is a barren wasteland.| Wall Street Journal: |
Google wants advertisers to hand over customer info like email addresses to improve search ad targeting with service similar to Facebook's Custom Audiences — Google May Offer New Way to Target Ads — Google in Talks to Let Advertisers Reach Existing Customers
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| Rexly Peñaflorida / Tom's Hardware Guide: |
Opera launches redesigned Mini browser for Android, hopes to grow user base to 275M by 2017 — Opera Mini Update Sports New Look And Features — The Opera Mini browser is one of Opera's three browsers for mobile devices. Compared to the regular Opera mobile browser and Opera Coast for iOS … | Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8.4 beta moves audiobooks to iBooks app, dedicated CarPlay app — In redesigning the iOS Music application for iOS 8.4, Apple removed support for audiobooks from the app, electing to move it to the iBooks app. iBooks itself has gained an all-new audio player with support for swiping gestures … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
On-demand pot delivery service Eaze raises $10M Series A round led by DCM Ventures, with Snoop Dogg's venture fund as an investor — ‘Uber For Weed’ Startup Eaze Raises $10 Million In Funding Led By DCM Ventures — There's an Uber for everything nowadays, so why not an Uber for weed?| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Delve, a Flipboard-like app for Office 365 business users, comes to iOS and Android — Microsoft delivers iOS, Android versions of Delve — Summary:Microsoft has rolled out native mobile app versions of Delve, its search and presentation technology, for iOS and Android …
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| Nokia: |
Nokia confirms it is in advanced discussions to acquire Alcatel-Lucent — Statement regarding Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent media speculation — In relation to recent media speculation Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent confirm that they are in advanced discussions with respect to a potential full combination …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Chinese streaming video service Letv announces its Le Superphone smartphone is headed for the US, in a profoundly unconvincing pitch — After comparing Apple to Hitler, Chinese company reveals Le Superphone — Two weeks ago, to build buzz for the Android smartphone it announced today, Chinese tech company Letv turned to Hitler.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Pocket raises $7 million and launches a new responsive web app to help you read things later — Pocket, the service that lets you save content from across the web to read or watch later, has raised a further $7 million to grow its team and launch new products.
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Pocket Blog, Geeky Gadgets, PE Hub Blog, The Verge, The Next Web and Re/code
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Path launches Kong, an app for creating and sharing animated selfies, on iOS and Android — Path's New App Kong Is A Selfie GIF Creation Machine — Most people know Dave Morin's Path for its eponymous social networking app, which sought to create a more intimate place for mobile users to share with their closest friends.
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Path — Blog, Tech Times, Laughing Squid and The Next Web
| Christopher Heine / Adweek: |
Foursquare launches Pinpoint, an ad platform that uses Foursquare's location data for targeting across mobile devices and web — Foursquare Unleashes Location Data for Cross-Mobile Ad Targeting — Foursquare has taken its share of lumps from industry watchers in recent years about its slow user growth …
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Pinpoint, AdExchanger, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, SocialTimes and The Next Web
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Intel reports Q1 net income of $2B, flat YoY revenue of $12.6B, meeting reduced expectations; shares rise after hours — Intel earnings match estimates, shares rise after hours — Intel just reported its first quarter earnings, and it matched analyst estimates across the board.| Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal: |
American Express and Jawbone plan to let cardholders use future fitness bands for purchases at select merchants — AmEx, Jawbone Team Up to Allow Payments Via Fitness Bands — Partnership latest to add payment function to devices — Fitness enthusiasts may soon be able to shop while they work out.
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iMore, Computerworld and SlashGear
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft buys mobile business intelligence service Datazen to improve its Power BI offerings — Microsoft Acquires Mobile Business Intelligence Service Datazen — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Datazen, a mobile business intelligence and data visualization service.Sponsor Posts
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