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EU Press Room:
Antitrust: EU commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service, opens separate formal investigation on Android  —  Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service; opens separate formal investigation on Android
Kevin Tofel / ZDNet:
EU's three gripes with Android: What you need to know  —  Summary:Did you know there are really two main versions of Android?  The one Google controls is under fire for potential antitrust practices.  Here's why.  —  After five years of investigation, the European Commission (EC) …
The Official Google Blog:
Google responds to EU's antitrust charges on display and ranking of shopping results  —  The Search for Harm  —  In the summer of 2010, Google announced plans to acquire the flight search provider, ITA.  As we said at the time, while many people buy their airline tickets online …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Technological shifts may over time weaken the rationale for EU's antitrust case against Google, like they did for the case against Microsoft  —  Case Against Google May Be Undercut by Rapid Changes in Technology  —  The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators …
More: Bloomberg View.  Tweets: @deanemurphy
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Google to EU: our vertical search products fail in the market, but are useful enough for our users to display  —  Google To EU: You Know, No One Really Uses Our Vertical Search Products  —  As was widely expected yesterday, the EU has officially come out with its “Statement of Objections” …
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
What's Next for Google and the EU?  It Could Be a Quick Settlement.  —  Google's antitrust standoff with the European Union, a tumultuous legal tug-of-war begun in February 2010, reached a climax this morning with the EU laying the foundation for a formal complaint against Google for abusing its market position.
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Netflix stock up over 10% after beating estimates for new subscribers: 2.3M in US, and 2.6M non-US; Q1 revenue of $1.57B  —  Netflix Adds 4.9M New Members In Q1, Sending Shares Up More Than 10%  —  Following the bell today, Netflix reported its first quarter financial performance …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook tests “sidebar status” feature in mobile apps, similar to AIM's away message  —  Facebook brings back the away message in a new mobile experiment  —  In the late 1990s and early 2000s, before Facebook created the world's first billion-person social network, many of us stayed in touch through instant messaging.
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Etsy prices IPO at $16 per share, giving the company a valuation of approximately $1.8B  —  Etsy makes it official, prices IPO at $16 per share  —  Summary:The company once known as “Indieco, Inc.” has stressed its business strategy is rooted in community and customer service since launching in 2005.
Sriram Sharma / India - The Huffington Post:
Indian companies Cleartrip, NDTV, and Newshunt pulling out of Internet.org, citing commitment to net neutrality  —  Blow To Internet.org As Indian Internet Companies Begin To Withdraw  —  A day after Flipkart exited from the Airtel Zero platform, Cleartrip, NDTV, Newshunt and the Times Group announced …
Beth Kowitt / Fortune:
Meal delivery service Sprig raises $45 million in funding  —  Meal delivery service Sprig has raised $45 million in its Series B round, led by Social Capital and Greylock Partners.  This brings the San Francisco-based startup's total funding to $57 million.
Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon Galaxy S6 won't come with Skype, OneNote, or OneDrive preinstalled; AT&T S6 just comes with Skype and OneNote  —  Verizon and AT&T Won't Pre-Install Three Microsoft Apps on Samsung S6  —  Microsoft announced last month a deal to push its mobile apps into as many hands as possible.
More: Business Insider.  Tweets: @dannysullivan
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Homepage Adds Sampling of Tweets to Lure Unregistered Users  —  Twitter.com has a new look.  —  The social network officially launched a new version of its homepage on Wednesday, one that includes a handful of different Twitter categories that lead users to streams of tweets without needing to sign in to an account.
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Ola, Uber's rival in India, closes $400M Series E led by DST Global as it looks to expand its network to over 200 cities  —  Ola, Uber's Big Rival In India, Raises $400M To Grow To 200 Cities This Year  —  Ola, the largest rival to Uber in India, has announced that it has raised …

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