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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) …
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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
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
L.A. school district ditches iPad curriculum, seeks refund from Apple — The Los Angeles Unified School District has canceled further plans to use expensive curriculum that was part of a $1.3-billion effort to provide iPads to every student, teacher and campus administrator.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Jawbone announces $199 Up4 fitness band with NFC for AmEx payments and mid-range $100 Up2 band — Jawbone unveils mid-range Up2, AmEx-powered Up4 health bands — We're still waiting for Jawbone's long-delayed Up3 to start shipping next week, but that's not stopping it from debuting two new health bands today.
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| 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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MacBook teardown: terraced battery fully glued to body, CPU/RAM/flash storage soldered to logic board, 1/10 repairability score — Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Research launches handwriting input keyboard in Play Store, rendering text and emojis, supports 82 languages — Google Launches Handwriting Input For Text And Emoji On Android — Google Research today launched its latest project: Google Handwriting Input.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Acorns, the app that automatically invests your spare change, raises $23 million — Opening and managing an investment account can be intimidating for a lot of people, but what if a simple smartphone app could take care of it all for you? — Acorns, a eight-month old smartphone app built …
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| 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.
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Chinese Drone Maker DJI in Talks to Raise Funding at Valuation of $10 Billion — DJI expects revenue to top $1 billion this year — Chinese consumer drone maker DJI is in talks to raise funding at a valuation as high as $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter …
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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.
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| 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 …
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| 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.Sponsor Posts
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