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New York Times:

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Xiaomi Boosts Its Business In India With Strategic Investment From Tata Sons Head — Xiaomi is making a push to be a local player in India. Days after unveiling its first phone customized to the South Asia country (the impressive $205 Mi 4i), Xiaomi announced that it has taken investment from leading Indian businessman Ratan Tata.

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Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:

Xiaomi expects revenue from mobile services, such as games and a payments app, to more than triple this year to nearly $1B — Xiaomi Sees $1 Billion in Mobile Services Revenue This Year — Chinese company wants to make smartphone games and mobile finance an increasing part of its business

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Jussi Rosendahl / Reuters:

Nokia says it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets — Nokia denies return to phone manufacturing — (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia denied reports in Chinese media that it planned to return to manufacturing phones. — “Nokia notes recent news reports claiming …

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Daniel Roberts / Fortune:

The dearth of women in Bitcoin mirrors tech as a whole, with some women actively involved, influential, and welcomed in the community — Think there aren't women in bitcoin? Think again. — The bitcoin community—the developers, executives, venture capitalists, policy wonks, academics …

More: CoinDesk. Tweets: @danprimack

Felix Salmon / Fusion:

Lack of women in the estimated 96% male Bitcoin community is a major hurdle to widespread adoption — Why Bitcoin's male domination will be its downfall — Nathaniel Popper's new book, Digital Gold, is as close as you can get to being the definitive account of the history of Bitcoin.

More: CoinDesk and Business Insider. Tweets: @luciouslisaa, @paigefreeman and @sriramk

Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed:

How Uber customizes its approach for overseas: auto-rickshaws in India, Lamborghinis in Singapore, designated driver service in Colombia — This Is How Uber Hopes To Take Over The World — The ride-hail giant is expanding globally — and it's doing so by replicating the hyperlocal approach …

Bloomberg Business:

FCC Chief Tom Wheeler confounds former allies and wins praise from public interest groups with net neutrality rules and Comcast/TWC merger rejection — Comcast Trips Over Wheeler Nixon-to-China Moment as FCC Boss — Tom Wheeler came to the Federal Communications Commission in 2013 …

Tweets: @mgsiegler. See also Mediagazer

Eric Lipton / New York Times:

How Comcast failed to get merger support in Congress despite $25M spent on lobbying in 2014

More: Monday Note, Wall Street Journal, Consumerist and Bloomberg Business. Tweets: @reddy. See also Mediagazer

Bloomberg Business:

Comcast's Week-Long Unraveling of TWC Deal Was Months in the Making

More: Electronista, U.S. Department of Justice, USA Today, New York Times and Adweek. Tweets: @sherman4949

New York Times:

AWS revenue confirms Amazon's cloud computing dominance as Microsoft and Google give chase — With Amazon Atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase — Amazon unveiled the financial performance of its powerful growth engine for the first time on Thursday, and the numbers sure looked pretty …

More: ZDNet, Bloomberg Business, InfoWorld and Slashdot

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:

Nike and Under Armour pour money into health tracking to develop connections with customers, recommend products based on exercise data, reach new markets — Why Nike and Under Armour are spending wildly to watch your every step — Runners leave the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge:

Jay Z takes to Twitter to defend Tidal, says it's “doing just fine”, declares “we are here for the long haul”, notes competitors are even richer — Jay Z defends Tidal in a Sunday afternoon tweetstorm — Jay Z officially relaunched his streaming service Tidal …

More: Slate, Rolling Stone, EW.com, Fast Company, Variety, HotNewHipHop.com, bet.com, The Source and The FADER

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