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Liam Spradlin / Android Police:

An exclusive early look at the new standalone Google Photos app on Android — An Exclusive Early Look At The New Google Photos App — We've been hearing for a very long time - virtually ever since Vic Gundotra left Google+, with more rumors springing up recently - that Photos …

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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

What could launch at Google I/O 2015: Android M, Chromecast 2, standalone photos product, more — Google Tracker 2015 (I/O edition): Android M, Chromecast 2, and lots more — SPOILER ALERT! We recap upcoming Google projects that could launch at I/O 2015.

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Sources: Charter may announce it is buying Time Warner Cable for $55.1B tomorrow, Bright House Networks will also be merged into the combined company — Charter Near Deal for Time Warner Cable at $195 a Share — Charter Communications Inc. is near an agreement to buy Time Warner Cable Inc …

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram sends “Highlights” email digests to re-engage users, its first promotional emails — An Aging Instagram Tries To Win Us Back With Email “Highlights” — Four and a half years is a lot of pretty pictures. Instagram isn't as young as it used to be, and it doesn't want long-time users to slip away from its app.

More: Telegraph, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, Fone Arena, Guardian, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, MobileSyrup.com, Engadget, PC Magazine and The Next Web. Tweets: @joshconstine

Juliette Garside / Guardian:

Philip Zimmermann moves his mobile encryption startup Silent Circle from US to Switzerland to avoid surveillance — Philip Zimmermann: king of encryption reveals his fears for privacy — The creator of PGP has moved his mobile-encryption firm Silent Circle to Switzerland to be free of US mass surveillance.

Tweets: @adamhrv, @alex, @privacyprof and @vmosco

Mark Scott / New York Times:

Amazon to stop funneling Europe sales through Luxembourg amid pressure from regulators, increasing its tax burden — Amazon to Stop Funneling European Sales Through Low-Tax Haven — In the continuing battle between European and American tech companies, score one for Europe.

Chance Miller / 9to5Google:

Google Hangouts Chrome app updated w/ redesigned interface, OS X support — Google today updated its Hangouts Chrome app with an entirely new interface. Perhaps more notably than that, the app has support for Mac OS X users in addition to the trio of Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS.

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Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

The science behind Netflix's first major redesign in four years — Back in March, a developer named Renan Cakirerk wrote a small piece of code that made a big impact on Netflix. Cheekily named “god mode,” it addressed one of the most annoying aspects of trying to use Netflix in your browser …

Tweets: @caseynewton

Stacey Higginbotham / Fortune:

Alarm.com, a security and home automation cloud service provider with 2.3M customers, files for $75M IPO — Alarm.com files to raise $75 million through initial public offering — Security and home automation company Alarm.com, riding the interest in the smart home …

More: RTTNews, Greentech Media, Wall Street Journal and Seeking Alpha

Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Former employee of cybersecurity consultancy Tiversa says they extorted clients and fabricated evidence — Did this cybersecurity firm use a data breach for extortion? — In 2007, LabMD was a small but successful medical testing company based in Atlanta, processing lab samples for cancer patients …

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James Risley / GeekWire:

Expedia sells stake in Chinese travel firm eLong to China-based Ctrip for $671 million … Expedia sold its 62.4 percent stake in eLong, a Chinese travel service, to a number of firms for $671 million, the company announced today. Buyers include Ctrip.com, Keystone Lodging Holdings, Plateno Group and Luxuriant Holdings.

More: TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg Business and Skift

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

How Spotify plans to apply to video what it's learned with music — Spotify's Tricky Pivot: Getting Passive Audio Listeners to Actively Watch Video — Spotify on Wednesday unveiled its ambitions to expand from music streaming into video and podcasts. At a splashy press event in New York …

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