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May 31, 2015, 11:50 AM

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Behind Android M: Google focuses on the core user experience with Now on Tap and many small refinements  —  Android M: small refinements with a huge impact  —  Last year, Google introduced an elegant, sophisticated operating system with an all-new design that was compatible with everything from phones to watches to cars to TVs.
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
Level 3 now blocking traffic to servers believed to be controlled by criminals, encouraging other carriers to adopt its more aggressive stance  —  Level 3 Tries to Waylay Hackers  —  Internet carrier takes to blocking traffic to servers believed controlled by criminal gangs
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Glose Brings Its Social Ebook Reader To Android, Adds Free Excerpts  —  Glose is a brand new take on ebook reading for phones and tablets.  Yet, until today, one thing was crucially missing — Android support.  Today, the company is launching its app on Android phones and tablets.
William Alden / BuzzFeed:
Leaked presentation details plans for the $100M hardware startup fund that Formation 8 is raising  —  Inside Formation 8's Secret Strategy To Invest In Hardware  —  The venture capital firm Formation 8 wants to raise $100 million to invest in hardware makers.
John Brownlee / Co.Design:
Kindle gets a new font and layout engine with better text justification, kerning, drop caps, image positioning, and more  —  The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck  —  Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that …
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Android Pay's debut means Google Wallet will live on as a P2P payments app  —  If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else.  Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Google Sells 17 Million Chromecast Devices, Clocks 1.5 Billion Casts  —  Google has finally announced actual sales figures for its Chromecast streaming stick: Consumers have bought 17 million Chromecasts ever since the device got first introduced two years ago, announced Google's senior VP …

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