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Amid Paris protests, police seize Uber vehicles on sight, and the French Interior minister targets local managers in effort to shut down Uber nationwide — French government files legal complaint against UberPOP — French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Friday …
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AppleCare+ for mobile devices now covers batteries retaining less than 80% capacity, up from 50% — AppleCare+ for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple Watch Now Covers Batteries That Retain Less Than 80% of Original Capacity — Apple has updated the terms of its AppleCare+ Protection Plan for iPhone …
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ZDNet, PCWorld, CNET, AppleInsider, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, BGR, InvestorPlace, The Straits Times, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, O'Grady's PowerPage, iMore and iLounge. Thanks:@rsgnl
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In 6 of 9 real-world tests and benchmarks, Samsung Galaxy S6 outperforms LG G4 and iPhone 6 — The Samsung Galaxy S6 Is The World's Fastest Smartphone — A fast phone shouldn't just score well in benchmarks. It should deliver swift, everyday performance, too, whether it's opening a large file …
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Fred Wilson is sick and tired of operating plans focused just on growth instead of reaching sustainable profitability — Profits vs Growth — One of the things I've always struggled with as an investor in high growth tech companies is the tension between getting profitable vs growing more quickly.
Tweets: @fredwilson, @fredwilson, @startupljackson, @rafat, @mdudas, @pkafka and @semil
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Meerkat launches new embeddable web player today, partners with Discovery to implement the player for Shark Week — Meerkat Outs An Embeddable Player, Hooks Discovery Channel's Shark Week — Livestreaming app Meerkat has launched an embeddable player so that content being broadcast … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Satya Nadella lays out new Microsoft mission statement: “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more” — Exclusive: Satya Nadella reveals Microsoft's new mission statement, sees ‘tough choices’ ahead … Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent …
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PCWorld, GeekWire, PC Magazine, TechSpot, TechWeekEurope UK, The Register, International Business Times, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, Bloomberg Business, Fortune, GamesIndustry.biz, Ars Technica, CNET, Thurrott.com, ITworld.com, WinBeta, SuperSite for Windows, Windows Central, Pocketnow, The Verge, WMPoweruser, ZDNet, Engadget, Gamasutra, VentureBeat, Neowin and MacDailyNews. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Security Firm Sophos Raises $125M In UK IPO, Valuing It At $1.6B — As malicious hacks, data breaches and other forms of cyber crime continue to persist in our networked, Internet-connected world, Sophos, a maker of antivirus software, firewall hardware and other security products for networks … | Pasha Nahass / Inside AdWords: |
Google reduces accidental clicks on in-app interstitial and mobile image ads by redefining clickable areas, cites a 15% average conversion rate improvement — Better click quality on display ads improves the user and advertiser experience — Even as smartphone and tablet screen sizes get bigger …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Samsung will stop disabling Windows Update on its hardware, to issue a patch in a few days — Samsung will patch its software to stop disabling Windows Update ‘within a few days’ — On Tuesday night, news broke that Samsung's SW Update software was disabling Windows Update on at least some computers.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Benchmarks show iPhone performance drops by about 40% when iOS 9's Low Power mode is activated — Benchmarks Show iPhone Performance Difference When iOS 9's Low Power Mode is Activated — With iOS 9, Apple introduced a Low Power mode, designed to extend battery life when an iPhone's power is running low.| Cecilia Kang / Washington Post: |
Interconnection fees for companies like Netflix remain an issue in last-minute talks with regulators for AT&T-DirecTV deal — Why the government is about to approve the AT&T and DirecTV mega-deal - and the one thing that remains a big concern — A decision on AT&T's merger with DirecTV … | Teresa Rivas / Tech Trader Daily: |
EBay Board Approves PayPal Spinoff; Stock Distribution Set For July 17 — Shares of eBay (EBAY) are up 0.3% in after hours trading just minutes after the company said that its board of directors approved the completion of the PayPal spinoff. — According to the press release …
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