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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, InvestorPlace, BGR, 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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| 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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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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| 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 … | 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.
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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.| 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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| 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 … | 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 … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Airbnb close to raising $1.5B at a $24B valuation, led by General Atlantic — Airbnb closes in on $1.5bn fundraising — Henny Sender in Beijing and Richard Waters in San Francisco — Airbnb is on the brink of agreeing a massive $1.5bn fundraising that would boost its valuation … | Steve LeVine / Quartz: |
24M comes out of stealth with $54.5M raised to slash production costs of lithium-ion batteries — The story of the invention that could revolutionize batteries—and maybe American manufacturing as well — The world has been clamoring for a super-battery.
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