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June 26, 2015, 11:20 PM

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Dominique Vidalon / Reuters:

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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Reto Meier / Android Developers Blog:

Google to drop support for Android Developer Tools in Eclipse IDE to focus on developing Android Studio — An update on Eclipse Android Developer Tools — Posted by Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android — Over the past few years, our team has focused on improving the development experience …

More: Android Police, 9to5Google, SlashGear, The Next Web, Android Central, VentureBeat and Droid Life

Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:

Intuit lays off 399 people, about 5% of the company's staff — Intuit Lays Off 399 Employees In Company Realignment — Intuit has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has laid off 399 people, or just under 5 percent of the company's roughly 8,000 employees, in a re-alignment of the company.

More: Reuters and bizjournals. Thanks:@mattlynley

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.

More: Gizmodo, Engadget, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, Windows Central, KitGuru, The Verge and The Tech Report

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:

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 …

More: ZDNet, CNET, BetaNews, AppleInsider, PC Magazine, The Straits Times, ITworld.com, TechCrunch, InvestorPlace, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, SlashGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, iMore, BGR and iLounge. Thanks:@rsgnl

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Twitter VP of Corporate Development and Strategy Rishi Garg is leaving the company — Twitter's VP of Corporate Development is leaving — Rishi Garg, Twitter's Vice President of Corporate Development, is leaving the company after joining in May 2014. — Even though he wasn't at Twitter …

More: USA Today, Re/code, Fortune, Seeking Alpha and Reuters. Tweets: @rishigarg

Tom's Guide:

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 …

More: Android Authority, Ubergizmo and SamMobile

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 …

More: CNET, Re/code, Barron's Online, Fortune and VentureBeat

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, @jessicalessin, @fredwilson, @pkafka, @startupljackson, @rafat, @mdudas 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 …

More: Medium, USA Today, iMore, Tech Times, Re/code, 9to5Google and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: Computerworld, 9to5Mac, Macworld, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, BGR, Business Insider, Redmond Pie, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE and iPhone Hacks

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 …

More: The Next Web, 9to5Google and Search Engine Watch

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