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July 9, 2015, 6:01 AM

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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Spotify urges iPhone customers to stop paying through the App Store and save $3/month in apparent effort to avoid Apple's 30% cut  —  Spotify urges iPhone customers to stop paying through Apple's App Store  —  Spotify is trying to raise awareness around the fact that it's cheaper to subscribe …
Microsoft:
Satya Nadella email to employees on sharpening business focus  —  Over the past few weeks, I've shared with you our mission, strategy, structure and culture.  Today, I want to discuss our plans to focus our talent and investments in areas where we have differentiation and potential for growth …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
IBM has developed the first 7nm chips with four times the capacity of today's most powerful chips  —  IBM Announces Computer Chips More Powerful Than Any in Existence  —  IBM said on Thursday that it had made working versions of ultradense computer chips, with roughly four times the capacity of today's most powerful chips.
Glenn Fleishman / Macworld:
Apple drops Recovery Key in new two-factor authentication for El Capitan and iOS 9  —  Apple said at WWDC it would build a more integrated and comprehensions two-factor security system into its next OS releases, and today explains what that means.  —  Senior Contributor, Macworld
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Google debuts $15 Chromecast Ethernet adapter, product sells out in hours  —  Google's Chromecast gets a hardwired Ethernet adapter  —  If you have Wi-Fi problems, you can now directly plug into your network.  —  Google's Chromecast is one of the easiest-to-use and most widely supported …
Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Jawbone files complaint with ITC against Fitbit, seeks to block company from importing fitness trackers into US, in third legal action in two months  —  Jawbone Sues Rival Fitbit for Third Time in Two Months  —  Jawbone has filed another legal action against rival fitness tracker company Fitbit - the third in two months.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iOS 9 Beta 3 released with News app, Apple Music, high quality music streaming over cellular, folders that separate selfies and screenshots, more  —  iOS 9 Beta 3 Tidbits: 4x4 Folders on iPad, Screenshot and Selfie Folders, News App, and More  —  Apple today released the third beta of iOS 9 …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Fleksy's mobile keyboard app goes free as the company bets on premium themes and extensions  —  Mobile keyboard company Fleksy has followed in the footsteps of SwiftKey by making its Android and iOS app completely free.  —  With seven million downloads to date, the San Francisco-based company's app replaces …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
iOS 8.4 reportedly accounts for 40% of all iOS usage just one week after release  —  Using data by Mixpanel, Apple Music seems to be quickly driving adoption of Apple's latest iteration of its operating system, iOS 8.4.  The chart shows that, in just one week, iOS 8.4 usage now makes up more than 40% of all iOS device usage.
TechCrunch:
Sources: Aol/Verizon Eyes Millennial Media For Around $300M In Mobile Ad Push  —  AOL, recently acquired by Verizon for $4.4 billion, appears to be wasting little time in continuing to build out its advertising business.  Sources tell TechCrunch that the company has been in the process of buying mobile ad network Millennial Media.

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