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Abhijeet M. / SamMobile:
Sources: Samsung's Tizen-based Gear A smartwatch will feature a 1.2 GHz Exynos processor, Bluetooth 4.1, a digital crown, and more  —  Exclusive: Samsung Gear A (Orbis) specifications  —  With all the Galaxy Note 5 news flooding the internet of late, Samsung's upcoming smartwatch hasn't been in the limelight for some time now.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
eBay confirms agreement to sell eBay Enterprise to investment consortium for $925M  —  eBay has confirmed previous rumors that it's selling its enterprise services business, eBay Enterprise, for $925 million.  —  The unit specializes in developing and managing ecommerce sites for retailers …
Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to Pay About $60 Million for Gesture-Control Firm Pebbles  —  Facebook Inc. Thursday agreed to buy Israel-based gesture-control company Pebbles Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Facebook agreed to pay around $60 million for the company, according to one of these people.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Misfit Unveils $20 Flash Link Activity Tracker and Link App, Drops Prices on Shine and Flash  —  Misfit today announced the debut of Misfit Link, a new app that's designed to add new capabilities to the Misfit Flash, which is the company's inexpensive activity and sleep tracker.
Jackie Dove / The Next Web:
App Annie: iOS lags Google Play in app downloads but still generated 70% more revenue on strength in China  —  App Annie report: Google Play's downloads top the App Store as Apple retains revenue lead  —  While the Google Play store crushed Apple's App Store in worldwide downloads …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
As the Twitter Turns: Comms Head Gabriel Stricker Out in “Shift” in Strategy  —  Gabriel Stricker, Twitter's longtime head of communications, is leaving the company.  —  Unlike the departure of CEO Dick Costolo recently, the social communications company did not pretend this was not due …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
HBO Now launches on Android phones and tablets and Amazon Fire as exclusivity with Apple ends; Chromecast and Fire TV support coming soon  —  HBO Now moves beyond Apple, arrives on Android and Amazon devices  —  Three months ago, HBO made its programming available to consumers without a cable subscription …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Motorola schedules mystery launch event on July 28, possibly for new Moto G and Moto X phones  —  Motorola promises big announcement for July 28th  —  It's about time for some new Motorola smartphones.  Motorola has invited press to an event on July 28th at 9AM ET, during which we'll likely …
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Pushbullet Android update brings full SMS syncing to your desktop  —  Pushbullet Update Brings Full SMS Messaging Support To Your Desktop  —  It's been scarcely two weeks since Pushbullet had its last big update, and here we are again.  An update is rolling out in the Play Store …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A Seattle Times sports columnist quits, citing its repeated refusal to publish columns that went “against the grain”, including one on transgender athletes

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
An Alabama jury finds the NYT defamed a college basketball player in a 2023 article that wrongly placed him at a deadly shooting and awards $9.25M in damages

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is scrutinizing ABC's move to switch TV affiliates in St. Louis from a Sinclair-owned station to a Gray Media station

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Mark Scott / New York Times:
E.U. Opens Antitrust Investigations Into Qualcomm
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Flipagram cuts deal with Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, and more for clips, raises $70M Series B led by Sequoia; John Doerr, Mike Moritz join board

Earlier Picks

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Despite customer complaints of limited supplies and low-quality deals, Amazon's Prime Day US sales were up around 80% by noon
Rich Lord / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Cybercrime forum site Darkode shut down in joint international operation between FBI, Europol, others, leading to 28 arrests worldwide so far
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Android M will feature visual voicemail in the native dialer, support T-Mobile US and French carrier Orange at launch
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Facebook tests shops within Pages that bring entire shopping experience from product discovery to checkout inside Facebook
Jamieson Cox / The Verge:
Neil Young, whose Pono high fidelity music player was released in January, pulls his music from all streaming services, citing poor audio quality
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