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Chromecast Audio review: the audio streamer to beat thanks to its easy setup, great sound, support for all popular music services except Apple and Amazon Music — Chromecast Audio review: Affordable, simple wireless music streamer marries phone and stereo — The Chromecast Audio looks …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Teardown confirms improved heat dissipation system in new Chromecasts — iFixit's teardown of the 2015 Chromecast (above) and the new Chromecast Audio (below). Hello, thermal paste! (credit: iFixit) — Exactly how much stuff can Google cram into the tiny hockey puck that is this year's line of Chromecast dongles?| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
AngelList to announce $400M early-stage fund raised from Chinese private equity firm CSC Group — Coming Soon From China: a $400 Million Bonanza for U.S. Startups — Naval Ravikant is attempting to do to early-stage venture capital what technology firms have done to every other industry: disrupt it.| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
EMC allowed to solicit bids from other parties as part of merger agreement with Dell, which may be announced as early as Monday — Exclusive: EMC to shop itself after deal with Dell - sources — EMC Corp, the data storage company that is preparing to unveil an agreement to be acquired …
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Re/code, VentureBeat, Bloomberg Business, The Register, Fortune, SiliconANGLE and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @louisgray, @startupljackson, @louisgray, @danprimack, @louisgray, @ahess247 and @sherman4949
| Adam Pasick / Quartz: |
Sources: Eric Schmidt-backed startup, The Groundwork, has become a major tech vendor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign — The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that's working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House — An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt …
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Soshable and MacDailyNews
| The National Law Review: |
In-depth look at how EU's Safe Harbor invalidation affects US companies, and three primary alternatives they can use to comply with EU data protection laws — European Court of Justice Invalidates U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Agreement — Negotiated under the European Commission's Data Protection Directive …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The history of audio interface design, and how Microsoft is reworking Skype's iconic sounds — Inside the world of audio branding with Skype's new pings, bounces, and pops — The year that Skype launched its calling service, the world was in the midst of a sonic crisis: the ringtone.
Tweets: @caseynewton, @reckless and @ow
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google OnHub Rooted, Turns Out To Be A Chromebook In Router's Clothing — Google hasn't said much about how its new OnHub router works—it's a mysterious black box (blue cylinder, technically) with inactive radios and updatable firmware. The modders from Exploitee.rs have gotten their hands on an OnHub …
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Tech Times, BetaNews, Exploitee.rs and Digital Trends
| New York Times: |
Source: Apple disables Apple News in China, likely to avoid requirement to censor content — Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China — HONG KONG — Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
China issues draft regulations for car-hailing services, requires car registration as taxi service, labor contracts with drivers, passenger insurance, more — China Tightens Oversight of Private Car-Hailing Services — Draft rules would boost costs and impose taxi-like regulations … | Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker: |
An extensive profile of Reid Hoffman, who believes Internet-enabled networks will change how the economic world works — The Network Man — Early on a Monday evening in June, Reid Hoffman, the founder and executive chairman of the business-oriented networking site LinkedIn, met Mark Pincus …
Tweets: @johnnie, @amir, @gerrymcgovern, @nxthompson, @markpinc, @ibogost, @kimmaicutler and @rotational. Thanks:@waqasaday
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
With Moments, Twitter reinvented the newspaper and has the potential to be the best newspaper in the world — Twitter's Moment — I try to save the most over-used of clichés for special moments, and that's exactly what this week feels like for Twitter.
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Medium, Robert Scoble, AVC and New York Times
Tweets: @thatscottguy, @waxpancake, @stratechery, @jtemple, @mmasnick, @drbarnard, @arainert, @mathewi, @joshconstine and @caseynewton
See also Mediagazer| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Panos Panay says Microsoft is going after premium and aiming to reinvent categories with Surface devices to inspire OEMs — Microsoft's Surface chief wants a consistent design across devices — Microsoft's Panos Panay had a big week. Ever the entertainer, Panay appeared …
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