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May 6, 2016, 2:00 PM

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Music's new student membership option discounts the service by 50%  —  Amid news that Apple Music is getting a makeover come this summer, Apple today launched a new plan to boost subscribers to its streaming music service and competitor to Spotify, SoundCloud, Tidal and others.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple Music Connect social network to be demoted in iOS 10 overhaul  —  Apple Music Connect, a social interaction feature between artists and listeners that was a cornerstone of the Apple Music launch last summer, will be demoted in an iOS 10 overhaul this fall.
James Pinkstone / Vellum:
Composer claims Apple deleted 122GB of music from his laptop and replaced some songs with more widely available versions after he subscribed to Apple Music  —  Apple Stole My Music.  No, Seriously.  —  “The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Didi Kuaidi, Uber's China rival, close to raising $2B at a valuation of about $25B  —  Uber's China Rival ‘Close to Raising $2 Billion in New Funding’  —  Funding said to exceed previous $1.5 billion target on demand  —  Didi said to be valued at about $25 billion by investors
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Steven Musil / CNET:
Mary Lou Jepsen, Facebook executive director of engineering and head of display tech at Oculus, resigns to work on curing diseases using MRI, wearables  —  Facebook loses Mary Lou Jepsen, key player in VR push  —  Departure comes amid explosion in interest in taking headset-wearing users to computer-generated environments
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Google and Honeywell resolve patent dispute over Nest's thermostats  —  Google and multinational manufacturer Honeywell have resolved their long-running patent dispute over the thermostats produced by Nest Labs, the two companies announced today.  Honeywell first filed a patent infringement suit …
Maki Sagami / Nikkei:
Toshiba names Satoshi Tsunakawa, former head of Medical Systems unit sold to Canon in March, as new CEO  —  New Toshiba CEO faces stiff challenges to company turnaround  —  TOKYO — Toshiba announced on Friday that Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Satoshi Tsunakawa …

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