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June 7, 2016, 1:50 PM

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Jungah Lee / Bloomberg:
Sources: Samsung is considering two new phones with bendable OLED screens, could be unveiled as soon as MWC in Feb. 2017; one model could unfurl into a tablet  —  One model said to have screen that folds like cosmetic compact  —  Samsung said to plan releasing Note 7, skipping a generation
Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed:
Behind the scenes of Code Conference, which provides a safe cocoon for the tech elite, and leaves outlandish presumptions unchallenged  —  At 9 p.m. on a Wednesday night, at an exclusive resort along the California coast, Elon Musk blew a lot of millionaires' minds.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Twitter officially announces Material Design revamp of its Android app  —  After A/B testing for the past few weeks, Twitter has officially announced the redesign of its Android app.  Version 6. does not add any new functionality, but offers a much cleaner and better organized Twitter experience …
Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Legendary MLPS team behind Cisco's “spin-in” R&D strategy resigns in apparent disagreement with roles following recent reorganization  —  Move comes after last week's announcement of management changes involving three of the four executives  —  Four Cisco Systems Inc. executives …
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Sources: Uber's head of global customer support Tim Collins is out, replaced by former head of global expansion Austin Geidt  —  Tim Collins's departure was announced in a company-wide email on Monday.  —  The head of Uber's global customer support operations, Tim Collins, has left the company, multiple sources told Recode.
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
E.W. Scripps Co. buys podcast streaming app Stitcher from Deezer for $4.5M  —  Podcast app will operate under Scripps' Midroll Media unit after $4.5 million acquisition  —  Media company E.W. Scripps Co. has continued its push into podcasting with the acquisition of Stitcher for $4.5 million in cash.

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