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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft concedes that it won't have Windows 10 installed on 1B devices by mid-2018, as previously projected  —  Microsoft isn't going to make its self-imposed deadline of having Windows 10 installed on 1 billion devices by mid-2018, company officials have conceded.
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Kantar: Samsung's Galaxy S7 outsold Apple's iPhone 6s in the US between March and May 2016  —  The iPhone showed its first decline in sales numbers earlier this year, which has today been reiterated by the latest US mobile market data from Kantar Worldpanel.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
US pledges $400M over the next 7 years for 5G research led by National Science Foundation  —  As President Obama approaches the end of his tenure in the White House, his team is launching a wireless networking research project that it hopes could be part of his wider legacy in the world of tech.
Aaron Pressman / Fortune:
T-Mobile Is Giving Customers a Year of Free Data to Play Pokemon Go  —  There are few executives in telecommunications—or most other industries for that matter—who are better masters of free publicity than T-Mobile CEO John Legere.  —  And so, with the popularity of the Nintendo smartphone game Pokemon …
Adam Banks / Ars Technica UK:
Apple's Swift Playgrounds for iPad is designed for kids but still requires coding, doesn't generate standalone apps  —  For all Apple's obsessive secrecy, even its senior managers acknowledge with an on-stage wink that much of what they announce these days has already been predicted.
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Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Razer introduces low-profile, detachable mechanical keyboard for 12.9-inch iPad Pro, connects via Bluetooth, available today for $170  —  Razer today announces a whole new ultra-low-profile mechanical switch, designed for and making its debut in the company's first mechanical keyboard case for the iPad Pro.
Brian Solomon / Forbes:
Airport car-sharing startup FlightCar closes operations, sells its tech to Mercedes-Benz  —  FlightCar raised $40 million to solve airport parking with an Airbnb-like sharing model: let a stranger drive your car while you're away on a trip and in return avoid parking fees and even make a few bucks.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon's AWS buys Cloud9 to add more development tools to its web services stack  —  Amazon Web Services has made an acquisition to continue building out the services that it offers around and on its cloud storage platform.  It has bought Cloud9, a San Francisco-based startup that has built …

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Harvard University Gazette:
Henry Chu, a longtime foreign correspondent and editor, is named curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, after serving as deputy and interim curator

The Scottish Beacon:
In an open letter, the Scottish Beacon calls on the Scottish government to create a local news fund, invest in public ads, and fund journalism placements

Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg:
Universal Music Group reports Q2 subscription revenue of €1.37B vs. estimates of €1.33B, helped by price hikes, the purchase of Downtown Music, and new releases

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