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Top Stories @PCWorld May 24, 2016 French tax police raid Google's Paris office French police have raided Google's Paris office as part of an investigation into the company's tax affairs. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Windows hardware demands are going up for first time in seven years • 33% off Jaybird X2 Sport Wireless Bluetooth Headphones - Deal Alert • Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2 add heart sensors, and Pebble Core stands in for your phone • Amazon stops offering refunds for after-purchase price drops • Total War: Warhammer review: Variety and Vampire Counts breathe new life into Total War • Twitter introduces 4 big changes that will make tweets much easier to send and read • Google and Oracle's Android copyright fight is up to a jury now • Facebook denies bias in Trending Topics, but promises changes nevertheless • Datameer gets an overhaul to make big-data analytics easier • Microsoft Word Flow review: Software keyboard makes iPhone typing fun again • Facebook's plan to disrupt cellular gets big-name support • The legal mumbo jumbo on popular mobile apps can take over 24 hours to read • New ads in Google Maps might suggest a pit stop at McDonalds • How to get special characters using Alt key codes or the Word Symbols library Windows hardware demands are going up for first time in seven years Now Microsoft is recommending 2GB of RAM instead of one to run the 32-bit version of Windows 10. Read More ▶ 33% off Jaybird X2 Sport Wireless Bluetooth Headphones - Deal Alert With a regular list price of $180, the current discount makes the Jaybird X2 Sport available for just $120. Read More ▶ Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2 add heart sensors, and Pebble Core stands in for your phone Pebble gets serious about fitness, with two new smartwatches that track your heart rate. And the Core boasts GPS, 3G, and extra storage when you want to leave your smartphone behind. Read More ▶ Amazon stops offering refunds for after-purchase price drops Amazon used to give you a refund, upon request, if the retail price dropped shortly after you purchased an item. Those days appear to be over. Read More ▶ Total War: Warhammer review: Variety and Vampire Counts breathe new life into Total War After a dismal couple of entries, Total War: Warhammer proves that maybe all the series needed was ten-foot bats and skeleton cavalry. Read More ▶ Twitter introduces 4 big changes that will make tweets much easier to send and read Twitter's giving you more room to work in 140 characters, and tweaking replies so they're easier to use. Read More ▶ Google and Oracle's Android copyright fight is up to a jury now Oracle and Google's fierce court fight over the code inside Android went to a jury on Monday after closing arguments that sharply differed on the most basic issues. Read More ▶ Facebook denies bias in Trending Topics, but promises changes nevertheless Facebook denied any evidence of 'systematic political bias' in the stories included in its Trending Topics feature, but promised changes in its processes. Read More ▶ Datameer gets an overhaul to make big-data analytics easier The rise of the citizen data scientist has placed a new premium on easy-to-use analytics tools, and on Tuesday Datameer announced a fresh version of its namesake platform designed with that imperative in mind. Read More ▶ Microsoft Word Flow review: Software keyboard makes iPhone typing fun again Alternative keyboard for iPhone has a helpful one-handed mode and support for swipe typing. Read More ▶ Facebook's plan to disrupt cellular gets big-name support Several of the world's largest cellular carriers, representing almost 1.3 billion subscribers, have pledged support to a Facebook project that aims to dramatically reduce the cost of building and expanding wireless data networks. Read More ▶ The legal mumbo jumbo on popular mobile apps can take over 24 hours to read Have you ever been turned off by the lengthy "terms and conditions" and privacy policies of mobile apps and other online services? Read More ▶ New ads in Google Maps might suggest a pit stop at McDonalds Later this year, Google Maps users will start seeing new ads as they're driving down the road and planning trips using its mobile app. Read More ▶ How to get special characters using Alt key codes or the Word Symbols library Alt key codes give you access to hundreds of special ASCII characters, from accent marks to tiny icons. We show you how to use the Alt codes and also Word's Symbol library. Read More ▶

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