Microsoft this week is rolling out a dedicated LinkedIn app for Windows 10. “The LinkedIn app itself looks like a basic web wrapper version for Windows 10, with notification support and a Live Tile,” reports The Verge. Microsoft closed its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn more than six months ago.

Facebook is not at risk of losing its COO Sheryl Sandberg to Uber, sources tells Recode. No, despite the potential allure of running dynamic startup like Uber, “Sandberg … is quite happy with her current position and has much better options anyway across the corporate and political spectrum,” Recode writes. “She’s also already very rich and has, said these sources, no interest in wading into the mess that is Uber.”

The Wall Street Journal considers the growing number of digital publishers taking a “less is more” approach to advertising. As it writes: “Stripping out irritating ad formats and limiting the number of ads forced on visitors can actually result in more engaged consumers and ultimately increased ad revenue, they say.” Female-focused publisher LittleThings is one such publisher.

In honor of Business Insider’s tenth birthday, Nieman Lab sits down for a talk with founder and CEO Henry Blodget. Among other thoughts, Blodget believes that “the digital media industry is just now hitting its stride.” As such, “You will see a lot of brands over the next decade do extremely well,” the one-time Wall Street analyst foresees.

“Day of action” organizers claim to have connected with more than 10 million consumers, who together sent more than 2.1 million comments to the FCC regarding its expected net neutrality rollback. That’s according to Battle for the Net, which Recode calls “a collection of liberal-leaning consumer advocates.” Yet, Recode isn’t impressed by the turnout. The figures represent “a drop in the bucket, seeing as the tech companies that took part in the protest reach billions of users every day,” it writes.

Apple is rolling out interactive HomeKit experiences in 46 retail stores around the world. “Now, when you go into Apple’s new retail stores, you’ll be able to use the Home app from either an Apple Watch, iPhone or iPad to control devices like the Philips Hue light bulb, the Hunter ceiling fan and many others,” TechCrunch reports.

AT&T claimed to join Wednesday's net neutrality protests, but the company actually was " carefully wording around the fact that it’s opposed to the net neutrality order that activists are fighting for," the Verge writes. "What’s worse: it’s trying to get people to send an email to legislators and the FCC that pushes its own agenda, while masquerading as something in support of the same cause yesterday’s protest was about."

Faced with opposition from regulators, daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings have called off their proposed merger. The move comes several weeks after the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the deal.

In two to three years, Google plans to let users post content on its Earth platform, the search giant said this week. As Google Earth Director Rebecca Moore told the Reuters this week: “The story of your family history, the story of your favorite hiking trip -- it could be anything.” Notes Reuters: “Moore did not reveal the budget for the project but she ruled out the idea of advertising on the platform and said it is not Google's intention to turn a profit from the venture.”

The Paris administrative court ruled on Wednesday that Google won’t have to pay $1.3 billion in back taxes, Reuters reports. “The ruling in favor of Google, now part of Alphabet Inc., followed a court adviser’s recommendation that Google did not have a ‘permanent establishment’ or sufficient taxable presence to justify the bill,” it writes.