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Search and Discover improvements: Get more great content faster — Today we're updating the Android and iOS apps, as well as mobile.twitter.com. This release provides a single stream of content in each tab, so you can better find what's most important to you when you're on the go.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Dell's downward spiral: 10 years of failed consumer devices — Things haven't gone so well since the Dell Dude split — It's no secret why Dell's struggling so badly it just took a $2b loan from Microsoft and bought itself back from shareholders to become a private company … | Om Malik / GigaOM: |
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U.S. release of new BlackBerry with keyboard may be delayed — TORONTO — A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
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Microsoft Surface Pro Review — There's clearly interest in a device that converges the tablet and notebook. ASUS saw some of the earliest success in this department with its Transformer line of Android tablets. Once the first Windows RT/8 designs started appearing … | Tim Stevens / Engadget: |
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Vine gets 17+ age rating, option to report users; finally enables social sharing after videos are posted — Users of Vine finally have the option to share their videos after they are posted after the newly-released short video app from Twitter got an update that also adds an age rating, following issues with pornographic content.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox Unveils Sync API For Mobile Developers, Allows Apps To Work With Cloud-Based Files As If They Were Local — Dropbox is unveiling a brand new API for developers today that should give mobile app makers an excellent new tool to work with. The Dropbox Sync API allows apps for iOS … | Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Google Spends $125 Million On Channel Intelligence To Improve Google Shopping — Google has acquired Channel Intelligence for $125 million in cash. — According to its blog, Channel Intelligence (CI) tracks online retail sales for a number of categories ranging from computing to consumer packaged goods.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Urban Airship Nabs $25 Million in Additional Funding — Urban Airship, the Portland-based startup that specializes in helping power mobile app notifications, has raised another $25 million, as the company seeks to further expand beyond its roots. — AllThingsD.com| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces new iTunes Store record with 25 billion songs sold — Apple today issued a press released announcing the iTunes Store has a hit a new record with 25 billion songs sold. Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services noted that Apple averages 15,000 songs downloaded per minute.| Violet Blue / ZDNet: |
Anger rises as Fed confirms Anonymous hack, downplays US bank emergency system breach — Summary: The Federal Reserve has confirmed Sunday's Anonymous hack; ZDNet has learned the exposed information is from thousands of Fed emergency system bank contacts. — Violet Blue| DannyD / SamMobile: |
RUMOR: Samsung will unveil the GALAXY S IV on March 15th and on sale from early April — We have some hot news for all those happy Samsung Galaxy owners. Samsung is going to announce the Galaxy S IV on March 15th. The biggest Android smartphone unpacked event is still not confirmed by Samsung self … | Cotton Delo / AdAge: |
Google Revamps AdWords In Bid to Boost Mobile Ad Revenue — Changes Could Mean Higher Prices for Mobile Keywords — Google is making changes to AdWords, the core product that fuels its search business, that could help it make mobile clicks into a bigger cash cow.| Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce.com has acquired French startup EntropySoft — Salesforce.com has acquired EntropySoft, a French startup that offers content integration solutions. — A spokesperson confirmed that the deal recently closed, but the company won't be making a formal announcement.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Crooks Net Millions in Coordinated ATM Heists — Organized cyber criminals stole almost $11 million in two highly coordinated ATM heists in the final days of 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The events prompted Visa to warn U.S. payment card issuers to be on high-alert for additional ATM cash-out fraud schemes in the New Year.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Brings 38 Additional Ski Resorts To Google Maps — A while ago, Google took its Street View cameras to the slopes and started documenting ski runs at a few select resorts. Today, Google is expanding its mapping options for skiers by adding 38 new run and lifts maps to Google Maps, including its apps for Android and iPhone.| Chris Foresman / Ars Technica: |
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After Instagram controversy, a watchdog site tracks shifting Terms of Service — In January, it got a lot harder to sue Skype. If you had checked its Terms of Service last week, you would have found a new sweeping class action waiver, a huge headache for anyone thinking of taking the service to court.| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Microsoft and Symantec disrupt cyber crime ring — (Reuters) - Software makers Microsoft Corp and Symantec Corp said they disrupted a global cyber crime operation by shutting down servers that controlled hundreds of thousands of PCs without the knowledge of their users.| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
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