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Introducing Google+ Sign-In: simple and secure, minus the social spam — Today we're adding a new feature to the Google+ platform: application sign-in. Whether you're building an app for Android, iOS or the web, users can now sign in to your app with Google, and bring along their Google+ info for an upgraded experience.| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Apple settles lawsuit over apps aimed at kids — will pay $5 iTunes credit or cash — Did your kid rack up charges on Apple's app store without your permission? You may be in luck: the company says it will pay to settle a lawsuit over so-called “bait apps,” which are games that can be downloaded …
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| Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
The Pirate Bay Departs Sweden And Sets Sail For Norway and Spain — When it comes to hosting a website there are thousands of companies and organizations around the world open for business. However, the options reduce massively when your site is internationally infamous.
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| Cotton Delo / AdAge: |
Foursquare Partners with Visa and MasterCard to Give Discounts When Users Shop — Company Will Take a Cut of Offers Redeemed — Looking to unlock a new revenue stream, Foursquare is announcing new partnerships with Visa and MasterCard that will let credit and debit card holders claim discounts at participating retailers.
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AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNET, WebProNews, About Foursquare, Marketing Pilgrim, Fast Company, memeburn, The Next Web, Forbes and The Verge. Tweets: @cdixon
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Mozilla CEO: Android, iOS leave lots of room for Firefox OS — Mozilla's browser-based OS can win a place among the next 2 billion people arriving on the Net, Gary Kovacs argues. And about attracting app developers, he quipped, “There's a Web for that.” — BARCELONA, Spain …
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AllThingsD, Telefonica Digital Hub, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, PhoneArena, FierceWireless, TechCrunch and CNET
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| Hugo Miller / Bloomberg: |
BlackBerry Testing Money Messenger Service — BlackBerry (BBRY) is testing whether the money-transfer business will help Canada's smartphone maker keep users hooked on its instant-messaging service. — BlackBerry is beginning a pilot project with PT Bank Permata (BNLI) …
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AllThingsD, Tech in Asia, Gizmodo, FierceMobileContent News and The Next Web
| Gabe / Penny Arcade: |
The MS Surface Pro — I was aware of the Surface Pro but I wasn't especially interested in it until I heard it came with a stylus and supported pressure sensitivity. I love gadgets and drawing so it only makes sense that I've always been curious about gadgets you can draw on.| Barb Darrow / GigaOM: |
Exclusive: RightScale is first to resell, support Google Compute Engine — Here's something to ponder for those who don't see Google Compute Engine as ready for primetime: RightScale will start reselling and providing first-line support of the Google public cloud infrastructure. This is big news.
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| Christina Bonnington / Wired: |
Durability Will Be Apple's Biggest Challenge to Making a Curved iWatch — The curved display that wraps around your wrist is the coolest thing about the revolutionary smartwatch we all know Apple is building, but it's one of the easiest parts of the project.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Outbox Pours Salt On Snail Mail By Launching Its Digitizing Service In San Francisco — Mail digitizing startup Outbox is launching in San Francisco today, the first step in what co-founder Will Davis says is a broader national rollout. — If, like me, you find physical mail to be an annoyance, this is good news.
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Business Insider, VentureBeat, ReadWrite, Ubergizmo, KUT News, SlashGear, BestTechie and PSFK. Thanks:@rdewing
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google Chrome may soon get audio indicators to show you noisy tabs, keep them open when memory runs out — Google is working on identifying Chrome tabs that are currently playing audio (or recording it). The feature is expected to show an audio animation if a tab is broadcasting or recording sound.
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9to5Google, Evolver.fm, The Verge, The Tech Report, Techdows and Pocket-lint
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Internet Explorer 10 finally released for Windows 7 — Four months after Microsoft released Internet Explorer 10 with and for Windows 8, Redmond has finally released a version of the company's newest browser for its 700 million Windows 7 users in 95 other languages too.
| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Apple's ‘Think Different’ man likes Samsung's ad campaign — Apple is like Obama after the first debate, says TBWA\Chiat\Day's former creative director — FORTUNE — Ken Segall worked with Steve Jobs for 14 years, during which time he put the i in iMac and found the thread that links Albert Einstein and Amelia Earhart.| Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press: |
Mid-2013 expansion for Internet names targeted — By By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer - 8 hours ago — NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival “.com” should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet oversight agency said Monday.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Google's Rubin: No Need For Retail Stores to Sell Android Devices — Despite reports that Google has been eyeing real estate for physical stores, Android chief Andy Rubin says the company really doesn't need its own retail effort. — A few years ago, consumers needed to touch and feel devices … | Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce.com Launches Service Cloud Mobile With In-App Customer Service, Co-Browsing And Chat — Salesforce.com is launching Service Cloud Mobile, a package of four new features, including mobile co-browsing, in-line community support for game apps and a mobile chat capability.
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InfoWorld, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, GigaOM and ZDNet
| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung's Heft in Android Worries Google — Samsung Electronics Co. has become the biggest seller of mobile devices using Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system. That creates a problem for Google. — Samsung's growing might—last year, the South Korean manufacturer shipped nearly 200 million … | David Meyer / GigaOM: |
EU digital chief throws €50M in 5G's direction to help continent regain mobile lead — Europe's digital chief, Neelie Kroes, wants to fix the EU mobile industry. Still stung by the loss of her funding for ensuring the roll-out of high-speed fixed broadband across the EU …
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VentureBeat, The Next Web, EU Press Room and TechEye
| Tim Stevens / Engadget: |
Chromebook Pixel review: another impractical marvel from Google — We've had a bit of a love / hate relationship with the Google Chromebook since the first one crossed our laps back in 2011 — the Samsung Series 5. We loved the concept, but hated the very limited functionality provided by your $500 investment.| Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits: |
Gates, Zuckerberg, Other Tech Icons Promote Youth Coding in New Film — A new nonprofit seeking to rally interest among children, parents and schools in computer programming is getting help from some big guns in the tech industry, including the founders of Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter.
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TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Betabeat, GeekWire, PandoDaily, Forbes, Softpedia News and Mashable!
| Bloomberg: |
Google Said Developing Subscription Music Service — Google Inc. (GOOG), developer of the Android mobile-phone platform, plans to start a subscription music-streaming service to challenge Spotify Ltd., said two people with knowledge of the situation. — Negotiations are under …
| Michael A. Prospero / LAPTOP Magazine: |
Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security Hands-On: Built-in Fingerprint, Smart Card Readers — Further adding to its business creds, Dell today announced a new version of its Latitude 10 with a built-in fingerprint reader and SmartCard reader-the first for any Windows 8 tablet.
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