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YouTube to launch music streaming service, take on Spotify — Exclusive: Google is planning to roll out a music streaming service to capitalize on the power of YouTube. FORTUNE — YouTube, the world's largest digital repository of streaming media, will launch a subscription music service later this year.
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Warner Music Inks Deal With Google for Music Subscription Services — Warner Music Group has struck a licensing deal with Google for two music services the technology giant is launching later this summer, according to executives familiar with the agreement.
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| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
iPhone 5S planned for August, next iPads may debut as soon as April — iMore has learned that Apple is planning the release of the iPhone 5S for this summer, currently for August. Next generation iPads, presumably the iPad 5 and potentially the iPad mini 2, may also debut as soon as this April.
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MacRumors, Macworld, Examiner, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile, Edible Apple, TechnoBuffalo, Daring Fireball, CNET, Computerworld, MacRumors, PC Magazine, The Register, Telegraph, Pocket-lint, InvestorPlace, The Full Signal, LAPTOP Magazine, ReadWrite, iPhone Hacks, TechSpot, App Advice, Neowin, Electronista, TG Daily, MobilesPie, WebProNews, digitaltrends.com, Apple Bitch, Business Insider, Macgasm and Softpedia News. Tweets: @asymco
| BBC: |
Valve readies prototype Steam Box video game console — Gabe Newell is being given Bafta's highest accolade at the 2013 awards — Valve expects to offer prototypes of its upcoming video games console for testing within four months time. — The firm's chief executive Gabe Newell revealed … | CNET: |
The new $99 Roku 3: Overhauled interface, faster chip, and private listening mode (hands-on) — CNET Editors' Take — Roku is turning up the heat in the battle of the living room streaming boxes, announcing today its newest flagship model, the Roku 3 ($99).| Mark Hachman / ReadWrite: |
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Launches $1099 21.5-Inch iMac With 3.3 GHz Dual-Core i3 Processor for Educational Institutions — Apple appears to have quietly introduced an updated version of its low-end 21.5-inch iMac for educational institutions, taking advantage of a cheaper dual-core Intel Core i3 processor …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Why the Galaxy S4 won't be shedding its plastic roots — Samsung will likely stick to a design aesthetic that has worked in the past, despite its rivals opting to use metal and other premium-feeling materials. — As great an all-around smartphone as the Galaxy S III is …
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IntoMobile, Business Insider, Gotta Be Mobile, Neowin, Pocketnow and blog.chron.com
| Mathew J. Schwartz / InformationWeek: |
Evernote: We're Adding Two-Factor Authentication — After data breach and wide password reset, Evernote accelerates plans to offer additional security to users. Evernote, after suffering a data breach that caused the company to reset passwords for all of its 50 million users …
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digitaltrends.com, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, Engadget and Gizmodo
| Reuters: |
Venture capital kingpin Kleiner Perkins acknowledges weak results — (Reuters) - Blue-chip venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers expressed frustration with poor fund performance and promised to do better at gatherings for investors last month, according to people familiar with the discussions.| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Tumblr to Introduce Mobile Advertising to Help Achieve Profit — Tumblr Inc., the six-year-old blog network that months ago began letting advertisers pay for prominent placement, expects to make its first annual profit this year after extending the feature to smartphones.| Gerry Shih / Reuters: |
Google services should not require real names: Vint Cerf — (Reuters) - In the face of increasing government-led crackdowns on social media, Google Inc (GOOG.O) should not force Internet users to reveal their real names for some services, including its Google+ social network, said Vint Cerf …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says iBooks app has been downloaded 130M times, Apple and Japanese publishing executives talk iBooks deal — Following up on the new version of iBooks, which was released this morning, with greater support in Asia and support for books from Japanese publishers, Apple has published a press release with some new details.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Will Launch Content-Specific News Feeds, Bigger Photos And Ads On Thursday — At a big press event on Thursday, Facebook plans to launch new ways to filter the news feed. These include a Photos feed of Facebook and Instagram photos, as well as a revamped Music feed of what friends …
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Engadget, The Verge and Business Insider
| Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg: |
Pandora Gains Access to $14 Billion Radio Ad-Sales Market — Pandora Media Inc. (P), the music- streaming service, will compete directly with radio stations for the first time on the industry's biggest advertising services, gaining better access to the $14 billion annual ad-sales market.
| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Return of the Borg: How Twitter Rebuilt Google's Secret Weapon — John Wilkes says that joining Google was like swallowing the red pill in The Matrix. — Four years ago, Wilkes knew Google only from the outside. He was among the millions whose daily lives so deeply depend on things like Google Search and Gmail and Google Maps.
Tweets: @qthrul
| Seth Fiegerman / Mashable!: |
Jerry Yang's Next Act: Startup Investor and Mentor — Jerry Yang shares at least one thing in common with Marissa Mayer besides briefly holding the title of Yahoo CEO: Both Yang and Mayer are keeping a close eye on startups in the mobile space. But while Mayer is searching for mobile startups … Thanks:@sfiegerman
| Bloomberg: |
Verizon Is Said to Seek to Resolve Vodafone Relationship — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is working to resolve its relationship with Vodafone Group Plc this year, having weighed options that range from ending its wireless venture with its European ally to a full merger of the two phone companies …
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CNET, VentureBeat, BGR, The Consumerist, FierceWireless, Engadget, The Next Web, Ars Technica and The Verge
| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Google Shares How Often The FBI Sends National Security Letters For User Information — How do you talk about requests for user information that legally, you can't talk about. In the case of National Security Letters that Google receives from the US Federal Bureau Of Investigation …
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The Official Google Blog, Digits, Gizmodo, Wired, The Register, Computerworld, BetaNews, The Next Web, Forbes, Hillicon Valley and WebProNews. Tweets: @kashhill
| Melanie Lee / Reuters: |
Google controls too much of China's smartphone sector: ministry — (Reuters) - Google Inc has too much control over China's smartphone industry via its Android mobile operating system and has discriminated against some local firms, the technology ministry said in a white paper.| Pew Research Center: |
Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion — The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys. This is the conclusion of a year-long Pew Research Center study that compared …
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ReadWrite, SocialTimes, Quartz and Mashable!
| Eric Engleman / Bloomberg: |
Google Exception in Obama's Cyber Order Questioned as Unwise Gap — Telecommunications companies want President Barack Obama's administration to rethink a decision that may exempt Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Gmail, Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone software and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows from an executive order on cybersecurity.
| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Google Is Building A Same-Day Amazon Prime Competitor, “Google Shopping Express” — Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime competitor called “Google Shopping Express.” According to one source the service will be $10 or $15 cheaper than Amazon Prime, so $69 or $64 a year …
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CNET, ReadWrite, Wired, VatorNews, PC Magazine, The Technology Chronicles, Computerworld, Marketing Land, digitaltrends.com, DailyTech, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, WebProNews and GeekWire. Tweets: @dannysullivan
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