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Windows Blue public preview planned for Build developer conference — Microsoft is gearing up to release its first public preview version of Windows Blue at its Build developer conference in late June. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed that the company started work on a … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft talks publicly about Blue and Build 2013 — Summary: Microsoft officials are going public with positioning around Blue, as well as about the next Windows development conference, Build 2013. — It's a new world at Microsoft these days. The latest proof points … | Amir Efrati / Digits: |
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Crowdfunding startups dominate Y Combinator Demo Day — Companies hoping to leverage Kickstarter's success were everywhere during the semi-annual graduation showcase of Y Combinator startups. — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—If you cringe when you hear a company described as “Kickstarter for” … | Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
One in Five BlackBerry 10 Apps Is Really an Android App — One of BlackBerry's key goals is getting developers to write apps designed to take advantage of its all-new operating system. — But, knowing that not all developers are ready to bet on a native app, the company has offered … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud ‘just work?’ — Frustrations mount as developers deal with Apple's inability to manage another cloud service — iCloud, perhaps more than any Apple software product, is meant to “just work.” When Apple introduced iCloud, it made clear its hopes … | Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared — One of the best ways of following topics that are interesting to you is Flipboard, a popular app for Apple and Android mobile devices that automatically turns social-network posts and news from online publications, into beautiful, magazine-like pages you “flip” through by swiping.| Liz Day / ProPublica: |
How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing — This story was co-produced with NPR. — Imagine filing your income taxes in five minutes — and for free. You'd open up a pre-filled return, see what the government thinks you owe, make any needed changes and be done.| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Here's Why Marissa Mayer Is About To Spend ~$200 Million On A YouTube Wannabe — Last week, Amir Efrati and Sam Shechner of the WSJ reported that Yahoo is close to acquiring a controlling stake in the YouTube-of-Europe, Dailymotion, at a valuation somewhere around $300 million.| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
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Existing iPhone 5 handsets cannot have AWS support enabled, but Apple is shipping the new A1428 carrier-unlocked on April 12th — Starting April 12th, Apple retail shops as well as Apple's online store will begin selling the new and gently tweaked A1428 model of the iPhone 5.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’ — The row centres on the blocking of a web-hosting company alleged to be hosting spam websites — The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history.| Barb Darrow / GigaOM: |
New Amazon CloudHSM service vows enterprise-grade security — Amazon Web Services runs on tons and tons of shared hardware. That's a huge benefit in terms of cost but also spooks customers with strict regulatory requirements that prevent them from running their applications on shared infrastructure.| Chris Morran / Consumerist: |
Store Combats Showrooming With $5 ‘Just Looking’ Fee — While some bricks-and-mortar chains are trying to curb showrooming — using a retailer to check out an item in person before buying it online — with price-matching or store-exclusive brands, one business has come up with a possible solution … | Charles Renert / Security Labs: |
How are Java attacks getting through? — Were you aware that Java is increasingly being viewed as a security risk? Of course you were — recent high-profile attacks have firmly established the trend, so we're not going to do yet another roundup here. — Instead, let's drill in and try to understand the core problem.| Agence France Presse: |
Apple in court in China over ‘Siri’ claim — SHANGHAI — Apple appeared in a Shanghai court on Wednesday, accused by a Chinese firm of copying software used for the “Siri” personal assistant on its hugely popular iPhones. — The Californian company's products are big sellers in China … | Matthew DeCarlo / TechSpot: |
Tablets to outship desktops this year, notebooks next year — According to the latest data from IDC, global shipments of smart connected devices exceeded a billion units in 2012, an increase of 29.1% from the previous year and representing a value of $576.9 billion.| Economist: |
E-commerce in China: The Alibaba phenomenon — China's e-commerce giant could generate enormous wealth—provided the country's rulers leave it alone Mar 23rd 2013 | From the print edition ON ITS way to becoming the world's biggest economy, China is passing another landmark.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Microsoft lands design patents for the Surface tablet's Touch Cover keyboard — Microsoft would certainly argue that its Surface tablet design is iconic. The company is doing more than simply extolling the virtues of kickstands and VaporMg casings, however.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Dark Sky developers launch Forecast, aim to bring weather predictions to your favorite app — The developers of Dark Sky — the short-term weather app that tells you exactly when it's going to rain — have released a new, more powerful version of the service called Forecast.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Future of Kindle? Amazon's Bezos wants wireless power, remote processing for devices — Want slimmer and lighter gadgets with amazing battery life? Jeff Bezos is right there with you — and he has a potential solution. — A newly published patent application, listing the Amazon CEO … | Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Visual Identity Platform Vizify Launches Out Of Beta, Now Lets You Share Graphics Via Social Media Cards — The Portland-based Vizify came out of TechStars' accelerator in 2011 with the goal of helping everyday people turn their personal data — the stuff that's fragmented across scores of profiles … | James Niccolai / Computerworld: |
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Hashtags considered #harmful — The noble hashtag is cursed by a problem Yogi Berra could appreciate: Too many people use it, so no one goes there. — Presumably, most Twitter users use hashtags intending to add their tweet to a river of similar information and to expose their own thoughts to a wider, interested audience.
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