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| Antoine Leblond / The Windows Blog: |
Continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1 — Before we launched Windows 7, we envisioned what the next version of Windows would need to deliver. We made a bet that the PC landscape and industry would undergo a significant transformation driven by an increase in mobility.
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| Jim Dalrymple / The Loop: |
Apple sells 100 million iPod touch units — In addition to launching a new model of its iPod touch on Thursday, Apple told me this morning that it has sold more than 100 million units of the iPod touch since its introduction. — The iPod touch was launched in 2007 and took the design of the iPhone, minus the calling ability.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Fan TV revealed: is this the set-top box we've been waiting for? — Built in secret, Fanhattan is finally showing off its Yves Behar-designed device to the world. — In June 2011, a Silicon Valley startup released a well received iOS app named Fanhattan to serve as a central place for finding streaming video.
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SuccessFactors Founder And SAP Exec Lars Dalgaard Joins Andreessen Horowitz As General Partner — Andreessen Horowitz is boosting its investing team today with the addition of SuccessFactors Founder and SAP exec Lars Dalgaard as general partner. — Dalgaard founded human capital management … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr Brings More Ads To Users' Dashboards, Rearranges Buttons & Teens Freak Out — A month after Tumblr introduced sponsored posts into its native mobile applications, the company is today bringing those same brand advertisements to its web dashboard. Launch partners for these new … | Devon Glenn / SocialTimes: |
Wall Street Journal Plans To Launch a Social Network — News Corporation, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, is poised to launch a new social network. — Described in The Times of London as a “platform for ‘like-minded people’ to meet online and share ideas,” …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
HTC One with stock Android announced, launching June 26th for $599 — It was rumored, and now it's here: on stage at D, Sundar Pichai just revealed a new version of the HTC One that runs an untouched, stock version of the Android operating system. It wil be available from the Google Play store, launching June 26th for $599.
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| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Not So Anonymous: Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Tightens Identity Requirement — Since the crypto-currency Bitcoin hit the limelight, many libertarians and privacy advocates have heralded it as anonymous, digital cash. But the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange-and the U.S. regulators breathing down its neck-see things differently.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google adds nutrition info for over 1,000 foods to search results — Google is incorporating nutrition data into search; beginning today, results will include “extensive” details on calories, carbohydrates, proteins, sugars, and other relevant food info. “Figuring out how to make smart choices …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple drops education pricing on entry level MacBook Pro to $999 ($200 off retail) — Apple is making quite a few quiet announcements today. Earlier it introduced a new stripped down $229 fifth-gen iPod touch to replace the fourth-gen touch and also announced 100M iPod touches sold to date.
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| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
Despite opposition, Google will make critical security exploits public after seven days — Google's security researchers are well known for uncovering vulnerabilities in other people's products. Standard operating procedure is to give the affected company sixty days before publishing the problem … | Vivek Gowri / AnandTech: |
Razer Announces Haswell-based Blade, Blade Pro Gaming Notebooks — We've spent a fair amount of time with the first two generations of Razer Blade, and honestly really enjoyed most of it. The original Blade released as a highly ambitious 17" Sandy Bridge gaming notebook from a company that previously had no history in the PC space.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Google announces Google Play Music and ‘All Access’ streaming coming to iOS in next few weeks — After launching its new Google Play All Access music streaming service earlier this month at Google I/O, Google's head of Android Sundar Pichai just confirmed during his interview at the D11 conference …
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| Tim Peterson / AdAge: |
Twitter Prepping Ad-Retargeting Exchange to Rival Facebook's — FBX Partners, Brands To Hold Seats On Retargeting Platform — Facebook waited until after its public offering to go after the digital ad dollars tied up in display retargeting with last summer's launch of Facebook Exchange (FBX).
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sony CEO plays down ‘media hub’ and says PlayStation 4 is for gamers — Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai said today that the PlayStation 4 will differ from Microsoft's Xbox One, which is being pitched as an all-in-one entertainment box in the living room. — “I fundamentally believe …
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| Michael Gorman / Engadget: |
Atheer Labs unveils 3D augmented reality mobile platform and a natural human UI (hands-on) — With the advent of Google Glass and the continued development of platforms like the Epson Moverio and Vuzix Smart Glasses, head-mounted wearables are getting a lot of attention these days.
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| Chris Reidy / The Boston Globe: |
Proposed $80m Nuance deal would extend its reach in voice-recognition products for cars — Nuance Communications Inc., a Burlington technology company known for such voice-recognition software products as Dragon NaturallySpeaking, said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the Tweddle Connect business …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
BlueStacks prices its OUYA-rivaling GamePop console at $129, expands games line-up — When BlueStacks earlier this month unveiled its Android-powered gaming console that is set to compete against OUYA and others, it didn't yet reveal how much its ‘GamePop’ would cost, stopping short of saying it would be “approximately $100″.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Evernote Turns On Three New Security Features, Including 2-Factor Authentication, After Major Breach In February — After Evernote, the personal note-taking app with 60 million+ users, got slammed with a security breach in February 2013, today the company is turning on three new features … | Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal: |
Cord Cutters Lop Off Internet Service More Than TV — For all the fuss over Americans dropping their cable subscriptions in favor of Internet video, another type of cord cutting appears to be more common. — Hundreds of thousands of Americans canceled their home Internet service last year …
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| Caleb Garling / The Technology Chronicles: |
Feds authorize sales of American communication technologies to Iran — Iranians have long demanded more human rights from the country's government. (Image: daniellinphoto/Flickr) — The United States has lifted portions of two-decades-old sanctions against Iran in an effort …
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| Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
Twitter Lists Get A Major Expansion: 1,000 Lists & 5,000 Accounts Each — Twitter has announced a two-fold expansion of its seemingly ignored Lists feature, and the upgrades feature significant expansions of Lists' previous limitations. — Users can now make up up to 1,000 lists, instead of 20.Sponsor Posts
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