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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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LiveSide.net, Search Engine Watch, Bing, eWeek, The Verge, AllThingsD, Associated Press, MSDN Blogs, SiliconBeat, Macworld, Digital Trends, Investor's Business Daily, The Register, AnandTech, Windows Phone Central, Yahoo! News, Mashable, PC World, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, Neowin, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, ExtremeTech, Redmond Pie, Business Insider, CITEworld, Los Angeles Times, T3 News, Gotta Be Mobile, ZDNet, blogs.ft.com, Electronista, ABCNEWS, Computerworld, GeekWire, WebProNews, GSMArena Blog, GigaOM, Telegraph, The Tech Report, Geek.com, SlashGear, VentureBeat, TechNet Blogs and Datamation.com. Thanks:@brandonleblanc
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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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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| 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.
| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Google exec sees Google Fiber as a ‘moneymaker’ — Google Fiber head Milo Medin says the company is not just conducting an expensive research project in Kansas City and other places getting the technology. He expects the gigabit fiber networks to make money.
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ftthcouncil.org and Business Insider
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
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 … | Cade Metz / Wired: |
Ex-YouTube Man Builds Graphics Card for Entire Internet — At Google, Chris Zacharias spent his “20 percent time” building a new version of YouTube just for places with slow internet connections. It was called Feather, and the basic idea was to build a YouTube page that contained … | James Niccolai / PC World: |
Computer scientists oppose Oracle's bid to copyright Java APIs — Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle's effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users.
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| 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 … | 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).
| 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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| 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 … | 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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| Naomi Tajitsu / Reuters: |
Megaupload founder wins access to evidence seized in raid — (Reuters) - A New Zealand court granted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom access on Friday to all evidence seized by police in a 2012 raid, bolstering the Internet entrepreneur's fight against extradition to the United States to face online piracy charges.
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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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| 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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Inside Search, CNET, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, TechSpot, ITworld.com, Macgasm, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Next Web and Softpedia News
| 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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AllThingsD, The Verge, CNET and GamesIndustry International
| 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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AllThingsD, The Verge, BGR, TechCrunch, Examiner, everythingiCafe, Pocketnow, CNET, Macgasm, MacRumors, 9to5Google, The Next Web, The Verge and Electronista
| 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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AllThingsD, CNET, GigaOM and VentureBeat
| 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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| 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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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Anonymous Payment Schemes Thriving on Web — SAN FRANCISCO — Eight years ago, Ernie Allen, the head of the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, called the heads of major banks and credit card companies. Why, he wanted to know, were they letting child pornographers move illicit profits through their systems?Sponsor Posts
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