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| Peter Burrows / Bloomberg: |
Apple Said to Start iPhone Trade-In Program in Stores — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is starting an iPhone trade-in program this month aimed at getting users to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and turn in older models, people with knowledge of the plans said. — Apple has teamed up with Brightstar Corp. …
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| Christina Bonnington / Wired: |
Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe — When Google announced its plans to shutter Google Reader in March, the Internet freaked out. Twitter users raised their virtual pitchforks in outrage. Bloggers wept, scrambling to find a suitable replacement by the service's July 1 death date.| Washington Post: |
Administration, lawmakers defend NSA program to collect phone records — The Obama administration and key U.S. lawmakers on Thursday defended a secret National Security Agency telephone surveillance program that one congressman said had helped avert a terrorist attack in recent years.| Glenn Greenwald / Guardian: |
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Twitter Signs Its Second Big Ad Deal, This Time With WPP — In April, Twitter linked up with ad giant Starcom in a deal worth “hundreds of millions” over a few years. Now it has another one, with Starcom's rival WPP. — WPP's press release doesn't mention a dollar value …
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| Jason Snell / Macworld: |
Meet Vesper, a notes app with an all-star development team — Three people you may have heard of—writer John Gruber, developer Brent Simmons, and designer Dave Wiskus—have joined forces to create Q Branch, an app development company whose first product is a $5 iPhone app called Vesper.
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
It's back (again): NY courts approve Uber, Hailo, green taxis in one fell swoop — Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced two noteworthy decisions by the state's Court of Appeals that is a victory for companies looking to get into the transportation business in the city.
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| Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal: |
3-D Printer Firm MakerBot in Acquisition Talks — MakerBot Industries LLC, the fast-growing maker of 3-D printers, is in talks with suitors that could lead to the sale of the New York-based company, people familiar with the matter said. — The four-year-old startup was recently gauging …
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| Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Apple Not Throttling iPhone or iPad Cellular Throughput via Carrier Bundles — Yesterday there were some allegations made about whether Apple is intentionally throttling cellular data throughput on iPhones and iPads via some files used for network provisioning.
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The Next Web and DSLreports
| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Adds Dock Feature in Effort to Make Its Home More Inviting — Facebook on Thursday announced that it has added a new feature designed to make its Facebook Home software more appealing. — The social network is adding a dock to Facebook Home that allows users to more easily access their favorite apps.
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Engadget, CNET, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Verge and IntoMobile. Tweets: @panzer
| Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote Reminders Arrive on Android — Reminders, our most requested feature of all time, is now available on Android! With Reminders you get three great features all rolled into one: alarms, note based to-dos and the ability to pin notes to the top of your note list. Let's take a closer look.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
‘Uber For Local Home Services’ Provider ClubLocal Launches In The Bay Area — Uber pioneered the market for on-demand, one-click rides from your mobile phone, and over the past few years we've seen a ton of ‘Uber for X’ startups pop up in different categories.
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S4 update addresses storage complaints with move to SD card feature — Samsung has begun rolling out a software update for its Galaxy S4 that adresses a few issues early adopters have been complaining about. The 16GB variant of the Galaxy S4 has been slammed for only giving users 9.15GB … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Hulu Plus for iPad redesigned with new discovery panel, minimizing during playback, curated collections, and more — Hulu today revamped its Hulu Plus app for iOS, although the redesign is only for the iPad. You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Video Discovery Startup Showyou Launches Channel Platform, Unveils A Revenue Model — We've been following video discovery startup Showyou since its very earliest days. The company has created an app that makes it easier for video viewers on a mobile phone or tablet to find new content, and share it with friends.
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| Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
Box rolls out new revenue-share plan, SDKs to help its app partners make money — Cloud storage player Box plans to split revenues with the developers writing apps for its storage and collaboration platform. — Box is focused on business customers rather than consumers … | Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Google: Search hits, YouTube views are key predictors of a movie's box office performance — Google has released a white paper that shows a proportional impact on a movie's box office success based on the number of searches that it receives. Among the insights, the company highlights …
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Google, The Verge, Betabeat, Business Insider, Ubergizmo and Search Engine Watch
| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
BBM Is Not Coming To iPhone And Android On June 27 — There's a report spreading around today that BBM is coming to iPhones and Android devices on June 27. — The report is based on a tweet from T-Mobile's UK account, but the tweet has been deleted. — According to a source with knowledge …
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Engadget, TechCrunch, SlashGear, CNET, The Verge, CrackBerry.com, The Next Web, PadGadget, App Advice, MobileSyrup.com, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and IntoMobile. Tweets: @markgurman
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
WWDC 2013 Roundup: iOS 7, OS X 10.9, MacBooks, ‘Genius-like’ Radio app (plus new tidbits) — By this time in 2012, Apple had taken the stage and dominated the news cycle multiple times to announce products like a new iPad, Apple TV, new Mac operating system, and various other software … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft launches Bing Translator for Windows 8 with over 40 languages, camera translation, and offline support — Microsoft today announced the release of the Bing Translator app for Windows 8 and Windows RT with support for more than 40 languages. You can download the app now directly from the Windows Store.
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Bing, BetaNews, Daring Fireball, PC World, GeekWire, LiveSide.net, TechCrunch, Engadget and The Verge
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
AT&T Discusses Entering Into a Joint Bid for Hulu With Chernin Group — According to sources close to the telecommunications giant, AT&T is in discussions with the Chernin Group about mounting a joint bid to acquire the Hulu premium video site. — It makes sense — in addition to its core phone business …
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| Rebecca Grant / VentureBeat: |
Ayla launches with $5.4M to turn everything into a connected device — A world where humans interact with machines that respond to our every need may seem fantastical, but Ayla Networks launched today to make this sci-fi vision a reality. — Ayla's mission is to build an ecosystem for the Internet of Things.
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Russia's Yandex Has A New Take On Search Results, Take Action Inside The Page — With Google dominant in so many markets, one would thing that search is kind've ‘done’. Of course, we have yet to really tap into social search, and Facebook Graph search is showing a clear direction.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Tango launches Asia-style games platform for its 120m users, snags Gameloft as a launch partner — Video messaging service Tango has taken a big step into the mobile entertainment and gaming space after it launched a new content platform for developers, alongside launch partner Gameloft.
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GigaOM, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac and Engadget
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
White House plans sweeping expansion of broadband for schools — Better technology — particularly better connectivity — is seen as one of the linchpins of education reform, and the White House hopes to overhaul school broadband with a new initiative. The ConnectED program, announced today … Sponsor Posts
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