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Microsoft building a single app store for the next Windows Phone and Windows releases — Microsoft is planning to combine its Windows Phone Store and Windows Store into a single app store. Sources familiar with the company's plans have revealed to The Verge that Terry Myerson … | Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Google unveils search updates for mobile, new Page Rank algorithm, and Knowledge Graph comparisons — This week, Google marks its 15-year anniversary and the team brought members of the media to the original Google House to talk about the future of the company.| Robert Hof / Forbes: |
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EBay's PayPal Acquires Payments Gateway Braintree For $800M In Cash — Ebay's PayPal has acquired Chicago-based payments gateway Braintree, in an all-cash deal worth $800 million. We had originally reported that Braintree was on the block, with Square and PayPal both in acquisition talks for the company.| David Marcus / PayPal: |
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Is Ford's Alan Mulally Now in the Lead to Be New CEO of Microsoft? — According to sources close to the situation, Ford CEO Alan Mulally has vaulted to the forefront of the candidates to become the new CEO of Microsoft. — Earlier this month, the well-known leader of the car maker categorically denied …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A backpack to remember: can Evernote become a lifestyle company? — With Evernote Market, the company starts selling goods that make you smarter — A year ago, Phil Libin stood on stage at Evernote's annual conference and announced a cease-fire with paper.
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| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Netflix expands Super HD and 3D streaming to all of its members — Prepare for your Netflix streams to look better: Netflix is making its Super HD video quality available to all of its members. All members will also have access to 3D titles on Netflix. Both 3D and Super HD were previously … | Joan Lowy / Associated Press: |
As expected, FAA panel recommends easing ban on electronic devices during takeoff and landing — Panel backs easing electronic device use on planes … WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that airline passengers be allowed to use smartphones … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Intel Looking for Help from Amazon or Samsung to Keep Its Web TV Project Alive — Intel executives, who have promised to launch a Web-based pay TV service by the end of 2013, are now looking for a strategic backer to help them fund and distribute the service. If they don't find one soon, it's possible the project will be scrapped.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Finally: Bill Gates admits Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake — Bill Gates made many exceptional decisions while he was leading Microsoft to immense success. He did, however, make a few errors. — Bill Gates chats with David Rubenstein, Harvard Campaign co-chair.
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Tweets: @tomwarren and @markrussinovich
| Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM: |
Clinkle becomes a tech celebrity magnet, landing Richard Branson as an investor — The hype keeps building around Clinkle, a still-secretive Palo Alto mobile payments startup founded by 22-year-old Lucas Duplan. It's already raised $25 million in seed funding from an impressive list … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Lets You Edit Posts After Sharing On Android And Web Now, iOS Soon — Typo ruin your social media masterpiece? Facebook is starting to let you edit a post's text after you publish it. The feature comes to the web and Android in an update today, and to iOS soon.
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The Verge, The Next Web, iMore, Digits, Inside Facebook, IntoMobile, ReadWrite, Engadget, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Cult of Mac and 9to5Google. Tweets: @rachaelgking
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple boosts Apple TV content offerings with Major League Soccer, Disney Junior — This morning, Apple has sent an over-the-air update to the Apple TV to add two new apps of content: Major League Soccer (MLS) and Disney Junior. The MLS app allows Apple TV users to watch soccer games live …
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| Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times: |
LA officials may delay school iPad rollout after students hack them for personal use — LAUSD halts home use of iPads for students after devices hacked — LAUSD students have figured out how to bypass security restrictions on iPads issued to them by the school district, giving them access to non-scholastic Internet sites.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
BlackBerry Manufacturing Partner Looking to Bail — BlackBerry's ongoing collapse is becoming a serious drag on the company's manufacturing partner Jabil Circuit. So much so that Jabil is considering ending its business relationship with the struggling smartphone pioneer.
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Candy Crush creator King files for IPO in America — King, the British computer games maker behind Candy Crush Saga, has quietly filed documents for an initial public offering in the US, expected to value the firm at more than $5bn. — It is understood that King will float on the Nasdaq exchange … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Major update to VLC for Mac adds 4K support, improved MKV support, interface improvements and more — VideoLAN has released version 2.1 of its popular open source video player, VLC. The update — codenamed “Ricewind” — brings new audio processing to the app, to improve both processing performance and audio fidelity.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 7.0.2 with fix for Lock screen passcode bypass flaw — Apple has released iOS 7.0.2 over-the-air for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This is a bug fix release that focuses on rectifying an issue that could allow users to bypass the passcode unlock on the Lock screen.
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TechCrunch, BGR, ReadWrite, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, Gizmodo UK, AppleTell, AppleInsider, GigaOM, Gotta Be Mobile, TechHive, Softpedia News, TUAW and AllThingsD. Thanks:@jordankahn
| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Seriously, Samsung? Sorry, roamers, but the new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked — People buying the unlocked Galaxy Note 3 in regions such as Europe or North America will not be able to a SIM card from another region in it, meaning they will have to pay exorbitant roaming fees if they travel outside the region.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
FastMail goes independent again after team buys itself free of Opera — Paid-for email service FastMail is returning to independence after its staff purchased the company back from Opera in an undisclosed deal announced today. Web-browser-maker Opera acquired the company back in 2010.
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Stir's Kinetic Desk is a standing desk that learns your sitting habits, moves when you need a break (video) — If Apple were to build a desk, it would look like this. Much like Nest, maker of the world's sexiest thermostat, Stir is a company founded by someone who worked on the first iPods …
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Academia.edu, The Social Networking Platform For Researchers, Raises $11.1 Million — For about five years, Richard Price and the team at Academia.edu have been quietly building a social networking platform for academics and researchers. — For years, it was slow going.
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| Eric Chemi / Businessweek: |
Listen Up Apple Haters: iPhone Sales Eclipse Microsoft and Amazon — Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken plenty of flack for running a company that is supposedly well past its glory days—and the iPhone smartphone franchise is sometimes dismissed as a spent force, losing ground to other more innovative brands like Android and Samsung.
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